Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com
https://www.ft.com/content/f448826b-f40b-49be-824d-5795493cee5f
The Big Four accounting firms have recorded their strongest financial performance since the collapse of Enron, and Apple is tolerating a loose interpretation of its new privacy rules allowing app developers to collect data from its 1bn iPhone users for targeted advertising. Plus, the FT’s Beijing Bureau chief, Tom Mitchell, explains how the Chinese government might orchestrate the slow-motion collapse of indebted property developer Evergrande.
Big Four post strongest performance since Enron as advisory business booms - with Michael O’Dwyer
https://www.ft.com/content/95a0c80b-1262-42c3-ac5b-bb693e06d3c4
Apple reaches quiet truce over iPhone privacy changes - with Patrick McGee
https://www.ft.com/content/69396795-f6e1-4624-95d8-121e4e5d7839
Beijing seeks to orchestrate slow-motion collapse for Evergrande - with Thomas Hale
https://www.ft.com/content/21acda99-ee35-4f6d-8cfa-017d55e1bb10
The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber, Gavin Kallmann and Michael Bruning. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.
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