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Business after Brexit, extended lockdowns in Europe, Bitcoin’s rise Jan 04, 2021

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Businesses face a wave of new bureaucracy and checks at ports now that the UK is officially outside of the EU’s single market and customs union, European countries debate more restrictions aimed at containing the spread of coronavirus, and law firms ditch their UK trophy offices. Plus, the FT’s deputy markets news editor, Ian Smith, tells us about Bitcoin’s latest milestone.

European countries set to extend lockdowns as Covid cases surge

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Bitcoin tops $34,000 as record-breaking rally resumes

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Law firms ditch trophy office moves as pandemic reshapes City

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Payne’s Politics: Brexit has arrived

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Brexit watch, China-Australia tensions, 2020 corporate winners and losers Dec 24, 2020

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Britain and the EU were finalising a historic post-Brexit agreement on Wednesday night. Plus, Beijing’s market regulator has announced an antitrust investigation into Alibaba, China’s ban on Australian coal exports is hurting its companies, and the FT’s US business editor, Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, looks at 2020’s corporate winners and losers as well as who might rebound in 2021.

Britain and EU poised to announce Christmas Eve Brexit deal

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China launches antitrust investigation into Alibaba

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Politics come first’ as ban on Australian coal worsens China’s power cuts

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Prospering in the pandemic: the top 100 companies

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France reopens border with UK, DoJ sues Walmart, an investigation into Pornhub’s secretive owner Dec 23, 2020

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France is set to reopen its borders with the UK to truck drivers who test negative for Covid-19, Boris Johnson and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen aim for a Brexit trade deal by tonight, the US government sues Walmart for links to the opioid epidemic, and the botched launch of the video game Cyberpunk 2077 has prompted a shift by Sony. Plus, the FT’s consumer industries reporter, Patricia Nilsson, reveals how the dominant player in online porn operates its business.

France to reopen border with UK

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Johnson and Von der Leyen intensify ‘hotline talks in Brexit deal push

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US sues Walmart alleging role in country’s opioid crisis

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Cyberpunk 2077 debacle prompts shift by Sony

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MindGeek: the secretive owner of Pornhub and RedTube

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Investors unsettled by new coronavirus strain, UK coronavirus strain explained, SoftBank launches Spac Dec 22, 2020

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Global stock markets slipped and the price of oil declined on fears over the new strain of coronavirus sweeping through parts of Britain. The FT’s science editor, Clive Cookson, explains what scientists know about the strain and how it will affect efforts to beat the pandemic. Plus, SoftBank has filed to raise up to $604m from investors for its first blank-cheque listing, and upscale sportswear company Lululemon is making a push into overseas markets.

Global stocks slip as new Covid strain unsettles investors

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What we know about the new coronavirus strain

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SoftBank launches Spac, says it may buy one of its own investments

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Lululemon plans overseas expansion as yogawear booms

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EU travel bans, US stimulus, the City after Brexit Dec 21, 2020

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Several EU countries have banned travel from the UK as scientists identify a new strain of Covid that is 70 percent more transmissable, in the US, lawmakers reached a deal on Sunday night over a new round of stimulus, and shopping sites delivering from China are rushing to build their own global freight networks. Plus, our Brexit editor asks whether the UK’s stock market can ever get its mojo back.

Scientists alarmed at spread of Covid mutant

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US lawmakers reach deal on $900bn stimulus package

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Shopping sites in China are building their own global freight networks

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Can the UK stock market get its mojo back?

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Google hit with another antitrust case, Brexit fears lead to stockpiling, Fed stress tests Dec 18, 2020

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Dozens of states and territories have launched the first US antitrust challenge to Google’s core search engine, and a surge of stockpiling by UK companies before the end of the Brexit transition period on January 1 has triggered road congestion in southern England and France. Plus, the FT’s Laura Noonan explains what we can expect out of the Federal Reserve’s stress test today and what they will tell us about US banks’s ability to handle the panemic.

Google accused of abusing search monopoly as antitrust cases mount

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Brexit trade talks hit by fresh dispute over state aid

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Brexit stockpiling triggers cross-Channel freight crunch

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Global regulators to examine banks’ lending caution during pandemic

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Fed to extend debt purchases, US small businesses struggle, Robinhood hit with legal complaint Dec 17, 2020

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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 penalty in an accounting fraud settlement, and Massachusetts launches legal action against the online trading app Robinhood. Plus, the FT’s global finance correspondent, Robin Wigglesworth, explains why there is an uneven recovery in the US corporate landscape.

Fed to extend debt purchases to boost flagging US economy

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America’s two-track economy: the small business credit crunch

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Massachusetts takes legal action against Robinhood

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Luckin Coffee to pay $180m in accounting fraud settlement

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Spanish companies vie for EU recovery aid, UK nuclear plans Dec 16, 2020

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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, and online brokers are scrambling to hold on to customers acquired during a surge in account openings amid the pandemic. Plus, the FT’s energy correspondent, Nathalie Thomas, explains what a possible new nuclear power plant in England means for the UK’s clean energy goals

Spanish companies jostle for EU recovery fund billions

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UK draws up plans to rival Singapore with post-Brexit shipping regime

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Investment platforms scramble to retain new customers

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UK enters formal EDF talks over £20bn Sizewell C nuclear plant

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SolarWinds software hijacked, Electoral College confirms Biden, Federal Reserve meeting preview Dec 15, 2020

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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 Hannah Murphy explains what the US is doing in response to an infiltration by “nation-state” hackers into secure IT systems.

US orders emergency action after huge cyber security breach

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Electoral College set to confirm Joe Biden as next US president

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Federal reserve poised to extend crisis bond-buying programme

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Brexit talks get reenergized, US Covid-19 vaccine rollout, eurozone banks’ dividends Dec 14, 2020

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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 manipulation, and Europe’s top financial regulators are set to approve lender payouts within strict limits. Plus, Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen agreed to extend negotiations for a UK-EU trade agreement. The FT’s Brexit editor, David Bond, explains how that might play out over the next few weeks.

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EU and UK still ‘far apart’ but Brexit deal hopes rise

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Doctors set to give first authorised US doses of Covid-19 vaccine

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EY fraud unit found ‘red-flag indicators’ Wirecard in 2018

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Eurozone banks set to restart dividend payments under strict limits

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