Behind Pfizer’s vaccine, a husband-and-wife ‘dream team’
Search for a vaccine started after coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan
Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine trial yields positive results
Shares in both companies up 8% on news
Thomas Cook’s shops bought by former rival Hays Travel
Hayes says deal could see more than 2,500 jobs being saved
Collapse of travel firm Thomas Cook sparks industry chaos
Company’s demise means 21,000 jobs at risk and up to 150,000 holidaymakers stranded
Thomas Cook surges after tour-operator business offer
Deal would exclude airline business, which Fosun is unable to acquire due to EU rules
Thomas Cook confirms it’s open to a possible deal for its airline business
Shares in UK tour operator rose the most in more than two months
China’s Anbang Insurance boss seeks leniency in fraud case
Former chairman Wu Xiaohui accused of defrauding billions
China’s banking regulator targets firms investing heavily overseas
Companies under scrutiny include HNA, owner of Irish leasing firm Avolon
US insurance giant Liberty Mutual buys Ironshore in $3bn deal
Ironshore has European HQ in Dublin and will retain management and brand after sale
Crackdown on corruption causes tremors
Chinese authorities are on a mission to clean up financial markets
Billionaire head of Fosun surfaces after ‘disappearance’
Fosun shares were suspended on Friday after Guo Guangchang had gone missing
Chinese equity deals surged through market chaos
Equity raisings triple that of NYSE and 13 times that of London
Novo Banco set to fall into Chinese hands for more than €4bn
Anbang Insurance and Fosun International compete to acquire Portuguese bank
Cirque du Soleil to be sold for about $1.5bn - report
Founder to sell majority control of Canadian performance company to private equity firm
Chinese conglomerate Fosun buys 5% stake in Thomas Cook
Group pays £91.9 million for stake in the world’s oldest travel group
Club Med to target Chinese market under new owners
China’s Fosun sees fast-growing high end Chinese travellers as key to future as it sees off Andre Bonomi in protracted battle for French holiday group
Hilton to sell NY’s Waldorf Astoria to Chinese firm
Anbang to pay $1.38m per room for the Manhattan hotel that was once home to Marilyn Monroe
Chinese investor to pay $1.95bn for New York’s Waldorf Astoria
Hotel is set to become the biggest prize yet for buyers from China
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