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US hedge fund Farallon seeks Toshiba extraordinary shareholders meeting

U.S. hedge fund Farallon Capital Management said on Friday it has asked Toshiba Corp to convene an extraordinary shareholders meeting over the Japanese industrial conglomerate's investment plans.

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Boris Johnson unleashes the animal spirits with Brexit deal

The completion of the long-awaited Brexit trade deal comes just as UK markets closed for the Christmas break, but things are set fair for next year when liquidity returns.

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Commentary: Give bad presents this holiday season a break

The arguments against poor presents are powerful. But has the pandemic changed all that? The Financial Times’ Tim Harford ponders.

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Commentary: Hong Kong fights off COVID-19 but a bigger challenge looms large

Hong Kong has done well in its fight against COVID-19. The larger concern for the city may be getting caught in US-China tensions, says University of Hong Kong’s Vera Yuen

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Suspected Russian hackers used Microsoft vendors to breach customers

The suspected Russian hackers behind the worst U.S. cyber attack in years leveraged reseller access to Microsoft Corp services to penetrate targets that had no compromised network software from SolarWinds Corp, investigators said.

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EU trade deal brings little progress for UK’s giant financial sector

The European Union cannot decide yet on granting Britain access to the bloc's financial market, even though London and Brussels have agreed a trade deal, a European Commission official said on Thursday.

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Brexit trade deal sparks relief but UK market will bear scars

Britain's trade agreement with the European Union removes a 4-1/2-year old fear of crashing out of the bloc without trading arrangements in place, but it will take UK financial markets years to lose their Brexit-inflicted scars.

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The S&P 500 closes with a modest gain on Brexit deal, stimulus hopes

The S&P 500 ended higher at the close of a shortened session on Thursday as investors headed into the long Christmas weekend with hopes that an imminent stimulus agreement, a Brexit deal, and the ongoing vaccine rollout will spell brighter days in the coming year.

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‘Parting is such sweet sorrow’: EU and UK clinch narrow Brexit accord

Britain clinched a narrow Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Thursday, just seven days before it exits one of the world's biggest trading blocs in its most significant global shift since the loss of empire.

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COVID-19 aid at risk as US lawmakers block Trump’s changes

US lawmakers on Thursday (Dec 24) blocked attempts to alter a US$2.3 trillion coronavirus aid and government spending package, rejecting President Donald Trump's demand for extensive changes and leaving benefits for millions of Americans at risk.

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