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Wall Street is skeptical about the summer market rally. Ben and Jerry's lost its battle to stop selling its ice cream in the West Bank. Plus, we'll find out more about the 20 year old college student who made more than $100 million betting on a meme stock.

Ben & Jerry’s lost a legal dispute with its parent company over sales in Israel and investors are sceptical about this summer’s equities rally. Plus, the FT’s Madison Darbyshire talks about how a 20-year-old American college student made $110mn betting on a meme stock.

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The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by 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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