The US-China ‘cat and mouse game’

The EU wants to make mergers a bit easier, Wall Street banks are offloading $18bn of debt tied to video game maker Electronic Arts, and investors are piling into cash at the fastest rate since the Covid-19 pandemic. Plus, the FT’s Ahmed Al Omran explains why Saudi Arabia’s recent ...  عرض المزيد

The FT’s Gideon Rachman explains what the Strait of Hormuz’s closure means strategically for Iran, Italy’s UniCredit has launched a €35bn takeover offer for Commerzbank and China’s oil stockpile is put to the test as the strait remains closed. Plus, scientists have identified a p ...  عرض المزيد

Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow look at the move down in technology stocks as the market braces for Nvidia's earnings on Wednesday. Plus Elon Musk's SpaceX has been tapped in to bring NASA's stranded astronauts home from the ISS after Boeing's capsule failings. And Telegr ...  عرض المزيد

Gideon talks to Taipei-based policy analyst J Michael Cole about how the Taiwanese are handling the threat of invasion from Beijing. Clips: APT News; RTI English.Free links to read more on this topic:TSMC’s stock market rally is a triumph of need over fearTaiwan accelerates ‘T-do ...  عرض المزيد

The Twitter board accepted Elon Musk's offer for the company, Miso Robotics adds Jack in the Box as another pilot customer for Flippy 2, and the Mario movie is delayed until 2023.

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