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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 23h

Why I have to buy doughnuts with cash - @bhgreeley.bsky.social here on the problems of US payments and why that means he has to pay with dollar notes at his local store with doughnuts that are “definitional” www.ft.com/content/8766...

Why I have to buy doughnuts with cash

Powerful lobbies are hindering a digital transition by America’s huge network of some 4,500 banks

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 1d

This must be one of the great gigs for a journalist interested in markets, data and economics. There can't be many better colleagues to work alongside than Katie and Rob

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 2d

Great stat

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Jason Furman @jasonfurman.bsky.social · 2d

The other day a student asked me about the prevalence of insider trading in prediction markets. I now have an answer.

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Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 2d

More amazeballs reporting from @bondhack.ft.com and @ericgplatt.ft.com

FT Alphaville @alphaville.ft.com · 2d

A dig into First Brands' invoice financing and who's left holding the bag.

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First Brands Group: dude, where’s my cash?

[FREE TO READ] Cleveland, we have a problem

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Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 2d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 2d

yes genmaicha is great

Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 2d

i prefer green tea, a product i had overlooked for a long time as I had only really been exposed to the stuff they sell at the supermarket/health food stores. The better quality green teas have such a range of flavours. I really like the nuttier-flavoured ones.

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 2d

This column by Claer Barrett will resonate with anyone who has tried to buy or sell a house in England and Wales www.ft.com/content/3cf7...

Moving home is maddening — here’s how the system needs to change

A new government consultation promises to speed up the conveyancing process in England and Wales. But will it work?

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 2d

as Willem points out: www.ft.com/content/589d...

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 2d

Back in 2009, Willem Buiter wrote that gold was in a 6000-year-old bubble. SInce then it has risen from $1,100 to $4000 an ounce. But he writes here is still has no intrinsic value and should be sold by central banks. www.ft.com/content/589d...

Gold bubble should prompt central banks to sell the metal

The world is thoughtless of history when it treats bullion as desirable and a store of value

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 2d

Read of the day: Can Japan satisfy the world’s thirst for matcha? just a great story from Harry Dempsey and @urbandirt.bsky.social reporting from Shizuoka and Uji www.ft.com/content/be14...

Can Japan satisfy the world’s thirst for matcha?

Booming demand is straining a supply chain that prioritises quality and cannot expand quickly enough

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 3d

one of the world's greatest cities

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 3d

well just a shortage of people all around

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 3d

Japan has an ‘enshortification’ problem - @urbandirt.bsky.social here on the country's shortages of practitioners with some examples here www.ft.com/content/de6a...

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 3d

Defence companies sound warning to the UK - column here by @sylviapfeifer.bsky.social on the rising frustration of industry executives with the pace of increases on spending compared with Germany etc www.ft.com/content/dee5...

Defence companies sound warning to the UK

Executives say pace of spending needs to pick up to match promises to make country battle-ready

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 3d

One of the more striking lines in that column www.ft.com/content/3474...

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 3d

The flawed Silicon Valley consensus on AI - excellent column by @johnthornhill.bsky.social. "Instead of hyperventilating about AI ushering in a new era of abundance, wouldn’t it be better to drop the rhetoric and build AI systems for more defined, realisable goals?" www.ft.com/content/3474...

The flawed Silicon Valley consensus on AI

Serious questions remain about what will happen if we do — and don’t — replicate human intelligence

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 4d

am envious of that train ride....would like to do it one day

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 4d

good point..I am far from a transport expert and it is John's column, not mine. Maybe the case is clearer here - ie different end routes etc

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 4d

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

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 4d

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 ...

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 4d

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 · 4d

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

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 4d

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

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