FT News Briefing

US Steel gets a new owner

Activist investor Cevian Capital has taken a €1.2bn stake in UBS, and Nippon Steel has agreed to buy US Steel in a $14.9bn deal. Plus, the FT’s Josh Gabert-Doyon takes us to the English town of Widnes and discusses what the destruction of fossil fuel infrastructure means for local citizens.  Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/3RNTRIm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Activist Cevian places €1.2bn bet on UBS</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3GK71zX" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nippon Steel agrees to buy US Steel for $14.9bn</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/48kHjxy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Fiddler’s Ferry blast that will reshape a town’s identity</a> The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. 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/9b7d19fe-18cc-4350-9025-b471eb76cb88" 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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