US hits Gautam Adani with bribery charges
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 22 November 2024
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Matt Gaetz has withdrawn his name from consideration for US attorney-general, and billionaire Gautam Adani faces charges over an alleged scheme to bribe Indian officials. The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and FT economics columnist Chris Giles unpacks just how much tariffs will increase prices in the US.
Mentioned in this podcast:
Matt Gaetz withdraws as Trump’s nominee for attorney-general
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani charged in US over alleged $250mn bribery scheme
ICC issues arrest warrant for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu
Tariffs and taxes are not very inflationary
The FT News Briefing is produced by 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 Joseph Salcedo. 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. |
| 0:32.9 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:35.4 | Today is Friday, November 22nd, and this is your FT news briefing. |
| 0:40.4 | There's been a shake-up in Donald Trump's search for his top law enforcement officer, |
| 0:45.5 | and Godamadani's corporate empire is in disarray. |
| 0:49.8 | Plus, my colleague Chris Giles has a hot take on tariffs and inflation. |
| 0:55.6 | When academics have looked across the whole piece, they don't see a big price effect. |
| 1:00.7 | In fact, they see barely any price effect at all. |
| 1:04.0 | I'm Kasha Brusalian, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 1:20.6 | Thank you. your day. Matt Gates withdrew his name from consideration for U.S. Attorney General yesterday. The former Florida congressman said it had become, quote, unfairly distracting. |
| 1:26.6 | U.S. President-elect Donald Trump shocked Congress when he picked Gates to lead the Department of Justice. |
| 1:33.5 | Besides not having much legal experience, he's also been the subject of a congressional investigation. |
| 1:39.6 | That was over alleged sexual misconduct and drug use. |
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