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FINANCIAL TIMES
Friday, 18 April 2025
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
Netflix predicts growth despite consumer tariff fears
 
Streaming service’s shares gain as earnings beat Wall Street’s forecasts
 
 
Harvard balks at Trump administration’s demand for foreign students’ data
 
Move comes as US government escalates attacks on country’s universities
 
 
Donald Trump says US will ‘100%’ strike trade deal with EU
 
US president raises hopes of breakthrough while meeting Italy’s leader Giorgia Meloni in Washington
 
 
US and Ukraine sign memorandum of intent on minerals deal
 
Officials say memo was signed ‘virtually’ and hope to finalise a full economic accord by the end of next week
 
 
US says Chinese firm is helping Houthis target American warships
 
Satellite company linked to People’s Liberation Army has supplied images to Iran-backed group in Yemen, say officials
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
Donald Trump’s tariffs unravel US supply chains at China’s export showcase
 
Buyers and sellers at Canton trade fair scramble to find ways to evade levies as goods pile up in warehouses
 
 
Could Donald Trump fire Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell?
 
Ninety-year-old precedent known as Humphrey’s Executor is crucial guardrail protecting US central bank’s independence
 
 
Donald Trump ratchets up pressure on Fed chair Jay Powell to cut rates
 
US president lashes out at head of central bank, saying his ‘termination cannot come fast enough’
 
 
Trading in two stocks surged before Trump family appointments announced
 
Experts view sharp rises in share price and turnover of Unusual Machines and Dominari as ‘clearly unusual’
 
 
Is the world losing faith in the almighty US dollar?
 
Donald Trump’s trade war is forcing investors to confront the possibility that the dominance of the US currency might fade — or even end
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
US rare earth champion faces trade war test after tariffs halt China sales
 
MP Materials has been sending concentrates to Chinese partner as it races to expand in US
 
 
Trump administration set to impose steep fees on Chinese ships
 
Port levies have caused alarm among US farmers
 
 
Few US CEOs bought the dip as tariffs rattled markets
 
Some insiders unloaded stock before Trump’s ‘liberation day’ announcement but many more were restricted from doing so
 
 
Chinese ‘teaspresso’ chain Chagee jumps on Wall Street debut
 
Strong performance comes despite worsening ties between Washington and Beijing
 
 
UK starts hunt for buyer for British Steel
 
Government stepped in to take control of struggling company but is keen to attract private sector investment
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
Eli Lilly’s new obesity pill lowers blood sugar and aids weight loss
 
Promising late-stage trial results lift US pharmaceutical group’s shares almost 15%
 
 
‘A law unto itself’: India’s unaccountable tax service targets multinationals
 
Flurry of multimillion-dollar levies undercuts Narendra Modi’s pledge to ease burdens on business
 
 
Google ‘wilfully’ monopolised online advertising market, US judge rules
 
Federal court’s decision heightens the risks that Silicon Valley behemoth will need to sell assets
 
 
UnitedHealth shares plunge 22% after insurer slashes profit forecast
 
US company says it ‘did not perform to expectations’ in first quarter
 
 
England’s Premiership Rugby in talks for revamp inspired by Indian cricket
 
Franchise model under consideration would target expansion and end relegation in top level of men’s game
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
OpenAI’s mind-boggling growth masks challenges