UPDATE: 0.1% UK Growth, Nuveen Buying Schroders, Epstein Files Global Fallout

Your morning briefing. All the news you need to start your day On today's podcast: (1) Democratic lawmakers accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of using the US Justice Department to target enemies of President Donald Trump and bungling the release of files on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein du…

Epstein Files Global Fallout, Trump Tariffs Major Revolt, Paris Insider Trading Trial

Your morning briefing. All the news you need to start your day. On today's podcast: (1) Democratic lawmakers accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of using the US Justice Department to target enemies of President Donald Trump and bungling the release of files on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein d…

School Mass Shooting, Exclusive EU Chief Interview , Poland’s $1 Trillion Flex

Your morning briefing. All the news you need to start your day On today's podcast: (1) At least 10 people are dead and 25 injured after a mass shooting in northeastern British Columbia, according to the police. The shootings were Canada's deadliest rampage since 2020. (2) European Union leader…

Starmer Gets Brief Reprieve, EU Preps Ukraine Entry, Drilling Europe’s Oil Capital

Your morning briefing. All the news you need to start your day On today's podcast: (1) Keir Starmer’s cabinet members voiced their support for the prime minister on Monday, buying him time to shore up his beleaguered premiership after the Labour Party’s leader in Scotland urged him to quit. (2) …

UK's Starmer On The Brink, Japan Election Landslide, Swatch Battles Tough Time

Your morning briefing. All the news you need to start your day On today's podcast: (1) Keir Starmer’s future is in the balance after a crisis over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington claimed the UK prime minister’s closest aide. (2) Chinese regulators have advised fina…

Stratospheric AI Spending, Starmer In Political Peril, Ferrero’s Breakfast Bid

Your morning briefing. All the news you need to start your day On today's podcast: (1) Amazon shares dropped after the company announced plans to spend $200 billion this year on data centers, chips and other equipment, worrying investors that its colossal bet on artificial intelligence may not pa…

Trillion-Dollar Tech Wipeout, Crisis Engulfs UK’s Starmer, Sci-Fi Power Traders

Your morning briefing. All the news you need to start your day On today's podcast: (1) There have been many AI-driven selloffs in the three years since ChatGPT burst into the mainstream. Nothing, though, quite rivals the rout rippling through stock and credit markets this week. (2) Silver fell s…

$285B Software Wipeout, Bitcoin 'Death Spiral', EU Seeks US Minerals Deal

Your morning briefing. All the news you need to start your day On today's podcast: (1) A new AI automation tool from Anthropic PBC sparked a $285 billion rout in stocks across the software, financial services and asset management sectors on Tuesday as investors raced to dump shares with even the …

$1.25 Trillion Musk Merger, UK Fears ‘Made in Europe’, Reform’s First Big Test

Your morning briefing. All the news you need to start your day On today's podcast: (1) Elon Musk is combining SpaceX and xAI in a deal that values the enlarged entity at $1.25 trillion, as the world’s richest man looks to fuel his increasingly costly ambitions in artificial intelligence and space…

Epstein Revelations Fallout, Gold Plunge Deepens, Mercedes Luxury Bet

Your morning briefing. All the news you need to start your day On today's podcast: (1) Peter Mandelson, Britain’s former ambassador to the US, resigned from the UK’s ruling Labour Party to avoid causing it “further embarrassment” after the latest revelations about his links to the disgraced finan…