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Belgium’s French-speaking region blocks EU and Canadian free trade deal
Belgium is unable to sign off on a landmark EU-Canada free trade deal after French-speaking Wallonia and other regional administrations refused to give the federal government the go-ahead, Prime Minister Charles Michel said today.
US to examine AT&T deal to buy Time Warner
US lawmakers and both presidential candidates have raised questions about AT&T’s deal to buy Time Warner.
RBS paid consortium including Church of England at least £180m for flotation
Companies House documents show sums paid to church and private-equity firms that financed ill-fated spinout of 300 branches
Microsoft to raise prices by up to 22pc after slump in pound
Microsoft is to increase its prices by as much as 22pc in the UK because of sterling’s recent decline, a rise that is likely to affect thousands of businesses and could cost the Governments tens of millions of pounds.
AT&T agrees to buy Time Warner for $85bn in record breaking deal
The telecoms giant AT&T has agreed to pay $85bn to buy the media powerhouse Time Warner and create one of the world’s largest media, TV and telecoms firms.
Time Out Group buys London events app YPlan in deal that sees investors needing night out to forget
Time Out Group has announced the acquisition of London-based events and ticket booking company YPlan in deal which sees investors short changed.
Britain’s biggest banks ‘will start relocating out of London early next year’ amid growing fears of hard Brexit
Britain’s biggest banks will begin a large withdrawal of their presence within Britain as fears grow of a hard Brexit.
Microsoft shares at new high as cloud focus pays off
Microsoft’s focus on cloud computing has helped it deliver better-than-expected quarterly profits, sending its shares to an all-time high.
Delivery giant Hermes faces HMRC inquiry into low pay allegations
Move follows Guardian investigation that revealed self-employed couriers take home less than minimum wage
Price of a Kit Kat could rise as Nestlé mulls UK price hike
First they came for our Marmite, then they came for our Kit Kats.
Green ‘moves towards BHS pension deal’ ahead of knighthood debate
Former BHS owner Sir Philip Green will meet the pensions regulator by the end of the week to try to secure a deal over the collapsed retailer’s pension fund, the BBC has learned.
Saudi Arabia issues record £17.5bn of government debt
The sale eclipsed Argentina’s $16.5bn offering in April as the largest from a developing nation
Ex-Tesco bosses to appear in court on fraud and false accounting charges
Christopher Bush, Carl Rogberg and John Scouler previously pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against them
Big businesses warn UK will be the loser from government intervention on foreign takeovers
Top businesses have spoken out about the damage that a heavy-handed government clampdown on foreign takeovers is likely to inflict on the UK’s interests at home and overseas.
