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Good morning from the newsroom of the Financial Times.

Today is Wednesday, August 14th. Good morning from the newsroom of the Financial Times.

Today is Wednesday, August 14th,

and this is your FT news briefing.

Investors were relieved on Tuesday

after the Trump administration said it would delay some additional tariffs on Chinese imports.

Violence continued yesterday between anti-government protesters and Hong Kong police.

The long-awaited CBS Viacom deal has been struck,

and Facebook shuts down the human review of audio chats.

Plus the FT's Tim Bradshaw and I talk about Soft Bank's Second Vision Fund and how the Japanese group is looking to create what it's calling an ecosystem of companies.

I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day.

Yesterday news that the Trump administration was going to delay some additional tariffs on Chinese imports,

alleviated a good share of the market jitters of the past few days.

The S&P 500 closed up nearly 1.5% on Tuesday, with tech and financial shares and the Japanese yenne sold off.

Plus China's Renminbi rallied more than 1% against the dollar.

Washington is planning to impose another 10% of tariffs on about 300 billion dollars worth of Chinese imports.

But US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said that tariffs on items such as mobile phones,

laptops, and video game consoles won't go into effect until December 15th.

The move gave an immediate boost to shares in U.S. retailers.

The prospect of increased tariffs had forced some outlets to consider whether to raise

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