AI risks widening global wealth gap, WTO warns
Poorer countries need to be able to share benefits of artificial intelligence, report says
Security company Verisure plans to raise €3.1bn in Swedish IPO
Move by private equity-backed group is latest signal of reopening for new European listings
Labour’s strategy has been all pain, no gain
The government is incredibly unpopular and even its favoured policies have not shifted the dial
China bans tech companies from buying Nvidia’s AI chips
Beijing steps up efforts to boost semiconductor independence to compete with the US
PwC UK cuts jobs as revenue growth slows sharply
Big Four firm forced to take ‘tough decision to reduce roles in some areas’ amid slowdown following pandemic-era boom
Donald Trump heads to Windsor Castle on UK state visit
US president to meet King Charles as royal family prepares for pomp and ceremony
China lifts exit ban on Wells Fargo banker
US citizen Chenyue Mao had been restricted from leaving country under opaque measure for several months
Correction: tirzepatide weight loss
Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug reported average weight loss of just under 21 per cent in trials of its maximum approved dose, rather than as much as 22.5 per cent as incorrectly stated in an article on September 16
Transcript: Private equity’s public reckoning
Katie Martin and Robert Armstrong speak to Antoine Gara
UK watchdog to waive some rules for cryptoasset providers
FCA says traditional financial rules would not be effective for the sector as it prepares to fully integrate the market
UK inflation holds steady at 3.8% in August
Figure strengthens case for Bank of England to leave interest rates unchanged on Thursday
Inflation and interest rates tracker: see how your country compares
Inflationary pressures are beginning to wane. See how actions taken by your central bank affect you
Letter: Lloyd’s cannot shirk its responsibility to battle climate change
From Ariel Le Bourdonnec, Insurance Campaigner, Reclaim Finance, Paris, France
Letter: A chance to re-evaluate the US-UK trade deal
From Sol Picciotto, Emeritus Professor, Lancaster University, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, UK
Letter: Key turning point: repeal of the Fairness Doctrine
From Christian B Teeter, Professor of Business Administration, Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles, CA, US
Letter: Achieving a more balanced global economy needs time
From Karthik Sankaran, Senior Research Fellow, Geoeconomics, Global South Programme, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, Washington, DC, US
Letter: Echoes of the financial crisis in the Tricolor story
From Keith Salway, Lechlade, Gloucestershire, UK
Letter: A constitution not so much unwritten as uncodified
From Tim Bale, Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Letter: Any debate on fertility can’t ignore the child-bearers
From Rebecca Christie, Senior Fellow, Bruegel, Brussels, Belgium
Letter: Something to look out for in a job advert
From Timothy Beecroft, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK
The scariest bits of the job market
Plus France’s woes
FTAV’s further reading
ChatGPT; San Francisco; Jan Marsalek; televisions; finance; Trump; social media; and Elton John
Why are some non-competes being tightened when finance job turnover has collapsed?
Adding some steel to the golden fetters
India’s participation in Russian war games mars EU’s partnership pitch
Also in this newsletter: EU rights agency raises alarm about growing discrimination against intersex people in Europe