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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Tariffs, UK gas plants, xAI

Wed 18 June 2025 07:24

(Sharecast News) - Donald Trump is threatening to keep 25% tariffs on some or all of its steel imports from the UK unless it gives specific guarantees over the Indian-owned steelmaking plant at Port Talbot in south Wales, sources have told the Guardian. A

Tuesday newspaper round-up: UK-US trade deal, Oxford Street, TSB

Tue 17 June 2025 07:27

(Sharecast News) - Keir Starmer and Donald Trump have signed off a UK-US trade deal at the G7 summit in Canada, with the US president saying Britain would have protection against future tariffs "because I like them". The two leaders presented the deal, wh

Tuesday newspaper round-up: UK-US trade deal, Oxford Street, TSB

Tue 17 June 2025 07:25

(Sharecast News) - Keir Starmer and Donald Trump have signed off a UK-US trade deal at the G7 summit in Canada, with the US president saying Britain would have protection against future tariffs "because I like them". The two leaders presented the deal, wh

Monday newspaper round-up: Ofwat, Fortnum & Mason, British manufacturers

Mon 16 June 2025 07:25

(Sharecast News) - Bonuses and dividends for water company bosses and shareholders should be approved by the regulator before they are paid, as billpayer funds are being used irresponsibly, MPs have said. They also recommended that the government consider

Friday newspaper round-up: Credit Suisse, P&O Ferries, KPMG

Fri 13 June 2025 07:27

(Sharecast News) - Bosses at Credit Suisse were warned against dealing with the Australian financier Lex Greensill's eponymous company three years before the collapse of his Greensill Capital, which once employed the former UK prime minister David Cameron

Thursday newspaper round-up: RedBird, Meta, WPP

Thu 12 June 2025 07:22

(Sharecast News) - A cross-party group of MPs and peers has called on ministers to investigate how a US private equity company is funding its £500m takeover of the Telegraph. In a letter sent to the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, last week, the MPs said

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Spending review, BT, AstraZeneca

Wed 11 June 2025 07:25

(Sharecast News) - Officials from the US and China have agreed on a "framework" to move forward on trade after two days of talks in London stemming from their confrontation over tariffs. The US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, expressed optimism on Tue

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Sizewell C, Thames Water, BBC

Tue 10 June 2025 07:24

(Sharecast News) - The biggest nuclear programme in a generation will "get Britain off the fossil fuel rollercoaster", the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has said, announcing £14.2bn to build a new nuclear power station and a drive to build small modular

Monday newspaper round-up: Thames Water, spending review, John Lewis

Mon 09 June 2025 07:24

(Sharecast News) - Ministers could bring water companies into public ownership for minimal cost through a process designed to safeguard vital public services when the companies running them are failing, a thinktank report has argued. According to the repo

Friday newspaper round-up: Water companies, Amazon, Elon Musk

Fri 06 June 2025 07:53

(Sharecast News) - Bonuses for 10 water company executives in England, including the boss of Thames Water, will be banned with immediate effect over serious sewage pollution, as part of new powers brought in by the Labour government. The top executives of