Business
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UK cybersecurity star Darktrace agrees £4.3bn private equity takeover
The cybersecurity company has received an offer from US private equity firm Thoma Bravo, which tried to snap up Darktrace two years ago until talks...
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NatWest follows rivals with profit slump
The banking giant's pre-tax profits slumped by 27 per cent to £1.33billion in the opening three months of 2024, although this was above analyst...
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BUSINESS LIVE: Anglo American snubs BHP bid; NatWest profits fall; Pearson English language boost
Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are BHP, Anglo American, NatWest and Pearson.
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American boys say they were beaten and starved at Jamaican school for troubled teens
Former students of Atlantis Leadership Academy in Jamaica, along with parents and lawyers, describe rampant abuse. Five employees have been charged...
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Paramount and Skydance inch closer to a merger as key hurdle looms
Paramount Global and Skydance Media are making progress on a deal that would merge the media companies and buy out controlling shareholder Shari...
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At Supreme Court, Trump lawyer backs away from absolute immunity argument
D. John Sauer conceded there are allegations in the indictment that do not involve official acts, meaning they would not be subject to any...
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MARKET REPORT: Meta sheds £130bn value after AI spending fears
Shares in Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and Whats App, fell 11.1% in New York after it said expenses would be higher than previously forecast.
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Anglo-American will not vanish without a fight, says ALEX BRUMMER
BHP boss Mike Henry (pictured) is danger of being regarded as public enemy number by backers of the London Stock Exchange.
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Sainsbury's takes a bite out of rivals: We're pinching sales, says boss
Boss Simon Roberts said the country's second-biggest supermarket was pinching shoppers from Aldi and Lidl as well as more expensive rivals.
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Sitting ducks: Host of British firms are in the firing line as predators circle
City analysts think vulnerable blue-chip stocks include BP, Unilever, BP, Reckitt Benckiser, Standard Chartered, Entain and Burberry.
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New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft: 'Jew-hatred' on US college campuses another parallel to Germany in 1930s and 1940s
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft said Thursday that the campus protests launched nationwide in response to Israel’s campaign in Gaza are...
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Tesla driver in Seattle-area crash that killed motorcyclist told police he was using Autopilot
A Tesla that may have been operating on the company’s Autopilot driving system hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle, raising questions about...