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Bournemouth Echo UKWaitrose apologises to customers as product deemed a 'health risk' is recalled
A Waitrose spokesman said: “We apologise that it has been necessary to recall this product and for the inconvenience caused.”
- The Telegraph
Half of firms to slash jobs and raise prices after Budget
More than half of British businesses expect to put up prices and cut jobs to cope with the costs of Rachel Reeves’s National Insurance raid.
- The Telegraph
Petrol car rationing sends sales to record low
Petrol car sales in Britain have plunged to an all-time low as manufacturers ration supplies to hit tough electric vehicle (EV) targets.
- The Independent
Rudy Giuliani blows off contempt response deadline in massive defamation lawsuit
Giuliani has continued to speak out against the Georgia poll workers he defamed
- The Telegraph
Electric car brands offer £11,000 discounts in sales scramble
Car makers are discounting electric vehicle (EV) prices by an average of £11,000 per car to boost sales, amid warnings that demand from private buyers remains weaker than expected.
- PA Media: UK News
Conor McGregor should pay all costs of Nikita Hand’s civil action, court told
The judge is considering the application and will deliver his ruling on Thursday afternoon.
- Reuters
Legal & General shares rise 4% on capital return plan
Legal & General shares rose 4% on Wednesday after the British life insurer said it was planning to return capital to shareholders and was on track to meet its financial targets. Legal & General anticipates returning a proportion of capital from its institutional retirement business to shareholders, it said in a trading statement ahead of an investor presentation for the unit. This capital return would form part of the board's wider consideration of its capacity for buybacks, which would be set out at its full-year results in March 2025, the insurer said.
- Wales Online
Cardiff Council allowed charity land to be misused as a school overflow car park
Maindy Park Trust land is at the centre of a controversial land swap that the future expansion of Cathays High rests on
- Simply Wall St.
Agricultural Bank of China (SEHK:1288) Declares 2024 Interim Dividend Amid Digital Growth Initiatives
Agricultural Bank of China recently announced the approval of its 2024 interim profit distribution at its EGM, with dividends set at RMB 1.164 per ten ordinary shares. This move highlights the bank's commitment to shareholder value amidst its strategic focus on rural economies and technological advancements. The following discussion will delve into the bank's competitive advantages, challenges, growth opportunities, and the market risks it faces.
- The Impartial Reporter
Intense interest as farmers, experts analyse tax changes
Farmers and farm family members attending Fermanagh Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) meeting this week, ‘Protecting Your Farm Post-Budget – The Facts’, were left in no doubt about the implications of the recent proposed reforms of Agricultural Property Relief and Inheritance Tax. The meeting in the Killyhevlin Hotel, Enniskillen on Monday night, that was attended by up to 150 people, examined in more detail the issues of farm taxation, legal affairs such as wills and succession, as well as investment
- Associated Press
Fox News loses bid for Smartmatic voting-tech company's records about Philippines bribery case
Smartmatic won't be required to give Fox News a trove of information about U.S. federal charges against the voting machine company's co-founder over alleged bribery in the Philippines, a judge ruled Thursday. Fox News and parent Fox Corp. sought the information to help fight Smartmatic's $2.7 billion defamation suit over broadcasts about the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Smartmatic says its business was gutted when Fox aired false claims that the election-tech company helped rig the voting.
- Worcester News
Tesco offers full refund to customers as chicken product poses 'risk to health'
Tesco is recalling one of its chicken products due to a “risk to health”, offering customers a full refund
- Fortune
The lawyers who took on Tesla and Elon Musk wanted $5.6 billion for winning the case. In a lawsuit about excessive pay, ‘That was a bold ask,’ said the judge.
The fee would have been 17 times the size of the largest fee in Delaware history.
- Fortune
A Macy’s employee made accounting errors ‘intentionally,’ hiding up to $154 million in expenses. Now the company’s earnings report is delayed
The Macy’s employee, who is no longer with the company, hid delivery expenses during the course of almost three years.
- South Wales Argus
Man with £602m of Bitcoin sat in landfill initiates legal battle with the council
Newport father-of-three James Howells, 39, says his Bitcoin fortune is now worth about £600m, and requires access to a council-owned landfill site to try and locate it.
- Fool.co.uk
Is BP’s 6.7% dividend yield good value after the recent share price fall?
Despite the fluctuating oil price and BP's volatile shares, City analysts predict strong ongoing annual dividend payments ahead. The post Is BP’s 6.7% dividend yield good value after the recent share price fall? appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.
- The Independent
Giuliani was indicted, found liable for defamation and nearly bankrupt. Now he could land in jail
Trump’s former attorney faces threats of court-ordered sanctions in Manhattan and Washington, DC, Alex Woodward reports
- Sky video
Lucy Letby interviewed in prison over more baby deaths and collapses
Child serial killer Lucy Letby has been interviewed in prison over the alleged murders of babies at two hospitals.
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong needs to nurture insurance talent to rival Singapore and Dubai, CEOs say
Hong Kong must grow and nurture its pool of talent in the insurance industry to compete with other financial centres like Singapore and Dubai as businesses become increasingly digitalised, executives said. Edward Moncreiffe, the CEO of global insurance at HSBC, said the city should focus on improving its physical and digital infrastructure, regulation and language skills if it wants to remain a global financial centre. This will ensure people with good services can come in and do business in Hon
- Reuters
German government approves strategy aimed at bolstering defence industry
The German government approved on Wednesday a defence industry strategy that aims to make it easier for companies to ramp up capacity and to accelerate weapons production, with an eye to the current security situation and the war raging in Ukraine. "The current threat situation requires that we promote key technologies in Germany," said German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius in a joint statement with Economy Minister Robert Habeck. Both ministers are set to meet with top representatives from the German defence industry on Thursday in Berlin to discuss the strategy, though no decisions are expected from those talks, according to several sources familiar with the plans.