The Financial Times

Japan is the world leader in battery innovations holding more than one-third of the total patents in this space, according to a joint study conducted by the European Patent Office and the International Energy Agency. What Happened: The study found that 2,339 Japanese applications for international...

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) subsidiary Google is under fire in the European Union for failing to alter its business practices even after it was fined, the Financial Times reported Sunday. What Happened: A study commissioned by 25 shopping sites that looked at 10.5 billion clicks...

Spotify Technologies SA (NYSE: SPOT) CEO Daniel Ek wants to give nascent European technology start-ups a boost so that they can grow up to compete with Silicon Valley leviathans, the Financial Times reported Thursday. What Happened: Ek, whose wealth is estimated to be around $3.8 billion...

JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM) is negotiating a settlement with authorities in the United States that would resolve allegations related to alleged manipulation of metals and Treasuries markets, the Financial Times reported Wednesday. What Happened: The $1 billion settlement would bring to halt...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR), and Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) online video platform Youtube have reconciled with big advertisers over harmful content, according to a Financial Times report.  In a bid to manage a fallout with advertisers...

Scientists are questioning why AstraZeneca Plc’s (NYSE: AZN) COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials remain paused in the United States even as other countries move forward. What Happened: The British pharma company’s trials were temporarily grounded across the globe after one of the...

Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) video-sharing platform YouTube is shifting back to human moderators for monitoring online content after months of increased reliance on artificial intelligence, according to the Financial Times. What Happened: It may seem that using...

President Donald Trump suggested Saturday that the TikTok deal he gave his "blessing" to involved a $5 billion education fund for the United States, but ByteDance claims it didn't hear of this until media reports emerged. What Happened: “They are going to pay $5bn into a...

ByteDance plans to take TikTok public in the United States after it forms a partnership with Oracle Inc (NYSE: ORCL), the Financial Times reported Wednesday. What Happened: The Chinese parent of TikTok made a commitment to list the short-form video app's shares in the U.S. as a part of its...

Eastman Kodak Company’s (NYSE: KODK) shares jumped in pre-market session Wednesday as the special committee appointed by its board declared the outcome of its independent review on the company’s handling of stock options to the CEO. What Happened: The committee remarked that...

ByteDance-owned short-form video app TikTok will operate as a standalone company based in the United States encompassing its entire global operations, where Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) would hold a minority stake, the Financial Times reported Tuesday. What Happened: Oracle will also have a...

Short seller allegations against Nikola Corporation (NASDAQ: NKLA) have caught the eye of the United States Department of Justice, the Financial Times reported Tuesday. What Happened: The inquiry into the electric vehicle startup is being handled by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for...

At a time when the global economy is facing a slowdown, two leading European banks are pondering the possibility of upscaling by merging business operations.   What Happened: UBS Group AG (NYSE: UBS) and Credit Suisse Group AG  (NYSE: CS) are chalking out a merger plan, according to...

Two weeks after Unity Software Inc initially announced its plans to go public, the company filed an amended securities registration form with the details of the offering. The update filed on Sept. 9 disclosed that the company would issue 25 million shares with an initial public offering offer ...

Softbank Group Corp (OTC: SFTBY) ADR’s have dropped around 13% since the beginning of the month. According to the Financial Times, the company has lost $15 billion in market cap this week alone, as its shares tank in Tokyo on investor concerns related to its exposure to United States tech...