FT News Briefing

EU pushes back on ‘too big to care’ tech companies

US and European corporate bond markets have started September with a bang, the EU released a list of digital services that will have to comply with the bloc’s new regulations, and the FT’s Alice Hancock explains how Europe’s drought is hitting the agriculture and energy industries.  Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/47XVJV7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US and European companies rush to issue debt before rate decisions</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/45ZkLBd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Big Tech faces fresh legal obligations as Brussels lists services bound by new rules</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/487BmF5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Retail investors power into uranium</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/462HRqz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Europe’s water crisis: how supplies turned to ‘gold dust’</a> The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Monique Mulima, Monica Lopez, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/f2ad40fb-52d7-4fe9-bcb7-33876132cdb7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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