Bank of Japan ditches negative rates
Central bank raises borrowing costs for the first time since 2007 in a historic shift
FT News Briefing · Forhecz Topher
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Show Notes
Microsoft has hired the co-founder of Google’s DeepMind, the Bank of Japan raised interest rates for the first time since 2007, and leading European and UK artificial intelligence start-ups have been lobbied to move their headquarters to rival nations.
Mentioned in this podcast:
Microsoft hires DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman to run new consumer AI unit
Bank of Japan ends era of negative interest rates
Unilever to split off ice cream business and cut 7,500 jobs
Rival nations seek to poach top UK and European AI start-ups
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