Terra unravelled while bln Tether wobbled In this Viewsroom podcast Breakingviews columnists discuss why reforming stablecoins which are supposedly linked to the dollar could dent their allure Also the Wall Street firm s vacation offering is unlikely to benefit staff

   Roman Abramovich is selling the soccer team to a group led by LA Dodgers co owner Todd Boehly for bln In this Viewsroom podcast Breakingviews columnists discuss the chunky valuation and the owner s spending plans Also high prices are hitting the rich as well as the poor

   The bln bank is under pressure from its largest shareholder to spin off its Asian unit In this Viewsroom podcast Breakingviews columnists discuss why the plan deserves short shrift Also the decision by oil giants to limit production will win few friends

   Tesla s boss is close to clinching control of the social network having secured financing from Wall Street Breakingviews columnists discuss why the bet makes sense for banks in this Viewsroom podcast Also the streaming service s subscriber pain may lead to bountiful change

   As Elon Musk dangles a billion offer Breakingviews columnists discuss whether anybody will end up buying the social network in this Viewsroom podcast Plus the Chinese ride hailing firm cancels its U S listing less than a year after arriving leaving shareholders stranded

   As Shanghai grapples with a coronavirus outbreak and almost one third of the country s population is under lockdown Breakingviews columnists discuss the impact on China s economy in this Viewsroom podcast Plus tiny Lithuania shows European countries how to give up Russian gas

   Outspoken political and business leaders are making big moves In this Viewsroom podcast Breakingviews columnists discuss why Twitter may have reaped the benefits from Elon Musk s investment and how French president Emmanuel Macron needs to work hard to win over voters

   The war in Ukraine is spurring investors and governments to act fast In this Viewsroom podcast Breakingviews columnists discuss foreign cash fleeing Beijing the West s rapid plan to de Russify its energy mix and Vladimir Putin s options for his billion gold chest See acast com privacy for

   The pandemic continues to shape business and policy around the world In this Viewsroom podcast Breakingviews columnists debate a possible bln euro bid for city centre warehouses the relaxing of restrictions in Hong Kong and a recent conflab of M A advisers in New Orleans See acast com

   The war in Ukraine is affecting far corners of global finance In the Viewsroom podcast Breakingviews columnists explain how the conflict helped bring nickel trading to a halt in London And why oil giant Total and carmaker Renault are resisting the exodus by Western companies See acast com

   The imposition of sweeping financial sanctions by the West to punish President Vladimir Putin s invasion of Ukraine didn t result in a Lehman like moment in debt and equity markets But there are still many unknowns to fret about our columnists say in the Viewsroom podcast See acast com privacy

   As President Vladimir Putin launches the biggest attack on a European state since World War Two and the West prepares its response Dasha Afanasieva and Gina Chon discuss what comes next And Liam Proud explains how an embarrassing data leak is the Swiss bank s latest headache See acast com

   Worries about an invasion of Ukraine have rattled markets but Dasha Afanasieva says Russian investors are more sanguine The European Central Bank faces a tougher inflation juggling act argues Swaha Pattanaik And Una Galani discusses the listing of India s Life Insurance Corp See acast com

   Neil Young s podcast protests have shone a light on a potential flaw in Spotify s business model says Liam Proud Peloton highlights the danger of giving company founders too much voting power Rob Cyran argues And semiconductor M A gives global antitrust regulators agita See acast com privacy

   As Ant nio Horta Os rio quits the Swiss lender after less than a year Liam Proud explains what happened and offers career advice And Unilever s bln pound offer for the pharma giant s consumer unit puts both CEOs on the spot say Aimee Donnellan and Dasha Afanasieva See acast com privacy for

   The company led by Tim Cook hit another mega milestone thanks to a lightning focus on the iPhone universe and investor willingness to accord it a market beating multiple Richard Beales explains And Elizabeth Holmes draws bright lines between hype and fraud Gina Chon says See acast com privacy

   M A bankers will need to think small in size but big when it comes to helping clients meet net zero climate targets Watch for Big Pharma to tool up in the data arms race And the Great Resignation will hit executive suites because running companies remotely is no fun See acast com privacy for

   Look for an end to the cult of revenue and another milestone for Microsoft As net zero efforts falter investors ready a Plan B Riyadh becomes strangely appealing The World Cup pays dividends for the Gulf And chips become Taiwan s green calling card Our columnists explain See acast com

   Gina Chon assesses how China s years of membership of the World Trade Organization have played out compared to expectations in And Jonathan Guilford test drives Harley Davidson s deal to merge its electric motorcycle unit with a blank check company See acast com privacy for privacy and

   As the world gets to grips with a new coronavirus variant Swaha Pattanaik looks ahead to how Omicron could frustrate attempts to rein in rising prices Meanwhile Gina Chon watches Twitter say goodbye to founder Jack Dorsey and usher in a new still quirky governance setup See acast com privacy

   The board of Italy s phone monopoly has a golden opportunity to end to years of creeping control poor governance and dismal performance by considering a sale following the unsolicited bln bid from KKR And Gina Chon explains why Jay Powell has the hardest job in finance See acast com privacy

   Big lenders in the euro zone are doing deals but not the kind investment bankers dream about BNP Paribas is in U S retreat BBVA bulks up in Turkey and KBC goes Bulgarian Liam Proud explains George Hay explains why the Anglo Dutch oil major is dropping the Dutch bit See acast com privacy for

   Though Larry Culp s move to separate the U S industrial conglomerate into three parts marks the end of an era the decision was inevitable John Foley argues And the UN climate do kicks off its second week with one step backward George Hay and Rob Cox check in from Glasgow See acast com privacy

   World and business leaders made some headway in pledges to limit planetary frying during the first week of COP in Glasgow say George Hay and Rob Cox Also venture capitalists and startups mingled along the banks of the Tagus in Lisbon with Peter Thal Larsen and Karen Kwok See acast com privacy

   As world leaders and corporate chieftains converge on Glasgow for the UN climate powwow Rob Cox and George Hay talk about one European steel town s struggle to transition from hydrocarbons to a green new era And Lisa Jucca discusses the latest on UniCredit s M A options See acast com privacy

   Australian climate policy is a work in progress and Antony Currie fears the country s net zero plans may yet prove to be a damp squib On the other hand the South Korean drama is anything but Jennifer Saba explains why the show is a major victory for Netflix and its investors See acast com

   The multilateral lender s boss Kristalina Georgieva rode out data rigging charges Now she has got a lot to prove Swaha Pattanaik ticks through how she can remake her legacy and reform the institution Aimee Donnellan walks through the aisles of French supermarket finance See acast com privacy

   Rivian drops its IPO prospectus Volvo readies its public market return Hertz brings on a car guy and GM gets a thumbs up from Engine No Antony Currie puts it all together And what does Facebook s outage mean for shareholders Gina Chon and Richard Beales weigh in See acast com privacy for

   Trucker shortages partly thanks to Brexit have been blamed for all manner of UK economic hardships from toilet paper scarcities to long queues at petrol stations Ed Cropley and Peter Thal Larsen explain And our columnists in Hong Kong discuss casinos and investment banking See acast com

   Global investors have woken up to the potential financial risks that the heavily indebted Chinese property developer poses Breakingviews Asia columnists explain though that even in a worst case scenario its effects beyond the country s borders should be limited See acast com privacy for privacy

   Beijing s crackdown on Jack Ma s fintech giant continues but there may be some silver linings to the latest wrinkle Robyn Mak tells Pete Sweeney Meantime Dasha Afanasieva explains what a cigar spinoff at Swedish Match and carveouts at Royal DSM have in common See acast com privacy for privacy

   As the Central American country adopts the cryptocurrency as a coin of the realm Richard Beales and Gina Chon discuss the merits of stablecoins and the scramble by regulators to catch up with the market Karen Kwok takes a slice at Roger Federer backed running shoe outfit On See acast com

   Shareholders cheered the prolific Portuguese striker s surprise decision to rejoin his former club in England His three year stint at Juventus though was hardly a clear financial victory Plus An bln IPO valuation for electric truck maker Rivian would be too racy See acast com privacy for

   Markets have been hit by a series of crackdowns in private tutoring data security and more Underlying this is Beijing s effort to limit rich excesses and boost middle class wealth which could curb the performance of the country s biggest and best known private companies See acast com privacy

   Beijing was able to expand its influence in central Asia while America and its allies held back the Taliban The Islamic fundamentalists return to power presents China with new challenges and opportunities Plus CEO Mike Henry shakes up mining giant BHP See acast com privacy for privacy and

   A new U N report on global warming gives financiers fresh reasons to take bigger steps to help avert or mitigate the consequences Breakingviews editors argue A plan by the UK s Prudential and the Asian Development Bank to close coal fired power stations offers a model See acast com privacy for

   Square s bln takeover of Aussie fintech darling Afterpay shines a light on the buy now pay later craze which poses a big challenge to many established players in the banking and payments businesses argue Melbourne based editors Jeff Goldfarb and Antony Currie See acast com privacy for

   Some of the biggest investors including Brookfield and TPG are launching mega funds to invest in the global transition to a net zero economy in what could be the ultimate new asset class Richard Beales and Rob Cox discuss Plus Beijing s crackdown on after school tutoring See acast com

   The Tokyo games are struggling with rising Covid infections corporations pulling out an unenthused Japanese public and now a bad Holocaust joke Pete Sweeney and Rob Cox discuss Meantime John Foley says Robinhood resembles E Trade years ago in good and bad ways See acast com privacy

   Earnings of Wall Street s largest banks confirmed that animal spirits among corporate chiefs and global investors are running high while pandemic shy consumers are getting their mojo back John Foley walks Rob Cox through JPMorgan Goldman BofA Wells Fargo and Citi results See acast com

   Why are private equity firms clogging the aisles at Britain s WM Morrison to pull off a near billion purchase of the supermarket chain Aimee Donnellan and Peter Thal Larsen explain And our Asia columnists discuss Beijing s new attitude to U S traded Chinese companies See acast com privacy

   China s Communist Party turns The institution has never been so popular at home or resented abroad Its leaders are experts at the nuances of control and long on ambition Pete Sweeney says Plus Wall Street enlists individual investors to help price initial stock deals See acast com privacy

   From Morgan Stanley to BlackRock the world s top investment banks and money managers are back in their offices and super busy with mergers IPOs LBOs and other activities thumping Plus Soho House and Wise go public and green hydrogen megalomania on the Congo river See acast com privacy for

   Blackstone KKR Carlyle and other firms are flipping the leveraged buyout playbook with deals that while less dependent on debt don t always add up for their backers Meanwhile investment banking is fast becoming the fragrant harbor s monoculture Our columnists discuss See acast com privacy

   Governments and companies are dangling incentives for people to get jabbed against Covid But it will take more than free weed lottery tickets and beer to reach herd immunity Jeff Goldfarb explains And Dasha Afanasieva says take the pastries leave the Krispy Kreme shares See acast com

   A small activist fund upended Exxon Mobil s board while Shell was dealt a setback in a Dutch courtroom At the same time Chevron shareholders backed a proposal to cut more emissions The interests of both stakeholders and shareholders are rapidly aligning in fossil fuels See acast com privacy for

   The telephone company s deal with Discovery the reversal of a failed strategy to become a media juggernaut opens a window into streaming warfare and the creation of Southeast Asia do everything internet group GoTo is a prelude of more to come Plus no Davos in Singapore See acast com privacy

   China s census data showed the population grew just every year in the decade to with fertility rates dropping to Japanese levels That s bad news for growth And European rainmakers like Claudio Costamagna and Ian Osborne offer market friendlier blank check deals See acast com privacy

   Though special purpose acquisition vehicles are nothing new the recent boom in fundraising and dealmaking has provided fertile hunting grounds for Breakingviews columnists Lauren Silva Laughlin and Richard Beales walk through their new compilation The Art of the SPAC See acast com privacy for

   Images of vast funeral pyres overcrowded hospitals and empty streets have been emanating from India as the country grapples with surging Covid infection rates Una Galani surveys the situation on the ground from Mumbai and discusses the government s response with Rob Cox See acast com privacy