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Technology
almost 4 years
SoftBank to buy into South Korean booking platform ahead of US listing
Japanese technology group SoftBank is in talks to buy a 10 per cent stake in Yanolja, a leading South Korean hotel......
Song Jung-a in Seoul and Kana Inagaki in Tokyo
Financials
almost 4 years
Leaseholders should not pay for the cladding crisis
...market in mortgages on high-rise flats. While a government guarantee would help banks start lending, neither......
The editorial board
M&A
almost 4 years
Marlboro maker Philip Morris strikes deal for UK inhaler group Vectura
...and Hikma Pharmaceuticals, closed up 14 per cent at 155p.The move from PMI, which has a market capitalisation of $153bn......
Sarah Provan and Alistair Gray in London
Global Economy
almost 4 years
UK recovery slows as bottlenecks offset rebound in hospitality
...cases and the delay to further reopening, he added.Yael Selfin, economist at KPMG, said the slower pace of growth was to......
Delphine Strauss
BRICS
almost 4 years
South Africa’s pivotal moment
Gideon talks to Judith February, South African lawyer and journalist, about the case against former president Jacob......
Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times chief foreign affairs columnist talks to the decision-makers and thinkers who are shaping world affairs.
BRICS
almost 4 years
Jacob Zuma begins jail term for contempt of court
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma has been taken into custody to begin a jail term for contempt of the......
Joseph Cotterill in Johannesburg
BRICS
almost 4 years
South African police hold back on Zuma arrest
South Africa’s police have sought to hold back from arresting Jacob Zuma until the former president has exhausted his......
Joseph Cotterill in Johannesburg
BRICS
almost 4 years
Zuma launches legal challenges to avoid imprisonment
...”, at a press conference on Sunday. “It cannot be that there are Zuma laws in South Africa. Only Jacob......
Joseph Cotterill
Markets
almost 4 years
Further reading
Elsewhere on Friday: – Matt Levine on VIEs. (BBG,$)– The CCPs views on Chinese tech listings. – Matt Taibbi on critical......
Claire Jones
Financials
Markets
almost 4 years
Tell me lies, tell me sweet little VIEs
...“variable interest entity China” into Google in an attempt to figure out just what the duck they’ve actually......
Jamie Powell
Markets
almost 4 years
Further reading
Elsewhere on Thursday, -- The vinyl boom is pushing out smaller labels.-- We might have reached peak populism.-- Why Gen......
Jemima Kelly
M&A
Markets
almost 4 years
Wachtell, Teneo and the ‘darker arts of influencing the public discourse’
...handful of board seats. The expectation was that the Cigna chief executive, David Cordani, would join Anthem and......
Sujeet Indap
Global Economy
almost 4 years
UK recovery slows as bottlenecks offset rebound in hospitality
...cases and the delay to further reopening, he added.Yael Selfin, economist at KPMG, said the slower pace of growth was to......
Delphine Strauss
Global Economy
almost 4 years
US and European stocks rebound while bond rally pauses
Wall Street’s stocks rebounded to record highs and a rally in core government debt paused on Friday as investors......
Naomi Rovnick in London, Thomas Hale in Hong Kong and Francesca Friday in New York
Banking
Central Banks
Global Economy
almost 4 years
Top Fed official warns Delta variant poses threat to global recovery
...recent jump in inflation will quickly fall away.“In the United States the news has been pretty positive, but......
James Politi in Washington and Colby Smith in New York
Banking
Central Banks
Global Economy
almost 4 years
Learning from history? ECB shifts strategy to avoid premature rate rises
...institution to a 2 per cent inflation target and pledges to tolerate any slight overshoots.“We have learnt from history......
Martin Arnold in Frankfurt
M&A
almost 4 years
Marlboro maker Philip Morris strikes deal for UK inhaler group Vectura
...and Hikma Pharmaceuticals, closed up 14 per cent at 155p.The move from PMI, which has a market capitalisation of $153bn......
Sarah Provan and Alistair Gray in London
Technology
M&A
almost 4 years
The new ‘venture capitalists’ riding the unicorn boom
...to higher prices and less innovation, harming American businesses and their customers, employees, and retirees”.The......
Lex
M&A
almost 4 years
Bob Diamond/stablecoin: high on a supply of optimism
Emerging companies with little revenue love to boast about their “total addressable markets”. As TAMs go, the $20tn......
M&A
almost 4 years
Kering buys high-end Danish eyewear brand Lindberg
...and chief executive François-Henri Pinault said in February that Kering would look at possible mergers......
Leila Abboud in Paris
Banking
Central Banks
Global Economy
almost 4 years
Top Fed official warns Delta variant poses threat to global recovery
...recent jump in inflation will quickly fall away.“In the United States the news has been pretty positive, but......
James Politi in Washington and Colby Smith in New York
Banking
Central Banks
Global Economy
almost 4 years
Learning from history? ECB shifts strategy to avoid premature rate rises
...institution to a 2 per cent inflation target and pledges to tolerate any slight overshoots.“We have learnt from history......
Martin Arnold in Frankfurt
Financials
Banking
Central Banks
...
almost 4 years
ECB’s new strategy is a welcome update
The European Central Bank has long stood out among the ranks of the world’s central banks......
The editorial board
Banking
Central Banks
Global Economy
almost 4 years
ECB changes inflation target, leaving extra room to keep rates low
...policymakers concluded was too opaque and implied a cap on price growth.The central bank said its new target......
Martin Arnold in Frankfurt
Banking
Central Banks
Global Economy
almost 4 years
Learning from history? ECB shifts strategy to avoid premature rate rises
...institution to a 2 per cent inflation target and pledges to tolerate any slight overshoots.“We have learnt from history......
Martin Arnold in Frankfurt
Banking
Central Banks
Global Economy
almost 4 years
Top Fed official warns Delta variant poses threat to global recovery
...recent jump in inflation will quickly fall away.“In the United States the news has been pretty positive, but......
James Politi in Washington and Colby Smith in New York
Banking
Financials
almost 4 years
US regulator drops case against two former forex traders
A US federal banking regulator has dropped its case against two former London-based bank traders just months before they......
Kate Beioley in London
Financials
Banking
almost 4 years
US regulator drops case against two former forex traders
A US federal banking regulator has dropped its case against two former London-based bank traders just months before they......
Kate Beioley in London
Technology
almost 4 years
SoftBank to buy into South Korean booking platform ahead of US listing
Japanese technology group SoftBank is in talks to buy a 10 per cent stake in Yanolja, a leading South Korean hotel......
Song Jung-a in Seoul and Kana Inagaki in Tokyo
Technology
almost 4 years
Nextdoor’s neighbours are not kind to strangers
When Nextdoor, the social network for neighbours to share local news and concerns, goes public at a valuation of $4.3bn......
John Gapper
Technology
M&A
almost 4 years
The new ‘venture capitalists’ riding the unicorn boom
...to higher prices and less innovation, harming American businesses and their customers, employees, and retirees”.The......
Technology
almost 4 years
Investors need to prepare for the ‘Yotta Age’ of data
...computers through simulations or derivatives of other information. We are clearly heading for the Yotta age.A new......
Ulrike Hoffmann-Burchardi
Oil & Gas
Oil
almost 4 years
‘The mother of all stress tests’: BP details Covid-19’s impact on energy
One thing to start: US oil producers are foregoing lots of money on their hedges.Welcome back to Energy Source — we’ve......
Derek Brower, Anjli Raval, Justin Jacobs and Amanda Chu
Financials
Oil & Gas
Oil
almost 4 years
Opec ‘gets a pass to lift oil prices’ as hedging losses hobble US shale
Some of America’s biggest oil groups are racking up tens of billions of dollars in hedging losses despite soaring crude......
Derek Brower and David Sheppard
Oil & Gas
Oil
almost 4 years
Cairn Energy freezes Indian state-owned properties in Paris
...ranging from buildings to Air India aircraft that it may try to seize as long as India refuses to......
David Sheppard in London, Amy Kazmin in New Delhi and David Keohane in Paris
Lex
Oil & Gas
Oil
almost 4 years
Shell: dividend dither sends muddled message
To do well in financial markets you need two types of skillsets: hard and soft. Royal Dutch Shell struggles with the......
Oil & Gas
Oil
almost 4 years
‘The mother of all stress tests’: BP details Covid-19’s impact on energy
One thing to start: US oil producers are foregoing lots of money on their hedges.Welcome back to Energy Source — we’ve......
Derek Brower, Anjli Raval, Justin Jacobs and Amanda Chu
Financials
Oil & Gas
Oil
almost 4 years
Opec ‘gets a pass to lift oil prices’ as hedging losses hobble US shale
Some of America’s biggest oil groups are racking up tens of billions of dollars in hedging losses despite soaring crude......
Derek Brower and David Sheppard
Oil & Gas
Oil
almost 4 years
Cairn Energy freezes Indian state-owned properties in Paris
...ranging from buildings to Air India aircraft that it may try to seize as long as India refuses to......
David Sheppard in London, Amy Kazmin in New Delhi and David Keohane in Paris
Lex
Oil & Gas
Oil
almost 4 years
Shell: dividend dither sends muddled message
To do well in financial markets you need two types of skillsets: hard and soft. Royal Dutch Shell struggles with the......
Financials
almost 4 years
Leaseholders should not pay for the cladding crisis
...market in mortgages on high-rise flats. While a government guarantee would help banks start lending, neither......
The editorial board
Financials
almost 4 years
Asian ETF launches outstrip the rest of the world
The number and variety of exchange traded funds in the Asia Pacific region is expanding faster than in the US and Europe......
Ernest Chan, Ignites Asia
Financials
almost 4 years
Asian ETF launches outstrip the rest of the world
...total of the US (125) and Europe (59), according to data from ETFGI, a consultancy.Jean-François Mesnard-Sense,......
Ernest Chan, Ignites Asia
Banking
Financials
almost 4 years
US regulator drops case against two former forex traders
A US federal banking regulator has dropped its case against two former London-based bank traders just months before they......
Kate Beioley in London
BRICS
Financials
EM Esquared
~ 5 years
Sovereign wealth funds proliferate despite lack of sovereign wealth
South Africa has fallen back into its second recession in two years, its budget deficit has ballooned to......
Steve Johnson
EM Esquared
Global Economy
~ 5 years
Coronavirus brings global shipping to brink of paralysis
The coronavirus outbreak has brought parts of the world’s shipping industry to the brink of paralysis, with disruption......
Jonathan Wheatley
EM Esquared
Banking
Central Banks
...
~ 5 years
Currency sell-off threatens emerging market response to coronavirus
...among large EM economies because of their high pass-through rates from currency to inflation, a factor driven by their......
Steve Johnson
EM Esquared
over 5 years
Coronavirus shutdown leaves China with cleaner air to breathe
The freeze in Chinese economic activity prompted by the lethal coronavirus outbreak has led to a steep improvement in......
Steve Johnson
Lex
M&A
almost 4 years
Bob Diamond/stablecoin: high on a supply of optimism
Emerging companies with little revenue love to boast about their “total addressable markets”. As TAMs go, the $20tn......
Lex
Financials
Banking
...
almost 4 years
Natixis/BPCE: au revoir, not adieu from funds giant
...Barclays.Going private will spare Natixis further shaming public scrutiny. The group suffered large losses on......
Lex
almost 4 years
Cairn/India: judgment of Paris favours explorer
...£817m ($1.1bn).The tax dispute has simmered since Cairn sold its last stake in Indian subsidiary Cairn India to local......
Lex
almost 4 years
Italian privatisations: ‘Draghi Boys’ should embrace a smaller state
...other government stakes would bolster Draghi’s credentials as an economic liberaliser. Influence extends to the boards of......