FT News Briefing

Democrats probe post office, Italy’s economy shows signs of life, chocolate sales slump

Senior Democrats have called the US postmaster general to testify before Congress amid election fears, pharmaceutical group CureVac has ruled out selling a vaccine at cost, and Italy's businesses enjoy a better than expected rebound from coronavirus. Plus, the FT’s Emiko Terazono on why the decline of travel is bad for the chocolate industry.  Further reading:Democrats call postal chief to testify in US mail voting row<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/c0128915-ad28-4699-9d5b-9b0a65acaf2b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/c0128915-ad28-4699-9d5b-9b0a65acaf2b</a> CureVac vows ‘ethical margin’ on price of Covid-19 vaccine<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/83a418eb-96ae-4b71-b640-6873f315921f" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/83a418eb-96ae-4b71-b640-6873f315921f</a> Italy’s businesses enjoy ‘better than expected’ virus rebound<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/73a36f20-bbd4-4d99-a1e9-685788cb9cd9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/73a36f20-bbd4-4d99-a1e9-685788cb9cd9</a> Choc waves: how coronavirus shook the cocoa market<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/37aa0ac8-e879-4dc2-b751-3eb862b12276" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/37aa0ac8-e879-4dc2-b751-3eb862b12276</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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