Bond woes spill over into equities
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 3 September 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
A sell-off in government bonds spilled into the equity market as stocks fell on Tuesday, and Eurozone inflation ticked up to 2.1 per cent in August. Plus, European banks are intensifying their calls for regulators to remove obstacles to cross-border banking services in the EU.
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European banks push for lower cross-border hurdles
US stocks fall as bond sell-off spills into equities
Eurozone inflation rises to 2.1% in August
Pound falls as UK long-term borrowing costs hit highest level since 1998
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| 0:32.3 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:34.2 | Today is Wednesday, September 3rd, and this is your FT News Briefing. |
| 0:38.8 | Google got a huge win yesterday, and sovereign bonds are having a real hard time right now. |
| 0:45.9 | Plus, European banks are fed up with all the red tape they have to go through when it comes |
| 0:50.1 | to cross-border banking services. |
| 0:51.8 | This is not a new complaint, but I think it's becoming more of an urgent one. |
| 0:58.0 | I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 1:05.0 | Google will not have to break itself up. |
| 1:13.1 | A U.S. federal judge ruled yesterday that the Department of Justice overreached when it tried to force Google to divest key assets, like its web browser Chrome. |
| 1:22.6 | The same judge last year ruled that Google had created an illegal monopoly, and the DOJ argued the |
| 1:29.1 | company would have to sell parts of its business to loosen its grip on online search. |
| 1:34.4 | The judge yesterday did say that Google was barred from entering into exclusive contracts with |
| 1:40.2 | wireless carriers, browser developers, and device manufacturers, but he did not ban all payments from Google to promote its products. |
| 1:47.9 | The company will also have to share more information with certain competitors like user interaction data. |
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