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 wit...
18 Mar 20219min
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 NatW...
17 Mar 20219min
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 ...
16 Mar 20219min
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, Joh...
15 Mar 202110min
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 gover...
12 Mar 202110min
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 policymaker...
11 Mar 20219min
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 ...
10 Mar 202110min
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 ca...
9 Mar 202110min
