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Introducing Toxic Legacy, a new season of Untold from the Financial Times. Host Laura Hughes uncovers a lead poisoning epidemic across the UK. You might be living with lead and not know it: the toxin ...

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Gold keeps hitting all-time highs, and no sober talk about speculation or productivity has stopped it. Today on the show, Rob Armstrong and Katie Martin take stock of the frenzy. Also they go short th...

7 Loka 202519min

Today on the show, Rob Armstrong and Katie Martin take on three things they’ve been thinking about: the markets' complete lack of worry about a government shutdown, the growing balance sheet problem w...

2 Loka 202522min

Electronic Arts, a publicly traded company, was just purchased for $55bn by a consortium of investors led by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. The investors included the Saudis and Silver Lake ...

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First Brands Group, a roll-up of car parts manufacturers, is preparing a bankruptcy filing after amassing as much as $10bn in debt. And last week, Tricolor, a subprime auto loan lender, ran into troub...

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The dollar is down almost 10 per cent since the beginning of the year. Yes, it has fallen from a very strong position, but the drop might also reflect growing international unease about the direction ...

23 Syys 202523min

This week, President Donald Trump suggested that companies only report earnings twice a year. This would be a significant change to how markets in the US operate. Today on the show, Rob Armstrong and ...

18 Syys 202522min

With interest rates high, private equity has had a harder time finding investors … and making money. To solve this problem, the industry has found novel ways to avoid closing their funds. But time may...

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