FT News Briefing

The Tesla-financial complex

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com https://www.ft.com/content/6842cbfd-af06-459d-80cb-e62f68db910c Several of Toshiba’s biggest shareholders accuse the conglomerate of failing to fully pursue talks with private equity buyers and plan to vote against a company proposal to split into three separate businesses, European auto suppliers say half a million jobs would be at risk under EU plans to effectively ban combustion-engine cars by 2035, and Tesla’s outsized influence in financial markets may not be due to its market capitalization but what FT global finance correspondent Robin Wigglesworth calls the “Tesla-financial complex.”   Toshiba shareholders accuse conglomerate of overlooking privatisation bids https://www.ft.com/content/f284fdaf-a900-4af4-920c-5c42091b19db European auto suppliers warn shift to electric would put 500,000 jobs at risk - with Joe Miller  https://www.ft.com/content/1e0040c9-aab2-4881-828b-e992f23a9f3e The ‘Tesla-financial complex’: how carmaker gained influence over the markets - with Robin Wigglesworth  https://www.ft.com/content/17f0cd1f-e751-4ddb-b13c-ea4e685b55c0 Singapore suspends crypto exchange over spat with K-pop group BTS https://www.ft.com/content/eea3a969-0dbd-4894-a049-1f566ef1660e The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber, Gavin Kallmann and Michael Bruning. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.   

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