FT News Briefing

US considers breaking up Google

HSBC’s top-paid bankers to bear the brunt of cost-cutting restructuring, and the UK Conservative party leadership race has been whittled down to two rightwingers. Plus, Germany’s economy is expected to shrink, and the US government is considering seeking the break-up of Google to end its monopoly in search.  Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/3ZWoCza" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US weighs Google break-up in landmark antitrust case</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3XWJHa9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jenrick vs Badenoch: Meet the next Conservative leader </a><a href="https://on.ft.com/4h1yeig" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Germany expects economy to shrink in 2024 after cutting forecast</a> <a href="https://on.ft.com/3BMkoQE" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Expensive senior bankers to bear brunt of HSBC restructuring </a>  The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. 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/51ee180b-0dd4-45cb-a23c-be67c0d3f384" 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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