Fed to extend debt purchases, US small businesses struggle, Robinhood hit with legal complaint
The US central bank says it will keep buying at least $120bn of debt a month until “substantial further progress has been made” in the recovery, US regulators have hit Luckin Coffee with a $180m pena...
17 Dec 20208min
Spanish companies vie for EU recovery aid, UK nuclear plans
Spanish blue-chips have positioned themselves for tens of billions of euros in EU coronavirus aid, the UK is drawing up plans to turn London into a rival to Singapore as a hub for shipping companies, ...
16 Dec 202010min
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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 202010min
