FT News Briefing

Former FTX chief charged with fraud

US inflation slowed for the second month in a row, the US has formally charged former FTX chief executive, Sam Bankman-Fried, with criminal conspiracy and fraud, and US scientists have made a breakthrough in a powerful clean energy technology. Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/b62a2e86-ee61-4c4e-8ce3-418ae216d8a7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US accuses Sam Bankman-Fried of conspiracy and fraud after FTX collapse</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/d03d6abe-b305-4e45-b528-01f93671b4be" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US shares and bonds surge as inflation hits lowest level since December 2021</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/4ff76541-ebdc-43ed-bf4e-4faa75fcf2f9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How US scientists moved one step closer to dream of fusion power</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. 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.  <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/a19bcc2d-ce66-4bfc-82fc-a52d4cf9f497" 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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