FT News Briefing
Markets rise on White House transition, France taxes US tech giants, bank dividends
Wed, 25 Nov 2020
US stocks surged to new highs on Tuesday, alongside global equities, as the path for a smooth transition of power in the US cleared, French tax authorities have begun demanding millions of euros in extra tax from US tech giants, and an ECB executive says that eurozone banks could be allowed to pay dividends again if their balance sheets are in order. Plus, the FT’s Robin Harding explains why Japanese stamps are getting in the way of the country’s digitisation efforts. US stocks set record high as investors look to new administrationhttps://www.ft.com/content/433048a5-c489-4ddd-aebd-d56fb8f3edfcUS tech companies get digital tax demands from French authoritiesft.com/content/2cfe3d07-7e69-4f57-b634-8b6002f967cb ECB to lift ban on bank dividends next year if balance sheets strong enoughft.com/content/62c9e91e-ce88-41cb-aa23-de67687cdeef?edit=trueJapan to ditch ‘hanko’ seal in drive to digitise bureaucracyhttps://www.ft.com/content/e05b0e61-1aa6-4e96-822b-538f1a33d806 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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