Rio Tinto’s surprise CEO hunt

力拓集团意外的CEO搜寻之旅

FT News Briefing

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2025-05-28

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US stocks jumped yesterday after President Donald Trump said trade talks with the EU were headed in a "positive" direction, and McKinsey cut 10 per cent of its staff in an effort to increase profits. Plus, Asian currencies are getting a boost from investors’ bets on US trade deals and the FT’s Leslie Hook explains what’s next for Rio Tinto after it asked its chief executive Jakob Stausholm to step down.  Mentioned in this podcast: US stocks jump as Donald Trump touts ‘positive’ progress on EU trade talks Asian currencies boosted by investor bets on US trade deals McKinsey sheds 10% of staff in two-year profitability drive  Rio ousted chief Jakob Stausholm to seek boss with more mining experience Today’s FT News Briefing was produced by Sonja Hutson, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Blake Maples and Michael Lello. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • Good morning from the Financial Times.

  • Today is Wednesday, May 28th, and this is your FT News Briefing.

  • U.S. stocks came out of a long weekend with some pep in their step,

  • and Asian currencies are having a party of their own.

  • Plus, Rio Tinto is on a surprise hunt for a new CEO.

  • I'm Mark Filippino, and here's the news you need to start your day.

  • Investors on Wall Street got excited by some trade news yesterday.

  • The S&P 500 ended the day up a little bit more than 2%,

  • and the Nasdaq rose by nearly 2.5%. U.S. stocks rallied after President Donald Trump said trade talks with the European Union were moving in a positive direction and that the bloc had called to quickly establish meeting dates.

  • Over the weekend, Trump agreed to delay 50% tariffs on the EU until July 9th.

  • European equities also got a bump from all this tariff news.