FT News Briefing

Boeing races to avoid credit downgrade

PwC’s business in Asia contracted sharply in the past year, Boeing announced a $19bn share sale to help avoid a credit rating downgrade, and Volkswagen plans a massive restructuring that includes shutting at least three German plants. Plus, fears of violence have left some US election boards struggling to hire poll workers.  Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/4fhanta" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PwC loses market share in Asia</a> <a href="https://on.ft.com/4fmoGNb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Boeing launches $19bn share sale to bolster finances and avoid downgrade</a> <a href="https://on.ft.com/40iZeEd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Volkswagen plans to close at least 3 German plants and cut thousands of jobs</a> <a href="https://on.ft.com/4flHaxl" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US polling places struggle to find workers after surge in threats</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/bb1ebfef-689c-46bb-9f9d-2e7b6c2962f9" 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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