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Thursday, 8 October 2026
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
China races to build AI data centres across energy-rich hinterland
 
In the first report of a three-part series, how Inner Mongolia became the engine room for the nation’s vast AI ambition
 
 
Iran war blows near-£12bn hole in Britain’s public finances
 
FT estimates show inflation and soaring borrowing costs have slashed chancellor John Healey’s headroom in half
 
 
Kirkland & Ellis to stop disclosing financial performance
 
World’s highest-grossing law firm with $10.6bn in 2025 revenue volunteered data for leading industry profit ranking
 
 
SpaceX credit risk jumps on worries over its borrowing spree
 
Leap in credit default swaps tracking Elon Musk’s aerospace group follows an FT report that it is seeking to raise $40bn to buy Nvidia chips
 
 
Kemi Badenoch’s European nightmare
 
The biggest threat to this potential prime minister is that she defends an unpopular hard Brexit
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
Samsung profit surges ninefold to $80bn on AI chip demand
 
World’s largest memory-chip maker posts record earnings for the three months to September
 
 
Trump considers ‘terminating’ campaign advisers after Balkans trip
 
President says Chris LaCivita and James Blair guiding pro-Russian government less than a month before midterms could be a ‘conflict’
 
 
US government bonds steady after strong 10-year Treasury auction
 
French, Italian and UK government bonds under pressure in volatile trading
 
 
The online life of the Flydubai attacker
 
Co-pilot of flight 1073 gravitated towards the ‘manosphere’ and expressed misogynistic views
 
 
China slaps down EU request for voluntary curbs on hybrid car exports
 
European Commission now considering temporary limits to control surging shipments that could trigger serious trade conflict
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
IMF’s Kristalina Georgieva urges governments to rein in spending
 
Fund’s managing director says officials face ‘very tough political choices’ as they seek to combat soaring bond yields
 
 
AI upends Singapore’s ‘quant Olympics’
 
Nigerian student Victor Ayebameru takes first place in competition that identifies future hedge fund stars
 
 
SEC warns asset managers against collaborating on activist campaigns
 
US regulator says fund groups risk stricter rules after a probe into the ousting of ExxonMobil board members
 
 
Diesel price jumps after IEA says no additional fuel will be released
 
Agency members say 100mn barrels promised by G7 will come from 400mn stock release agreed in March
 
 
London hedge fund Arini falls 16 per cent on soured credit bets
 
Flagship strategy raised $1.5bn in recent weeks after suffering three consecutive months of losses
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
Accelerating Business
 
A monthly series that examines how the legal ecosystem uses new technologies to serve fast-changing business needs. This time: four companies’ heads of legal operations share their experiences of incorporating AI into work processes
 
 
Voice of experience: in-house legal teams face pros and cons of AI
 
Companies’ legal operations leaders share some realities of incorporating the latest tech into their lawyers’ repertoire
 
 
Higher mortgage rates inflict ‘pain’ on UK housing market
 
Slowdown comes as higher borrowing costs and economic uncertainty are damping buyer demand, survey finds
 
 
Chrysler Building taken over as New York luxury office market booms
 
New owners to pay $235mn and plan an upgrade for the landmark suffering from low occupancy and disrepair
 
 
Nobel Prize in chemistry honours mirror molecule research
 
Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai triumph for work crucial to drug development
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
Badenoch’s UK Conservatives are a work in progress
 
Burnham’s leftward shift opens space in the centre. The Tories should occupy it
 
 
The important judgments for Healey in the coming Budget
 
No fancy equations or AI models will illuminate the right path for the chancellor
 
 
Sleepy European telcos turn to data centre craze
 
With data centres, companies in the sector may finally be on to happier hunting grounds
 
 
We need a US debt conversation — will the Republicans have one?
 
Borrowing heavily to finance tax cuts for the wealthy leaves us less prepared for emergencies when they come
 
 
Italy’s wine harvest is creeping ever earlier
 
Extreme heatwaves are burning grapes, accelerating the annual vendemmia
 
 
 

Work & Careers

 
 
 
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