FT News Briefing

SoftBank moves to sell down its stake in Alibaba

SoftBank has raised as much as $22bn in cash from deals that would sharply reduce its stake in Alibaba over the coming years, Iran and western powers resume talks this week over the floundering 2015 nuclear accords, and as political polarisation reaches into the workplace companies must manage conflicts among employees while striving for sensitivity and diversity.  Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/ca7e1885-055c-43e8-8d2f-96ee5715cf0a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Softbank raises $22b in moves to sell down Alibaba stake</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/bff75e74-c153-4afd-9f63-ac8a382d46e1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Iran to resume nuclear talks with discussion over EU proposals</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/0864d0cb-bab0-4571-9e25-9b6f0ca041ef" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Politics in the workplace:how should we deal with opposing views?</a> The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.  <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/ac5a0a5b-36f0-49b2-a0c1-c08948465245" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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