Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/7344543b-aefa-4715-8494-7c92e1e531f2A court heard opening arguments in the case against the founder of the failed blood-testing technology start-up Theranos, Janet Yellen has warned that the US Treasury could run out of cash next month, and PayPal has acquired the Tokyo-based buy now, pay later company, Paidy. Plus, the FT’s environment and clean energy correspondent, Leslie Hook, explains how the world’s largest CO2 direct capture plant works. ‘Failure is not a crime,’ Theranos founder’s lawyers tell juryhttps://www.ft.com/content/b7462815-f022-4e11-a3fd-a7845b1191a2Janet Yellen warns US Treasury risks running out of cash in Octoberhttps://www.ft.com/content/4433d8ef-7d18-4c07-ba08-7f05fcbdb0b8PayPal to acquire buy now, pay later provider Paidy for $2.7bnhttps://www.ft.com/content/cdeccd3c-fe41-4228-ad11-9efc6f5c9d2dWorld’s biggest ‘direct air capture’ plant starts pulling in CO2https://www.ft.com/content/8a942e30-0428-4567-8a6c-dc704ba3460aEY will invest $2bn to improve audits after series of scandalshttps://www.ft.com/content/737dd635-dba2-49d7-bcdd-34f467b218ea?The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Gavin Kallmann, Michael Bruning, and Persis Love. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.