FT News Briefing13 Syys 2021

Hedge funds flock to Silicon Valley

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

https://www.ft.com/content/40cef59a-441b-4b97-bea8-7a3ec838bc4b

Beijing wants to break up Alipay and create a separate app for the company’s highly profitable loans business, Norway’s voters will weigh in on the country’s petroleum production in what’s being called a “climate election,” and a new analysis found that Ireland is failing to keep US Big Tech companies in check. Plus, the FT’s Laurence Fletcher explains why hedge funds are muscling into Silicon Valley and making a record number of deals.

FT survey: The return to the office - are you under pressure to go back?

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Beijing to break up Ant’s Alipay and force creation of separate loans app

https://www.ft.com/content/01b7c7ca-71ad-4baa-bddf-a4d5e65c5d79

Norway’s oil rises to top of election agenda as climate fears grow - with Richard Milne

https://www.ft.com/content/70b3ec35-6558-4032-9a0c-47c40a6df5a8

Ireland ‘fails’ to enforce EU law against Big Tech

https://www.ft.com/content/5b986586-0f85-47d5-8edb-3b49398e2b08

Hedge funds muscle in to Silicon Valley with private deals - with Laurence Fletcher

https://www.ft.com/content/4935b205-8344-465a-8edf-dc23ec990302

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, Michael Bruning, and Persis Love. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.

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