Silicon Valley Bank rattles Wall Street

As Americans prepare to vote in the November 3 midterm elections, the FT’s chief economics commentator Martin Wolf asks what the result will mean for Donald Trump, the future of US democracy and America's place in the world. In the third of a six-part series, Martin speaks to pol ...  Show more

Alphabet’s share price fell just over 12 percent on Thursday, and UK startup Nscale is banking on a troubled US data centre project to underpin its planned $35bn IPO. Plus, we look at what’s next for the ECB now that its president Christine Lagarde announced she’s stepping down.M ...  Show more

Bitcoin just hit $40,000, Coinbase is up 300 per cent this year, and French bank Société Générale is rolling out a stablecoin. All this frothy news comes after a record penalty levied on Binance by the SEC and the guilty verdict against Sam Bankman-Fried. Today on the show, Et ...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) The heads of Wall Street's biggest banks took their most direct swing yet at Washington's plans to force them to set aside more cash as a buffer against losses. (2)  Senate Republicans b ...  Show more

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.On today's podcast:(1) French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou proposed scrapping two national holidays, part of a drastic effort to repair public finances that’s set to unleash a parliamentary backlash in the fal ...  Show more