FT News Briefing

SolarWinds software hijacked, Electoral College confirms Biden, Federal Reserve meeting preview

Presidential electors confirmed Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US election, and the Federal Reserve is poised to issue new guidance extending its emergency bond-buying programme. Plus, the FT’s Hannah Murphy explains what the US is doing in response to an infiltration by “nation-state” hackers into secure IT systems.  US orders emergency action after huge cyber security breach<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/3a635e09-221c-49af-a582-97bc4e803747" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/3a635e09-221c-49af-a582-97bc4e803747</a> Electoral College set to confirm Joe Biden as next US president<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/fb5e17ae-7a15-4a88-b871-1db4036186fe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/fb5e17ae-7a15-4a88-b871-1db4036186fe</a> Federal reserve poised to extend crisis bond-buying programme<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/28db9e0a-9b6b-4e95-99e6-615ffcbdbaf8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/28db9e0a-9b6b-4e95-99e6-615ffcbdbaf8</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.

A rundown of the most important global business stories you need to know for the coming day, from the newsroom of the Financial Times. Available every weekday morning. 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.