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  • Health

    The electric-car revolution is reaching the streets of Africa. A handful of startups in several countries are building small electric-vehicle…

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  • Tech

    If there is one thing Epic Games Inc. and Apple Inc. AAPL 1.98% can both agree on even as they…

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  • Tech

    The nation’s movie theaters are running out of movies. Some are turning to an unlikely source for more: Netflix Inc.…

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  • Finance

    The Serious Fraud Office has announced it is investigating fraud, fraudulent trading and money laundering at the Gupta Family Group…

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  • Finance

    David Cameron told MPs that lobbying is a “necessary and healthy part of the democratic process”, during a grilling for his…

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  • Finance

    New FCA chief executive Nikhil Rathi has raised the prospect of greater scrutiny on non-bank finance in the wake of…

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  • Finance

    Lex Greensill, founder of the eponymous supply chain finance firm Greensill Capital, apologised for the company’s collapse and took full responsibility…

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  • Finance

    Former Prime Minister David Cameron has said that he first became concerned that Greensill Capital might be in “serious financial…

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  • Finance

    Fund managers holding healthcare and pharmaceutical stocks have questioned the US government’s decision to support a waiver on Covid vaccine…

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  • Finance

    UBS is looking into offering its wealthy clients access to cryptocurrency investments, in the latest example of a large bank…

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  • Finance

    The UK regulator has unveiled plans for a new fund structure that would allow investors to allocate money more “efficiently”…

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  • Finance

    Traders will soon be able to track the performance of the world’s two biggest cryptocurrencies on Wall Street, as S&P…

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  • Finance

    New Credit Suisse chair Antonio Horta-Osorio has bought $1.2m of the Swiss bank’s stock. An unnamed board member bought CHF1.1m of…

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  • Finance

    Eric Varvel, the Credit Suisse asset management head demoted after the Greensill Capital collapse, is marketing his expensively renovated seven-bed…

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  • Finance

    Fund managers will miss out on the UK’s next Google or Facebook if they continue to disregard the coming wave…

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  • Finance

    Fidelity Investments is ramping up a business that helps money managers profit on those eager to bet against stocks. Fidelity…

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  • Finance

    JPMorgan has created a new company to tackle cross-border payments using blockchain technology with Singapore state-backed fund Temasek and DBS. …

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  • Finance

    Former Prime Minister David Cameron “should have known” that now-collapsed supply chain finance firm Greensill Capital was in financial difficulty,…

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  • Market

    Google parent Alphabet Inc. rang up record profits for a third straight quarter during the pandemic, catapulting shares 5% toward…

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  • Finance

    The chief executive of Standard Life Aberdeen has defended the FTSE-listed asset manager’s decision to change its name to Abrdn following…

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  • Market

    MarketWatch has launched a new version of its “Where Should I Retire?” tool that will now pick the counties that…

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  • Finance

    The grounds under which financier Lex Greensill was employed by the UK government and received security clearance to Downing Street…

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  • Finance

    Top shareholders said they would vote against re-electing key Credit Suisse Group board members, a broadside against the bank’s leadership…

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  • Market

    Intel Corp. shares fell in the extended session Thursday despite a big earnings beat and a raised annual forecast, as…

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  • Finance

    SYDNEY—The Australian parent of Greensill was placed into liquidation following a meeting of creditors owed nearly $1.33bn when the supply-chain…

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  • Finance

    Former Prime Minister David Cameron directly lobbied senior Treasury official Sir Tom Scholar over Greensill Capital by phone and text…

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  • Finance

    Magic Circle law firm Clifford Chance has kicked off a redundancy consultation in London that puts 73 roles at risk.…

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  • Finance

    A co-founder of Bitcoin mining company Argo Blockchain is set to launch the initial public offering of a new crypto…

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  • Finance

    More than 50 years after Apollo 11 put astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Moon, a new age of…

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  • Market

    Apple Inc. launched a new iMac and iPad with its M1 chips at a spring event Tuesday. Apple AAPL, -1.44%…

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  • Finance

    The chair of the Treasury Committee is questioning former Prime Minister David Cameron about his lobbying efforts for collapsed supply…

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  • Market

    This article is part of a series tracking the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on major businesses and sectors. For…

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  • Finance

    When SoftBank made a last ditch-infusion of $440m into Greensill Capital last November, the money was earmarked to pay off…

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  • Finance

    The UK parliament’s Treasury select committee will next week launch an inquiry into the collapse of Greensill Capital, saying it…

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  • Finance

    The “broken” lobbying system needs to be overhauled, Labour Party leader Keir Starmer said in the House of Commons as…

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  • Finance

    The rollout of the coronavirus vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson in Europe has been delayed, following a move in…

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  • Finance

    The UK’s Treasury department have published text messages sent from the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak to David…

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  • Finance

    The inquiry into how former Prime Minister David Cameron lobbied the government over Greensill Capital must reveal what Chancellor Rishi Sunak…

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  • Finance

    Former Prime Minister David Cameron has said he feels “desperately sorry” for those affected by the collapse of supply chain…

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  • Market

    Starbucks Corp. SBUX, +0.04% is experiencing an oat-milk shortage at some of its locations, a testament to the growing popularity…

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  • Finance

    Whistleblowing-related employment tribunal claims from staff at UK-based banks have more than halved in 2020 compared to 2019, raising concerns that workers’…

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  • Finance

    Digital bank Revolut is aiming to reach a million users in the US by the end of this year, as…

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  • Market

    UBS analysts forecast 80,000 store closures over the next five years, as the COVID-19 acceleration in e-commerce forces retailers to…

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  • Market

    Russia has registered the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine for animals, the country’s agricultural regulator said on Wednesday. Clinical trials of…

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  • Finance

    Credit Suisse plans to make a further payment in the coming weeks to investors caught up in four of its…

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  • Finance

    The fallout from the Archegos Capital Management fire sale could force Credit Suisse to suspend its planned $1.6bn share buyback programme…

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  • Finance

    The UK’s business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has committed to securing the future of troubled business Liberty Steel following Greensill Capital’s insolvency. Kwarteng…

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  • Finance

    LONDON—The founder of Greensill Capital spoke frequently about disrupting big banks. But before the financial startup collapsed this month, it…

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  • Finance

    Fidelity Investments unveiled plans 24 March to launch an exchange-traded fund that tracks the price of bitcoin, furthering the money manager’s…

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  • Market

    AstraZeneca PLC, which has been under fire for the accuracy of its data, on Wednesday night announced updated Phase 3…

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