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• FirstFT: Gulf braced for renewed war between US and Iran

  01-11-2026 23:22 via Global Economy
  Also in today’s newsletter: Binance users pull $3.6bn from crypto exchange and a junk debt rout sparks ‘bloodbath’ for credit investors
  
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• Trump faces the voters

  01-11-2026 19:15 via Global Economy
  US midterm elections, Bank of England interest rate decision, John Ternus hosts first earnings call as Apple chief
  
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• Britain to offer cheaper university fees to EU students at ‘reset’ summit

  01-11-2026 18:00 via UK economy
  Since Brexit, European students have paid international tuition rates at UK universities
  
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• Unions hit out after Healey signals delay to youth minimum wage pledge

  01-11-2026 15:50 via UK economy
  Chancellor warned against pursuing ‘trade-offs’ between jobs and wages after he declines to commit to 2024 vow
  
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• Will US jobs growth remain subdued?

  01-11-2026 13:00 via Global Economy
  Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
  
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• US critical minerals push delivers a gold rush — for Washington lobbyists

  01-11-2026 13:00 via Global Economy
  Billions in government backing have produced a flurry of deals but little increase in domestic production
  
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• Britain’s welfare ratchet

  01-11-2026 13:00 via UK economy
  Political incentives, rising expectations of state support and deeper economic failures make the benefits system hard to rein in
  
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• The extraordinary rise of Sea Limited, Asia's online marketplace

  01-11-2026 10:00 via Latest from MoneyWeek
  
  In late 2021, Sea Limited (NYSE: SE) was worth almost $200 billion. Its shares had soared above $350 as investors bet that the Singapore-based company could dominate online shopping across southeast Asia and beyond. Within a year, more than 80% of its stock market value had vanished. The extraordinary rise and fall of Sea is also the story of how a computer game helped build a shopping empire.Sea Limited began in 2009, when entrepreneur Forrest Li founded Garena to distribute computer games acro
  
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• Is the whisky market waking up after the Covid binge?

  01-11-2026 09:00 via Latest from MoneyWeek
  
  First there was the whisky market binge. Prices for rare single malt whiskies soared during the low-interest rate era of the pandemic. Stuck at home, collectors and speculators splashed out on bottles they hoped would continue to appreciate in value. The market in rare whiskies had, after all, already had a great decade in the lead-up to Covid. From just before the first lockdown in March 2020 until the market peaked in May 2022, valuations climbed 58%, according to the Icon 100 index, compiled
  
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• Can Luca de Meo turn around Kering?

  01-11-2026 08:00 via Latest from MoneyWeek
  
  When Luca de Meo arrived at Kering a year ago with a mandate to shake up the ailing French luxury group, his arrival caused quite a stir in the fashion world. Handsome and soigné, he certainly looked the part. It was the provenance of the Italian now charged with restoring the fortunes of couture legends Gucci, Saint Laurent, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen that raised eyebrows. Having spent most of his career in the car industry, de Meo arrived directly from Renault. Fashionistas swiftly dubb
  
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• The new Bristol town that could give Burnham a blueprint for devolution

  01-11-2026 06:00 via UK economy
  Malaysian-owned development’s bid to transform a 450-acre former airfield will test whether local leaders can deliver
  
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• Scrapping audits for UK start-ups is worth its weight in red tape

  01-11-2026 06:00 via UK economy
  The move will help convey the message that the country’s stifling attitude to bureaucracy is changing
  
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• Russia forced to ship grain via Arctic as Black Sea battles rage

  01-11-2026 06:00 via Global Economy
  Farmers are exporting agricultural goods from ports thousands of miles away, driving up costs for overseas buyers
  
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• Quant hedge fund to spin out of Tudor in record $9bn launch

  01-11-2026 06:00 via UK economy
  Xantium to separate from company controlled by billionaire Paul Tudor Jones II next year
  
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• No amount of money can make a war zone safe for seafarers

  01-11-2026 06:00 via Global Economy
  The international community and shipping industry must act together to protect the people who keep world trade moving
  
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