Shell’s clean energy departures, Starbucks' bullish goals, US anti-money laundering overhaul
Starbucks chief executive Kevin Johnson says the company will continue to grow despite the pandemic, Congress looks to approve the first overhaul of US anti-money laundering laws in decades, and Japan...
9 Des 202010min
Johnson and Von der Leyen to meet on Brexit, Uber abandons plans for its own self-driving car, China’s overseas lending
Boris Johnson is to travel to Brussels for make-or-break talks on a UK-EU trade deal, Uber will swap its self-driving car operations for a minority stake in Aurora, and China has drastically curtailed...
8 Des 202010min
Brexit trade talks on a knife-edge, Brussels urged to heed climate science, Covid vaccines in India
Britain’s trade talks with the EU were on “a knife-edge” on Sunday, Brussels has been urged to stick to climate science when drawing up rules on sustainable finance, and doses of the coronavirus vacci...
7 Des 20208min
Brussels’s EU budget warning, Macron complicates Brexit deal, the ‘everything’ market rally
EU budget commissioner Johannes Hanes has warned Poland and Hungary that Brussels could cut them out of its recovery fund, British officials accused France of making new Brexit demands at the eleventh...
4 Des 202010min
Democrats support US stimulus plan, China invests in US tech, reaction to UK vaccine approval
Top Democrats have expressed support for a $908bn stimulus plan offered by a bipartisan group of US senators, the UK has become the first country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine, and Chinese state-backe...
3 Des 202010min
Airbnb IPO pricing, EU squeezes UK in Brexit talks, Brazil's economy during the pandemic
Airbnb disclosed on Tuesday that it could raise as much as $2.5bn in its initial public offering, and Brussels is still holding back on granting Britain a whole collection of Brexit rights and regulat...
2 Des 20209min
Understanding eurozone inflation, Zoom sales up, Mnuchin and Powell testify before US Congress
The cost of many popular goods and services in the eurozone is rising far faster than the bloc’s overall depressed level of inflation, the video conferencing company Zoom continued to ride the boom in...
1 Des 20209min
EU pitches post-Trump alliance with US, Covid-19 vaccine rollout, Lam’s cash problem
The EU will call on the US to seize a “once-in-a-generation” opportunity to forge a new global alliance, the first coronavirus vaccine is on track for international deployment within weeks, and Hong K...
30 Nov 202010min
