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FINANCIAL TIMES
Sunday, 17 August 2025
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
No concessions, no ceasefire: how Putin outplayed Trump in Anchorage
 
Russia’s leader seems to have drawn the US president closer to Moscow’s position on the Ukraine war
 
 
Putin demanded Ukraine cede Donetsk and Luhansk in exchange for freezing rest of front line
 
Russian president reiterated ‘core demands’ that would undermine Ukraine’s statehood and roll back Nato expansion
 
 
Russia, Ukraine and Europe are all trying to manipulate Trump
 
Kyiv and its western allies will attempt to turn the near disaster of Anchorage into a success
 
 
Treasury prepares tax reforms in push to boost UK productivity
 
Fears of £10bn downgrade from OBR prompt hunt for measures to improve growth
 
 
Weight-loss weariness and Trump threats wipe $250bn off Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly
 
Trump’s push for price cuts and tariffs weighs on ‘obesity franchises’, which have missed out on equity market’s rise
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
EM companies rush to global debt markets as risk premium falls to near 20-year low
 
Banks and companies in emerging markets outside China are issuing debt at the fastest pace since 2021
 
 
Ireland and the ‘British question’
 
Few now discount the prospect of unification. Yet the Republic still struggles to imagine the changes that would be needed to accommodate unionists
 
 
US credit spreads hit lowest level this century after sharp rally
 
Investors warn credit markets are ‘weirdly confident’ despite threats to global economy
 
 
Venture capitalist sues Christie’s over Picasso once owned by a criminal
 
Sasan Ghandehari claims he would not have bought £14.5mn work if auction house had disclosed the conviction
 
 
WEF clears Klaus Schwab of material wrongdoing
 
Davos forum names BlackRock’s Larry Fink as interim co-chair after whisteblower allegations rejected
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
Investors grapple with Trump’s corporate America
 
It is no longer left to the invisible hand of capitalism to figure out who are the winners
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
UK consumers risk inflation hit to savings for first time in two years
 
Banks slash interest rates paid to customers in response to base rate cuts; inflation forecast to peak at 4%
 
 
Smart glasses look better this time round
 
Wearers can now look stylish rather than plain geeky
 
 
Downsizing is back — and may be more attractive than ever
 
Would you trade down to lower your inheritance tax bill?
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
Grandparents are the reserve army of society
 
Those undertaking the formidable work of second parenthood often go unrecognised
 
 
Stop talking about AI
 
A discourse on the discourse
 
 
Why do we get beauty so wrong?
 
It is endlessly subjective, unexpected, malleable — yet we pretend that it follows a simple formula
 
 
Where did all the British hops go?
 
There’s a fight on to rejuvenate a once thriving beer industry
 
 
Poetry and the visual word
 
Like paintings, poems can help us to express parts of our lives that are otherwise out of reach
 
 
 
 
 
 
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