Former Malaysian Prime Minister hit with corruption charges September 20, 2018 Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was charged today with abuse of power and money laundering over his role in a major corruption scandal. Prosecutors charged Najib with four counts of abuse of power and 21 counts of money laundering over allegations that he used his position to gain more then 2.3bn ringgit (£420m) between [...]
Former Malaysian Prime Minister hit with corruption charges September 20, 2018 Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was charged today with abuse of power and money laundering over his role in a major corruption scandal. Prosecutors charged Najib with four counts of abuse of power and 21 counts of money laundering over allegations that he used his position to gain more then 2.3bn ringgit (£420m) between [...]
RBS in talks with the Bank of England over share buyback plans September 20, 2018 The Royal Bank of Scotland has started discussions with the Bank of England over a special share buyback in a bid to speed up the privatisation process. Speaking at a conference in New York RBS deputy chief financial officer Katie Murray confirmed that the bank is in talks with the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) over the details of [...]
RBS in talks with the Bank of England over share buyback plans September 20, 2018 The Royal Bank of Scotland has started discussions with the Bank of England over a special share buyback in a bid to speed up the privatisation process. Speaking at a conference in New York RBS deputy chief financial officer Katie Murray confirmed that the bank is in talks with the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) over the details of [...]
Fever-Tree’s audacious success has taken the drinks industry by storm, but where do they go from here? September 20, 2018 A few weeks ago, Jake Meyer became only the 10th Briton in history to reach the summit of Pakistan’s K2 mountain. How did he celebrate this towering achievement? He cracked open a tiny bottle of Bombay Sapphire gin then poured it into a Fever-Tree branded glass, topped up with its signature Indian tonic water. Apparently, [...]
Fever-Tree’s audacious success has taken the drinks industry by storm, but where do they go from here? September 20, 2018 A few weeks ago, Jake Meyer became only the 10th Briton in history to reach the summit of Pakistan’s K2 mountain. How did he celebrate this towering achievement? He cracked open a tiny bottle of Bombay Sapphire gin then poured it into a Fever-Tree branded glass, topped up with its signature Indian tonic water. Apparently, [...]
Season finale: Sky takeover battle to be decided by dramatic weekend auction September 20, 2018 The stage is set for the hotly-contested battle for Sky to reach a dramatic conclusion when the bidding war is decided at a quick-fire auction on Saturday. Comcast will go head-to-head with Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox and Fox’s soon-to-be owner Disney in an auction that will price Sky at a minimum of £26bn. The [...]
Season finale: Sky takeover battle to be decided by dramatic weekend auction September 20, 2018 The stage is set for the hotly-contested battle for Sky to reach a dramatic conclusion when the bidding war is decided at a quick-fire auction on Saturday. Comcast will go head-to-head with Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox and Fox’s soon-to-be owner Disney in an auction that will price Sky at a minimum of £26bn. The [...]
Barclays faces probe from Treasury Select Committee into six-hour outage September 20, 2018 Barclays faces an investigation from the Treasury Select Committee after it yesterday became the latest lender to experience a major systems failure. Millions of customers were unable to access online banking, telephone banking, as well as branch services for as long as six hours. The Treasury Select Committee is likely to ask the bank similar [...]
Barclays faces probe from Treasury Select Committee into six-hour outage September 20, 2018 Barclays faces an investigation from the Treasury Select Committee after it yesterday became the latest lender to experience a major systems failure. Millions of customers were unable to access online banking, telephone banking, as well as branch services for as long as six hours. The Treasury Select Committee is likely to ask the bank similar [...]