2024-03-29
50 分钟The co-founder of FTX has been jailed for "one of the biggest financial frauds" in US history. Also, we find out why the Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has launched its first electric vehicle. France votes on a law to prevent discrimination against your hairstyle at work. And, could a law in Florida stop kids under 13 from accessing social media? (Picture: Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried, walks outside the Manhattan federal court in New York City, U.S. March 30, 2023. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli/File Photo)
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Hello and welcome to Business Matters.
I'm Roger Heering.
Coming up on the program today, Sam Bankman Fried, who founded a cryptocurrency exchange that collapsed, is jailed for 25 years for multibillion dollar fraud.
Also, with Chinese made electric cars undercutting European and American versions, is it game over for the other manufacturers?
France bans discrimination against workers because of their hair.
Florida passes a law to ban young children from setting up social media accounts.
And what is the game called?
Paddle.
Well, we'll tell you.
And I'll be joined throughout the program by two guests on opposite sides of the world, Michael Malone, veteran journalist and host of the Silicon Insider podcast, who's joining us from Silicon Valley.
Michael, a very good evening to you.
Good evening to you.
Good to have you with us.
And across the other side of the world, Mehmal Safraz, co founder of the current pk, journalist and analyst, normally based of course in Pakistan, but actually joining us today from Istanbul, Meymal.
It must be a horrendous time of the night there.
Hello, good morning.