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FINANCIAL TIMES
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
US lawmakers release more Jeffrey Epstein files amid scrutiny over Donald Trump links
 
Disclosures come as president arrives in UK during furore over Lord Peter Mandelson’s ties to paedophile
 
 
US tech giants pledge billions for UK AI infrastructure during Trump visit
 
Microsoft, Nvidia, Google and OpenAI among the companies to make commitments to invest in Britain
 
 
UK hopes pomp and ceremony of Trump’s state visit will distract from tricky questions
 
Jeffrey Epstein affair will hang heavily over trip after Sir Keir Starmer’s sacking of Lord Peter Mandelson
 
 
Replacing Starmer is not in Labour’s interest
 
Britain does not need a rerun of the carousel of prime ministers of the Tory years
 
 
UK watchdog to downgrade productivity forecast, deepening fiscal gap
 
Analysts say move by OBR could create additional £9bn or more shortfall in public finances
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
EU companies hit by renewed delays to Chinese rare earths licences
 
Chamber urges Beijing to lower trade barriers as businesses suffer bottlenecks over critical minerals
 
 
Robert Redford, American actor, director and environmentalist, 1936-2025
 
Leading man who conquered Hollywood and championed independent cinema through the Sundance Film Festival
 
 
BlackRock expands leadership bench in reorganisation of top talent
 
World’s largest asset manager adds 20 executives to powerful global executive committee
 
 
Utah charges suspect in Charlie Kirk shooting with aggravated murder
 
Prosecutor says he will seek the death penalty
 
 
Beijing says TikTok’s US app will use Chinese algorithm
 
Donald Trump extends deadline to shut down social media platform as he promises a deal with China
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
ETFs are overwhelmingly a young man’s game, study finds
 
Almost a third of UK investors aged over 55 have never heard of exchange traded funds
 
 
Private equity’s public reckoning
 
Investors want their money back
 
 
US in talks to fund multibillion-dollar mining initiative for critical minerals
 
Investments would finance projects to extract materials crucial for defence and high-tech manufacturing
 
 
Thyssenkrupp’s struggling steel unit receives surprise bid from Indian billionaire
 
Naveen Jindal’s offer potentially opens door for German industrial conglomerate to offload the business
 
 
UK set to announce closer co-operation with US on cryptocurrencies
 
Chancellor Rachel Reeves hopes greater regulatory alignment will allow better access to America’s deep capital markets
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
China trials its first advanced tools for AI chipmaking
 
SMIC tests domestically made machinery as Beijing seeks to rival US-made processors
 
 
Half a million sales collapse a year due to ‘antiquated’ homebuying process
 
Flawed housing system in England and Wales costs economy at least £1.5bn annually, a report finds
 
 
Senior UK official asks whether pause in pharma sector spending is ‘co-ordinated’
 
Eli Lilly, Merck and AstraZeneca have all said in recent weeks that they plan to roll back investment
 
 
Nestlé chair to step down weeks after dismissal of CEO
 
Early departure of Paul Bulcke follows scrutiny over his handling of probe into Laurent Freixe’s affair
 
 
Former Freshfields partner loses appeal against conviction for tax offences
 
Germany’s Federal Court of Justice finds that Ulf Johannemann’s arguments are ‘unfounded’
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
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