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FINANCIAL TIMES
Thursday, 21 November 2024
 
 
 

World News

 
 
 
Australia plans social media ban for under 16s
 
Technology companies face fines of up to $32.5mn for systemic breaches
 
 
US seeks Google divestitures including Chrome sale in search monopoly case
 
Department of Justice also targets Android and asks for curbs on use of content to train AI models
 
 
The other side of the UK’s infrastructure problem
 
Well-planned investable projects are in short supply
 
 
French asset manager Tikehau may join march for New York listing
 
An increasing number of European companies are looking past home exchanges to more liquid markets in US
 
 
‘It takes a particular kind of madness’: new life for Ireland’s Big Houses
 
The country has not had an easy relationship with the once grand homes of the Anglo-Irish elite — leading many to be torched, repurposed or left to rot. But a new appreciation is being nurtured, and a ‘reckoning with the past’
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
BofA targets regional banks to expand risk transfer market
 
Lenders are on course to issue a record amount of synthetic risk transfers this year
 
 
Chinese managers limited flows to US funds after Trump victory
 
ChinaAMC and Tianhong restricted subscriptions on expectations of increased investor interest
 
 
Crypto chief buys a banana for $6mn at contemporary art auction
 
Justin Sun, founder of blockchain network Tron, outbids six others for Maurizio Cattelan’s ‘Comedian’
 
 
MicroStrategy takes fundraising to $7bn for push into bitcoin
 
Software maker turned crypto investor increases size of convertible bond offering to $2.6bn
 
 
FTX co-founder Gary Wang avoids prison after assisting in Sam Bankman-Fried case
 
Crypto exchange’s former chief technology officer credited by judge for swiftly helping prosecutors
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
Otter.ai’s Sam Liang: We can unlock valuable data from meetings and conversations
 
Co-founder of transcription start-up reckons we can even let avatars take our place in work interactions
 
 
Tortoise boss makes last-ditch plea with Observer staff set to strike
 
James Harding confronts fierce opposition but says sale to his digital start-up only way for Sunday title to thrive
 
 
Thrive Capital: the venture firm staking billions on a few big bets
 
The ‘all in or all out’ approach of Josh Kushner’s VC business inverts the traditional venture model. Will it pay off?
 
 
Japan urgently needs to plug its CFO deficit
 
Investors expect to deal with people fluent in shareholder-focused language
 
 
John Lewis chief criticises UK Budget as ‘two-handed grab’ from business
 
Nish Kankiwala is latest retail head to warn of additional costs for retailers and higher prices for consumers
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
The risks of being too gloomy on Trump tariff plans
 
Overly pessimistic warnings of economic shocks could weaken crucial support for globalisation
 
 
Nvidia’s dizzying growth is now everyone’s business
 
Chip giant’s earnings are a big event for US equity investors, and not just because of its $3.6tn heft
 
 
Target’s frugal customers leave it cheap and cheerless
 
The US big box retailer’s focus on non-food goods leaves it exposed now that shoppers are more wary of spending
 
 
The scourge of corporate secrecy
 
A concerted push towards open-access data is needed to fight dirty money
 
 
The push for climate taxes gets real in Baku
 
Airlines say fossil fuel companies should be targeted first
 
 
 
 
 
 
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