FT News Briefing

Thursday, November 7

07 Nov 2019

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Airbnb is being valued at up to $42bn by investors buying indirect stakes ahead of an IPO next year and the US Department of Justice has charged two f...

Wednesday, November 6

06 Nov 2019

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Donald Trump’s envoy to the EU acknowledges Ukraine aid was linked to a probe into Joe Biden, Ikea and H&M resist retail disruption by investing...

Tuesday, November 5

05 Nov 2019

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Uber’s rising revenue fails to stem a large loss in the third quarter and SoftBank tightens governance at companies it backs following the near coll...

Monday, November 4

04 Nov 2019

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The whistleblower who sparked the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump agrees to answer questions by House Republicans, Saudi Aramco launches its lon...

Friday, November 1

01 Nov 2019

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The US House of Representatives votes to begin a new public phase in the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, Adam Neumann’s former chief of staff...

Thursday, October 31

31 Oct 2019

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The US Department of Justice strikes a deal with the Malaysian financier at the centre of the 1MDB scandal, Apple posts quarterly earnings showing str...

Wednesday, October 30

30 Oct 2019

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British MPs set a general election for December 12, the owner of French carmaker Peugeot is in merger talks with rival Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to cr...

Tuesday, October 29

29 Oct 2019

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Alphabet revenues were hit by rising costs in the third quarter despite a strong performance by Google’s ad business, and UK prime minister Boris Jo...

Monday, October 28

28 Oct 2019

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Alberto Fernández defeats Mauricio Macri to become the next president of Argentina, Lloyds Banking Group failed to pass on the wills of thousands of ...

Friday, October 25

25 Oct 2019

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Amazon shares dropped as much as 9 per cent in after-hours trading on Thursday after the company reported lower profits than a year ago, Boris Johnson...

Thursday, October 24

24 Oct 2019

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Tesla shares soar 20 per cent in after-hours trade after posting a net profit in the third quarter, and Donald Trump says he will remove sanctions imp...

Wednesday, October 23

23 Oct 2019

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British MPs back Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal in principle, but derail his attempt to take the UK out of the EU by October 31, and US commerce secret...

Tuesday, October 22

22 Oct 2019

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Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party was set for a minority government win in Canada’s general election, SoftBank floats a $9.5bn proposal to take contr...

Monday, October 21

21 Oct 2019

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Boris Johnson makes a new attempt to win parliament’s backing for his Brexit deal on Monday, UK officials say a Russian cyberattack unit “masquera...

Friday, October 18

18 Oct 2019

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Boris Johnson attempts to secure parliamentary support for his Brexit deal, Saudi Aramco postpones the launch of its long-awaited initial public offer...

Thursday, October 17

17 Oct 2019

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Brexit negotiators wrangle over the terms of a deal ahead of the start of Thursday’s EU summit, Netflix missed its forecast for new subscribers for ...

Wednesday, October 16

16 Oct 2019

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The US House of Representatives passed an act voicing strong support for Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters, and Boris Johnson was on Tuesday night lo...

Tuesday, October 15

15 Oct 2019

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Donald Trump imposes sanctions against Turkish officials, hopes fade for a Brexit deal at a European summit this week, Facebook admits doubts about it...

Monday, October 14

14 Oct 2019

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UK prime minister Boris Johnson gears up for what could be a historic week for Brexit ahead of the EU leaders’ summit, US banks enter the earnings s...

Friday, October 11

11 Oct 2019

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Sterling had its biggest day since March on Thursday amid hopes for a Brexit deal, James Murdoch’s new holding company has agreed to buy a minority ...

Thursday, October 10

10 Oct 2019

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US senators will propose sanctions on Turkey after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched an offensive in north-east Syria, EU leaders issue an ultim...

Wednesday, October 9

09 Oct 2019

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US stocks staged a late-session sell-off on Tuesday after the Trump administration ratcheted up pressure on China ahead of trade talks after it impose...

Tuesday, October 8

08 Oct 2019

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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing says it will not proceed with its £32bn offer for the London Stock Exchange Group, the president of the World Bank w...

Monday, October 7

07 Oct 2019

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HSBC embarks on a cost-cutting drive that threatens up to 10,000 jobs, 2020 presidential hopeful Joe Biden accuses US president Donald Trump of spread...

Friday, October 4

04 Oct 2019

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Donald Trump urges China to investigate former US vice president Joe Biden and the FT’s Washington bureau chief Demetri Sevastopulo explains how Mr ...

Thursday, October 3

03 Oct 2019

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Global stocks fell heavily on Wednesday, with the UK market having its worst day in more than three years, while the Trump administration will move to...

Wednesday, October 2

02 Oct 2019

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The US manufacturing sector contracted for the second consecutive month in September, falling to its lowest level since the recession, Charles Schwab ...

Tuesday, October 1

01 Oct 2019

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US Republican Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said he would hold a trial in the Senate if the House of Representatives voted to impeach Preside...

Monday, September 30

30 Sep 2019

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Global dealmaking eases to the slowest pace in more than two years and more than 400,000 German car owners sign up to a landmark collective lawsuit ag...

Friday, September 27

27 Sep 2019

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The White House faced accusations of a cover-up on Thursday after the publication of a whistleblower complaint, Peloton traded below the company’s f...

Thursday, September 26

26 Sep 2019

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A memo from the White House reveals that US president Donald Trump asked Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former vice-president Joe...

Wednesday, September 25

25 Sep 2019

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House Democrats have launched impeachment proceedings against US president Donald Trump and Adam Neumann has been pushed out as chief executive of WeW...

Tuesday, September 24

24 Sep 2019

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UK prime minister Boris Johnson calls for a new deal with Iran, Netflix sees its shares erase all gains for 2019 while Barclays analysts question if i...

Monday, September 23

23 Sep 2019

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SoftBank moves to oust Adam Neumann as the chief executive of WeWork, US president Donald Trump and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi perform a doub...

Friday, September 20

20 Sep 2019

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Saudi Arabia is pressuring wealthy families to buy in to the initial public offering of state oil giant Saudi Aramco, the Federal Reserve intervened i...

Thursday, September 19

19 Sep 2019

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Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau apologises for wearing brownface makeup at a private school party after Time magazine published a yearbook phot...

Wednesday, September 18

18 Sep 2019

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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York announces plans to inject another $75bn into the US financial system to alleviate funding pressures in short-term...

Tuesday, September 17

17 Sep 2019

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WeWork postponed its initial public offering on Monday night after struggling to drum up investor interest, US president Donald Trump says he has stru...

Monday, September 16

16 Sep 2019

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Saudi Arabia faces weeks without full crude production capacity after an attack on the world’s most important oil facility, China’s formerly acqui...

Friday, September 13

13 Sep 2019

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WeWork’s executives, investors and advisers are discussing curbing the voting power of co-founder Adam Neumann, Speaker of the UK House of Commons J...

Thursday, September 12

12 Sep 2019

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Purdue Pharma and its controlling Sackler family members strike a preliminary deal with several US states and local governments to resolve legal claim...

Wednesday, September 11

11 Sep 2019

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Apple unveils the iPhone 11 and undercuts streaming rivals Netflix and Disney with a $4.99-a-month price tag for its TV+ service, and Uber cuts more t...

Tuesday, September 10

10 Sep 2019

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Softbank, the biggest outside shareholder in WeWork, is urging the lossmaking property group to shelve its hotly anticipated initial public offering, ...

Monday, September 9

09 Sep 2019

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A study found that nearly 40 per cent of worldwide foreign direct investment is used as a vehicle for financial engineering to minimise companies’ t...

Friday, September 6

06 Sep 2019

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UK Labour MPs appear set to reject Boris Johnson’s push for a snap election and US Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin moves to return Fannie Mae and ...

Thursday, September 5

05 Sep 2019

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Boris Johnson suffered two major defeats on Wednesday as MPs backed legislation to stop a no-deal Brexit and then blocked the prime minister’s attem...

Wednesday, September 4

04 Sep 2019

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UK Conservative rebels inflict a Commons defeat on prime minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit policy, leaving Britain on the brink of a general election....

Tuesday, September 3

03 Sep 2019

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UK prime minister Boris Johnson threatens to call an October 14 general election if rebel Tory MPs join forces with Labour today, Germany’s export-d...

Monday, September 2

02 Sep 2019

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In a Labor Day special episode, as Philip Morris International enters into merger talks with Altria, we take a look at the evolution of the tobacco in...

Friday, August 30

30 Aug 2019

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US companies are unlikely to heed Donald Trump’s call to ditch their investments in China, Argentina’s request for more time to pay $101bn of debt...

Thursday, August 29

29 Aug 2019

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Italy appears to be heading towards a new government after the far-right is sidelined and two parties say they have reached a tentative coalition deal...

Wednesday, August 28

28 Aug 2019

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Opioid maker Purdue Pharma and members of the controlling Sackler family have offered to settle thousands of lawsuits against the company for $10bn-$1...

Tuesday, August 27

27 Aug 2019

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Drugmakers could decide to settle thousands of claims against them over the opioid crisis after a $572m court order against Johnson & Johnson, Pre...

Monday, August 26

26 Aug 2019

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In a Summer Bank Holiday special episode, we look at Wall Street’s pressure on private prisons and why some of the top global cities are shrinking.&...

Friday, August 23

23 Aug 2019

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A harbinger of a recession, the yield on the two-year Treasury bill rose above that of the benchmark 10-year note again on Thursday as the world’s c...

Thursday, August 22

22 Aug 2019

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European Commission officials tell the FT they are planning news rules that will give EU citizens explicit rights over the use of their facial recogni...

Wednesday, August 21

21 Aug 2019

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US president Donald Trump considers tax cuts to stimulate the economy and Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte resigns. Also, US regulators rewrite t...

Tuesday, August 20

20 Aug 2019

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Apple commits more than $6bn for original shows and movies ahead of the launch of its new video streaming service and UK prime minister Boris Johnson ...

Monday, August 19

19 Aug 2019

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A body advising the European Central Bank warns that European banks and other financial institutions need to speed up their preparations for the phasi...

Friday, August 16

16 Aug 2019

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Gibraltar releases an Iranian tanker after a court sets aside a last-minute legal bid from the US to seize the vessel and Walmart raises its outlook f...

Thursday, August 15

15 Aug 2019

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US equities fell 3 per cent on Wednesday on fears of slowing global growth, while bond markets signalled the chances of a mounting recession and WeWor...

Wednesday, August 14

14 Aug 2019

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US stocks and China’s currency rallied sharply on Tuesday after Washington announced a delay to some additional tariffs on Chinese imports, hundreds...

Tuesday, August 13

13 Aug 2019

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Investors see the odds of an Argentine debt default soaring after opposition candidate Alberto Fernández’s victory in primary elections, the US yie...

Monday, August 12

12 Aug 2019

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Global investment banks are shedding almost 30,000 jobs as the outlook for the sector deteriorates, BlackRock buys an $870m stake in Authentic Brands,...

Friday, August 9

09 Aug 2019

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Uber posts a $5.2 billion loss as costs from its initial public offering hit earnings, Italy’s prime minister Giuseppe Conte asks for parliament to ...

Thursday, August 8

08 Aug 2019

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US stocks closed in positive territory on Wednesday as investors pushed back against deepening concerns over global growth, and the Trump administrati...

Wednesday, August 7

07 Aug 2019

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Disney shares fall as the company misses earnings estimates in its most recent quarter, Facebook sues two app developers for advertising fraud and Mat...

Tuesday, August 6

06 Aug 2019

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US Treasury labels China a currency manipulator, Hong Kong’s first general strike in more than 50 years brings the city to a standstill, US pre...

Monday, August 5

05 Aug 2019

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At least 29 people were killed in two separate shootings in the US over the weekend, Washington identifies Chinese tankers carrying Iranian oil and US...

Friday, August 2

02 Aug 2019

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US President Donald Trump says the US will place a 10 per cent tariff on $300bn of additional Chinese goods, growth in corporate share buybacks starts...

Thursday, August 1

01 Aug 2019

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The Federal Reserve cuts US interest rates by a quarter point, the Trump administration imposes sanctions on Iran’s foreign minister, UniCredit and ...

Wednesday, July 31

31 Jul 2019

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The Federal Reserve is expected to announce the first cut in US interest rates since the global financial crisis, Apple delivers upbeat guidance for t...

Tuesday, July 30

30 Jul 2019

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Uber eliminates 400 marketing jobs in a corporate reorganisation, Citigroup plans to axe hundreds of jobs in its global markets division and new data ...

Monday, July 29

29 Jul 2019

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The UK chancellor of the exchequer, Sajid Javid, plans to announce more than £1bn in increased funding for a no-deal Brexit, Deutsche Bank investigat...

Friday, July 26

26 Jul 2019

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A rebound in Google’s advertising business propels revenues higher, Amazon’s move to one-day shipping reinvigorated revenue growth in the second q...

Thursday, July 25

25 Jul 2019

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Former special counsel Robert Mueller warns of Russian interference in the 2020 US election during a day of hearings in Washington, Facebook reveals t...

Wednesday, July 24

24 Jul 2019

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Boris Johnson wins the UK Conservative party leadership race to become prime minister, the US Department of Justice announces a broad investigation in...

Tuesday, July 23

23 Jul 2019

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The White House and Democratic leaders reach an agreement to raise the US’s $22tn borrowing limit which takes it beyond the next election, Donald Tr...

Monday, July 22

22 Jul 2019

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Hong Kong protesters escalate demonstrations by targeting Chinese government offices,  UK defence minister Tobias Ellwood rejects claims that the...

Friday, July 19

19 Jul 2019

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President Donald Trump says the US navy has shot down an Iranian drone after it threatened an American warship, Boeing says it will take a $4.9bn afte...

Thursday, July 18

18 Jul 2019

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Netflix falls short of its own forecasts for new subscribers, G7 finance ministers struggle to reach a compromise on how to tax Big Tech and US Presid...

Wednesday, July 17

17 Jul 2019

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Lower rates squeeze US bank lending margins, Ursula von der Leyen narrowly secures parliamentary backing for her appointment as European Commission pr...

Tuesday, July 16

16 Jul 2019

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Democratic congresswomen call Donald Trump’s attacks a “distraction” after the US president doubles down on his statement, US Treasury secretary...

Monday, July 15

15 Jul 2019

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The acting IMF chief, David Lipton, backs new monetary stimulus by the world’s top central banks, Warner Music buys First Night Records and equity i...

Friday, July 12

12 Jul 2019

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President Donald Trump issues an executive order to collect all information in US government databases about who is an American citizen, Boeing says t...

Thursday, July 11

11 Jul 2019

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The Trump administration launches an investigation into French plans to bring in a special tax targeting big tech companies and Amazon Music becomes t...

Wednesday, July 10

10 Jul 2019

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Mexico’s finance minister, Carlos Urzúa, resigns over differences with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Levi Strauss shares slip after IPO ...

Tuesday, July 9

09 Jul 2019

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Chinese venture capital investment in US biotech falls as Washington tightens scrutiny of funding from overseas, German chemicals group BASF cuts its ...

Monday, July 8

08 Jul 2019

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Iran says it will breach the curbs on uranium enrichment levels set under the 2015 nuclear agreement with major powers, Greece’s traditional centre-...

Friday, July 5

05 Jul 2019

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British Marines and Gibraltar police seize a tanker suspected of carrying Iranian oil to Syria, the Womens’ World Cup reaches its finale, but will t...

Thursday, July 4

04 Jul 2019

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US stocks closed at record highs on Wednesday alongside a bond rally as investors anticipated looser monetary policies from central banks, Huawei foun...

Wednesday, July 3

03 Jul 2019

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European leaders agree to back Christine Lagarde as president of the European Central Bank and Ursula von der Leyen as president of the European Commi...

Tuesday, July 2

02 Jul 2019

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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam condemns protesters who stormed and occupied the Legislative Council, the US economic expansion becomes the longest in rec...

Monday, July 1

01 Jul 2019

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US president Donald Trump signals that nuclear talks with North Korea will resume, after meeting with Kim Jong Un on Sunday, the US and China ease tra...

Friday, June 28

28 Jun 2019

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The Federal Reserve singles out Credit Suisse in its annual stress tests, Nike reports higher sales and profit margins in its latest quarter, designer...

Thursday, June 27

27 Jun 2019

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Boeing faces another setback in its attempt to get the 737 Max back in the air, activist investor Carl Icahn is preparing a campaign to oust four of O...

Wednesday, June 26

26 Jun 2019

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Fed chairman Jay Powell warns that risks to global growth have increased in recent weeks, AbbVie investors give the US drugmaker a resounding thumbs d...

Tuesday, June 25

25 Jun 2019

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Boris Jonson’s tax cut proposals could cost as much as £20bn a year, according to a new report; Instagram’s Adam Mosseri tells the FT that “win...

Monday, June 24

24 Jun 2019

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Washington plans to impose fresh sanctions on Tehran and warns that Iran should not mistake US “prudence for weakness”, Ericsson’s head of US bu...

Friday, June 21

21 Jun 2019

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President Donald Trump played down the significance of Iran shooting down a US drone over the Gulf, saying he found it “hard to believe” the move ...