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Tuesday newspaper round-up: JLR, The Economist, Google
Tue 16 September 2025 07:22
(Sharecast News) - Big pharmaceutical companies have ditched or paused nearly £2bn in planned UK investments so far this year, causing "suffering" to patients, as ministers gear up for discussions with Donald Trump amid a row over drug pricing. The gover
Monday newspaper round-up: Private renters, Argos, Stellantis
Mon 15 September 2025 07:19
(Sharecast News) - More than 40% of private renters in England and Wales were forced to ration their gas and electricity use last winter to afford their energy bills, according to Citizens Advice. A survey by the consumer charity found that 41% of renters
Sunday newspaper round-up: Sainsbury's, Bank of England, Predators
Sun 14 September 2025 19:45
(Sharecast News) - Sainsbury's has balked at Chinese retailer JD.com's attempt to revise a bid for its Argos unit. That talks had been ongoing had been revealed just 24 hours before by the Telegraph. According to the UK retailer, JD was not willing to con
Friday newspaper round-up: UK pharma investment, Paramount, Octopus Energy
Fri 12 September 2025 07:23
(Sharecast News) - Sir John Bell, a prominent scientist who brought business and government together during the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, has warned that other big pharmaceutical companies will stop investing in the UK, after the US drugmaker MSD's decisi
Thursday newspaper round-up: Merck, North Sea, life sciences
Thu 11 September 2025 07:24
(Sharecast News) - The US drugmaker Merck has scrapped a £1bn London research centre and is laying off 125 scientists in the capital this year, in a big blow to the UK's important life science sector. Keir Starmer's government has described life scienc
Wednesday newspaper round-up: Vodafone, car finance loans, UK legal services
Wed 10 September 2025 07:22
(Sharecast News) - Vodafone has launched a fourth investigation into the historical conduct within its franchising division, which is at the centre of a £120m high court claim against the mobile phone group. Vodafone is also understood to have offered fi
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Murdoch family, UK banks, Pret A Manger
Tue 09 September 2025 07:24
(Sharecast News) - The succession battle at Rupert Murdoch's media empire has ended. The family announced on Monday that Lachlan Murdoch, Murdoch's eldest son, will secure control of the Murdochs' sprawling media empire that includes Fox News, The Wall St
Monday newspaper round-up: ASA, jobseekers, Waitrose
Mon 08 September 2025 07:22
(Sharecast News) - Londoners are buying the lowest share of houses outside the capital in more than a decade as their moving plans are curtailed by a stalling local market and the shift back to office working. They were behind just 5.3% of house purchases
Sunday newspaper round-up: OPEC+, WH Smith, Nuclear
Sun 07 September 2025 13:00
(Sharecast News) - OPEC+ will boost production again starting from the following month. Eight of the cartel's members, including Saudi Arabia, which wants to regain market share, will increase output by a combined 137,000 barrels a day. The idea is to beg