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FINANCIAL TIMES
Friday, 15 August 2025
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway offloaded Apple shares again in second quarter
 
Conglomerate resumed selling the Big Tech group’s stock during period of US tariff turmoil
 
 
Putin hails Trump’s ‘energetic and sincere’ efforts to end Ukraine war
 
US president says he will know in first few minutes of Alaska talks with Russian leader whether a ceasefire can be secured
 
 
Westminster forgets that inflation matters
 
Most of those in the political world chafe at higher costs but, unlike voters, they are not at the sharp end
 
 
In charts: UK private schools lose ground to state rivals in A-level results race
 
Data shows increasing popularity of science and maths, while boys overtake girls in top grades
 
 
Eli Lilly raises UK price of obesity drug by up to 170% after Trump ‘freeloading’ gripe
 
Maker of popular Mounjaro treatment seeks to address White House concerns over higher medicine costs for Americans
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
China cracks down on foreign companies stockpiling rare earths
 
Beijing determined to retain leverage over supply by preventing buyers from building large inventories
 
 
Intel shares jump on possible US government investment
 
Chipmaker’s stock rises 7% after reports Trump administration could take an ownership stake
 
 
US wholesale prices jump 3.3% as Trump trade war hits economy
 
Rise in Producer Price Index in July was the highest since February
 
 
‘Showtime’s not here yet’: Cincinnati consumers shrug off Donald Trump’s tariffs
 
In one patch of the world’s biggest economy, spending habits fail to match shoppers’ anxiety
 
 
Zelenskyy faces his ‘moment of maximum pressure’
 
Weakened at home, the Ukrainian president must try to shape the Alaska talks from afar as battlefield losses mount
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
BlackRock strikes $11bn Saudi Arabian natural gas deal
 
Agreement is kingdom’s latest effort to attract foreign capital
 
 
Klarna’s loss widens as fintech readies another shot at New York listing
 
Revenues jump a fifth to $823mn as Swedish buy now, pay later group continues US expansion and neobank drive
 
 
Thyssenkrupp cuts outlook as trade turmoil dents sales
 
Chief says industrial group is ‘very much feeling the weak market environment’ despite higher defence spending
 
 
Opec oil ‘price war’ will halt shale boom, say US producers
 
Energy Information Administration predicts drop in American output next year as cartel’s supplies soar
 
 
Bitcoin slips after hitting record high
 
World’s biggest cryptocurrency has been boosted by rise of ‘bitcoin treasury’ companies, but fell on US inflation data
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
Donald Trump’s 100% tariff threat looms over chip sector despite relief for Apple
 
US probe into semiconductor sector could leave a patchwork of agreements with individual companies and countries
 
 
AI is having some relationship issues
 
Companies such as OpenAI are running what amounts to a giant social experiment
 
 
Big Pharma is falling out of love with Britain
 
Life sciences should be a natural place to look for growth
 
 
Student digs merger gets a pass mark
 
The Unite-Empiric deal reflects tough conditions in the sector
 
 
Why investors are losing their appetite for salad bowl chains
 
Amid pressure on consumer spending, fast food operators and casual dining chains are fighting back
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
Trump could transform Caucasus with Armenia-Azerbaijan peace
 
Sidelining Russia an