British Business - May 23
May 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
- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called a national election on Wednesday for July 4, saying Britons would be able to choose their future in a vote his Conservatives are widely expected to lose to the opposition Labour Party after 14 years in power.
- A consortium comprising CVC Advisers and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority on Wednesday said it was considering a possible revised offer for Hargreaves Lansdown HRGV.L after the British investment platform's board rejected a buyout proposal it had made in April.
The Guardian
- Anglo American AAL.L has agreed to a one-week extension for BHP Group BHP.AX to make a binding takeover offer, it said on Wednesday, after rejecting a third proposal from its rival that valued it at 38.6 billion pounds ($49.11 billion).
- Virgin Money shareholders have voted in favour of a 2.9 billion pound ($3.69 billion) takeover by rival lender Nationwide Building Society, helping clear the path for the biggest UK banking deal since the financial crisis.
The Telegraph
- Television Channel GB News has launched a legal challenge against Britain's media regulator Ofcom as it accused the regulator of "trampling" on freedom of speech.
- UK regulators fined Citigroup C.N 61.6 million pounds ($78.37 million) for controls failings in its trading operations, one of the biggest sanctions for systems breaches, which in one case saw the Wall Street firm cause a sudden fall in European stocks.
Sky News
- Plans for a multibillion pound mass market sale of the government's stake in NatWest Group NWG.L have been derailed by Rishi Sunak's decision to call a summer general election.
- Britain's media regulator Ofcom fined telecom group BT BT.L 2.8 million pounds ($3.56 million) for failing to provide more than a million EE and Plusnet customers with clear and simple contract information before signing up for a new deal, it said on Wednesday.
($1 = 0.7860 pounds)
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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