California, the first state in America to put in place a coronavirus lockdown, is now turning a page on the pandemic. At the stroke of midnight, California is lifting most of its COVID-19 restrictions and ushering in what has been billed as the state’s “Grand Reopening.” Starting Tuesday, there will be no more state rules…
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This article is an on-site version of our Trade Secrets newsletter. Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox every Monday to Thursday Greetings from London where, like the protagonists of the film In Bruges, the FT’s Africa editor finds himself stuck in limbo, largely unable to travel to and from…
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This article is an on-site version of our Energy Source newsletter. Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox every Tuesday and Thursday Welcome back to another Energy Source. If you thought that, after the ExxonMobil activist investor win and a court ruling against Royal Dutch Shell, Big Oil would just roll over…
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With the gig economy came the need for ID verification, thus startups like OnFido (raised $188.8 million) appeared, alongside several others. But this sector is by no means ‘done’ yet. Now, OCR Labs, which emerged from Australia, has announced a €12.5M / $15 million Series A funding round led by Turkish investors Oyak Group, to…
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Boris Johnson has dashed hopes of additional financial support for business after delaying the full opening of the UK economy by four weeks because of a rise in coronavirus cases. The UK prime minister said “now is the time to ease off the accelerator” towards unlocking, adding that a cautious approach could “save many thousands…
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Part 1 (8 June), part 3 (22 June), part 4 (29 June). I could be accused or being optimistic to the point of naivety but I draw hope from 5 things that are at least moving in the right direction of democratising Wall Street. – price/fees competition. Funds that sell high cost active alpha have to…
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The UK opposition Labour Party on Monday accused prime minister Boris Johnson of “complacency” regarding the Delta variant first identified in India and border policies. Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth, said that ministers had failed to heed warnings and had left UK borders as secure “as a sieve”. US consumer inflation forecast for the year…
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French startup Upflow has raised a $15 million Series A round. The company wants to help you chase late payments. It optimizes how you collect payments from your customers in order to improve your cash-cycle. Investors in today’s funding round include 9yards Capital, existing investor eFounders, as well as N26 co-founder Maximilian Tayenthal, Uber SVP…
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