FT News Briefing

Mysterious trades, Suez Canal ripples, Amazon union vote

29 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The private investment firm Archegos Capital was behind billions of dollars worth of share sales that captivated Wall Street on Friday, the head of th...

EU leaders clash over vaccines, UK debt, Ant Group fees

26 Mar 2021

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European leaders clash over vaccine distribution at a marathon virtual summit, holders of UK government bonds are suffering the worst quarter in at le...

EU-UK vaccine tensions, grounded ship blocks Suez canal

25 Mar 2021

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British and European officials on Wednesday issued a joint statement saying they’d discussed developing a “reciprocally beneficial relationship”...

EU-China diplomatic row imperils market access deal

24 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The escalation of a diplomatic row between the EU and China could imperil a market-access deal meant to be the cornerstone of future relations between...

Turkey investors shaken by central bank governor firing

23 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Investor confidence in Turkey is shaken by the shock dismissal of the head of the central bank and the appointment of a new central banker with unorth...

Global equities surge, Broadway woes, India tries to tackle job shortage with new hiring rules

22 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Investors have injected almost $170bn into global stocks over the past month, Broadway’s theatre workers are still waiting for curtains to lift, and...

EU countries to restart AstraZeneca use, Biden's hardline on China, airline lift-off

19 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Europe’s biggest countries are set to resume using the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine after the EU drugs regulator said the jab was safe, an...

Fed upgrades growth forecast, how Stripe became Silicon Valley’s most valuable company

18 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Federal Reserve officials sharply upgraded their growth forecasts for the world’s largest economy, and Microsoft is investigating a recent cyber att...

EU to propose Covid-19 travel certificate, EU and US drift apart economically

17 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Brussels is to propose the creation of a Covid-19 certificate to allow EU citizens to travel inside the bloc, and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authori...

China’s tech giants test way around Apple’s new privacy rules, US airline CEO optimism

16 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

US airlines are optimistic about the industry after more people flew in the US this past weekend than any time since the start of the pandemic, and co...

Stripe valuation soars to $95bn, businesses in the pandemic, private data use in the pandemic

15 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The payments provider, Stripe, is now worth $95bn after its latest round of fundraising, and more than 4.4m Americans have created businesses during t...

Australia vaccine funding, Sinopharm’s global push, ECB accelerates stimulus

12 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Canberra is contemplating investing in a A$1bn biopharmaceutical plant to reduce its dependence on imports of critical medicines, China’s state-back...

Martin Wolf looks back at the pandemic one year later

11 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

President Joe Biden is eyeing a multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure package for the US. Plus, the FT’s chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf, ex...

US congress to vote on $1.9tn stimulus bill, scaling up green hydrogen, Coupang’s IPO

10 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The OECD said on Tuesday that president Joe Biden’s $1.9tn US stimulus programme will boost the global economic recovery, the pandemic is being blam...

Tech stocks drag Wall Street lower, Greensill files for administration, Apollo merges with Athene

09 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Stocks declined on Monday with shares of technology companies leading Wall Street lower, and the stricken supply chain financier, Greensill Capital, f...

ECB probes Greensill fallout, commercial property muddles through, TikTok in Myanmar

08 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The European Central Bank has asked lenders for details of their exposure to Greensill Capital and its key client GFG Alliance, US president Joe Biden...

Powell’s comments send markets lower, oil rises on Opec+ moves, UK’s listing shake-up

05 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

 Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell triggered a sudden sell-off in long-term US Treasury debt and equities Thursday, and Opec and Russia have decid...

The fall of Greensill Capital

04 Mar 2021

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Democratic leaders have reached a compromise on a deal that would limit who is eligible for $1,400 stimulus cheques. Plus, the FT’s capital markets ...

Biden’s vaccine deal, more Ant troubles, Germany’s vaccine woes

03 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that the US would have enough doses of coronavirus vaccines for every adult by the end of May, global energy-...

Dems warn against loosening bank capital requirements, Rupert Murdoch at 90

02 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Two senior Democratic lawmakers have warned the Federal Reserve that it would be a “grave error” to extend looser capital requirements for US bank...

Sunak previews UK budget, von der Leyen warns of more pandemics, Lucid takes on Tesla

01 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to announce the UK’s budget on Monday and it includes a £5bn “restart” grant scheme, European Commission presiden...

Bond sell-off roils markets, ex-Petrobras chief hits back, Ghana’s first Covax vaccines

26 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury exceeded 1.5 per cent for the first time in a year and the outgoing head of Petrobras warns Brazil’s Pre...

GameStop returns, Myanmar banks, Texas power politics

25 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

GameStop’s share price doubled in the final 90 minutes of trading on Wednesday, partners at the consultancy McKinsey have voted to remove Kevin Snea...

Powell signals hope for ‘more normal conditions’, US Russia sanctions, HSBC’s pivot east

24 Feb 2021

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 Federal Reserve chairman Jay Powell spoke to Congress on Tuesday and indicated the central bank would maintain its ultra-loose monetary policy, ...

Tech stocks fall on inflation fears, Brazil’s oil intervention, Big Tech goes green

23 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Nasdaq Composite closed 2.5 per cent lower on Monday as rising inflation expectations undercut arguments for tech stocks’ high valuations, Brazi...

Johnson’s plan to lift lockdown, McKinsey leadership vote, UK probes Big Tech

22 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, is set to lay out a road map for lifting England’s lockdown, HSBC is accelerating its “pivot to Asia”, and McK...

Macron’s FT interview, GameStop hearing, oil rises and US Treasuries tumble

19 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In an exclusive interview with the FT, French president Emmanuel Macron urges wealthy countries to help poorer ones access coronavirus vaccines, and U...

Facebook bans content sharing in Australia, Texas battles cold, China’s digital currency

18 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook has defied Australia’s push to make Big Tech pay for news by banning the sharing of content on its platform in the country, the oil and gas...

China’s rare earth mineral exports, Hong Kong stock trading, Amsterdam Spacs

17 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

China is exploring limits on exports of rare earth minerals that are crucial for the manufacture of American F-35 fighter jets, and stock trading volu...

Biden’s stimulus push, Texas blackouts, warehouse automation

16 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

President Joe Biden heads to Wisconsin to sell his stimulus plan, and the cold snap in Texas tests the state’s freewheeling electricity model. The p...

EU to allow UK data flow, commodities boom, China's box office

15 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Brussels is set to allow data to continue to flow freely from the EU to the UK. In Argentina, the country’s powerful vice president wants to postpon...

Europe’s IPO boom, Bitcoin hits new record, China’s corn spree

12 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Europe’s IPO market is off to its strongest start in five years thanks to a flurry of tech and ecommerce listings, Disney continues to attract subsc...

Amsterdam becomes Europe’s trading hub, AstraZeneca vaccine to help poor countries, Italy’s recovery fund

11 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Amsterdam surpassed London as Europe’s largest share trading centre last month, Federal Reserve chairman Jay Powell has pledged to keep monetary pol...

Twitter warns of slowing growth, investors tell Amazon to stop meddling in union vote, US-China investment flows

10 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Twitter’s user growth fell short of expectations for the second quarter in a row, more than 70 investors call on Amazon to stop interfering with a u...

EU wants Big Tech to pay for news, Tesla’s bitcoin investment, SoftBank Vision Fund makes big gains

09 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

EU lawmakers want to force Big Tech companies to pay for news, echoing a similar move in Australia, Tesla’s $1.5bn investment in bitcoin sends the c...

TikTok ecommerce push, Cuba invites private business, a new green world order

08 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

TikTok plans to expand into ecommerce in the US to compete with Facebook, Cuba has announced it will open most of the economy to private business, and...

Carmakers’ chip woes, UK directors face liability rules, Japan’s job-creating robots

05 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

German carmakers are considering their own semiconductor stockpiles to avoid supply chain troubles, the UK government could soon hold directors person...

Nvidia-Arm antitrust probes, Australia takes on Google, discount retailers thrive

04 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The EU and the UK are set to open probes into Nvidia’s $40bn acquisition of chip designer Arm, Microsoft looks to capitalise on Google’s threat to...

Bezos to step aside, Draghi set for Rome, Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi house arrest

03 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos will step aside later this year to become executive chairman of the ecommerce group, Italy’s president is expected...

US threatens Myanmar sanctions, Robinhood raises $2.4bn, Kuaishou’s IPO

02 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Biden has threatened to impose sanctions on Myanmar after the military seized power in a coup, and Robinhood raises another $2.4bn to shore up fin...

Reddit traders eye silver, Republicans float smaller relief bill, Mance talks to Bellingcat founder

01 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Reddit traders have targeted silver markets after piling into GameStop shares last week, and Republicans in the US Senate float a stimulus deal a thir...

EU vaccine shortage, Reddit traders challenge establishment, North Korea defector

29 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The EU’s Covid-19 vaccination plan is nearing a crisis point after several regions suspended inoculations over the shortage of jabs, and amateur day...

Day traders wreak havoc on hedge fund bets, Wall Street dips, BlackRock’s progress on sustainability

28 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Biden administration says it is “monitoring the situation” as shares in companies including GameStop, AMC and BlackBerry surged in trading on ...

EU vaccine export tensions, a serious look at stock prices, India’s farmers

27 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Facing a shortfall in vaccine supplies and slow pace of vaccinations, the EU is debating how to restrict exports of coronavirus vaccines, India’s fa...

Spac mania, Apollo’s Leon Black steps down, what’s fuelling the Russia protests

26 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Companies have launched a $400bn fundraising blitz in the first three weeks of 2021 as government and central bank stimulus cascades across capital ma...

US takes a hard line on Russia, Congress weighs stimulus, the way forward for Waymo

25 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The US has signalled a more confrontational stance toward Russia after Moscow cracked down on protesters over the weekend. In Congress, Democrats have...

Next steps for US returning to the Paris climate accord, ECB bond-buying shift, global art market outlook

22 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

President Joe Biden has moved to have the US rejoin the Paris climate accord, but becoming a leader in lowering carbon emissions will not be so easy. ...

Business sends Biden a message, Vestager warns against patchwork tech regulation across Europe

21 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Company leaders have warned they will fight Biden Administration moves to raise corporate taxes and tighten regulation, and earnings reports show that...

Biden inauguration, Yellen urges Congress to ‘act big’ on stimulus, top EU official on tech regulation goals

20 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Biden faces a long list of challenges after he is sworn in as the 46th US president today, Mr Biden’s nominee to serve as Treasury secretary, Ja...

China-Europe shipping costs, Navalny jailed, Brookfield chief says real estate is undervalued

19 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The cost of shipping goods from China to Europe has more than tripled in the past eight weeks as the pandemic disrupts global trade, Russian oppositio...

Pompeo’s policy blitz, Merkel’s heir apparent, tech boom reshapes cities

18 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Thousands of National Guard troops are being deployed to Washington to safeguard the capital for the inauguration of Joe Biden. The president-elect is...

Biden’s economic rescue plan, US banks report earnings, and the election for Merkel’s successor

15 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Biden plans to ask Congress for a $1.9tn economic rescue package, Federal Reserve chairman Jay Powell assures markets that asset purchases will co...

US House impeaches Trump again, Jack Ma vs Xi Jinping, NYC cuts ties with the Trump Organization

14 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump has become the first US president in history to be impeached twice, New York City cuts business ties with the Trump Organization, and the...

WhatsApp battles privacy concerns, China tech worker concerns, Microsoft Teams

13 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook-owned WhatsApp is scrambling to stave off privacy concerns following a recent update to its terms of service; greenhouse gas emissions in the...

US businesses pull political donations, SolarWinds hack developments, Turkey’s quest for power

12 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

U-S corporations are reviewing their political donations after the attack on the Capitol building, and research has found the huge global cyber espion...

Big Tech blocks Trump, urban renter exodus worries some MBS investors, CES goes virtual

11 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Technology companies are blocking President Donald Trump from their platforms, renters fleeing U-S cities are straining the market for  mortgage-...

Trump concedes election, stock markets ignore political chaos, Boeing’s 737 Max settlement

08 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

President Trump concedes power for the first time and calls for an orderly transition: the FT’s US managing editor Peter Spiegel looks at how Joe Bi...

How a mob of Trump supporters interrupted the transfer of power

07 Jan 2021

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Congressional leaders reconvened on Wednesday night to certify Joe Biden’s victory in November’s presidential election, defying pro-Trump rioters ...

Saudi Arabia’s oil cut pledge, Qatar and Saudi Arabia end dispute, businesses tied to rebelling Republicans

06 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Saudi Arabia pledged to cut an extra 1m barrels a day of oil output in February and March, and also has agreed to end its dispute with Qatar. Plus, th...

Covid-19 shakes US equities, OECD warns against post-pandemic austerity

05 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

US equities had their worst day since October as spiking coronavirus cases and lockdowns shook investors, nearly €6bn of EU share dealing shifted aw...

Business after Brexit, extended lockdowns in Europe, Bitcoin’s rise

04 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Businesses face a wave of new bureaucracy and checks at ports now that the UK is officially outside of the EU’s single market and customs union, Eur...

Brexit watch, China-Australia tensions, 2020 corporate winners and losers

24 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Britain and the EU were finalising a historic post-Brexit agreement on Wednesday night.  Plus, Beijing’s market regulator has announced an anti...

France reopens border with UK, DoJ sues Walmart, an investigation into Pornhub’s secretive owner

23 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

France is set to reopen its borders with the UK to truck drivers who test negative for Covid-19, Boris Johnson and European Commission president Ursul...

Investors unsettled by new coronavirus strain, UK coronavirus strain explained, SoftBank launches Spac

22 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Global stock markets slipped and the price of oil declined on fears over the new strain of coronavirus sweeping through parts of Britain. The FT’s s...

EU travel bans, US stimulus, the City after Brexit

21 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Several EU countries have banned travel from the UK as scientists identify a new strain of Covid that is 70 percent more transmissable, in the US, law...

Google hit with another antitrust case, Brexit fears lead to stockpiling, Fed stress tests

18 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dozens of states and territories have launched the first US antitrust challenge to Google’s core search engine, and a surge of stockpiling by UK com...

Fed to extend debt purchases, US small businesses struggle, Robinhood hit with legal complaint

17 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The US central bank  says it will keep buying at least $120bn of debt a month until “substantial further progress has been made” in the recov...

Spanish companies vie for EU recovery aid, UK nuclear plans

16 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spanish blue-chips have positioned themselves for tens of billions of euros in EU coronavirus aid, the UK is drawing up plans to turn London into a ri...

SolarWinds software hijacked, Electoral College confirms Biden, Federal Reserve meeting preview

15 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Presidential electors confirmed Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US election, and the Federal Reserve is poised to issue new guidance extending its...

Brexit talks get reenergized, US Covid-19 vaccine rollout, eurozone banks’ dividends

14 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

US doctors could administer the first authorised coronavirus shot as soon as today, an EY anti-fraud team warned in 2018 that “red-flag indicators”...

Johnson says prepare for no-deal Brexit, Airbnb IPO, EU’s threat to Big Tech

11 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Boris Johnson has warned Britain to prepare for a no-deal Brexit, and Airbnb shares more than doubled on their first day of trading on Thursday. Plus,...

Deadline set for Brexit talks, Facebook hit with antitrust lawsuits, DoorDash floats

10 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Boris Johnson and the EU have set a Sunday deadline for a “firm decision” on the fate of their future-relationship negotiations, the US Federal Tr...

Shell’s clean energy departures, Starbucks' bullish goals, US anti-money laundering overhaul

09 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Starbucks chief executive Kevin Johnson says the company will continue to grow despite the pandemic, Congress looks to approve the first overhaul of U...

Johnson and Von der Leyen to meet on Brexit, Uber abandons plans for its own self-driving car, China’s overseas lending

08 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Boris Johnson is to travel to Brussels for make-or-break talks on a UK-EU trade deal, Uber will swap its self-driving car operations for a minority st...

Brexit trade talks on a knife-edge, Brussels urged to heed climate science, Covid vaccines in India

07 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Britain’s trade talks with the EU were on “a knife-edge” on Sunday, Brussels has been urged to stick to climate science when drawing up rules on...

Brussels’s EU budget warning, Macron complicates Brexit deal, the ‘everything’ market rally

04 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

EU budget commissioner Johannes Hanes has warned Poland and Hungary that Brussels could cut them out of its recovery fund, British officials accused F...

Democrats support US stimulus plan, China invests in US tech, reaction to UK vaccine approval

03 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Top Democrats have expressed support for a $908bn stimulus plan offered by a bipartisan group of US senators, the UK has become the first country to a...

Airbnb IPO pricing, EU squeezes UK in Brexit talks, Brazil's economy during the pandemic

02 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Airbnb disclosed on Tuesday that it could raise as much as $2.5bn in its initial public offering, and Brussels is still holding back on granting Brita...

Understanding eurozone inflation, Zoom sales up, Mnuchin and Powell testify before US Congress

01 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The cost of many popular goods and services in the eurozone is rising far faster than the bloc’s overall depressed level of inflation, the video con...

EU pitches post-Trump alliance with US, Covid-19 vaccine rollout, Lam’s cash problem

30 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The EU will call on the US to seize a “once-in-a-generation” opportunity to forge a new global alliance, the first coronavirus vaccine is on track...

Is AI finally closing in on human intelligence?

27 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The company OpenAI has developed an extremely powerful machine-learning system that can rapidly generate text with minimal human input. The system is ...

Brexit financial services woes, Salesforce eyes Slack, Facebook’s ad troubles

26 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Europe’s financial sector has reached “peak uncertainty” as regulators and banks rush to stave off the harshest effects of Brexit, cloud softwar...

Markets rise on White House transition, France taxes US tech giants, bank dividends

25 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

US stocks surged to new highs on Tuesday, alongside global equities, as the path for a smooth transition of power in the US cleared, French tax author...

Yellen likely choice for US Treasury, Peru’s century bonds, Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

24 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

US president-elect Joe Biden is poised to choose former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen as his Treasury secretary, Peru joins a select group of cou...

Europe eases lockdowns for holidays, G20 on Covid-19 vaccines, China’s crackdown on misconduct

23 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

European policymakers are preparing to relax Covid-19 lockdowns and “save Christmas”, G20 leaders pledged to “spare no effort” to ensure globa...

WHO cautions against remdesivir, wildfires and wine, Venezuelan oil as a stranded asset

20 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The World Health Organization has recommended that doctors do not prescribe Gilead's remdesivir to patients in hospital with coronavirus, US Treasury ...

EU auditor: Brussels too slow to tame Big Tech, FAA clears Boeing 737 Max, Johnson’s green economy

19 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A new report from the EU’s external auditor has found Brussels failed to tame Big Tech because it moved too slowly, the US Federal Aviation Administ...

G20 nears funding boost for low-income countries, Amazon online pharmacy, FSB report

18 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Saudi Arabia’s finance minister says the world’s richest countries are close to unlocking additional IMF funds for low-income nations, Amazon has ...

Biden’s coronavirus warning, Airbnb readies for IPO, Saudi Aramco bonds

17 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

US president-elect Joe Biden has warned that the country’s ability to handle Covid-19 could be hampered if Donald Trump does not allow a smooth tran...

UK’s weak household spending, Asia-Pacific trade deal, Biden’s Brexit impact

16 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A Financial Times analysis has found the UK’s weakness in international economic league tables during the coronavirus crisis reflects stretched hous...

Palantir sales growth cheers Wall Street, Poland threatens EU budget, Denmark mink culling

13 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Data analytics company, Palantir, beat Wall Street forecasts in its first quarterly earnings since going public, the US Senate is preparing to vote on...

Key aide to Boris Johnson quits, ECB set to expand help, TikTok deadline, Turkish lira

12 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Boris Johnson’s director of communications resigned on Wednesday night following a bitter Downing Street power struggle, the European Central Bank w...

Trump’s resistance, Lyft weighs delivery business, EU hits Amazon with antitrust charges

11 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Republicans have grown more assertive in giving cover to Donald Trump’s false claims that the US presidential election was stolen from him, Lyft has...

Covid vaccine lifts stocks, Nikola’s legal bills pile up, India takes aim at Google

10 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A breakthrough in the race to find a vaccine for Covid-19 fuelled a broad global equity rally on Monday. The FT’s Joe Miller explains what this mean...

Biden looks to unite Democrats, future of UK-US trade, Westfield threatens tenants

09 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

President-elect Joe Biden will face a power struggle between liberal and progressive Democrats, and how will a Biden administration handle a trade dea...

Biden edges towards victory, Bank of England stimulus, Uber earnings miss

06 Nov 2020

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Joe Biden edged closer to a presidential victory on Thursday night while Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the Democrats were trying to “st...

Biden holds lead over Trump, US leaves Paris climate agreement

05 Nov 2020

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Joe Biden won Wisconsin and Michigan on Wednesday in two critical victories that boosted his chances of winning the presidential election while the Tr...

US ballot count continues, Ant IPO stalls

04 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The US presidential election appeared to be headed towards prolonged uncertainty as critical battlegrounds continued to count mail-in ballots. The FT’...

US election day voting, investors eye the candidates, Nvidia-Arm China deal in trouble

03 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

US election day begins as Americans brace themselves for what could be a drawn-out result, Nvidia’s $40bn deal for the UK-based chip designer Arm is...

Eurozone economic forecast sinks, UK businesses plea support, aerospace and Brexit

02 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Fresh lockdowns in Europe announced have triggered a flurry of downgrades to economic growth forecasts, and UK business leaders have called for more f...