The world’s biggest direct carbon capture plant

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A court heard opening arguments in the case against the founder of the failed blood-testing technology start-up Theranos, Janet Yellen has warned that the US Treasury could run out of cash next month, and PayPal has acquired the Tokyo-based buy now, pay later company, Paidy. Plus, the FT’s environment and clean energy correspondent, Leslie Hook, explains how the world’s largest CO2 direct capture plant works. 

‘Failure is not a crime,’ Theranos founder’s lawyers tell jury https://www.ft.com/content/b7462815-f022-4e11-a3fd-a7845b1191a2

Janet Yellen warns US Treasury risks running out of cash in October https://www.ft.com/content/4433d8ef-7d18-4c07-ba08-7f05fcbdb0b8

PayPal to acquire buy now, pay later provider Paidy for $2.7bn https://www.ft.com/content/cdeccd3c-fe41-4228-ad11-9efc6f5c9d2d

World’s biggest ‘direct air capture’ plant starts pulling in CO2 https://www.ft.com/content/8a942e30-0428-4567-8a6c-dc704ba3460a

EY will invest $2bn to improve audits after series of scandals https://www.ft.com/content/737dd635-dba2-49d7-bcdd-34f467b218ea?

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