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Sunak’s early election gamble
FromFT News Briefing
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10 minutes
Released:
May 23, 2024
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Rishi Sunak has taken a huge gamble by announcing a July 4 election, record sales of artificial intelligence chips sent Nvidia’s revenue soaring 262 per cent in the past quarter Adani Group passed off low-quality coal as far more expensive cleaner fuel in transactions with an Indian state power utility, according to evidence seen by the Financial Times, and the first batch of genetically engineered non-biting mosquitoes will be released in Djibouti on Thursday.Mentioned in this podcast:Rishi Sunak calls July 4 UK electionNvidia’s revenue beats high expectations as AI chip demand climbsFederal Reserve officials were open to further US rate rises to quell inflationAdani suspected of fraud by selling low-grade coal as high-value fuelDjibouti looks to genetically engineered mosquitoes to quell urban malaria wave The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Breen Turner, 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.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
May 23, 2024
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Podcast episode
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