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Jun 2021
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Federal Reserve signals first rate rise ...

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Federal Reserve officials expect to start raising US interest rates in 2023, Toshiba’s latest corporate crisis is a scandal over efforts to thwart activist shareholders, and the appointment of 32-year-old Big Tech critic, Lina Khan, as chair of the US Federal Trade Commission signals tougher antitrust enforcement. 


Fed signals first rate rise will come in 2023

https://www.ft.com/content/0bf83e29-5ee2-415e-9e03-0edb38218bf3


Big Tech critic Lina Khan to lead US competition regulator

https://www.ft.com/content/bee1b959-b2aa-4ee1-8391-d5b5832ededd


Toshiba board’s chair rebuffs calls to quit over governance scandal

https://www.ft.com/content/e4535a1a-f55b-4713-b6cc-f7dccce64f77


Podcaster turned tech investor raises $140m fund

https://www.ft.com/editor/eac67acc-6b52-4479-90bf-eeae3efe0041?




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