Canal+’s blockbuster London listing
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 28 November 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Vivendi prepares to spin off Canal+ for a London listing. Christine Lagarde says trade wars threaten global GDP. Sir Alex Younger, former head of UK’s MI6, discusses Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s proposed director of national intelligence. Plus, Adani Group’s infrastructure projects in Kenya hit a roadblock.
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London’s snaring of France’s Canal+ to revive moribund listing market
‘Adios Adani!’ Bribery charges threaten group’s Africa ambitions
The FT News Briefing is produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval, Josh Gabert-Doyon, Lulu Smyth, Ethan Plotkin, Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from, Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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| 0:00.0 | We're Equinor, an energy company searching for better. |
| 0:03.0 | Currently, we supply 27% of the UK's gas, 15% of its oil, |
| 0:07.7 | and we're playing our part in the UK's energy transition. |
| 0:11.0 | Our wind farms power 750,000 homes, |
| 0:14.0 | and we expect that to grow to over 7 million. |
| 0:16.5 | Last year, we invested 20% of our global growth spend in renewables |
| 0:20.1 | and lower carbon solutions. |
| 0:22.0 | We plan to increase that to 50% by 2030. |
| 0:25.4 | We're an energy company searching for better. |
| 0:28.4 | equinore.co.uk. |
| 0:29.7 | UK. Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:42.0 | Today is Thursday, November 28th, and this is your FT News briefing. |
| 0:47.0 | European central bank head Christine Lagarde calls for negotiation over tariffs. |
| 0:51.5 | Canel Pluse prepares for a big London stock listing, |
| 0:55.0 | and the former head of MI6 talks US-UK relations. Plus, the Kenyan government cancels major infrastructure deals |
| 1:00.9 | led by the Adani group following bribery charges. I'm Misha Frankel-Dival, and here's the news you |
| 1:07.5 | need to start your day. |
| 1:20.7 | The president of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, has urged Europe's leaders to work with Donald Trump over trade. Trump has threatened tariffs of up to 20% on all |
| 1:26.1 | non-Chinese imports to the US. |
| 1:28.5 | In an interview with the FT, LaGuard said the EU needed not to retaliate but negotiate with |
| 1:33.4 | Trump and warned that a trade war could hit global GDP. |
| 1:38.0 | Officials in Brussels are worried that Trump's tariffs could push EU manufacturers |
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