FT News Briefing
Financial Times
FT News Briefing
Financial Times
A rundown of the most important global business stories you need to know for the coming day, from the newsroom of the Financial Times. Available every weekday morning.
Wednesday 21 April 2021 : A jury in Minneapolis found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on three charges in the killing of George Floyd, TikTok is accused of...
Tuesday 20 April 2021 : The concerns that led to a halt in Johnson & Johnson’s Covid vaccine rollout could damage confidence in the company’s longer-term...
Monday 19 April 2021 : Consumers around the world have stockpiled an extra $5.4tn of savings since the coronavirus pandemic began, and many of Europe’s...
Friday 16 April 2021 : Global equities reached new heights and Treasuries rallied sharply on Thursday on the back of upbeat economic data in the US, and Dubai has...
Thursday 15 April 2021 : Three of the largest US banks beat profits expectations on Wednesday on the back of a strengthening US economy, and Egyptian authorities...
Wednesday 14 April 2021 : Coinbase prepares to be the first leading cryptocurrency exchange to list on a US stock market, and the eurozone economy is showing signs of...
Tuesday 13 April 2021 : Boris Johnson has commissioned an independent inquiry into the lobbying scandal involving David Cameron and Greensill Capital, and the...
Monday 12 April 2021 : Former British prime minister David Cameron has admitted he made mistakes over his government lobbying for Greensill Capital, leading...
Friday 09 April 2021 : Amazon looked on course to defeat a historic effort by workers to unionise an Alabama warehouse, and companies and countries around the...
Thursday 08 April 2021 : The start-up that owns the biotechnology behind the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine has confidentially filed for an initial public offering in...
Wednesday 07 April 2021 : The EU drug regulator will launch an investigation next week into whether clinical trials of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine...
Tuesday 06 April 2021 : US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen is calling on other countries to join the US in setting a corporate global minimum tax, and bond...
Monday 05 April 2021 : 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...
Thursday 01 April 2021 : Wall Street touched a record high Wednesday as the White House released details of President Joe Biden’s multi trillion-dollar US stimulus...
Wednesday 31 March 2021 : 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...
Tuesday 30 March 2021 : The Biden administration is sticking with a Trump administration policy that will make it easier for US diplomats to meet with Taiwanese...
Monday 29 March 2021 : The private investment firm Archegos Capital was behind billions of dollars worth of share sales that captivated Wall Street on Friday, the...
Friday 26 March 2021 : European leaders clash over vaccine distribution at a marathon virtual summit, holders of UK government bonds are suffering the worst...
Thursday 25 March 2021 : British and European officials on Wednesday issued a joint statement saying they’d discussed developing a “reciprocally beneficial...
Wednesday 24 March 2021 : The escalation of a diplomatic row between the EU and China could imperil a market-access deal meant to be the cornerstone of future...
Tuesday 23 March 2021 : 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...
Monday 22 March 2021 : Investors have injected almost $170bn into global stocks over the past month, Broadway’s theatre workers are still waiting for curtains to...
Friday 19 March 2021 : Europe’s biggest countries are set to resume using the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine after the EU drugs regulator said the jab...
Thursday 18 March 2021 : Federal Reserve officials sharply upgraded their growth forecasts for the world’s largest economy, and Microsoft is investigating a recent...
Wednesday 17 March 2021 : 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...
FT News Briefing
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Football clubs back out of Super League, Derek Chauvin found guilty in murder of George Floyd
A jury in Minneapolis found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on three charges in the killing of George Floyd, TikTok is accused of...
Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine could weigh on other programmes, Cuba’s future in a post-Castro era
The concerns that led to a halt in Johnson & Johnson’s Covid vaccine rollout could damage confidence in the company’s longer-term...
A tournament to compete with the Champions League, is Clubhouse worth $4bn?
Consumers around the world have stockpiled an extra $5.4tn of savings since the coronavirus pandemic began, and many of Europe’s...
Markets rally on strong economic data, investors react to Biden’s sanctions on Russia
Global equities reached new heights and Treasuries rallied sharply on Thursday on the back of upbeat economic data in the US, and Dubai has...
US bank profits surge, Deutsche Bank recovers, Suez Canal officials seize ship
Three of the largest US banks beat profits expectations on Wednesday on the back of a strengthening US economy, and Egyptian authorities...
Eurozone’s economy proves resilient, Toshiba buyout battle
Coinbase prepares to be the first leading cryptocurrency exchange to list on a US stock market, and the eurozone economy is showing signs of...
UK to launch probe into Cameron and Greensill, US states turn to online betting for tax revenue
Boris Johnson has commissioned an independent inquiry into the lobbying scandal involving David Cameron and Greensill Capital, and the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
