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 Mars 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 Mars 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 Mars 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 Mars 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 Mars 202110min
ECB probes Greensill fallout, commercial property muddles through, TikTok in Myanmar
The European Central Bank has asked lenders for details of their exposure to Greensill Capital and its key client GFG Alliance, US president Joe Biden will hold a summit with Japan, India, and Austral...
8 Mars 20219min
Powell’s comments send markets lower, oil rises on Opec+ moves, UK’s listing shake-up
Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell triggered a sudden sell-off in long-term US Treasury debt and equities Thursday, and Opec and Russia have decided against unleashing a flood of crude on to the market....
5 Mars 202110min
The fall of Greensill Capital
Democratic leaders have reached a compromise on a deal that would limit who is eligible for $1,400 stimulus cheques. Plus, the FT’s capital markets correspondent Robert Smith unpacks the rapidly unfol...
4 Mars 202110min
