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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 2h

very good piece..the weight loss drugs are so transformative...at least it has been for me

Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 2h

well the rail regulator still has to issue a decision on access by competitors to Temple Mills, the depot where Eurostar stores and maintains its trains www.orr.gov.uk/search-news/...

More cross-channel rail services coming down the track | Office of Rail and Road

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today written to Eurostar and new applicants seeking to run cross-channel rail services, to set out next steps for assigning access to Temple Mills International ...

www.orr.gov.uk

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 2h

Lime’s UK revenue from renting out e-bikes and scooters hit £111m last year. www.londoncentric.media/p/lime-is-ea...

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 2h

Let’s end Eurostar’s monopoly on cross-channel rail - @johngapper.bsky.social column here calling for new entrants to revitalise and expand rail services between London and continental Europe. The UK rail regulator is set to make a key decision on the issue this month www.ft.com/content/8ea4...

Let’s end Eurostar’s monopoly on cross-channel rail

New entrants could revitalise and expand rail services from London to continental Europe

www.ft.com

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 2h

A scoop that should serve as a warning of the potential losses that might emerge after the private lending boom of recent years www.ft.com/content/39da...

UBS fund holds 30% exposure linked to First Brands

Switzerland’s largest bank has multiple investments tied to bankrupt auto parts maker

www.ft.com

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 17h

What is happening in France may not stay in France - @elerianm.bsky.social column here. Bond markets are losing patience with political paralysis. Implications for the ECB and the UK budget "will test whether London can deliver what Paris is failing to provide." www.ft.com/content/04ed...

What is happening in France may not stay in France

Bond markets are losing patience with political paralysis

www.ft.com

Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 1d

On the Din Tai Fung phenomenon - each US location apparently now pulls $27.4mn in revenue, three times what high-end restaurant group Nobu pulls in www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

How Din Tai Fung Became America’s Top-Earning Restaurant Chain

The dumpling restaurant was started in Taiwan half a century ago. Now there are 17 always-packed locations in the US, including one in Disneyland.

www.bloomberg.com

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 1d

A wholesale change in regulatory philosophy is needed for UK markets - Huw van Steenis argues here the UK should follow the US model of requiring regulators to consider not just investor protection but also “efficiency, competition and capital formation” www.ft.com/content/d280...

A wholesale change in regulatory philosophy is needed for UK markets

Policymakers may have inadvertently stifled opportunity through a focus on investor protection

www.ft.com

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 1d

in contrast to other AI companies, Elon Musk's xAI is going down another route www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/t...

Elon Musk Gambles on Sexy A.I. Companions

www.nytimes.com

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 1d

This is genuinely fascinating - how people are using AI, what for, which countries/US are using it differently - by Dan Clark and Caroline Nevitt of the FT's data and visual storytelling team ig.ft.com/ai-personal-...

How AI became our personal assistant

New data shows the ways millions have integrated the technology into their everyday lives

ig.ft.com

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 1d

Accountancy and consultancy firms are starting to AI - that can lead to problems www.ft.com/content/934c...

Deloitte issues refund for error-ridden Australian government report that used AI

Big Four firm will repay final instalment after incorrect references and citations found in document

www.ft.com

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 1d

America’s economy needs expanded deposit insurance - Sheila Bair makes the case here for a move to support community and regional banks www.ft.com/content/526f...

America’s economy needs expanded deposit insurance

We need to support the thousands of community and regional banks that play a critical role in lending to growing businesses

www.ft.com

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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 1d

Anyway here's a lovely interview with Jilly from about a year ago about all of her favourite things and a rather wistful view of her life on.ft.com/3Z3fRTb

Jilly Cooper: ‘Is sex an indulgence? Not any more’

The novelist talks greyhounds, Joanna Lumley and her typewriter, Monica

on.ft.com

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 1d

Help FT Weekend crown the best business lunch restaurant in London - @harrietfl.ft.com is calling for your nominations and votes www.ft.com/content/00f3...

Help FT Weekend crown the best business lunch restaurant in London

Nominations are now open for our inaugural Business Lunch Awards in partnership with OpenTable

www.ft.com

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 2d

@jemima.bsky.social on crypto dealings by politicians such as the Trumps and the move by Nigel Farage's Reform party to accept political donations in crypto www.ft.com/content/dbd0...

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 2d

America is now one big bet on AI - Ruchir Sharma column here. "The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year" www.ft.com/content/6cc8...

America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

www.ft.com

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 2d

FT Editorial - The Manchester tragedy and antisemitism in Britain www.ft.com/content/7353...

The Manchester tragedy and antisemitism in Britain

Synagogue attack comes amid a sharp rise in anti-Jewish prejudice

www.ft.com

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Josh Spero @joshspero.ft.com · 4d

My intro to this piece caused half an hour of debate (adults) and shrieking laughter (me) on.ft.com/3WkJZHp

Why I welcome Americanisation. Sorry, Americanization

[FREE TO READ] News of the British Museum’s fundraising gala smacks of the sort of imitation and assimilation we’re good at

on.ft.com

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 4d

And Nikkei live blog here asia.nikkei.com/politics/jap...

Takaichi elected as first female leader of Japan’s ruling LDP

Conservative politician likely to be next prime minister unless opposition unites

asia.nikkei.com

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 4d

From that profile of Sanae Takaichi www.ft.com/content/18d7...

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 4d

Sanae Takaichi has been elected lesder of the LDP party in Japan and is set to become the country’s first female prime minister. Profile here by @urbandirt.bsky.social of the conservative who has dreamed of becoming the Margaret Thatcher of Japan www.ft.com/content/18d7...

The conservative hardliner who could become Japan’s first female PM

Veteran politician Sanae Takaichi has called for a return to ‘Abenomics’ to rejuvenate ailing ruling party

www.ft.com

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 4d

Try this one on.ft.com/46P7PzT

Trump’s attacks cast a chill on what Wall Street says

[FREE TO READ] Economists and investors say there are scattered signs of self-censorship

on.ft.com

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 4d

Trump’s attacks are casting a chill on what Wall Street says - important column here from @katie0martin.ft.com here. Market participant say fear of retribution from the president is leading to signs of self-censorship. www.ft.com/content/2f34...

Trump’s attacks cast a chill on what Wall Street says

Economists and investors say there are scattered signs of self-censorship

www.ft.com

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 5d

I am afraid to inform you that the FT music critic has given Taylor's new album 2 stars out of 5 www.ft.com/content/c1a4...

Taylor Swift: The Life of a Showgirl album review — charismatic as ever, but lacks sparkle

The star’s 12th record reunites her with Swedish superproducers Max Martin and Shellback, but with diminishing returns

www.ft.com

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 5d

and here is Richard Waters on how big tech wants to use AI video - "whether this will lead to an new generation of apps that are built around AI from the ground up, or whether most people will experience AI more in new features added to the apps that they already use. www.ft.com/content/8d2d...

AI comes to the video wars

A new period of experimentation in apps has arrived to expand the user experience beyond chatbots

www.ft.com

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