PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - Aug. 6

The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Headlines

Wirecard business partner reported dead in Philippines https://on.ft.com/3i4UWH8 Pompeo threatens broader crackdown on China apps https://on.ft.com/2Xx43IB

Johnson & Johnson strikes $1 billion COVID-19 vaccine deal with US https://on.ft.com/31h8msA Arsenal to cut 55 non-playing staff as pandemic hits revenue https://on.ft.com/3gznSqb

Overview Christopher Bauer, 44, a German businessman credited for one of Wirecard AG's biggest sources of stated profits has been reported dead a month after it was declared he was under investigation over the payments company's collapse.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has threatened a broad crackdown on Chinese technology companies which have access to American data, including banning an unspecified number of the country's apps Johnson & Johnson and the U.S. government have reached a deal worth more than $1 billion, with the latter set to secure 100 million doses of the company's experimental COVID-19 vaccine.

Arsenal is to cut 55 non-playing jobs after being hit by falling revenues owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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