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EPISODE · Apr 1, 2021 · 10 MIN

Biden’s $2tn infrastructure plan, Deliveroo’s IPO flop, Black Americans in finance

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Wall Street touched a record high Wednesday as the White House released details of President Joe Biden’s multi trillion-dollar US stimulus plan, and the food delivery app, Deliveroo, closed down 26 per cent in its first day on the public market. Plus, the FT’s US labour and equalities correspondent, Taylor Nicole Rogers, explains why there are fewer black Americans in financial leadership positions than there were a decade ago. Tech stocks power Wall St to record ahead of Biden stimulus speechhttps://www.ft.com/content/d7a93cb5-f9f1-485a-8b39-1e7a12a97790Disaster strikes as Deliveroo becomes ‘worst IPO in London’s history’https://www.ft.com/content/bdf6ac6b-46b5-4f7a-90db-291d7fd2898dShare of Black employees in senior US finance roles falls despite diversity effortshttps://www.ft.com/content/887d064a-bd5e-4ce6-9671-9057e12bd5c7 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wall Street touched a record high Wednesday as the White House released details of President Joe Biden’s multi trillion-dollar US stimulus plan, and the food delivery app, Deliveroo, closed down 26 per cent in its first day on the public market. Plus, the FT’s US labour and equalities correspondent, Taylor Nicole Rogers, explains why there are fewer black Americans in financial leadership positions than there were a decade ago. Tech stocks power Wall St to record ahead of Biden stimulus speechhttps://www.ft.com/content/d7a93cb5-f9f1-485a-8b39-1e7a12a97790Disaster strikes as Deliveroo becomes ‘worst IPO in London’s history’https://www.ft.com/content/bdf6ac6b-46b5-4f7a-90db-291d7fd2898dShare of Black employees in senior US finance roles falls despite diversity effortshttps://www.ft.com/content/887d064a-bd5e-4ce6-9671-9057e12bd5c7 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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