{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/73fe3ede-5c5c-4850-96a8-30db8dbae8bf/649b663701b7f1001181945f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Japan goes all in on chips","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/621e1a5bf5df83377cc948b8/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Sierra Leone’s president, Julius Maada Bio, has won a second term in office, the US Supreme Court rejects a Republican election plan, and a New York court has ruled that FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried cannot dismiss the criminal charges against him. Plus, a leading Japanese semiconductor equipment maker has accepted a $6.4bn buyout offer from a state-backed fund.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Mentioned in this podcast:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/5a3aa4c8-5eb8-46fc-a01c-2bc4310ddfeb?segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bio secures second term as Sierra Leone leader</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/36331675-4f94-4c1a-b5a6-63a0a2878db5?segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">US Supreme Court affirms state courts’ authority over election rules</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/935ec2fc-ce52-424c-a615-a7d49c26c397\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Bankman-Fried fails to dismiss criminal charges related to FTX</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/f3451ba6-deea-4d13-a611-c59eef0315a9?segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Japan steps into chip supply chain with $6.4bn JSR deal</a></p><p><br></p><p>The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Katie McMurran, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. 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.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/075a80fb-d293-440a-8dcb-ac787aa40368\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p>","author_name":"Financial Times"}