CEO exit throws wrench into BP FT News Briefing

Rising energy costs pushed US inflation above forecasts in August, Bernard Looney’s resignation from BP puts the oil company’s green energy transition into doubt, and China is walking back a corruption crackdown in the country’s healthcare sector. 
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US inflation rises in August as petrol prices jump
BP chief Bernard Looney resigns over past relationships with colleagues
Bernard Looney’s exit throws BP’s strategy into doubt
China’s corruption crackdown rips through healthcare sector
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The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Monique Mulima, Monica Lopez, 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.
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