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British teenagers face a midnight curfew on social media platforms, US inflation dipped in June and Wall Street’s top banks brought in $19.3bn in revenue from equities trading. Plus European regulators are considering loosening bank regulations. Mentioned in this podcast:UK teena ...  Show more

Wall Street banks are set to report their biggest haul from investment banking fees in four and a half years, while Citigroup boss Jane Fraser has ruthlessly rebuilt the bank to get it back to its pre-financial crisis glory. The US launched another round of strikes against Iran, ...  Show more

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

On today's podcast:
(1) President Biden says China's economic challenges make a Taiwan invasion unlikely.

(2) The UK's Prime Minister confronts the Chinese premier over a Parliamentary spying arrest.

(3) Costs for UK tenants expected to soar by a quarter over ...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) China’s central bank lowered the interest rate charged on its one-year policy loans by the most on record, kicking off a sweeping program to revive confidence in the world’s second-large ...  Show more

On today's podcast: (1) The EU's Ursula von der Leyen tells Bloomberg China's massive EV subsidies need to be investigated. (2) Rishi Sunak considers pushing back the 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel cars. (3) The CBI calls off its AGM at the last minute, amid 'cash-flow challen ...  Show more