Trump concedes election, stock markets ignore political chaos, Boeing’s 737 Max settlement
President Trump concedes power for the first time and calls for an orderly transition: the FT’s US managing editor Peter Spiegel looks at how Joe Biden can unite a divided nation; global markets have ...
8 Tammi 20219min
How a mob of Trump supporters interrupted the transfer of power
Congressional leaders reconvened on Wednesday night to certify Joe Biden’s victory in November’s presidential election, defying pro-Trump rioters who attempted to scupper the process by storming the C...
7 Tammi 202110min
Saudi Arabia’s oil cut pledge, Qatar and Saudi Arabia end dispute, businesses tied to rebelling Republicans
Saudi Arabia pledged to cut an extra 1m barrels a day of oil output in February and March, and also has agreed to end its dispute with Qatar. Plus, the FT’s US business editor, Andrew Edgecliffe-Johns...
6 Tammi 202110min
Covid-19 shakes US equities, OECD warns against post-pandemic austerity
US equities had their worst day since October as spiking coronavirus cases and lockdowns shook investors, nearly €6bn of EU share dealing shifted away from London in the first trading day after Brexit...
5 Tammi 20218min
Business after Brexit, extended lockdowns in Europe, Bitcoin’s rise
Businesses face a wave of new bureaucracy and checks at ports now that the UK is officially outside of the EU’s single market and customs union, European countries debate more restrictions aimed at co...
4 Tammi 20219min
Brexit watch, China-Australia tensions, 2020 corporate winners and losers
Britain and the EU were finalising a historic post-Brexit agreement on Wednesday night. Plus, Beijing’s market regulator has announced an antitrust investigation into Alibaba, China’s ban on Australi...
24 Joulu 202010min
France reopens border with UK, DoJ sues Walmart, an investigation into Pornhub’s secretive owner
France is set to reopen its borders with the UK to truck drivers who test negative for Covid-19, Boris Johnson and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen aim for a Brexit trade deal by ton...
23 Joulu 202010min
Investors unsettled by new coronavirus strain, UK coronavirus strain explained, SoftBank launches Spac
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 science editor, Clive Cookson, explains what scientis...
22 Joulu 20209min
