PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times – Nov 22

Nov 22 (Reuters) – The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Headlines

– Keir Starmer meets BlackRock boss Larry Fink in Downing Street

– BP greenlights $7bn Indonesia gas project

– UK imposes sanctions on Isabel dos Santos in money laundering crackdown

– UK fraud agency opens bribery investigation of Thales

Overview

– Keir Starmer has held talks in Downing Street with BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink, as the UK prime minister seeks to rebuild relations with business leaders after last month’s tax-raising Budget.

– BP and its partners have given the green light to a $7 billion gas project in Indonesia that will later go on to use carbon capture in the production process, as major energy companies continue to bank on demand for gas growing in the region.

– The UK has imposed sanctions on Africa’s former richest woman Isabel dos Santos, exiled Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash accused of embezzling money from the country’s gas supplies and Aivars Lembergs, one of Latvia’s richest men, as the Labour government steps up efforts to clamp down on those who enable money laundering through Britain’s financial system.

– The UK Serious Fraud Office has opened an investigation into defence company Thales over “serious allegations” of suspected bribery and corruption. (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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