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Apr 2022
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The rise of conservative shareholder act...

Financial Times
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Investors are bracing for another tough report on US inflation, Putin’s war in Ukraine has sparked an exodus of educated professionals from Russia and could worsen the country’s population decline, and conservative shareholder activists in the US have filed a record number of proposals this year as they try to counter what they call “woke-ism” in corporate America. 


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Ukraine war threatens to deepen Russia’s demographic crisis

Political proxies: conservative activists file record shareholder proposals

Epic Games secures $2 bn in funding from Lego and Sony to build gaming metaverse


The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber 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. 


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com


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