Thursday, December 20
FT News Briefing20 Des 2018

Thursday, December 20

US regulator takes Facebook to court, Altria set to take a stake in ecigarette company Juul Labs, and AB InBev forms a tie-up to bring cannabis-infused drinks to market. Then, the FT's Mike Mackenzie explains the decision from the Federal Reserve that sent US equities falling on Wednesday afternoon.

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Why Trump wants Ukraine’s minerals

Why Trump wants Ukraine’s minerals

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China pumps the brakes on Tesla’s autonomous cars

China pumps the brakes on Tesla’s autonomous cars

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Say hello to the Magnificent 47

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French President Macron holds an emergency meeting in Paris with Ukraine’s allies, and a stock index featuring Europe’s largest banks is outpacing the United States’ Magnificent Seven tech giants. Plu...

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Swamp Notes: Trump ices Europe out of Ukraine peace plan

Swamp Notes: Trump ices Europe out of Ukraine peace plan

Ukraine is dominating discussions at this year’s Munich Security Conference after a call between Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, which ended with the US president declaring that peace talks ...

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Has meme-stock kid Robinhood grown up?

Has meme-stock kid Robinhood grown up?

Arm plans to launch its own chip this year, and Shein’s IPO will likely be delayed after US President Donald Trump’s crackdown on tariff-free imports. Plus, Robinhood has evolved from an app that spra...

14 Feb 202510min

Trump excludes Europe from Ukraine peace talks

Trump excludes Europe from Ukraine peace talks

European officials are worried about being cut out of a US-Russia peace deal on Ukraine, and US inflation ticked up in January. Plus, China’s leading producer of memory chips is rapidly gaining global...

13 Feb 20259min

Elon Musk gatecrashes OpenAI restructuring

Elon Musk gatecrashes OpenAI restructuring

Hong Kong tech stocks are flying high, Elon Musk’s nearly $100bn bid for OpenAI comes with a ton of baggage, and the EU says it will retaliate against US tariffs on European steel and aluminium export...

12 Feb 202510min

Hizbollah’s murky path forward

Hizbollah’s murky path forward

More than 60 partners have left PwC China after a ban over its audit of failed property developer Evergrande, the FT’s Andy Bounds explains what we can learn from Donald Trump’s 2018 steel tariffs, an...

11 Feb 202510min

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