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The United Nations said at least 798 Palestinians were killed near aid-distribution sites in Gaza between May 27th and July 7th 

As debate time ended for Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”, the president’s tax-cutting package moved to a special session known as vote-a-rama. 

The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said that Iran could start producing enriched uranium again “in a matter of months”. 

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are two US agencies that were set up to make mortgages more affordable to Americans. But the system was rocked during the 2008 housing slump and the government bailed them out. And now, critics say the home loan agencies are using taxpayer support to be ... Show More

Federal regulators dissected Silicon Valley and Signature banks today, delivering post-mortems on last month’s banking crisis. But on Wall Street, the crisis is far from over, with shares of First Republic Bank plummeting amid fears it could go into receivership. CNN Political Di ... Show More

The latest from Cyprus and how it affects UK savers. What is to become of the UK's state-run banks. And the mounting warnings about bonds and bond funds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

P.M. Edition for May 23. The U.S. Justice Department and more than two dozen states want to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster. And Washington considers reducing additional capital requirements for the nation’s biggest banks. Heard on the Street writer Telis Demos explains wha ... Show More

U.S. Stocks end the day higher with shares of First Republic Bank rising after 11 of the nation’s biggest banks deposit $30 billion. U.S. regional banks rally, and tech stocks look like a safe haven, for now. Charlotte Gartenberg reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m ... Show More

Greece is approaching a crunch point - again. Six years after its first bailout, the government in Athens is looking to its creditors, the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission, for fresh help. Mehreen Khan discusses the latest crisis and what's at stake for Eur ... Show More

Peter Spiegel, Brussels bureau chief, joins the podcast to discuss the potential fallout from the bailout in Cyprus, which sees bank deposits tapped for the first time. Also under discussion are the results of the second leg of US stress tests, as the Fed orders JPMorgan and Gold ... Show More

A bid by China’s Anbang Insurance to buy Novo Banco has collapsed, leaving the future of Portugal's biggest retail bank up in the air. Patrick Jenkins, the FT's financial editor, discusses the implications with Martin Arnold, FT banking editor, and Laura Noonan, investment bankin ... Show More