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Tesla Inc
Tesla to cut workforce by 7% after ‘most challenging’ year

Elon Musk says carmaker has to reduce costs while raising Model 3 production rate

Lunch with the FT
Meg Whitman: ‘Businesses need to think, who’s coming to kill me?’
Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
China warns Canada against blocking Huawei from 5G

Ambassador’s statement further raises tensions between Beijing and Ottawa

US government shutdown
US shutdown weighs on Trump’s standing with voters

President’s approval rating slides as parties seek to avoid political fallout

Brexit
Time to ditch Brexit, say German political and business leaders

CDU’s Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer signs joint letter urging UK to remain in EU

EU trade
Brussels prepared to cut US car import tariffs as part of trade pact

Europe and US will deepen commercial ties in effort to stave off trade war

Life & Arts
Orwell v Huxley: whose dystopia are we living in today?
Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos divorce casts spotlight on wife MacKenzie

Questions abound over how author will handle her finances as the world’s wealthiest woman

Mexico
Mexico’s real narco drama plays out in ‘El Chapo’ trial

US efforts to jail the cartel king pin will have little impact on drug smuggling

House & Home
Davos homeowners cash in on Airbnb

Residents and hotel owners impose rent hikes for the annual visit of the global elite

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Malaysia steps up calls for Goldman to pay $7.5bn over 1MDB

Finance minister says apology is not enough from Wall Street bank for scandal

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Deutsche Bank AG
Top Deutsche Bank executive drawn into tax loophole probe

Scheme cost German taxpayer at least €5.7bn in unwarranted tax refunds 

Brazil
Brazil’s gun lovers celebrate relaxation of laws

Jair Bolsonaro delivers campaign pledge for looser regulation, despite murder rate

World Bank
Who’s in the running for the World Bank presidency?

Top candidates to replace Jim Yong Kim from Trump insiders to emerging market alternatives

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US banks
Morgan Stanley results end Wall St winning streak

CEO James Gorman says performance in bond trading unit ‘not satisfactory’

US government shutdown
Trump uses shutdown to ditch Davos and Pelosi trip

Stand-off over funding escalates between US president and Democratic leaders

Media
Netflix quarterly results draw poor reviews

Stock slides 3.8% in after hours trading after mixed performance on revenues, earnings

Terrorism
Death toll from Colombia car bomb climbs to 21

Unconfirmed reports link bomber to country’s biggest guerrilla group ELN

Opinion

Undercover Economist Tim Harford
Brexit lessons from the wreck of the Torrey Canyon

Sometimes the idea of changing tack becomes literally unthinkable

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Clouds hanging over the heads of carmakers

The FT's Peter Campbell reports from Detroit on the state of the US auto industry

Video US trade
Clouds hanging over the heads of carmakers
Video Sebastian Payne
Why Theresa May and MPs will move towards softer Brexit
Video FT World video
Brexit vote: 'Are we witnessing Britain's biggest political crisis of modern times? Absolutely yes.'
Video Special Report
High performance: how Porsche is future-proofing its ageing workforce

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Special Report FT Health: Future of Research & Development
How to change your diet to save the planet

First scientific targets for healthy eating from sustainable agriculture

Personal Finance
Freelance fintech — can apps replace accountants?

Technology could mean the days of the shoebox full of receipts are numbered

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Celine’s next step 

The LVMH group have placed every faith in Hedi Slimane to make Celine a €2bn business. As the designer unveils his first solo menswear show, Alexander Fury assesses the brand reboot so far

Markets News

Global Market Overview
Stocks stay positive on talk of US-China trade breakthrough

Momentum lasts into European trade; pound slips from $1.30 after retail sales data

US government shutdown
US shutdown throws up ‘triple threat’ of market fears

No end in sight as investor nerves jangle over political gridlock

Chinese business & finance
Jiayuan crash underscores China property risks

Chinese developers have $55bn of onshore debt maturing this year

Technology

Chinese business & finance
China’s largest online ticketing site lowers IPO ambition

Maoyan Entertainment looks to raise $345m, down from $1bn target six months ago

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Huawei hysteria and fantasy

TSMC tremors, curing smartphone addiction, Graphcore’s AI Colossus, feeling Zucked

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
China warns Canada against blocking Huawei from 5G

Ambassador’s statement further raises tensions between Beijing and Ottawa

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