Franklin Universal Trust (FT) News
Track canonical SquawkNews coverage tagged to FT, Franklin Universal Trust. This hub brings together deduplicated headlines about alpaca us equities, markets catalysts, earnings, analyst actions, and wider market events so traders can review how a developing story changed over time. It contains 29 indexed stories across 16 publication days and is ordered by the same first-publication timeline used by LiveCast.
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US plans Nuclear-powered merchant fleet to challenge china’s shipbuilding dominance - FT
US plans Nuclear-powered merchant fleet to challenge china’s shipbuilding dominance - FT
GEOPOLITICS | Aug 24, 2026, 12:08 PM UTC
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AAPL pays $17B in taxes to Ireland after back-levy court ruling
Apple (AAPL) paid $17B in taxes to Ireland following a court ruling on back levies, according to FT reporting.
REGULATION | Aug 21, 2026, 12:38 PM UTC
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FT: BlackRock, Meta-linked $14B Texas data center insurance is partial
FT reports Meta and BlackRock’s $14B, 1GW Sopaipilla data center in Texas has about $450M of property coverage once operational and $645M of terrorism coverage, with lenders using modeled “probable maximum loss” scenario
ENERGY | Aug 17, 2026, 10:26 AM UTC
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BMY AZN - pre-mkt note: FT Reports Mega-Merger Talks: Potential AZN-BMY Combination Would Be Large... and Very Complex; Maintain Sector Perf
BMY AZN - pre-mkt note: FT Reports Mega-Merger Talks: Potential AZN-BMY Combination Would Be Large... and Very Complex; Maintain Sector Perform, $64 on BMY @ RBC
MNA | Aug 03, 2026, 02:42 PM UTC
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Donald Trump has said he has not decided whether he will allow Ukraine to produce Patriot surface-to-air interceptor missiles, casting doubt
Donald Trump has said he has not decided whether he will allow Ukraine to produce Patriot surface-to-air interceptor missiles, casting doubt on whether Washington will agree to one of Kyiv’s top priorities. The US Presid
GEOPOLITICS | Jul 30, 2026, 11:36 PM UTC
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GS Goldman involved in Situational Awareness book sale talks - FT.
GS Goldman involved in Situational Awareness book sale talks - FT.
EQUITY | Jul 30, 2026, 03:42 PM UTC
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Situational Awareness to continue as private investment firm - FT.
Situational Awareness to continue as private investment firm - FT.
EQUITY | Jul 30, 2026, 03:40 PM UTC
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Fifa Rejects World Cup Sale
Fifa denies selling World Cup in $20B plan
EQUITY | Jul 30, 2026, 12:39 PM UTC
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USO - Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on US forces, according to the Pentagon, ending a days-long pause in direct attacks between t
USO - Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on US forces, according to the Pentagon, ending a days-long pause in direct attacks between the two warring countries. Iran’s attack, which the US blamed on the Islamic Revo
GEOPOLITICS | Jul 28, 2026, 10:55 PM UTC
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JPM fifa is working with Bankers at JPMorgan to raise billions of dollars by bringing in external investors to take a roughly 20 per cent st
JPM fifa is working with Bankers at JPMorgan to raise billions of dollars by bringing in external investors to take a roughly 20 per cent stake in the new entity - FT
EQUITY | Jul 28, 2026, 01:14 PM UTC
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ARES Ares management has held talks to buy leonard green & Partners - FT
ARES Ares management has held talks to buy leonard green & Partners - FT
EQUITY | Jul 27, 2026, 05:26 PM UTC
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UBER -3% following FT report Waymo considering options to end Uber partnership
UBER -3% following FT report Waymo considering options to end Uber partnership
EQUITY | Jul 24, 2026, 07:21 PM UTC
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NVDA PLTR Nvidia and Palantir urge the US not to ban ‘open’ AI models after China scare - FT.
NVDA PLTR Nvidia and Palantir urge the US not to ban ‘open’ AI models after China scare - FT.
GEOPOLITICS | Jul 24, 2026, 03:29 PM UTC
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BP qualitas energy and investment Arm of Kuwait's sovereign Wealth fund in advanced talks to purchase bp's lightsource - FT
BP qualitas energy and investment Arm of Kuwait's sovereign Wealth fund in advanced talks to purchase bp's lightsource - FT
EQUITY | Jul 24, 2026, 12:34 PM UTC
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BP bp nears deal to sell solar business lightsource to Kuwait-backed group - FT
BP bp nears deal to sell solar business lightsource to Kuwait-backed group - FT
EQUITY | Jul 24, 2026, 12:33 PM UTC
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SLG SL Green Realty Corp - signs 10-year, 98,420 sq FT lease at 11 Madison avenue with AI tenant
SLG SL Green Realty Corp - signs 10-year, 98,420 sq FT lease at 11 Madison avenue with AI tenant
EQUITY | Jul 22, 2026, 08:22 PM UTC
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NSRGY (more) private equity group Platinum equity is nearing a deal to acquire a stake in Nestlé’s European Water business that would value
NSRGY (more) private equity group Platinum equity is nearing a deal to acquire a stake in Nestlé’s European Water business that would value the company at close to €5B - FT
MNA | Jul 22, 2026, 01:34 PM UTC
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MANU liverpool fc owner in talks to sell minority stake to mittal Family-backed consortium - FT Deal would value english Premier league side
MANU liverpool fc owner in talks to sell minority stake to mittal Family-backed consortium - FT Deal would value english Premier league side at more than $6B - FT
EQUITY | Jul 21, 2026, 02:40 PM UTC
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SPY U.S. President Donald Trump is poised to unleash fresh tariffs on dozens of countries as soon as this week, the Financial Times reported
SPY U.S. President Donald Trump is poised to unleash fresh tariffs on dozens of countries as soon as this week, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, with his temporary 10% global tariff scheduled to expire on Friday.
GEOPOLITICS | Jul 21, 2026, 10:14 AM UTC
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NGLOY anglo American poised to sell de beers diamond business to former CEO - FT
NGLOY anglo American poised to sell de beers diamond business to former CEO - FT
EQUITY | Jul 17, 2026, 04:50 PM UTC
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UBER delivery hero is expected to announce the deal as early as Thursday with Uber paying roughly €41 per share- FT
UBER delivery hero is expected to announce the deal as early as Thursday with Uber paying roughly €41 per share- FT
EQUITY | Jul 15, 2026, 05:49 PM UTC
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UBER Uber nears EUR 12.5B deal to acquire delivery hero- FT
UBER Uber nears EUR 12.5B deal to acquire delivery hero- FT
MNA | Jul 15, 2026, 05:49 PM UTC
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BYDDF TM BYD can take toyota’s Crown without the US market, notes top executive – FT
BYDDF TM BYD can take toyota’s Crown without the US market, notes top executive – FT
RATES | Jul 15, 2026, 11:05 AM UTC
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GOOGL Brussels prepares fresh Google fines as big tech enforcement increases- FT
GOOGL Brussels prepares fresh Google fines as big tech enforcement increases- FT
EQUITY | Jul 15, 2026, 10:48 AM UTC
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AAOI Applied Optoelectronics expands Pearland, Texas campus by nearly 400,000 sq FT to scale 800G, 1.6T transceiver output
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics expands Pearland, Texas campus by nearly 400,000 sq FT to scale 800G, 1.6T transceiver output
EQUITY | Jul 14, 2026, 11:26 AM UTC
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QQQ deepseek weighs new fundraising a month after closing first round - FT Deepseek preliminary talks with new investors about opening anoth
QQQ deepseek weighs new fundraising a month after closing first round - FT Deepseek preliminary talks with new investors about opening another round that would value the company at about $71B before deal-ft Rpt: deepseek
EQUITY | Jul 14, 2026, 10:30 AM UTC
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EU plans 15% tax on aluminium scrap exports - FT
EU plans 15% tax on aluminium scrap exports - FT
EQUITY | Jun 26, 2026, 01:29 PM UTC
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Kalshi Raises Funds
Kalshi is in talks to raise funds at a $40bn valuation
EQUITY | Jun 24, 2026, 07:01 PM UTC
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Iran Accesses $6bn
Iran to get access to $6bn of frozen funds to buy US goods
GEOPOLITICS | Jun 18, 2026, 04:08 PM UTC