SolarWinds software hijacked, Electoral College confirms Biden, Federal Reserve meeting preview
Presidential electors confirmed Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US election, and the Federal Reserve is poised to issue new guidance extending its emergency bond-buying programme. Plus, the FT’s H...
15 Des 20209min
Brexit talks get reenergized, US Covid-19 vaccine rollout, eurozone banks’ dividends
US doctors could administer the first authorised coronavirus shot as soon as today, an EY anti-fraud team warned in 2018 that “red-flag indicators” at Wirecard pointed to potential accounting manipula...
14 Des 202010min
Johnson says prepare for no-deal Brexit, Airbnb IPO, EU’s threat to Big Tech
Boris Johnson has warned Britain to prepare for a no-deal Brexit, and Airbnb shares more than doubled on their first day of trading on Thursday. Plus, the FT’s Brussels correspondent, Javier Espinoza,...
11 Des 202010min
Deadline set for Brexit talks, Facebook hit with antitrust lawsuits, DoorDash floats
Boris Johnson and the EU have set a Sunday deadline for a “firm decision” on the fate of their future-relationship negotiations, the US Federal Trade Commission and 46 states have brought antitrust ca...
10 Des 20209min
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
