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FINANCIAL TIMES
Tuesday, 13 October 2026
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
Top economies heading for biggest budget deficits since Covid, IMF warns
 
At its annual meeting, the fund calls for ‘urgent’ action to rebuild public finances
 
 
Houthi assault on Saudi airports strikes at MBS’s economic vision
 
Deadly bombardment of Riyadh’s international airport threatens crown prince’s plans to turn kingdom into finance and events hub
 
 
Elon Musk injects $275mn into Republicans’ fight to retain Congress
 
Trillionaire Tesla chief has become party’s biggest donor ahead of November’s pivotal midterms
 
 
UK imposes new sanctions on Iran over RAF Fairford incident
 
Andy Burnham says events at Gloucestershire base used by US military were ‘almost certainly directed’ by Islamic Revolutionary Guards
 
 
Britain, Brexit and the cat-flap option
 
The political, strategic and economic momentum for a reversal of Brexit is growing
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
Chip stocks slide in wake of ‘casino’ comment by Broadcom boss
 
Declines for Samsung and SK Hynix drag Kospi sharply lower as investors fret over scale of AI investment
 
 
China faces uphill battle to wean tech firms off Nvidia chips
 
The country’s tech giants are snapping up products never designed for advanced AI to satisfy soaring computing demands
 
 
Donald Trump says he is ‘looking at’ firing envoy to Greece over alleged misconduct
 
US president contemplating dismissing Kimberly Guilfoyle after report claiming she accepted improper gifts
 
 
The diesel crisis is testing the limits of globalisation
 
Seemingly rational choices by individual states will weaken collective energy security and accelerate fragmentation
 
 
India’s Narendra Modi faces ‘bitter pill’ as Cockroach protests mount
 
Widening unrest takes aim at election integrity and threatens prime minister’s legitimacy
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
France to raise stake in struggling miner Eramet
 
Paris set to become top shareholder as states race to secure critical mineral supplies
 
 
Trump’s Russian diesel gambit is cynical and won’t work
 
The US president risks harming Ukraine to curb prices driven up by his own war
 
 
Goldman goes long stocks — and bonds*
 
*Not all bonds
 
 
Oil prices rise as Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’ frays
 
Announcement followed deal with Putin as US president tries to contain impact of higher fuel costs ahead of midterm elections
 
 
Private equity puts string of UK high street names up for sale
 
Owners of PizzaExpress, Morrisons and Itsu seeking exits as buyout groups cool on sector
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
Asia warned over zombie companies
 
Share of groups unable to service debt in region has doubled since 2008, IMF says
 
 
Franco-German deal on EU car policy is ‘imminent’, says Emmanuel Macron
 
Agreement would push back Europe’s phaseout of combustion engines and boost car production on the continent to combat Chinese competition
 
 
LVMH’s fashion and leather sales fall in luxury setback
 
Paris-listed group hails ‘buoyant’ US market but said sales were hit by slowdown in demand in China
 
 
Watch out luxury: mid-market fashion brands are staging a comeback
 
While LVMH’s sales slid more than the market expected in recent months, Uniqlo’s are going gangbusters
 
 
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta has reached AI ‘frontier’
 
FT interview: tech billionaire touts release of new Muse Wonder model after vast spending to challenge rivals in AI race
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
It’s time for the UK to reward whistleblowers financially
 
Incentivising insiders to come forward will transform how we tackle fraud
 
 
Can a financier really revive LIV Golf?
 
BC Partners’ Ted Goldthorpe is hoping to prove the doubters wrong in pulling the circuit out of bankruptcy and making global team golf viable
 
 
Why AI won’t kill the creative class
 
Used right, the technology can unleash human creativity rather than destroy it
 
 
A tale of two possums
 
In Australia the marsupials are treated with reverence, while in New Zealand they are being turned into ponchos
 
 
Andy Burnham’s own goal
 
Manchester’s reputation is becoming the collateral damage of ‘Manchesterism’
 
 
 

Work & Careers

 
 
 
Why women look online for answers to inequality at work
 
Senior managers should acknowledge that current reporting systems too often shift risk to those who raise concerns
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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