The Man With The Plan and The Other Man With No Plan

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The Man With The Plan and The Other Man With No Plan

He’s the man with a plan to halt Donald Trump's bid for re-election – but who is Ron DeSantis? This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston talks to Bernd Debusmann Jr who is a BBC journalist based in Washington to talk about DeSantis the man, his mission and his meteoric rise within the Republican Party. And the man with no plan at all - Sam Bankman Fried, the owner of collapsed crypto exchange FTX. is facing multiple charges of company fraud in the US. Mandy talks to the Financial Times journalist Joshua Oliver about the extraordinary rise and fall of yet another Tech Messiah. And finally what’s your plan to deal with new pension regulations that are set to kick in for business in just five short weeks? Pensions expert Mairead O'Mahony who is Head of Wealth Solutions with Aon Ireland has some advice on how to prepare.

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