FT News Briefing

Indonesia’s nickel is a gold mine

The carmaker behind Fiat and Peugeot is in talks to invest in Indonesian nickel, the meme-stock movement came back to life, and Chinese authorities have kicked off plans to sell $140bn of long-dated bonds to stimulate the economy. Plus, what Russia’s new defence minister means for the country’s war effort Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/4bAWowz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GameStop soars in meme stock flashback as ‘Roaring Kitty’ reappears</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/4bvQcqh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Who is Andrei Belousov, Russia’s new defence minister? </a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3JXMvNA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stellantis in talks with Vale to invest in Indonesian nickel smelter</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3JYwB5F" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">China fires starting gun on $140bn debt sale to boost economy</a> The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. 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/f9e00fb0-c7c1-42c8-b5f2-4c2934b70466" 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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