<p>Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán lashed out at Ukraine at a meeting with US secretary of state Marco Rubio in Budapest. Fund managers are betting against the US dollar. Shareholders push oil companies to accelerate growth. Plus, a new top contender in the FT’s business school ranking.</p><br><p><strong>Mentioned in this podcast:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/929c5c6f-b98a-42ce-84d0-844f2e10df29?accessToken=zwAAAZ0Cu36Kk9OSnFxvuYpCztOE0IRPLhDfKc9BTSuMINRIktOnMCVcCvftuM8YqMfmw9VPV9OtD1hGPt4r0gE.MEQCIF-E4SyOZ5zPyS9Ohr_eJzrtU8zhz7st1iT50hc8Yt3UAiBXBDBdSCJfgvXhuhml5Gw9ZlSx4ITFtYeSl-FFROC93Q&amp;segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marco Rubio says Viktor Orbán’s leadership is ‘essential’ to US interests</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/414d2b8c-20d4-4892-a730-255c0af7edb8?accessToken=zwAAAZ0Cu36Kk9OSnFxvuYpCztOE0IRPLhDfKc9BTSuMINRIktOnMCVcCvftuM8YqMfmw9VPV9OtD1hGPt4r0gE.MEQCIF-E4SyOZ5zPyS9Ohr_eJzrtU8zhz7st1iT50hc8Yt3UAiBXBDBdSCJfgvXhuhml5Gw9ZlSx4ITFtYeSl-FFROC93Q&amp;segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MIT Sloan tops FT Global MBA Ranking for the first time</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/18a8c7e6-c3d5-4f57-ad0f-58463ede2bd2?accessToken=zwAAAZ0Cu36Kk9OSnFxvuYpCztOE0IRPLhDfKc9BTSuMINRIktOnMCVcCvftuM8YqMfmw9VPV9OtD1hGPt4r0gE.MEQCIF-E4SyOZ5zPyS9Ohr_eJzrtU8zhz7st1iT50hc8Yt3UAiBXBDBdSCJfgvXhuhml5Gw9ZlSx4ITFtYeSl-FFROC93Q&amp;segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fund managers take most bearish stance on dollar for a decade</a></p><br><p>Note: The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts&nbsp;</p><br><p>Today’s FT News Briefing was hosted and edited by <a href="https://www.ft.com/josh-gabert-doyon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Josh Gabert Doyon</a>, and produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval and Sonja Hutson. Our show was mixed by Kelly Garry. Additional help from Gavin Kallmann, Michael Lello and David da Silva. Executive producer Topher Forhecz. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s Global Head of Audio. The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/6d7f4997-5a3f-4cf8-bd97-5ce98f5e36a9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>