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Short rates have overshot

Plus the social media lawsuits

G7 crisis talks as Iran war continues to roil global economy

Also in this newsletter: Drones enter Finnish airspace as Ukraine hits Baltic ports

TotalEnergies made bumper profit on Middle East oil bet

In March, French group bought every available cargo of crude produced in UAE and Oman for loading in May

Private capital: what are the risks?

As investors seek to retrieve their money, the $22tn industry rejects comparisons with 2008. Regulators aren’t so sure

What to do when the ‘public good’ of information goes bad

The creation and dissemination of reliable news is at an economic disadvantage

Ineos flagship project risks delay from Strait of Hormuz crisis

Disruption comes as investors see Jim Ratcliffe’s chemicals group boosted by energy market ructions from Iran conflict

America’s gig economy

Self-employment, at both the high and the low end, is keeping consumption afloat — but for how long?

Insurers give Emirates ‘outrageously’ cheap war insurance cover

Dubai-based airline paying additional $100,000 a week while others face far higher charges

The lords and alleged lawbreakers among MFS’s eclectic borrowers

Market Financial Solutions’ loan recipients included sportsmen, TV personalities and those accused of financial crimes

Food giants were finally starting to cut prices — then the war began

Spectre of another surge in inflation leaves struggling consumer goods groups with difficult decisions

How Hungary sidesteps Europe’s fraud watchdog

Viktor Orbán’s government has returned just 18 per cent of funds flagged by the EU’s anti-graft body

US bets billions of dollars on unproven groups in rare earths deals

Companies with financial ties to Trump administration figures win major funding deals in push for crucial metals