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Aug 2023
9m 24s

Why Europe can’t quit Russian energy

Financial Times
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The EU is set to import record volumes of liquefied natural gas from Russia this year, asset management firm Grayscale won a US court ruling to launch an exchange traded fund tracking bitcoin, and Goldman Sachs has used a fund set up with Chinese state money to buy a series of US and UK companies.  


Mentioned in this podcast:

EU imports record volumes of liquefied natural gas from Russia

Grayscale scores major court win against SEC on bitcoin ETF 

Goldman Sachs bought UK and US companies using Chinese state funds

Job market slowdown fuels bets Fed will hold fire on rates this year


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The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Monique Mulima, Monica Lopez, 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. 


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