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04.12.2021

Former British prime minister David Cameron has admitted he made mistakes over his government lobbying for Greensill Capital, leading Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is expanding its investment in chips, and Microsoft is on the verge of acquiring the voice technology ...

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04.12.2021 David Cameron breaks Greensill silence, investors brace for corporate tax hikes Former British prime minister David Cameron has admitted he made mistakes over his government lobbying for Greensill Capital, leading Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is expanding its investment in chips, and Microsoft is on the verge of acquiring the voice technology ...
04.09.2021 Amazon on course to defeat union effort, Goldman’s Deliveroo move Amazon looked on course to defeat a historic effort by workers to unionise an Alabama warehouse, and companies and countries around the world are weighing the Biden administration’s global corporate tax plan. Plus, the FT’s markets editor, Katie Martin, explains ...
04.08.2021 US corporate tax offer to the world, ShareChat valued at $2.1bn, Vaccitech IPO The start-up that owns the biotechnology behind the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine has confidentially filed for an initial public offering in the US, Indian social media group ShareChat has raised more than $500m to grow its popular short-video app Moj, and Austrian ...
04.07.2021 EMA to probe Sputnik vaccine, Renesas Electronics, Brazil crises The EU drug regulator will launch an investigation next week into whether clinical trials of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine contravened ethical standards, and Japan’s national champion, Renesas Electronics, is being forced to diversify due to the pressures brought on ...
04.06.2021 Janet Yellen proposes global corporate minimum tax, the Taiwanese company at the heart of the global economy US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen is calling on other countries to join the US in setting a corporate global minimum tax, and bond investors who took big risks at the outset of the pandemic are enjoying big returns. Plus, the ...
04.05.2021 Computer chip shortage, corporate America caught between US and China The boom in Bitcoin mining is having an unintended consequence: it has driven up the cost of computer chips. Plus, the FT’s US-China correspondent, Demetri Sevastopulo, explains how China’s repressive treatment of its Uyghur Muslims is affecting Western brands who ...
04.01.2021 Biden’s $2tn infrastructure plan, Deliveroo’s IPO flop, Black Americans in finance Wall Street touched a record high Wednesday as the White House released details of President Joe Biden’s multi trillion-dollar US stimulus plan, and the food delivery app, Deliveroo, closed down 26 per cent in its first day on the public ...
03.31.2021 IMF head issues warning, Russia’s Arctic trade route, Amlo’s progress The head of the IMF has warned that the world should be ready for an emerging market debt crisis as the global economy emerges from the coronavirus pandemic, and Russia is using the Suez Canal incident to promote its own ...
03.30.2021 Biden’s Taiwan shift, US companies see inflation, Archegos hits big banks The Biden administration is sticking with a Trump administration policy that will make it easier for US diplomats to meet with Taiwanese officials, and US companies say they are feeling the bite of inflation. Plus, the FT’s global finance correspondent, ...
03.29.2021 Mysterious trades, Suez Canal ripples, Amazon union vote The private investment firm Archegos Capital was behind billions of dollars worth of share sales that captivated Wall Street on Friday, the head of the Suez Canal Authority has warned that there is no timeline for freeing the 220,000-tonne container ...
03.26.2021 EU leaders clash over vaccines, UK debt, Ant Group fees European leaders clash over vaccine distribution at a marathon virtual summit, holders of UK government bonds are suffering the worst quarter in at least two decades as Britain’s economic prospects brighten, Jack Ma’s Ant Group demands bigger fees to rebuild ...
03.25.2021 EU-UK vaccine tensions, grounded ship blocks Suez canal British and European officials on Wednesday issued a joint statement saying they’d discussed developing a “reciprocally beneficial relationship” to tackle Covid-19, after a top official in Brussels accused the UK of “vaccine nationalism”; a grounded container ship has blocked traffic ...
03.24.2021 EU-China diplomatic row imperils market access deal 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 Brussels and Beijing, Facebook’s CEO prepares for a grilling by US lawmakers over misinformation, and ...
03.23.2021 Turkey investors shaken by central bank governor firing 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 unorthodox ideas on how to tackle the country’s economic challenges, the increased production of ...
03.22.2021 Global equities surge, Broadway woes, India tries to tackle job shortage with new hiring rules Investors have injected almost $170bn into global stocks over the past month, Broadway’s theatre workers are still waiting for curtains to lift, and India’s job shortage prompts the northern state of Haryana to adopt new rules that require companies to ...
03.19.2021 EU countries to restart AstraZeneca use, Biden's hardline on China, airline lift-off Europe’s biggest countries are set to resume using the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine after the EU drugs regulator said the jab was safe, and the US is taking a tough stance as members from the Biden administration meet with Chinese officials ...
03.18.2021 Fed upgrades growth forecast, how Stripe became Silicon Valley’s most valuable company Federal Reserve officials sharply upgraded their growth forecasts for the world’s largest economy, and Microsoft is investigating a recent cyber attack and whether security companies that it works with leaked details about vulnerabilities in its software. Plus, the FT’s global ...
03.17.2021 EU to propose Covid-19 travel certificate, EU and US drift apart economically 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 Authority is bringing money laundering charges against NatWest. Plus, the FT’s Frankfurt bureau chief, Martin Arnold, ...
03.16.2021 China’s tech giants test way around Apple’s new privacy rules, US airline CEO optimism 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 companies are turning to tree planting to appeal to eco-conscious consumers. Plus, the ...
03.15.2021 Stripe valuation soars to $95bn, businesses in the pandemic, private data use in the pandemic The payments provider, Stripe, is now worth $95bn after its latest round of fundraising, and more than 4.4m Americans have created businesses during the pandemic. Plus, the FT’s innovation editor, John Thornhill, gives highlights from the latest episode of his ...
03.12.2021 Australia vaccine funding, Sinopharm’s global push, ECB accelerates stimulus Canberra is contemplating investing in a A$1bn biopharmaceutical plant to reduce its dependence on imports of critical medicines, China’s state-backed pharmaceutical group, Sinopharm, wants more governments to buy its Covid-19 vaccine, and Spain is set to become the first EU ...
03.11.2021 Martin Wolf looks back at the pandemic one year later President Joe Biden is eyeing a multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure package for the US. Plus, the FT’s chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf, examines how well governments and economic policymakers have handled the economic crisis stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. See acast.com/privacy for ...
03.10.2021 US congress to vote on $1.9tn stimulus bill, scaling up green hydrogen, Coupang’s IPO 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 blamed for lower birth rates across Europe, and the IPO of South Korean ecommerce group, Coupang, is ...
03.09.2021 Tech stocks drag Wall Street lower, Greensill files for administration, Apollo merges with Athene Stocks declined on Monday with shares of technology companies leading Wall Street lower, and the stricken supply chain financier, Greensill Capital, files for administration. Plus, the FT’s private capital correspondent, Mark Vandevelde, breaks down the $29bn merger between Apollo Global ...
03.08.2021 ECB probes Greensill fallout, commercial property muddles through, TikTok in Myanmar 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 will hold a summit with Japan, India, and Australia to find ways to counter China’s ...
03.05.2021 Powell’s comments send markets lower, oil rises on Opec+ moves, UK’s listing shake-up Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell triggered a sudden sell-off in long-term US Treasury debt and equities Thursday, and Opec and Russia have decided against unleashing a flood of crude on to the market. Plus, the FT’s markets editor, Katie Martin, ...
03.04.2021 The fall of Greensill Capital 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 correspondent Robert Smith unpacks the rapidly unfolding saga behind Greensill Capital and why the supply chain ...
03.03.2021 Biden’s vaccine deal, more Ant troubles, Germany’s vaccine woes 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-related carbon emissions have rebounded from coronavirus lockdown levels, and Ant Group has shared just ...
03.02.2021 Dems warn against loosening bank capital requirements, Rupert Murdoch at 90 Two senior Democratic lawmakers have warned the Federal Reserve that it would be a “grave error” to extend looser capital requirements for US banks. ExxonMobil appointed two new board directors on Monday to placate activist shareholders and the former French ...
03.01.2021 Sunak previews UK budget, von der Leyen warns of more pandemics, Lucid takes on Tesla Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to announce the UK’s budget on Monday and it includes a £5bn “restart” grant scheme, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen warns that Europe could face an “era of pandemics,” and Japanese officials are ...
02.26.2021 Bond sell-off roils markets, ex-Petrobras chief hits back, Ghana’s first Covax vaccines 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 President Jair Bolsonaro against state controlled fuel prices. Plus, the FT’s Africa editor, David ...
02.25.2021 GameStop returns, Myanmar banks, Texas power politics GameStop’s share price doubled in the final 90 minutes of trading on Wednesday, partners at the consultancy McKinsey have voted to remove Kevin Sneader from his post as global managing partner, and Myanmar’s banking system has ground almost to a ...
02.24.2021 Powell signals hope for ‘more normal conditions’, US Russia sanctions, HSBC’s pivot east Federal Reserve chairman Jay Powell spoke to Congress on Tuesday and indicated the central bank would maintain its ultra-loose monetary policy, the Biden administration is planning a broad package of measures to punish Moscow for the SolarWinds hack, and holiday ...
02.23.2021 Tech stocks fall on inflation fears, Brazil’s oil intervention, Big Tech goes green The Nasdaq Composite closed 2.5 per cent lower on Monday as rising inflation expectations undercut arguments for tech stocks’ high valuations, Brazilian markets were rattled after president Jair Bolsonaro removed the head of Petrobras, and American rapper Jay-Z signs a ...
02.22.2021 Johnson’s plan to lift lockdown, McKinsey leadership vote, UK probes Big Tech 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 McKinsey’s 650 senior partners have begun voting on whether Kevin Sneader should serve a second ...
02.19.2021 Macron’s FT interview, GameStop hearing, oil rises and US Treasuries tumble In an exclusive interview with the FT, French president Emmanuel Macron urges wealthy countries to help poorer ones access coronavirus vaccines, and US lawmakers grill key players in the GameStop trading saga. Plus the FT’s markets editor Katie Martin explains ...
02.18.2021 Facebook bans content sharing in Australia, Texas battles cold, China’s digital currency 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 industry in Texas has buckled under the strain of a blast of ...
02.17.2021 China’s rare earth mineral exports, Hong Kong stock trading, Amsterdam Spacs 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 volumes in Hong Kong have soared to four times those on London’s main exchange. The FT’s ...
02.16.2021 Biden’s stimulus push, Texas blackouts, warehouse automation 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 pandemic’s online shopping surge has led to more warehouse automation, but that is making some human ...
02.15.2021 EU to allow UK data flow, commodities boom, China's box office 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 postpone a crucial $44bn debt deal with the IMF until the pandemic has eased. ...
02.12.2021 Europe’s IPO boom, Bitcoin hits new record, China’s corn spree 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 subscribers to its streaming service, and China’s massive corn purchases have sent the price of ...
02.11.2021 Amsterdam becomes Europe’s trading hub, AstraZeneca vaccine to help poor countries, Italy’s recovery fund Amsterdam surpassed London as Europe’s largest share trading centre last month, Federal Reserve chairman Jay Powell has pledged to keep monetary policy loose to support the struggling US labour market, and the World Health Organization recommended the use of the ...
02.10.2021 Twitter warns of slowing growth, investors tell Amazon to stop meddling in union vote, US-China investment flows 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 unionisation effort, and Huawei asks a US court to overturn the Federal Communication Commission ...
02.09.2021 EU wants Big Tech to pay for news, Tesla’s bitcoin investment, SoftBank Vision Fund makes big gains 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 cryptocurrency to record highs, and oil hits $60 a barrel for the first time in ...
02.08.2021 TikTok ecommerce push, Cuba invites private business, a new green world order 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 Mercedes-Benz says by 2030 it will make as much from its electric cars ...
02.05.2021 Carmakers’ chip woes, UK directors face liability rules, Japan’s job-creating robots German carmakers are considering their own semiconductor stockpiles to avoid supply chain troubles, the UK government could soon hold directors personally liable for the accuracy of their companies’ financial statements, and CVC Capital Partners eyes a minority stake in one ...
02.04.2021 Nvidia-Arm antitrust probes, Australia takes on Google, discount retailers thrive 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 shut its search engine in Australia, and Mario Draghi accepts the mandate to form ...
02.03.2021 Bezos to step aside, Draghi set for Rome, Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi house arrest Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos will step aside later this year to become executive chairman of the ecommerce group, Italy’s president is expected to ask former European Central Bank president, Mario Draghi, to begin talks to form a new Italian ...
02.02.2021 US threatens Myanmar sanctions, Robinhood raises $2.4bn, Kuaishou’s IPO 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 finances strained by turbulent trading. Plus, the FT’ Beijing bureau chief, Ryan McMorrow, explains the ...
02.01.2021 Reddit traders eye silver, Republicans float smaller relief bill, Mance talks to Bellingcat founder Reddit traders have targeted silver markets after piling into GameStop shares last week, and Republicans in the US Senate float a stimulus deal a third the size of president Joe Biden’s plan. Plus, the FT’s chief features writer, Henry Mance, ...

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David Cameron breaks Greensill silence, investors brace for corporate tax hikes

Amazon on course to defeat union effort, Goldman’s Deliveroo move

US corporate tax offer to the world, ShareChat valued at $2.1bn, Vaccitech IPO

EMA to probe Sputnik vaccine, Renesas Electronics, Brazil crises

Janet Yellen proposes global corporate minimum tax, the Taiwanese company at the heart of the global economy

Computer chip shortage, corporate America caught between US and China

Biden’s $2tn infrastructure plan, Deliveroo’s IPO flop, Black Americans in finance

IMF head issues warning, Russia’s Arctic trade route, Amlo’s progress

Biden’s Taiwan shift, US companies see inflation, Archegos hits big banks

Mysterious trades, Suez Canal ripples, Amazon union vote

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

EU-UK vaccine tensions, grounded ship blocks Suez canal

EU-China diplomatic row imperils market access deal

Turkey investors shaken by central bank governor firing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Martin Wolf looks back at the pandemic one year later

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

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

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

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

The fall of Greensill Capital

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

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

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

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

GameStop returns, Myanmar banks, Texas power politics

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

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

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

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

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

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

Biden’s stimulus push, Texas blackouts, warehouse automation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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