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FINANCIAL TIMES
Friday, 3 April 2026
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
Oil cargo prices surge as fears of supply shortage grip market
 
Address by Trump signalling possible escalation of Iran conflict raises prospect of prolonged closure of Strait of Hormuz
 
 
Donald Trump fires US attorney-general Pam Bondi
 
Loyalist’s exit comes after pressure over her handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein
 
 
OpenAI acquires popular tech talk show for ‘low hundreds of millions’
 
ChatGPT-maker moves into broadcasting with deal for TBPN after it had pledged to abandon ‘side-quests’
 
 
Trump administration announces new tariffs on pharmaceuticals
 
White House also rolls back levies on some metals in an attempt to simplify duties
 
 
The case for Trump’s tariffs looks strong a year on from ‘liberation day’
 
Economists’ lurid forecasts of disaster have not been realised
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
Willie Walsh is that rarity in India — a foreign chief executive
 
While Indians run some of the world’s biggest finance and tech companies, the country’s own aviation sector needs to import talent
 
 
SpaceX IPO is Musk’s biggest financial moonshot
 
Tech showman seeks to tap the Fomo factor with a market sales pitch for the ages
 
 
Blue Owl struck by $5.4bn of redemption requests
 
Private credit firm caps withdrawals after investors attempted to pull more than 40% from one fund
 
 
Tesla reports weaker than expected 6% rise in global deliveries
 
Slow first-quarter demand left carmaker with more than 50,000 unsold units at start of year
 
 
Goldman and Citi tell Paris staff to work from home after thwarted BofA attack
 
US authorities warned the banks of potential security threats
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
How an energy crisis unfolds
 
The lasting effects of a best-case scenario
 
 
Hackers steal $280mn from decentralised finance crypto exchange Drift
 
Loss equates to about half of total US dollar value on deposit with platform popular for trading perpetual derivatives
 
 
Investment trusts call for UK rule change to frustrate activist investors
 
Attempt by Boaz Weinstein’s Saba to take over EWIT’s board has prompted plea for regulatory overhaul
 
 
AA attracts interest from EQT as it prepares for £5bn sale
 
UK roadside recovery business attracts multiple suitors as owners seek exit
 
 
Revolut fined in Italy over misleading fee information in adverts
 
Competition watchdog singles out advertisements suggesting customers could trade with no commission
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
Marks and Spencer demands urgent action by ministers to tackle ‘brazen’ UK shoplifting
 
FTSE 100 retailer urges the government and London mayor to better support the police
 
 
Air France-KLM and Lufthansa battle for stake in Portugal’s flagship airline
 
Franco-Dutch and German carriers have been eyeing TAP privatisation for months
 
 
UK urges pharma companies to invest after reaching drug pricing deal with US
 
Accord will result in higher medicines spending in Britain in exchange for exemption from threatened Trump tariffs
 
 
MPS turmoil could turn it from predator to prey
 
Bank’s stock has fallen by a fifth this year, twice as much as the European banking index
 
 
City grandee Ian Cheshire favourite to be named Ofcom chair
 
Former Kingfisher boss vying for key internet and broadcast regulation role with politicians Margaret Hodge and Jeremy Wright
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
Can UK house prices survive another economic shock?
 
The housing market looks to have made it through the crises of the 2020s unscathed — but they have weakened it significantly
 
 
An all too special relationship
 
Maga leaders obsess over an imagined version of a long-lost Britain
 
 
The UK’s unpleasant energy exposure
 
The vulnerability stems from history and geography rather than failed policies
 
 
Buckling up for the stagflation trade
 
What can investors do?
 
 
Car park collapse is a warning to leaseback-loving retailers
 
UK supermarkets that sell and then rent back their property should take note of NCP’s failure
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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