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FINANCIAL TIMES
Thursday, 3 September 2026
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
JPMorgan curbed lending to Jane Street as trading firm muscled into bond market
 
Wall Street bank’s move last year came after trading specialist began making markets in US Treasuries
 
 
Burnham seeks to protect UK farming and steel in EU reset talks
 
New British prime minister will hold first big bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday
 
 
Google spared break-up of online advertising monopoly
 
Judge rejects US Department of Justice’s request to force the sale of parts of the search giant’s ads business
 
 
UK mortgage borrowers urged to lock in deals before rates rise
 
Home loan market braced for fixed-rate rises after bond market sell-off
 
 
Growth is a life-and-death matter for Europe
 
It is the only way of funding the defence of a continent with mortal enemies
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
Elliott builds stake in Deutsche Telekom and opposes T-Mobile US merger
 
Activist hedge fund wants German telecoms company to focus on ways to boost shareholder value, such as stock buybacks
 
 
Steve Ballmer banned by NBA over improper payment to basketball star
 
LA Clippers team funnelled millions of dollars to star Kawhi Leonard to circumvent league salary cap, league investigation finds
 
 
Struggling Republicans urge Trump to open Maga Inc’s $400mn war chest
 
US president’s Super Pac has yet to deploy significant money in midterms race despite polls pointing to his party’s defeat in November
 
 
Dutch central bank moves gold bars out of New York over ‘geopolitical unrest’
 
DNB prefers London over the US city, pointing to better ‘tradeability’ of bullion
 
 
A vital tenet of US equity markets is under threat
 
SEC reforms risk the ability of investors to compare companies
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
Chevron to double Venezuela oil production with $7bn pledge
 
US major commits to expanding its joint ventures as White House pushes for huge increase in production in the country
 
 
The wrong way to revive Venezuela’s economy
 
Oil deal is most striking example yet of Trump’s new state capitalism
 
 
Energy price surge hits bond markets as European gas reaches three-year high
 
US 10-year borrowing costs touch highest since 2023 as fears of return to full-blown Iran conflict rise
 
 
BP gets the chair it wants rather than the one it needed
 
What Ian Tyler can do is shore up the rest of the board, seeking directors with traits and competences he lacks
 
 
AI spots cyber gaps faster than financial firms can fix them
 
UK regulator says companies risk being overwhelmed by frontier models’ findings
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
Law firms seek bespoke differences in legal AI
 
Desire for differentiation drives push to build in-house platforms
 
 
Ryanair warns of higher fares as it cuts winter flights
 
Europe’s largest carrier sees short-haul airfares increasing ‘materially’ next year if oil prices remain high
 
 
Trump administration backs OpenAI in New York Times copyright battle
 
US urges court to reject newspaper’s claim that it is illegal to train AI models on copyrighted content
 
 
California opines on who profits from wildfires but not on who pays
 
Keeping hedge funds out may ease qualms over profiting from misfortune but not settle who bears the cost
 
 
Uber to axe 10% of its workforce in biggest cuts since pandemic
 
Ride-hailing group to eliminate 3,300 jobs as competition rises in food delivery sector and robotaxi race intensifies
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
Time is running out for the leap second
 
Losing it would sever contemporary clocks from their ancient astronomical roots
 
 
How refugee camps become mini-economies
 
In an era of aid cuts, entrepreneurialism in the Mahama refugee camp in Rwanda is increasingly important
 
 
Tory attempts to repeal the UK Climate Act are tin-eared
 
Summer’s droughts and wildfires demonstrate the need to stick to cross-party consensus on policy and to UK strategy on net zero
 
 
Indonesia’s lessons for the global energy transition
 
Country’s solar push highlights momentum — and obstacles — around green energy shift
 
 
How worried should Labour be about holding Keir Starmer’s seat?
 
Party’s poll ratings have improved under Andy Burnham but this is uncharted territory for Labour and Zack Polanski’s Greens
 
 
 

Work & Careers

 
 
 
Graduates weigh business study now against a later MBA in tough job market
 
People who might have worked before business school are increasingly looking to an immediate masters in management
 
 
The best, worst and strangest ways AI is really being used at work
 
Consultants, lawyers, bankers and others share a snapshot of how tech tools are changing their jobs
 
 
Want to eat like a real Chicagoan? Go to these three neighbourhoods
 
Chicago is a city of immigrants, and its history is reflected in its diverse and delicious food culture
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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