FT News Briefing

David Cameron breaks Greensill silence, investors brace for corporate tax hikes

Former British prime minister David Cameron has admitted he made mistakes over his government lobbying for Greensill Capital, leading Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is expanding its investment in chips, and Microsoft is on the verge of acquiring the voice technology pioneer, Nuance. Plus, the FT’s US equities correspondent, Aziza Kasumov, discusses US equities investors’ concerns about US president Joe Biden’s tax proposals.  Cameron admits mistakes as he breaks silence on Greensill<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/da2a2686-1efa-4fd4-bee4-79cc9d9a89a2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/da2a2686-1efa-4fd4-bee4-79cc9d9a89a2</a> Huawei rival Xiaomi steps up chip ambitions amid US pressure<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/2fadf021-91c5-4553-aecd-33e4439e99ab?" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/2fadf021-91c5-4553-aecd-33e4439e99ab?</a> Wall Street investors look warily at gathering tax ‘storm’<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/02f874f8-f5e3-4deb-908c-c709633821bb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/02f874f8-f5e3-4deb-908c-c709633821bb</a> Microsoft nears deal to buy voice tech pioneer Nuance for $16bn<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/a36dd469-e521-4ce7-9351-ddc8f6b5cb42?" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/a36dd469-e521-4ce7-9351-ddc8f6b5cb42?</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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