* FTSE 100 down 0.4%, FTSE 250 down 1.2% * UK indexes ease after Friday’s rally * Sophos jumps on buyout deal, leads peer Avast higher * Royal Mail drops as threat of Christmas strike looms (Adds news items, analyst comments, updates share prices) By Shashwat Awasthi Oct 14 (Reuters) …
Read More »Labour to fight nationalisation battles in court
A shadow cabinet minister has warned that a Labour government’s drive to nationalise key industries could fail, if the party loses the first legal challenge to the controversial plans. Jon Trickett, shadow minister for the Cabinet Office, told an audience at a Labour conference fringe event last Tuesday that the …
Read More »PRESS DIGEST-British Business – Sept 20
Sept 20 (Reuters) – The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. The Times British travel company Thomas Cook Group Plc’s chances of survival are in the balance as it struggles to …
Read More »PRESS DIGEST- British Business – Aug. 23
Aug 23 (Reuters) – The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. The Times – French President Emmanuel Macron told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that the Irish backstop was “indispensable” as …
Read More »PRESS DIGEST- British Business – June 27
June 27 (Reuters) – The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. The Times The former boss of Royal Mail has stepped down from the board of Rio Tinto Plc after less …
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