FT News Briefing

Donald Trump guilty on all counts

Donald Trump has been found guilty of conspiring to buy the silence of a porn actor and Saudi Arabia is selling roughly $12bn worth of shares in its national oil company Saudi Aramco. Plus, European oil majors are left at a disadvantage in several areas when it comes to M&amp;A.  Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/3yGHqHj" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Donald Trump found guilty on all counts in ‘hush money’ trial</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3KlOhZp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Saudi Arabia to sell $12bn worth of Aramco shares</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3VvYoRP" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why the European oil megamerger has not gushed forth</a> The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Ethan Plotkin, 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. <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/6e919e97-aab5-4479-a3c3-def8dbaf4774" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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