FT News Briefing

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

Big tech earnings, US economic data, early voters pour in for US presidential election

30 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Big tech companies reported mixed earnings for the most recent quarter, and Donald Trump is pointing to strong third-quarter GDP days before the US pr...

European lockdowns worry investors, China’s Five-Year plan

29 Oct 2020

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Stocks in Europe and the US dropped on Wednesday as Germany and France re-entered lockdowns to slow the spread of coronavirus. The FT’s Michael Peel...

Apple search, LVMH and Tiffany talk, social media testimony

28 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Apple is stepping up efforts to develop its own search technology, Boris Johnson’s plan to flout international law over Brexit is set to be blocked ...

US stocks drop on Monday on coronavirus fears, European banks, Alibaba’s push into grocery delivery

27 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

US stocks on Monday notched their biggest one-day drop in a month on fears that rising coronavirus infections will dampen business activity, and Europ...

EU member states hesitate on recovery fund loans, upbeat Oxford vaccine trials, Brexit borders

26 Oct 2020

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Pandemic-struck EU member states are worried about debt and are hesitant to reach for recovery fund loans, and a Covid-19 vaccine trial out of the Uni...

Final US presidential debate, FDA approves remdesivir, Intel data hit by pandemic

23 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, clashed over issues from the pandemic to foreign policy in their final presidential election de...

US intelligence election warning, Apollo hit by Leon Black’s Epstein ties, report from Lagos

22 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The US director of national intelligence has warned that Iran and Russia are attempting to influence American voters before the November 3 US election...

Snap Inc rises on advertising, US Department of Justice takes on Google, big tech regulation

21 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Snap posted record revenues and attracted the highest-ever number of advertisers to its platform in the third quarter, and the US Department of Justic...

Stimulus uncertainty, Conoco-Concho deal, China’s semiconductor push

20 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

US stocks slid on Monday as a deadline on US stimulus talks looms and coronavirus cases continue to rise, and ConocoPhillips is betting on a post-pand...

European double-dip recession concerns, Sunak dangles lockdown money, Brexit market

19 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Economists worry rising coronavirus infections and fresh government restrictions will cut short the region’s recent recovery, and UK chancellor Rish...

Remdesivir and Covid-19 deaths, Johnson set to force no deal, suburbanites in US election

16 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The World Health Organization has found the Covid-19 treatment remdesivir does little to prevent deaths and Boris Johnson could push Brexit talks into...

Investors unimpressed by US bank earnings, Paris and The Hague team up on EU tech, Amazon logistics

15 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

France and the Netherlands jointly issued a call for the bloc’s competition authorities to take pre-emptive measures against big tech companies, and...

WTO Boeing-Airbus ruling, IMF’s warning, short-sellers target pandemic winners

14 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The EU has been given the green light to hit almost $4bn of US goods with punitive tariffs in retaliation for illegal state aid to Boeing, and the IMF...

US equities taking election polling to heart, US banks kick off earnings season, UK lockdowns

13 Oct 2020

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US stocks built on last week’s rally with investors assessing US presidential election polls that show a strong lead for former vice-president Joe B...

EU targets Big Tech with ‘hit list’, EM countries call for ambitious debt relief, EU countries on Brexit progress

12 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

EU regulators are drawing up a “hit list” of up to 20 large internet companies that will be subject to new and far more stringent rules, and gover...

A new cold war, whiskey in days

09 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tensions between Washington and Beijing reflect a shift in how America views Asia’s superpower. We'll look at how both Joe Biden and Donald Trump ar...

Lilly Covid drug, Vatican derivatives, UK mining corruption probe

08 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Eli Lilly, a US drugmaker, has applied for an emergency authorisation of its Covid-19 antibody in the US. According to documents seen by the Financial...

US stimulus talks end, Macy’s buys stake in Swedish fintech

07 Oct 2020

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Donald Trump abruptly broke off talks with congressional Democrats on a new fiscal stimulus package until after next month’s presidential election, ...

Trump returns to White House, a fight over lithium batteries

06 Oct 2020

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Donald Trump returned to the White House on Monday evening after three days of hospital treatment for coronavirus, although his doctor warned that the...

Trump’s Covid-19 case prompts questions, financial services in a post-Brexit world

05 Oct 2020

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Donald Trump’s doctors said the president could be discharged from hospital today, after a weekend of mixed messages from the White House concerning...

Trump tests positive for Covid-19, EU sues UK over internal market bill, Trump & Biden compete over Ohio

02 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump and his wife Melania have tested positive for Covid-19 and will start quarantine barely a month before the US presidential election, US p...

Moderna CEO: no vaccine before US election, digitising Japan’s economy, west’s gold investment

01 Oct 2020

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Moderna Therapeutics’s chief executive told the Financial Times that the company would not have a vaccine ready before the US election, and Japan ad...

US presidential debate recap, EY’s Wirecard warning, JPMorgan spoofing settlement

30 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The first presidential debate quickly turned chaotic, and JPMorgan Chase will have to pay $920m in the largest ever spoofing settlement. Plus, the FT’...

Monday’s global equity market rebound, US voter suppression, 60/40 portfolio

29 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

European stocks lead a global rally on Monday driven by investors scooping up shares in beaten-down sectors, and Donald Trump is beating back allegati...

Argentina bonds back in hot water, Swiss immigration vote, Scottish independence

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Argentina’s newly restructured dollar bonds have slumped in value less than a month after a deal was finalised to postpone debt payments, and Swiss ...

US Supreme Court nomination, Trump will not commit to a peaceful transition of power

25 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The FT’s DC bureau chief Demetri Sevastopulo explains the politics behind Donald Trump’s soon to be revealed Supreme Court justice nominee. Plus, ...

EU to crack down on sweetheart corporate tax deals, TikTok injunction, Turkey central bank

24 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Brussels steps up its campaign against sweetheart corporate tax deals in the EU, TikTok has asked a federal judge to prevent the Trump administration ...

Advertisers call truce with Facebook, coronavirus job toll, BoE on negative rates in near future

23 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have reached a deal with big advertisers on harmful content, the Covid-19 pandemic will destroy at least 100m jobs world...

Stocks dive on Monday, Tiffany gets speedy trial, Tesla’s annual stockholder meeting

22 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Global stocks suffered a heavy hit on Monday in a rush of nerves about potential new Covid-19 lockdowns, and LVMH’s attempt to walk away from its $1...

UK weighs new lockdown, ECB measures bond buying program, Trump on Chinese tech

21 Sep 2020

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Rishi Sunak is set to extend the Treasury’s UK-wide programme of business support loans ahead of what’s expected to be a challenging winter for Co...

ByteDance pledges TikTok IPO, Mulvaney on Brexit, Biden tries to win with Latino voters

18 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

ByteDance has agreed to list TikTok on a US stock market at some point after its proposed partnership deal with American software group Oracle, and Do...

Fed eyes low rates until 2023, Trump calls for stimulus, Snowflake IPO

17 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Federal Reserve projects no interest rate increases until at least the end of 2023, and US President Donald Trump has urged Senate Republicans to ...

TikTok set to become standalone US company, central banks preview, Nikola fights off fraud claims

16 Sep 2020

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ByteDance will place TikTok’s global business in a new US-headquartered company with Oracle investing as a minority shareholder, FedEx delivered a f...

White House reviews TikTok deal, Nvidia’s Arm Holdings deal, VW on ‘Dieselgate’

15 Sep 2020

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The Trump administration will review the “technical partnership” deal struck between Oracle and ByteDance before deciding whether to approve the a...

SoftBank take-private talks, Netflix to outspend on content, economic stimulus in Germany vs France

14 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

SoftBank executives have revived discussions about taking the technology group private, and Netflix is expected to outspend all its major rivals on en...

Brussels threatens UK with legal action, Citi’s new CEO, Japan PM favourite

11 Sep 2020

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Brussels has threatened legal action over the UK Brexit treaty breach, and Citigroup will become the first big Wall Street Bank to be run by a female ...

Wall Street keeps investing in China, ECB to discuss strong euro, LVMH vs Tiffany

10 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Some of Wall Street’s most powerful financial institutions are striking deals in China even as relations sour between Beijing and the US, and the Eu...

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 of customers due to the economic downturn, Apple ...

How the world has changed six months into the coronavirus pandemic

08 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It has been about six months since coronavirus shook the west. We’ll talk to the FT’s Gillian Tett and Hannah Kuchler about how the pandemic has c...

US tech stocks volatility, Apple’s commits to free speech and human rights policy, US space weapons

04 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The technology stocks that have powered US equities to record highs this summer went into sharp reverse on Thursday, and Apple has for the first time ...

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 Deutsche Post DHL has warned that two-thirds of th...

Investors brace for choppiness ahead of US election, Scottish independence, weak US dollar

02 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Traders ratchet up bets on a particularly turbulent US presidential election and a potentially messy aftermath, Nicola Sturgeon revives plans for a po...

Argentina debt holders greenlight restructuring, Lebanon’s new PM, European contact tracing woes

01 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Argentina has succeeded in restructuring almost all of its $65bn debt with private creditors, global equities enjoy their best August since 1986, and ...

EU’s raw materials warning, Abe replacement, why Wirecard’s auditors failed

31 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The European Commission plans to warn member states that the EU is overly reliant on importing critical raw materials, and Japan is getting ready to p...

Walmart joins Microsoft in TikTok bid, Fed moves on inflation policy, US athletes sit out games

28 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Walmart is partnering with Microsoft in its bid for the US operations of TikTok, and the Federal Reserve is adopting a new strategy for monetary polic...

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 coronavirus did not visit Wuhan, EU trade commiss...

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 Covid-19 vaccines, and low interest rates have helpe...

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 to an escalating border dispute, investors have q...

Trump considers fast-tracking vaccine, dividends fall in pandemic, Neiman Marcus bankruptcy fallout

24 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Trump administration is considering fast tracking a UK Covid-19vaccine for use in America ahead of the presidential election, and new research sho...

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 sentence” sanctions, Hong Kong investment bankers ...

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 trillion-dollar company, concern is growing in Germany t...

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 help steer Belarus out of its political crisis, and t...

Belarus protests intensify, Robinhood raises more funds, drilling in the Arctic

18 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alexander Lukashenko, the strongman president of Belarus, fought for his political future on Monday as protesters called on him to “resign”, stock...

Democrats probe post office, Italy’s economy shows signs of life, chocolate sales slump

17 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Senior Democrats have called the US postmaster general to testify before Congress amid election fears, pharmaceutical group CureVac has ruled out sell...

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 to deprive the US post office of money needed for ...

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 Covid-19 crisis, Lyft reported a 61 per cent drop in ...

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 board member donated $116m in company shares to an ...

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 Federal Reserve has turned down Goldman Sachs’ req...

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 international donors agreed to fund €250m in eme...

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-sharing, Quicken Loans stock jumped 20 per cent in i...

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, and two companies, Zynga and Etsy, reported stron...

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 theme park has caused a knock on the company’s p...

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, two leading candidates to head the World Trade O...