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FINANCIAL TIMES
Saturday, 11 October 2025
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
Qatar to build fighter jet facility at US base in Idaho
 
Pentagon’s approval for project draws fire from Maga influencer and Trump ally Laura Loomer
 
 
Donald Trump threatens extra 100% tariff as he retaliates against China
 
President says measures will include export controls on software and take effect from November 1 ‘or sooner’
 
 
Trump administration starts firing workers laid off in government shutdown
 
Mass dismissals raise the stakes of the funding battle between Democratic and Republican lawmakers
 
 
How OpenAI put itself at the centre of a $1tn network of deals
 
The company behind ChatGPT has signed agreements with many of the largest tech groups, adding to a growing web of financial dependencies across the AI world
 
 
The UK’s failing fiscal framework is a Brexit tribute act
 
The path and peak of policy uncertainty over the past year eerily mimics sentiment at the time of the 2016 referendum
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
First Brands boss weighs resigning under pressure from lenders
 
Car parts maker’s rapid downfall has raised concerns of widespread losses on Wall Street
 
 
Macron reappoints Sébastien Lecornu as French prime minister
 
Premier says he wants to press ahead with efforts to finalise a budget for 2026
 
 
A dollar rally could be the next jolt for markets
 
If a recent pick-up gathers momentum, there could be a scramble to reset portfolios
 
 
Gazans stream back home after start of Israel-Hamas truce
 
Thousands marched on foot in search of what remained of their lives before the two-year conflict
 
 
Former US trade chief Robert Lighthizer: ‘Economists have been wrong on everything!’
 
The architect of Trump’s first-term tariff policy on the end of free trade, swapping the White House for Wall Street — and why he considers the president ‘the most honest person’
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
US stocks close sharply lower after Trump threatens new China tariffs
 
Biggest one-day drop in S&P 500 since April brings weeks long rally to a halt
 
 
Alliance Laundry tests private equity’s rinse-and-repeat cycle
 
Buyout firms could use some more successful issues to show that not everything they proffer has been wrung dry
 
 
Venture Global shares fall nearly 25 per cent after LNG arbitration loss
 
US exporter was accused of breaching contracts to profit from higher prices after Russia invaded Ukraine
 
 
Teck Resources in talks to supply key defence minerals to Canada and US
 
CEO Jonathan Price tells FT summit he took personal responsibility for copper output downgrade
 
 
Warburg Pincus set to take stake in Sebia diagnostics group
 
Deal would value French company at €5.4bn
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
UK motorists suing carmakers over dieselgate scandal prepare to go to court
 
Hundreds of thousands of claimants aim to prove that VW was not the only manufacturer cheating in emissions tests
 
 
HSBC’s Elhedery bets $13.6bn on Hong Kong’s revival
 
Deal comes as Hang Seng Bank has been badly exposed to the territory’s property downturn
 
 
AstraZeneca strikes deal to lower drug costs in exchange for tariff reprieve
 
Chief executive Pascal Soriot applauds the deal with Donald Trump as ‘a big win’ for US patients
 
 
China’s Ming Yang to invest up to £1.5bn in Scottish turbine factory
 
Company says the project is subject to ‘final approvals’ from the UK government
 
 
US moves to cancel one of the world’s largest solar farms
 
Trump administration scraps approval for 6.2 gigawatt Nevada project
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
How domestic deadlock brought Jupiterian Macron back to earth