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FINANCIAL TIMES
Thursday, 23 October 2025
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
Tesla profits drop more than a quarter despite record car sales
 
Elon Musk’s carmaker hit by US tariffs, loss of emissions credit revenue and big investments in AI
 
 
US puts sanctions on Russia’s Rosneft and Lukoil
 
Measures mark Donald Trump’s first effort to impose direct cost on Moscow over invasion of Ukraine
 
 
Citi board names Jane Fraser as chair and awards her $25mn bonus
 
Roles of board leader and CEO will be reunited in move to underscore her leadership amid radical overhaul
 
 
Lawyers and accountants warn Reeves against tax raid on partnerships
 
Chancellor’s move would damage cornerstone of UK economy, partners argue
 
 
Bubble-talk is breaking out everywhere
 
But more optimistic investors continue to bank on the cavalry arriving if things get really dicey
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
Singapore’s prime minister warns of ‘messy’ transition to post-American order
 
Lawrence Wong says no other country can fill vacuum left by US
 
 
Andreessen Horowitz lines up $10bn for next wave of tech bets
 
Silicon Valley group seeks $6bn for growth fund, $3bn for AI deals and $1bn to back US defence tech start-ups
 
 
US widens campaign against alleged drug traffickers to the Pacific
 
Defence secretary says latest strike on a boat kills two ‘narco-terrorists’
 
 
Investors bet on Argentine peso devaluation after weekend elections
 
Forward contracts indicate a 12% decline for currency despite $40bn US support package
 
 
Politics not tech makes the world go round
 
The future, like the recent past, will be shaped in the public realm
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
UK regulator rejects calls to slash bank capital rules on sovereign debt
 
Sam Woods says change lobbied for by industry would ‘be equivalent to ripping off our jacket, warm hat and gloves’
 
 
UK borrowing costs fall in boost for Rachel Reeves
 
Softer than expected September inflation reading could weigh on OBR forecasts as chancellor prepares for ‘tough’ Budget
 
 
Farage: Reform UK’s crypto support is ‘a trade that works for both of us’
 
Populist party leader tries to emulate Donald Trump’s success in attracting backing from digital asset investors
 
 
Tariffs are a weaker weapon than Trump thinks
 
Access to the US market is not the significant point of leverage the president believes it to be
 
 
UK watchdog sues crypto exchange linked to billionaire Trump backer
 
HTX, advised by Justin Sun, is accused by the FCA of unlawful promotion of cryptoassets
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
Blair think-tank urges Labour government to review UK’s 2030 clean power pledge
 
Policy comes under increasing pressure as former premier’s institute warns of costs of tying energy plans to a ‘rigid’ date
 
 
Elon Musk really deserves that $1tn bonus package
 
The billionaire must reach multiple challenging operational targets, so it is by no means money for nothing
 
 
Reddit sues AI search engine Perplexity for scraping its data
 
Social media group claims the start-up harvested user conversations to train its artificial intelligence models
 
 
OpenAI prioritised user engagement over suicide prevention, lawsuit claims
 
Family of teen who took his own life after ChatGPT use alleges chatbot maker intentionally weakened protections
 
 
Trump’s victory for fossil fuels in shipping
 
US pressure has derailed a landmark deal to curb maritime carbon emissions
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
PepsiCo shouldn’t bottle its restructuring