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Banco Santander SA
Santander offered €52m sign-on to Andrea Orcel

Formal offer letter shows how much bank was prepared to pay up for new CEO

The Big Read
Does investing in emerging markets still make sense?
Atlantia SpA
Genoa bridge showed safety problems before collapse

Report into disaster says faults in structure had been identified since 2009

Standard Chartered PLC
StanChart chief slams investors as ‘immature’ for pay revolt

Winters’ criticism comes after 40% of shareholders failed to back remuneration policy

Eurozone economy
European governments must loosen purse strings, warns OECD

EU not adequately prepared for a potential shock and must boost growth

Estonia
Estonia’s golden image threatened by rise of far-right nationalists

Liberals fear impact of anti-immigrant party EKRE on Europe’s ‘coolest’ post-communist country

Banks
Banks lure customers with air miles and perks
Brooke Masters
The opioid drugs scandal is depressingly familiar

Court cases targeting big pharma are just a taste of what is to come

Brussels Briefing
Decision day on the European Commission president

Ursula von der Leyen faces her crucial confirmation vote in parliament

US politics & policy
Trump renews Democrats attack despite charges of racism

Ocasio-Cortez dubs remarks on congresswomen a ‘distraction’ from needed policy debate

Rio Tinto Ltd
Rio warns of delay and cost blowout at Mongolia copper mine

Anglo-Australian company could face $1.9bn hit as challenges mount at key project

Mergers & Acquisitions
Demand grows for lawyers in secretive Cfius world

Firms target small number of attorneys who can navigate US national security reviews

Indian business & finance
India’s mango exports sour on US trade dispute

Shipments tumble of product that George W Bush once described as ‘a hell of a fruit’

Singapore Exchange Ltd
South-east Asian tech boom leaves Singapore exchange behind

Low valuations and thin liquidity encourage companies to sell stock elsewhere

US News

JPMorgan Chase & Co
JPMorgan’s finance chief to make debut before investors

Jenn Piepszak is seen as a possible heir to bank boss Jamie Dimon after quick but quiet rise

Currency wars
Trump’s currency war rhetoric persists as Powell prepares to act

Rate cuts would mitigate the economic impact of the dollar’s strength, says US Fed

Citigroup Inc
Citigroup cuts costs as lending margins squeezed

US bank kicks off quarterly earnings season with revenues under pressure

Volkswagen AG
Mexican Beetlemania outlives demise of the Love Bug

VW’s beloved ‘vocho’ putters on despite coming to the end of the production line

Opinion

David Lipton
Digital upstarts need to play by the same rules

We need to create an environment in which the benefits can be reaped while minimising the risks

FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
Dems respond, Mnuchin on Libra, Epstein assets

Democratic congresswomen call Trump’s attacks a ‘distraction’

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Tech Tonic podcast31 min listen
Paul Clarke on robotics and digital twins

Ocado’s chief technology officer explains his vision for the future of ecommerce

31 min listen
Video Sport
Net benefits: why Wimbledon’s tennis stars are getting older - and younger

The FT's John Burn-Murdoch explains why the men's and women's games of tennis are diverging

Video Sport
Net benefits: why Wimbledon’s tennis stars are getting older - and younger
Video Pharmaceuticals sector
The drugs don't work: a global antibiotics crisis
Video Martin Wolf
Martin Wolf: why Vladimir Putin is wrong to claim liberalism is dead
Video Iran nuclear deal
Escalation in the Gulf: a timeline of clashes

Highlights

Digital health
Are apps the future of battle against diabetes?

Livongo prepares IPO as digital healthcare industry offers alternative to tradition

Ebola
Ebola case confirmed in Congolese city of Goma

Case represents new phase in outbreak that has spread for 11 months

Charts that Matter Richard Henderson
Share buybacks on course for record year

Companies opt for flexibility over higher dividends

Markets News

Singapore Exchange Ltd
South-east Asian tech boom leaves Singapore exchange behind

Low valuations and thin liquidity encourage companies to sell stock elsewhere

Charts that Matter Richard Henderson
Share buybacks on course for record year

Companies opt for flexibility over higher dividends

Markets Briefing
Stocks tread water as investors look to raft of US earnings

Technology

Venture capital investment
Number of mega-funding VC rounds hits record

Lift in raisings of $100m-plus in 2nd quarter accounts for half of $28.7bn raised

Venture capital investment
VC firm IQ Capital raises $300m ‘deep tech’ fund

Investments focus on technologies developed based on significant advances, such as AI

Digital health
Are apps the future of battle against diabetes?

Livongo prepares IPO as digital healthcare industry offers alternative to tradition

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