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FT News Briefing – Financial Times

A rundown of the most important global business stories you need to know for the coming day, from the newsroom of the Financial Times. Available every weekday morning.
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Friday, November 15 Nov 15, 2019

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The US and China are struggling to complete a ‘phase one’ deal to halt their trade war, former Goldman Sachs chief executive Lloyd Blankfein takes aim at US Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren, saying that “maybe tribalism is just in her DNA” and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is fighting back against the Trump administration award of the $10bn Jedi military contract to Microsoft. Plus, the FT’s Madhumita Murgia reports on Google’s plan to lock down advertisers’ access to personal user data.

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Thursday, November 14 Nov 14, 2019

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WeWork said its losses more than doubled to $1.3bn in the third quarter of 2019, researchers say a smartphone app developed by the Home Office for EU citizens has serious vulnerabilities, Google is talking to US banks about offering checking accounts to its customers and outgoing European Council president Donald Tusk takes aim at Brexiters “longing for the Empire”. Plus, the FT’s Peter Spiegel analyses the first day of public impeachment hearings on the Trump administration’s dealings with Ukraine.

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Wednesday, November 13 Nov 13, 2019

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Somepopular UK health websites are sharing people’s sensitive data to ad-targeting giants such as Google, Amazon and Facebook, and US president Donald Trump threatens to escalate the trade war with China if no truce is reached. Plus,Tesla has plans to bring its first European production site to Berlin and Spain’s Socialist party strikes a deal with the radical leftwing Podemos party in what could be the country’s first modern coalition government. Plus, Germany is on the brink of a recession, but the country’s services business and consumer spending are thriving. The FT’s Martin Arnold explains.

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Tuesday, November 12 Nov 12, 2019

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Sources tell the FT that US private equity firm Cerberus has lost faith in Deutsche Bank’s chairman Paul Achleitner and is pushing for him to be replaced, WeWork has held talks with T-Mobile US boss John Legere to become its new chief executive and KKR woos Walgreens with a $70bn buyout proposal. Plus, the FT’s political editor George Parker unpacks how the UK elections have unravelled and what to expect next.

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Monday, November 11 Nov 11, 2019

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Christine Lagarde is expected to face calls for an overhaul of how the European Central Bank decides monetary policy, Apple has piled on more than $400bn of market capitalisation so far this year, Bolivia’s socialist President Evo Morales has stepped down after almost 14 years in power and elections in Spain failed to break the country’s political impasse. Plus, the FT’s Anna Nicolaou explains why teens and media executives, alike, are taking note of TikTok.

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Introducing FT Politics: UK Election Countdown Nov 09, 2019

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We have another FT podcast to share. With FT Politics: UK Election Countdown, you can keep up with the twists and turns of the December 12 poll.

The first week of the election did not go to plan for the Conservatives, as their campaign was beset by gaffes and mistakes. Can Boris Johnson get back on track? Is Labour pleased with how its campaign is going? Plus, the politics team delves into the new fiscal rules pledged by both parties and what the spending splurge means.

You can find FT Politics: UK Election Countdown wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Friday, November 8 Nov 08, 2019

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Bankers for Saudi Aramco’s initial public offering have dangled the possibility of bonus payouts that could take the company’s annual dividend past $100bn and Disney’s costs climb as it gets ready to debut its new streaming service. Meanwhile, billionaire and former mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg has taken his first official steps to run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, US stocks closed at record highs on Thursday following reports that Washington and Beijing agreed to remove some trade tariffs in phases and the Bank of England has given its clearest signal yet that it will be prepared to cut interest rates if the UK economy slows further. Plus, Spain will head to the polls on Sunday for the fourth time in as many years. The FT’s Daniel Dombey explains the political deadlock, and what to expect from the upcoming election.

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Thursday, November 7 Nov 07, 2019

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Airbnb is being valued at up to $42bn by investors buying indirect stakes ahead of an IPO next year and the US Department of Justice has charged two former Twitter employees with using the platform to spy for the Saudi government. Meanwhile, SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son admits turning a “blind eye” to governance lapses at WeWork, Uber shares hit a new low on Wednesday following the end of the early investors’ lock-up period and Xerox launches a bid to acquire its much larger rival HP for more than $30bn, including debt. Plus, the French government has pledged to “take back control” of its immigration policy. The FT’s Victor Mallet explains why the crackdown is coming now.

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Wednesday, November 6 Nov 06, 2019

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Donald Trump’s envoy to the EU acknowledges Ukraine aid was linked to a probe into Joe Biden, Ikea and H&M resist retail disruption by investing hundreds of millions of euros into venture capital investments and Germany’s finance minister, Olaf Scholz, offers hope of a breakthrough in plans to create a full eurozone banking union. Plus, an FT investigation shows that air pollution on the London Underground is as much as 10 times above health guidelines.

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Tuesday, November 5 Nov 05, 2019

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Uber’s rising revenue fails to stem a large loss in the third quarter and SoftBank tightens governance at companies it backs following the near collapse of WeWork. Meanwhile, Trump administration officials debate whether to remove some existing tariffs on Chinese goods to seal a partial deal, UK MPs vote in favor of Lindsay Hoyle as the next Speaker of the House of Commons, and a second senior executive leaves McDonald’s after the chief executive was fired over a relationship with an employee. Plus, are Americans better off financially than they were four years ago? A new FT-Peterson poll has some interesting answers.

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