Browsing: Business pages

The Financial Times reports that Rishi Sunak has promised a new law “within weeks” to overturn the convictions of sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses involved in the Post Office Horizon scandal, the paper describes the legislation as “unprecedented”.

The Financial Times reports that, since 2019, when the Court of Appeal ruled that Fujitsu software had been at fault in the scandal, the technology company has been the joint or sole recipient of £4.9bn worth of government contracts.

CITY AM – Retail revival signals a new era in trading After a difficult 2023, outlook for online trading platforms…

The Economist – Made in ’42. Roadworthy in ’24? The man supposed to stop Donald Trump is an unpopular 81-year-old…

Narendra Modi has responded to claims of an Indian assassination plot on American soil for the first time, telling the Financial Times he would “look into” any evidence

The Financial Times reports activist investor Cevian Capital has taken a €1.2bn stake in the Swiss bank UBS, betting it can double its valuation over the next three to five years.

Adobe has dropped its planned takeover of product design firm Figma due to UK and EU regulatory issues, the Financial Times reports.

CITY AM SAYS Investors are hoping for a so-called Santa Rally to push the FTSE 100 further into the green this year.

The Financial Times splashes on a warning from the IMF that the Ukrainian economy could be in trouble if Kyiv’s allies don’t speed up extra funding for the war-torn nation.

The Financial Times splashes on the climate deal reached at COP28 which has mentioned a desire to shift away from fossil fuels for the first time.