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Fight night for Trump’s America
For politicians, celebrities and tycoons, the brutal Ultimate Fighting Championship has become a vote-winner and money-spinner like no other
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US business leaders are waking up to the perils of plutopopulism
Companies wanted a president who would cut taxes and rules, they got one who has blown holes in free trade and global alliances
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The secret fight around financial flows
Quicker responses to trade challenges mean companies can free up capital
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Trump weighs easing restrictions on Russian and Iranian ‘shadow fleet’
A White House desperate to lower fuel costs ahead of US midterm elections could allow such vessels back into global trade
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Treasuries rally as investors seek shelter from AI turbulence
Global chip stocks caught up in volatile trading amid fears over sustainability of AI boom
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Investors dump data centre bonds as AI borrowers face ‘Darwin moment’
Debt issued by AI infrastructure providers and neocloud companies such as CoreWeave has sunk to increasingly stressed levels
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Germany’s Merz vows to fight on: ‘We are the firewall’
Defiant chancellor tells the FT he is determined to drive through unpopular reforms and equip Europe for an age of upheaval
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Republicans fund midterms ad blitz as Democrats gain in polls
The president’s party is shifting spending on advertising to previously safe seats as election day approaches
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CoreWeave’s bonds scream financial distress
The company better hurry up figuring out how to tap insurers for cash
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Ukraine to resume strikes on Russian refineries, Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian president expresses anger in FT interview at ‘dangerous’ withdrawal of US intelligence sharing and weakening of Starlink satellite internet service