• Manufacturing on the ballot in Germany

  • Feb 20 2025
  • Length: 10 mins
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Manufacturing on the ballot in Germany

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  • KKR has submitted a preliminary bid to take a majority stake in Thames Water, and HSBC set out its cost cuts in its annual earnings report yesterday. UK inflation hit a 10-month high. Plus, Germany has lost half a million manufacturing jobs since 2020.


    Mentioned in this podcast:

    German manufacturing job losses deepen fears over industrial decline

    UK inflation rises to 10-month high of 3% in January

    HSBC sets out scale of cost cuts under chief executive’s restructuring plan

    KKR submits £4bn bid to take majority stake in Thames Water

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    The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Ethan Plotkin, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.


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