Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Brussels threatens UK with legal action, Citi’s new CEO, Japan PM favourite
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Brussels has threatened legal action over the UK Brexit treaty breach, and Citigroup will become the...
Wall Street keeps investing in China, ECB to discuss strong euro, LVMH vs Tiffany
10 Sep 2020
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Some of Wall Street’s most powerful financial institutions are striking deals in China even as rel...
Apple countersues Epic Games, Slack revenue growth slowdown, Brexit friction
09 Sep 2020
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Workplace messaging app Slack forecast a sharp revenue slowdown in the current quarter from the loss...
How the world has changed six months into the coronavirus pandemic
08 Sep 2020
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It has been about six months since coronavirus shook the west. We’ll talk to the FT’s Gillian Te...
US tech stocks volatility, Apple’s commits to free speech and human rights policy, US space weapons
04 Sep 2020
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The technology stocks that have powered US equities to record highs this summer went into sharp reve...
ECB worries about strong euro, DHL warns of vaccine delivery issues, KKR eyes Japan
03 Sep 2020
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The euro’s rise has top policymakers at the European Central Bank worried, German logistics giant ...
Investors brace for choppiness ahead of US election, Scottish independence, weak US dollar
02 Sep 2020
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Traders ratchet up bets on a particularly turbulent US presidential election and a potentially messy...
Argentina debt holders greenlight restructuring, Lebanon’s new PM, European contact tracing woes
01 Sep 2020
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Argentina has succeeded in restructuring almost all of its $65bn debt with private creditors, global...
EU’s raw materials warning, Abe replacement, why Wirecard’s auditors failed
31 Aug 2020
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The European Commission plans to warn member states that the EU is overly reliant on importing criti...
Walmart joins Microsoft in TikTok bid, Fed moves on inflation policy, US athletes sit out games
28 Aug 2020
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Walmart is partnering with Microsoft in its bid for the US operations of TikTok, and the Federal Res...
WHO skips Wuhan, Phil Hogan resigns, Hurricane Laura, Jackson Hole preview
27 Aug 2020
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Western governments are concerned that a World Health Organization team investigating the origins of...
Covid-19 vaccine makers seek protections, US homebuilder stocks rise, Ant IPO
26 Aug 2020
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European vaccine makers want EU exemptions that would protect them if there are problems with new Co...
India to cut Huawei gear from network, insurers bet on pandemic, US vaccine row
25 Aug 2020
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India is phasing out equipment from Huawei and other Chinese companies for its telecoms networks due...
Trump considers fast-tracking vaccine, dividends fall in pandemic, Neiman Marcus bankruptcy fallout
24 Aug 2020
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The Trump administration is considering fast tracking a UK Covid-19vaccine for use in America ahead ...
Huawei’s war, Chinese banks in Hong Kong, and the future of office workers
21 Aug 2020
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Huawei employees are becoming increasingly worried about lay-offs after the US announced “death se...
Apple hits $2tn, Germany fears zombie companies, Biden goes green
20 Aug 2020
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Apple has hit a $2tn market capitalisation just two years after it became the world’s first trilli...
Oracle considers TikTok, Putin and Belarus, and the rise of “blank-cheque companies”
19 Aug 2020
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Oracle has entered the race to acquire TikTok, EU leaders lined up to urge the Vladimir Putin to hel...
Belarus protests intensify, Robinhood raises more funds, drilling in the Arctic
18 Aug 2020
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Alexander Lukashenko, the strongman president of Belarus, fought for his political future on Monday ...
Democrats probe post office, Italy’s economy shows signs of life, chocolate sales slump
17 Aug 2020
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Senior Democrats have called the US postmaster general to testify before Congress amid election fear...
Israel and UAE peace deal, Trump vows to block postal vote funds, China treads cautiously
14 Aug 2020
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Israel and the United Arab Emirates have reached a historic peace deal, Donald Trump has threatened ...
SME’s lose big, UK GDP woes, remembering Sumner Redstone
13 Aug 2020
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Small and medium-sized US companies suffered a wipeout in profits in the second quarter amid the Cov...
Biden chooses Kamala Harris as VP candidate, questions on Kodak loan, Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine
12 Aug 2020
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Democrat Joe Biden has named Kamala Harris as his vice-presidential running mate, an Eastman Kodak b...
Uber and Lyft told to reclassify drivers, Goldman vs Fed, Sweden’s pandemic
11 Aug 2020
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A judge in California has ordered Uber and Lyft to reclassify their drivers as employees, and the Fe...
Deals resurgence, aid to Beirut, internal pushback at Nike
10 Aug 2020
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A series of blockbuster deals has led a resurgence in M&A activity since the start of July, and ...
Uber Eats fails to offset ride-sharing collapse, Quicken Loans IPO, Microsoft bids for all of TikTok
07 Aug 2020
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A surge in Uber’s food delivery business was unable to offset a 75 per cent drop in global ride-sh...
US lawmakers probe loan to Kodak, Zynga earnings, Biden spending
06 Aug 2020
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US lawmakers have launched an investigation into a $765m loan by the US government to Eastman Kodak,...
Beirut explosion, ETF gold spree, UK tax authority takes on General Electric
05 Aug 2020
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Dozens are dead and thousands injured after an explosion rocked Beirut, an income hit at Disney’s ...
Trump reverses on TikTok, WTO candidates on judicial system, oil earnings
04 Aug 2020
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US President Donald Trump reversed course and dropped his opposition to Microsoft’s bid for TikTok...
US vows action on Chinese tech, William Spriggs on US labour market
03 Aug 2020
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The Trump administration has vowed to “take action” against Chinese software companies that it p...
US big tech companies report colossal earnings, US GDP down, companies cling to share buybacks
31 Jul 2020
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Facebook, Amazon, and Apple all reported stellar revenue increases in the latest quarter. The FT’s...
Big tech hearings, Qualcomm-Huawei deal, 1MDB scandal
30 Jul 2020
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American lawmakers grill the chief executives of four US tech groups over unfair competition accusat...
Big tech antitrust hearings, Moderna prices vaccine, Fed extends emergency lending
29 Jul 2020
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Moderna is pitching its coronavirus vaccine at about $50 to $60 per course, the Federal Reserve has ...
Investors fear US virus toll, MLB virus scare, European bank earnings
28 Jul 2020
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Senate Republicans unveiled a White House-backed plan for $1tn in new stimulus that would cut emerge...
Republicans to unveil US stimulus offer, coronavirus curbs European travel, Brexit talks
27 Jul 2020
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Republicans are set to unveil their proposals for a fresh round of stimulus today, US oil companies ...
Goldman seeks capital relief, Intel delays launch of next generation chips, US jobs recovery stalls
24 Jul 2020
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Goldman Sachs is pointing to its strong second quarter results in a pitch to the Federal Reserve for...
Tesla profit milestone, US vs China, ex-Wirecard CEO rearrested
23 Jul 2020
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Tesla reported its fourth consecutive quarterly net profit on Wednesday, the fissure between the US ...
UK-US trade talks, Trump warns of virus worsening, Latin American debt concerns
22 Jul 2020
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The British government has abandoned hopes of reaching a US-UK trade deal ahead of this autumn’s A...
EU leaders close in on recovery fund deal, Testing crunch warning, US economic rebound halted
21 Jul 2020
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EU leaders are closing in on a deal for a landmark coronavirus recovery package, the largest laborat...
Deadlock on EU recovery fund, Argentina’s plea to creditors, TikTok trouble
20 Jul 2020
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EU leaders spent the weekend locked in marathon summit talks over Europe’s proposed €750bn respo...
US considers blacklist for TikTok, Netflix pandemic surge wanes, FBI investigates Twitter hack
17 Jul 2020
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The US is considering putting TikTok on a blacklist that would effectively prevent Americans from us...
Twitter accounts hacked, US vs Nord Stream 2, Apple victorious in EU battle over Irish back taxes
16 Jul 2020
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Twitter experienced an unprecedented hack on Wednesday when bitcoin scammers sent a series of tweets...
US steps up sanctioning powers against China, Moderna vaccine early results, US banks braced for loan losses
15 Jul 2020
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President Donald Trump signed legislation on Tuesday that gives his administration more power to imp...
EU to go after low-tax countries, California rolls back reopening plans, European summer tourism
14 Jul 2020
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Brussels is planning to pursue low-tax member states over their advantageous corporate tax regimes, ...
UK to curb Huawei’s 5G role, WeWork says it’s on track for profits in 2021, OCC warning
13 Jul 2020
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Boris Johnson is set to unveil plans this week to phase Huawei out of the UK’s 5G mobile phone net...
Banks and the Hong Kong autonomy act, Wirecard’s Jan Marsalek, Boohoo scrutiny
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
US and European banks in Hong Kong are conducting emergency audits of their clients to identify offi...
Interview with Christine Lagarde, UK business reacts to Sunak’s plan, US hits 3m Covid-19 cases
09 Jul 2020
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In an interview with the FT, European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde said that “women ar...
Trump withdrawing from WHO, Italian mafia bonds, US offshore wind power
08 Jul 2020
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The US has begun the process of leaving the World Health Organization, the FT reports that internati...
Social media groups block HK authorities, PPP loans, day trading dangers
07 Jul 2020
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Facebook, Google and Twitter have all said they would temporarily block Hong Kong’s authorities fr...
Repairing the social and economic damage brought by the pandemic
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Covid-19 has been a global shock. But will it be a transformative one? In this special edition of th...
UK wants final say on Virgin-O2 deal, retail goes digital in pandemic, US jobs
03 Jul 2020
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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority is set to ask Brussels for full control over the review...
July 4 virus spread concerns, EU looks into Google Fitbit deal, Hong Kong under new national security law
02 Jul 2020
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US public health experts are warning of a heightened risk of coronavirus transmission during US Inde...
Dealmaking down, UK business warns on Brexit trade talks, Wirecard’s real business
01 Jul 2020
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Coronavirus has brought an end to one of the longest waves in mergers and acquisitions history, more...
Wall Street banks net record fees, Johnson channels FDR, remdesivir cost
30 Jun 2020
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Wall Street investment banks brought in a record amount of fees for fundraisings in the first six mo...
Chesapeake files for bankruptcy, Facebook ad boycott, Singapore’s new corporate structure
29 Jun 2020
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American shale pioneer Chesapeake Energy has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and dozens of brands a...
Wirecard insolvency, Brussels to probe German regulator, Federal Reserve bans buybacks
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wirecard filed for insolvency on Thursday, days after the German payments group revealed a multiyear...
New Covid-19 cases hit US record, airlines tap debt markets, Bayer settlement
25 Jun 2020
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Global markets dropped on Wednesday as rising Covid-19 cases fuelled fears that the virus coul...
Ex-Wirecard CEO arrested, Trump scales back environmental rules, the new bond monarch
24 Jun 2020
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Wirecard’s founder Markus Braun was arrested on suspicion of false accounting and market manipulat...
Trump expands US immigration restrictions, Apple pivots away from Intel, inside Wirecard
23 Jun 2020
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Donald Trump is set to extend a suspension of immigration into the US imposed in response to the cor...
Brexit optimism, coronavirus hits Senegal oil projects, targeting black unemployment in the US
22 Jun 2020
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Boris Johnson will hammer out a new plan with senior ministers this week aimed at unblocking talks o...
The inside story of a disgraced drugmaker
19 Jun 2020
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Executives from drugmaker Insys were the first from the pharmaceutical sector to be handed prison ti...
US backs out of tech tax talks, PE’s spending spree, Hertz halts share sale
18 Jun 2020
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The US has suspended talks with European countries on a new global tax framework for technology comp...
Global stocks stay optimistic on central banks, Royalty Pharma IPO, US police reform
17 Jun 2020
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Wall Street rallied on expectations of new aid for the US economy from the federal government and ce...
LGBTQ rights at work, EU unemployment, oil’s transition to cleaner energy
16 Jun 2020
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The US Supreme Court ruled on Monday that LGBTQ workers are protected by federal civil rights laws i...
SoftBank financing, White House on unemployment benefits, French industry
15 Jun 2020
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SoftBank has quietly poured more than $500m into Credit Suisse investment funds that in turn made bi...
Investors fear new Covid-19 wave, UK in border check U-turn, HSBC pressure
12 Jun 2020
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Investors in US and European equities were rattled on Thursday after the Federal Reserve’s dire as...
Fed predicts no rate increase until 2022, Brazil vs Covid-19, Bumper CEO stock awards
11 Jun 2020
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First, the FT’s Colby Smith explains why the Federal Reserve is predicting that it would keep inte...
Brexit and the EU’s recovery, Vroom’s strong IPO, Fed’s forecast
10 Jun 2020
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EU member states are urging Brussels to account for the shock of a hard Brexit in its coronavirus re...
US stocks surge despite gloomy forecast, US police reform bill, oil industry’s cautious optimism
09 Jun 2020
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The US stock market has erased all of its losses from 2020, the World Bank has forecast that emergin...
Black Lives Matter protests go global, doubts over US jobs data
08 Jun 2020
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US civil rights groups have received a surge of corporate donations since Minneapolis police killed ...
Grantham sells stocks, ECB buys bonds, ESG vows in a pandemic
05 Jun 2020
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Veteran market strategist Jeremy Grantham has cut back his holdings in global stocks. The FT’s And...
Pentagon chief breaks with Trump, hydroxychloroquine, Warner Music IPO
04 Jun 2020
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US defence secretary Mark Esper breaks with Donald Trump on sending the army to clamp down on protes...
Companies react to protests, fear of Covid spike, Zoom’s surge
03 Jun 2020
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Many companies and chief executives have expressed solidarity with protests over the police killings...
Trump vows to deploy military to US streets
02 Jun 2020
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President Donald Trump threatened to send US soldiers on to American streets to tackle the most wide...
US protestors demonstrate against police violence, EU recovery, US pensions
01 Jun 2020
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Protests swept across US cities over the weekend as demonstrators responded to the death of George F...
Trump’s social media order, UK opens door to Hong Kong residents, AstraZeneca’s transformation
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump said he had ordered a wide-ranging review of the law that grants social media companies...
Pressure on Hong Kong finance, Boeing’s resumes 737 Max production, EU’s €750bn plan
28 May 2020
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Boeing said it will resume production of the troubled 737 Max, just hours after announcing plans to ...
Investors eye recovery, $1tn in corporate borrowing, SpaceX test flight
27 May 2020
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Hopes of a quick economic recovery gave global stocks a lift on Tuesday. The FT’s Philip Stafford ...
Japan’s birth rate, contact tracing in India
26 May 2020
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Japanese couples are putting off parenthood over coronavirus concerns. The FT’s Tokyo corresponden...
Beijing’s legal force on Hong Kong, US retail, the future of higher education
22 May 2020
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The Chinese government is preparing to impose national security legislation on Hong Kong, and sales ...
CDC director warns of second coronavirus flare-up, threat to mortgage-backed bonds
21 May 2020
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Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that the rapid...
Facebook unveils online shopping venture, EU recovery fund, SoftBank’s future
20 May 2020
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Facebook has unveiled a shopping service that puts it in direct competition with Amazon and eBay, an...
Moderna vaccine trial pleases investors, EBITDAC backlash, Huawei sanctions
19 May 2020
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Positive results from the first US Covid-19 trial raised investors’ hopes of an economic rebound, ...
Powell on US recovery, Nomura to boost private market focus, Taiwan travel scheme
18 May 2020
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Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell has warned that the US economy may not “fully recover” until th...
The race for a vaccine, the story behind EBITDAC, BoE’s Bailey
15 May 2020
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The hunt for a coronavirus vaccine is central to global efforts to restart economies. The FT’s US ...
Jay Powell calls for more fiscal stimulus, BMW’s dividend plan, CLO vulnerability
14 May 2020
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Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell said on Wednesday that additional fiscal stimulus may be “worth i...
Global economic outlook worsening, dealmaking in the pandemic, looming EM debt crisis
13 May 2020
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The global economic outlook is still worsening, according to IMF managing director Kristalina Georgi...
Flaw in mass testing, BP chief weighs in on oil, rental car groups under pressure
12 May 2020
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The head of an Italian biotech company that sells Covid-19 diagnostic and antibody tests told the FT...
UK airlines seek government aid, WeWork rent, renewable energy defies market turmoil
11 May 2020
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UK airlines demanded “urgent additional government support” on Sunday warning that Boris Johnson...
Food delivery boosts Uber sales, US jobs preview, the fashion industry under lockdown
08 May 2020
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Uber reported stronger than expected first-quarter revenues on Thursday thanks to a surge in food de...
US-China trade, ECB to resist pressure from German court, Airbnb’s outlook
07 May 2020
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Donald Trump is weighing up more aggressive economic measures against China, The European Central Ba...
Disney’s $1.4bn hit, Beyond Meat boost, ECB called to justify bond-buying programme
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Disney estimates that the coronavirus crisis wiped as much as $1.4bn from its quarterly operating pr...
Aviation industry under pressure, Argentina’s debt deadline, why Silicon Valley is surviving the ad crash
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The aviation industry took another hit from the coronavirus crisis on Monday as GE cut 10,000 aerosp...
Banks get ready for bad loans, losses at Berkshire Hathaway, BlackRock’s influence
04 May 2020
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US and European banks are on track to book more than $50bn of charges on souring loans in the first ...
Amazon Covid-19 costs, Boeing taps bond market, UK recruits fruit pickers
01 May 2020
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Amazon has warned that coronavirus measures could cost at least $4bn in the next quarter and wipe ou...
Fed’s ‘medium-term’ warning, Microsoft growth, Barclays loan provisions
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Federal Reserve has warned of lasting “medium-term” economic fallout from the coronavirus pa...
Alphabet’s signs of recovery, Trump’s meat plant order, measuring inflation
29 Apr 2020
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Google’s internet search business stabilised in April after a sharp downturn at the end of last mo...
European bank earnings, coronavirus threat to call centres
28 Apr 2020
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US oil prices fell sharply on Monday after the world’s largest oil-backed exchange traded fund beg...
Covid-19 death toll, gap between financial markets and economy, Berlin’s reopening
27 Apr 2020
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An FT analysis found that the death toll from coronavirus may be almost 60 per cent higher than repo...
Germany backs EU recovery fund, Gilead drug flops, Rana Foroohar on US austerity
24 Apr 2020
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Germany is prepared to make a substantial financial contribution to help relaunch eurozone economies...
ECB to accept ‘fallen angel’ bonds as collateral, Covid-19 legal protections
23 Apr 2020
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The European Central Bank has changed its rules to accept bonds that lose their investment grade cre...