Episode Details

UK chancellor John Healey has told the Labour Party conference that the economic conditions enjoyed by New Labour are “simply not there now”, Nvidia has held talks with insurance companies about shouldering the risks of lending against its chips, and oil prices and US Treasuries are locked in their tightest relationship since the first Gulf war in 1990. Plus, an oil field project in the Falkland Islands has put even more pressure on its relationship with neighboring Argentina, and Japanese convenience store chain FamilyMart has enlisted global pop megastar Lady Gaga to help offset the country’s acute labour shortage.

Mentioned in this podcast:

Burnham to set out plan to break ‘politics as usual’ by tackling UK’s biggest issues

Blair-era money is ‘not there now’, Healey warns Labour

Nvidia turns to insurers to spread the risk of AI buildout

Nvidia launches record $150bn share buyback

Oil price and US Treasury yields in tightest relationship since 1990

Oil raises the stakes in Argentina’s push against the Falklands

Lady Gaga tells Japanese people to work for FamilyMart

Credit: Oricon, Labour party

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