WHO skips Wuhan, Phil Hogan resigns, Hurricane Laura, Jackson Hole preview
Western governments are concerned that a World Health Organization team investigating the origins of coronavirus did not visit Wuhan, EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan has resigned after a Covid-19 mis...
27 Elo 20209min
Covid-19 vaccine makers seek protections, US homebuilder stocks rise, Ant IPO
European vaccine makers want EU exemptions that would protect them if there are problems with new Covid-19 vaccines, and low interest rates have helped US homebuilder stocks surge to record highs. Plu...
26 Elo 20208min
India to cut Huawei gear from network, insurers bet on pandemic, US vaccine row
India is phasing out equipment from Huawei and other Chinese companies for its telecoms networks due to an escalating border dispute, investors have quietly poured billions of dollars into insurance c...
25 Elo 202010min
Trump considers fast-tracking vaccine, dividends fall in pandemic, Neiman Marcus bankruptcy fallout
The Trump administration is considering fast tracking a UK Covid-19vaccine for use in America ahead of the presidential election, and new research shows global dividends have suffered the worst quarte...
24 Elo 20209min
Huawei’s war, Chinese banks in Hong Kong, and the future of office workers
Huawei employees are becoming increasingly worried about lay-offs after the US announced “death sentence” sanctions, Hong Kong investment bankers employed by Chinese groups are on track to outnumber t...
21 Elo 20209min
Apple hits $2tn, Germany fears zombie companies, Biden goes green
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 that a rule introduced as part of the country’s emerg...
20 Elo 20209min
Oracle considers TikTok, Putin and Belarus, and the rise of “blank-cheque companies”
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 the US postmaster-general has reversed course on a ...
19 Elo 202010min
Belarus protests intensify, Robinhood raises more funds, drilling in the Arctic
Alexander Lukashenko, the strongman president of Belarus, fought for his political future on Monday as protesters called on him to “resign”, stock-trading app Robinhood raised new equity that values t...
18 Elo 20209min
