
Nissan Boss Carlos Ghosn Arrested
Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn has been arrested over claims of financial misconduct.
Nissan chair Carlos Ghosn is accused of under-reporting his pay package in Japan. The company said Mr Ghosn will be sacked from the Japanese firm after a board meeting on Thursday, and Peter Campbell of the Financial Times brings us the details. Also in the programme, a whistle-blower who helped uncover a money-laundering scandal involving Denmark's biggest bank Danske Bank, has revealed more at a parliamentary hearing in Copenhagen. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Adrienne Murray was at the hearing and fills us in on what was said. UK prime minister Theresa May has renewed her efforts to sell her draft Brexit withdrawal deal with a speech to business leaders at the Confederation of British Industry. We hear from Ed Harden of the pro-Brexit Alliance of British Entrepreneurs, who has misgivings about the deal, and Josh Hardie of the CBI who is concerned about possible rejection of the proposals. We discuss the prospects for electric scooters as a mode of transport with Lars Fjedsoe-Nielsen, general partner at venture capitalist firm Balderton. Plus our regular workplace commentator Alison Green has been pondering the question of managerial skills.
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