US software stocks were hit with a fresh burst of selling on Monday as investors fretted that AI will upend the industry, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz heads to China this week to discuss trade. Plus, the FT’s Ben Hall explains where things stand in the Ukraine war four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Mentioned in this podcast:
US software and private capital shares hit with fresh wave of selling
What Friedrich Merz is going to tell Xi Jinping
Volodymyr Zelenskyy urges Donald Trump to see through Russia’s ‘games’
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