FT News Briefing

Facebook unveils online shopping venture, EU recovery fund, SoftBank’s future

Facebook has unveiled a shopping service that puts it in direct competition with Amazon and eBay, and a €500bn EU recovery fund put forward by Germany and France is facing some resistance. Plus, SoftBank announced a record $13bn annual loss earlier this week. The FT’s Tokyo correspondent, Kana Inagaki, explains what is next for founder Masayoshi Son.  To get free access to the FT’s Coronavirus Business Update newsletter for 30 days, visit <a href="http://ft.com/newsbriefingcovid" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ft.com/newsbriefingcovid</a> or follow this link: <a href="https://www.ft.com/newsletter-signup/coronavirus?segmentId=9f398053-342f-c623-b5b3-1506d651696f" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/newsletter-signup/coronavirus?segmentId=9f398053-342f-c623-b5b3-1506d651696f</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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