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Mar 2024
10m 50s

US prosecutors take a bite out of Apple

Financial Times
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Reddit shares soared during its public market debut, US prosecutors filed a landmark antitrust lawsuit against Apple, and the FT’s Sujeet Indap explains why Hertz’s pivot to electric vehicles went awry.


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US accuses Apple of building smartphone market monopoly in antitrust case

How Hertz’s bets on Tesla and a Goldman veteran veered off course

Social media site Reddit soars 48% in New York IPO

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The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Kyra Assibey-Bonsu, 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.


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