What's Happening in the Stock Market?

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For the first time since cove had started, we have what everyone else went through last year. The number of new cases was significantly lower than had been over past ten days or two weeks. So vaccination is now getting under way fasti's bein ramped up, but still not fast enough. It took a huge hi cove 19 started spreading, and the market there is loaded with tech companies.

The surge in pet ownership during the pandemic has helped propel the group behind pet insurer Bought By Many to a valuation of more than $2bn, and a director at the company behind the video game Final Fantasy says 5G could disrupt the reign of the console. Plus, the FT’s greater China correspondent, Kathrin Hille, tells us how Taiwan is dealing with the latest wave of Covid-19 and how it’s affecting chipmakers

Lockdown pet boom helps insurer to $2bn valuation

https://www.ft.com/content/019cce7c-21e7-462c-b8ab-573a35218d7a

‘Final Fantasy’ producer says 5G will end games console’s long reign

https://www.ft.com/content/0fa963d8-1de8-4390-b3db-8e9908510605

Taiwan imposes strict social curbs to stem its worst Covid outbreak

https://www.ft.com/content/85604b0b-e7aa-4e26-a547-b3d27b262e6b

Covid-stricken Brazil to host Copa America football tournament

https://www.ft.com/content/c3658bcf-695b-4e3e-9625-41b170e8248c

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