{"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/657666f66e0626001264e065?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Big Four’s year of layoffs ","description":"<p>French immigration reforms put Emmanuel Macron’s leadership to the test, Pisa rankings show sharp decline in student attainment in maths and reading since 2018, India’s stock market is set to take Hong Kong’s spot among world’s largest, and Shohei Ohtani signs a record $700mn baseball contract with Los Angeles Dodgers.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Mentioned in this podcast:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/4ag1fDK\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">UK students fall behind on core skills post-pandemic</a></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/3uTiJ8A\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">EY to cut a further 150 UK jobs as Big Four firms grapple with waning demand</a></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/3GAi5PM\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Shohei Ohtani signs record $700mn baseball contract with Los Angeles Dodgers</a></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/41nLjLC\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">India’s stock market set to take Hong Kong’s spot among world’s largest</a></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/4aeDmft\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">French immigration reforms put Emmanuel Macron’s leadership to the test</a></p><p>Credit: MLB.com&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Joanna Kao, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva, Gavin Kallmann, and Zach St. Louis. 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.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/d53c809d-0606-4b52-8ad9-5b260a3ad7c2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p>","author_name":"Financial Times"}