The Commercial Rollout of the Women's World Cup

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The commercial rollout of this year's Women's World Cup has fallen flat. The games are all finished by lunchtime in Europe, which means you're not going to have a big audience because people are at work or school. Germany has become a target for ATM robberies as gangs blow up cash machines.

America’s risky corporate loan market has been hit by the biggest slew of downgrades since the depths of the Covid crisis in 2020, and European banks with large retail arms are expected to report big second-quarter profits. Plus, the FT’s sports editor Josh Noble explains why the commercial rollout of the Women’s World Cup has been so disappointing.

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Bombs, car chases and ‘free money’: Dutch gangs blow up German cash machines

The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Monica Lopez, Tom Stokes, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.

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