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FINANCIAL TIMES
Thursday, 9 October 2025
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
The flawed Silicon Valley consensus on AI
 
Serious questions remain about what will happen if we do — and don’t — replicate human intelligence
 
 
First Brands creditor warns as much as $2.3bn has ‘simply vanished’
 
Raistone claim highlights scale of losses lenders fear they could be dealt as part of the auto supplier’s collapse
 
 
Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed first phase of Gaza peace plan
 
US president says all hostages to be released ‘very soon’ as he hails breakthrough deal
 
 
Emmanuel Macron to name a new French PM by Friday
 
Outgoing premier Sébastien Lecornu says prospect of a snap parliamentary election is receding
 
 
Fed officials were cautious about inflation as they agreed rate cuts
 
Minutes from US central bank’s September meeting showed lingering concern about price pressures
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
Japan has an ‘enshortification’ problem
 
An ageing workforce is affecting all sorts of professions
 
 
China unveils sweeping rare earth export controls to protect ‘national security’
 
Beijing is leveraging its dominant position in the critical minerals supply chain
 
 
HSBC offers $13.6bn deal to delist local Hong Kong unit
 
Shares fall 7% after lender says it will halt buybacks to fund buyout of Hang Seng Bank
 
 
Donald Trump looms large over Nobel Peace Prize
 
US president pressures Norwegian government and independent committee to select him on Friday
 
 
Why carmakers are falling back in love with petrol
 
Revival comes as industry confronts higher tariff-related costs and rising threat posed by cheap Chinese EVs
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
Britain increases reliance on gas imports as domestic supply falls
 
Norway overtook the UK as the largest source in 2021
 
 
Permira and Blackstone tap banks for IPO of €10bn Mobile.de business
 
Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan selected for listing of German auto marketplace owned by classifieds group Adevinta
 
 
Merger-shy US regional banks are finally taking the plunge
 
Investors looking for the next tie-up would do well to keep an eye on regulatory asset thresholds
 
 
Gold price tops $4,000 for first time
 
Prices have doubled in less than two years as central banks stockpile bullion and investors pour in to gold funds
 
 
Verisure shares jump 21% on debut after raising €3.2bn in listing
 
Security company’s Stockholm IPO may herald uptick in European market deals
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
Japan’s top insurer bets on engineering acquisition to mitigate climate risk
 
Tokio Marine’s purchase of design consultancy part of push to rein in clients’ costs as weather patterns change
 
 
UK sales and rental listings fall as uncertainty grows over Budget
 
Homes coming on to the market fell at the fastest pace in two years in September, Rics data show
 
 
Jefferies reveals $715mn fund exposure to First Brands invoices
 
US bank’s credit unit is one of largest-known creditors to bankrupt auto parts company
 
 
Elon Musk settles former Twitter executives’ lawsuit over severance pay
 
Ex-chiefs had sued the billionaire for more than $128mn after they were fired following the platform’s takeover
 
 
Paying off angry investors is becoming a profitable trade
 
Lawyers are telling boards it is cheaper to purchase forgiveness instead of permission
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
The Conservatives’ long road back to credibility
 
Scrapping stamp duty makes sense, but much of Badenoch’s programme does not