Why Volkswagen hit the skids
Volkswagen is facing a crisis. Often considered a symbol of Germany’s industrial power, it’s now reckoning with a difficult transition to electric vehicles, among other issues. And now, management is ...
25 Sep 202420min
How a 7-Eleven takeover could reshape corporate Japan
Companies in Japan have long avoided foreign acquisitions. But Canada-based Alimentation Couche-Tard’s recent unsolicited bid for the owner of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain is testing that prem...
18 Sep 202419min
Jay Powell – lucky or good?
As Jay Powell’s Federal Reserve contemplates making the first interest rate cut in more than two years, we’re taking a step back with the FT’s US financial commentator Robert Armstrong. How did Powell...
11 Sep 202419min
Best Of: How Dubai is reshaping the global oil trade
This week, we’re revisiting an episode from last year. For decades, the global centre for oil trading has been Geneva, Switzerland. But Russia’s war in Ukraine changed that. Sanctions have made it har...
4 Sep 202417min
Private credit’s ‘golden era’ shows signs of tarnish
Private credit took Wall Street by storm. But at a software company called Pluralsight, recent loan troubles are now highlighting risks that could be hidden in the sector. The FT’s senior US corporate...
28 Aug 202420min
Is business better in Texas?
Hundreds of companies have moved their headquarters to Texas in recent years, including big names like Tesla, HP and Charles Schwab. They’ve been enticed by low taxes, light regulation and the promise...
21 Aug 202421min
Is there a bubble waiting to burst in India?
Indian equities are soaring right now. The country’s benchmark Nifty 50 index has doubled in just five years, beating out the pace of Japan, China and even the US. And it’s all being driven by million...
14 Aug 202420min
The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes: What’s wrong with economics?
This week, we’re bringing you something from our fellow FT podcast, The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes. Sir Angus Deaton won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2015. So when he says he is rethinking ...
7 Aug 202434min
