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TikTok Quid Pro Quo: A Different Approach

Instead of banning TikTok or forcing ByteDance to sell it, how about quid pro quo with China? If China wants its big tech platforms like TikTok to have access ... read more

Quid pro quo: On electoral bonds and political funding

The recent disclosure of electoral bond funding by corporate houses to political parties raises pertinent questions about the influence of corporate entities on political decision-making processes and ... read more

More are noticing the breaking news quid pro quo

It's a quid pro quo that makes the breaking-news world go 'round. At the simplest level, reporters who are told about new contracts by agents pass along incorrect information about the new deals ... read more

Jails banned visits in “quid pro quo” with prison phone companies, lawsuits say

Two lawsuits filed by a civil rights group allege that county jails in Michigan banned in-person visits in order to maximize revenue from voice and video calls as part of a "quid pro quo kickback ... read more

Transcript: India’s quid pro quo trade strategy

Sonja Hutson And, John, what does that agreement tell us about India’s new quid pro quo trade strategy? John Reed I don’t know if it’s a new trade strategy as much as a sort of growing ... read more

Prison Phone Companies Involved in Scheme to Ban In-Person Jail Visits, Lawsuit Says

This conspiracy has involved a “quid pro quo kickback scheme” that eliminated in-person visits at prisons to boost profits for the companies, the litigation claims. As part of the scheme ... read more

Clark Street’s Outdoor Dining Shelved After Quid Pro Quo From Mayor’s Office, Downtown Alderman Says

As neighborhood groups and nearby restaurant owners lobbied against the program, Ald. Brendan Reilly says he was pressured to write a letter agreeing to end it or permits wouldn't have been approved ... read more

Quid Pro Quo Case: HC Dismisses Subba Reddy’s Petition

in which he sought quashing the proceedings in the CBI’s chargesheet related to the cases filed for alleged quid pro quo to Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy from 2004 to 2008. In the 11th chargesheet ... read more

Today's D Brief: Ukraine energy, targeted; Gaza aid, underway; Red Sea quid pro quo; Idea: ‘hedge forces’; And a bit more.

The Russian military conducted a large missile attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in the early morning hours Friday. At least five people were killed and more than a dozen have been ... read more

India’s electoral bonds laundry: ‘Corrupt’ firms paid parties, got cleansed

From PM Modi’s BJP to the opposition Trinamool Congress, parties gained from donations that activists say carry the stink of coercion and quid pro quo. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking ... read more

Quid pro quo: On electoral bonds and political funding

However, revelations of donations from companies under investigation by government agencies highlight potential loopholes and avenues for corruption and the potential for quid pro quo arrangements ... read more

India’s quid pro quo trade strategy

The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann ... read more