FT News Briefing
FT News Briefing
Financial Times
Dash for cash, shutdown debate, Softbank talks
7 minutes Posted Mar 24, 2020 at 10:00 pm.
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As traditional capital markets seize up, businesses are turning to emergency sources of funding. An FT analysis shows that more than 130 companies drew at least $124bn from their lenders in the past three weeks. Plus, Europe is facing a dilemma over whether to allow certain businesses to operate or shut the economy entirely to slow the spread of the coronavirus, and SoftBank explored an attempt to take the conglomerate private before deciding to sell some of its assets this week.

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