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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Meta, Royal Mail, Octopus Investments

Wed 25 March 2026 07:24

(Sharecast News) - A New Mexico jury on Tuesday ordered Meta to pay $375m in civil penalties after it found the company misled consumers about the safety of its platforms and enabled harm, including child sexual exploitation, against its users. This is th

Tuesday newspaper round-up: winemakers, easyJet, farmers, EWIT

Tue 24 March 2026 07:13

(Sharecast News) - The UK government has dismissed a warning from an energy trade body that failing to produce more homegrown North Sea oil and gas will leave the UK increasingly reliant on imports at a time of rising global instability. The industry grou

Wednesday newspaper round-up: UK inflation, net zero, Crispin Odey

Wed 11 March 2026 07:25

(Sharecast News) - UK inflation could end the year higher than previously expected at 3% because of the US-Israel war in Iran, the government's economics watchdog has said. David Miles, a senior figure at the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), said i

Thursday newspaper round-up: 'Buy EU', BrewDog, Morgan Stanley

Thu 05 March 2026 07:23

(Sharecast News) - The European Commission has proposed a "Buy EU" plan to boost domestic low-carbon industries and help the continent compete against China. The commission published a draft regulation - called the Industrial Accelerator Act - on Wednesda

Wednesday newspaper round-up: News Corp, BBC, Asda

Wed 04 March 2026 07:19

(Sharecast News) - News Corp's global chief executive has described news organisations as a valuable "input" for artificial intelligence, as the media empire signs an AI content licensing deal with Meta worth up to US$50m (A$71m) a year. In an upbeat pres

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Anthropic's Claude, BrewDog, energy bills

Tue 03 March 2026 07:19

(Sharecast News) - The AI model Claude has surged in popularity after being blacklisted by the Pentagon last week over ethics concerns. Claude climbed to the No 1 spot on Apple's chart of top free apps on Saturday in the US - dethroning OpenAI's ChatGPT,

Monday newspaper round-up: OBR, Rolls-Royce, small businesses

Mon 02 March 2026 07:15

(Sharecast News) - Rachel Reeves must reform the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to open the way to more public investment, an alliance of thinktanks has argued ahead of the chancellor's spring forecast on Tuesday. With Keir Starmer's government un

Sunday newspaper round-up: Iran, Reform UK, Ukraine

Sun 01 March 2026 09:16

(Sharecast News) - Iranian state media confirmed that supreme leader Ali Khamenei has been killed, following US‑Israeli strikes that marked the opening phase of a campaign aimed at regime change. Khamenei had not been seen since the bombardment began, w

Friday newspaper round-up: Mandelson, social media, Lloyds

Fri 27 February 2026 07:21

(Sharecast News) - Peter Mandelson is facing an inquiry by the EU's anti-fraud agency after the European Commission requested the body look into his activities during his time as trade commissioner in Brussels. The commission said it referred the peer, 72

Thursday newspaper round-up: UK Power Networks, Starlink, farmers

Thu 26 February 2026 07:12

(Sharecast News) - A French utility has agreed to buy the owner of the electricity cables and power lines across London, the south-east and the east of England in a deal worth £10.5bn. Paris-headquartered Engie said on Wednesday that it had struck a deal