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      Astrazeneca share price tumbles as investors doubt merger with US rival

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News

  • Astrazeneca explores $400bn megadeal with US rival 

    Markets

    Astrazeneca is exploring a $400bn (£300bn) merger with US rival Bristol Myers Squibb, in a deal that would create one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical groups. The FTSE 100 giant has held talks with the US group in recent months about a possible tie-up, according to reports in the Financial Times.  Talks could lead to a […]

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  • FTSE 100 Live: Stocks mixed as Astrazeneca drags; Trump hints at Hormuz deal

    FTSE 100 Live
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  • Global advisory giant Brunswick explores capital raise

    Advisory
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  • Chrysalis marks down Starling stake again and reduces Klarna holding

    Banking
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  • Manufacturers overcome gloomy economy as output surge continues

    Industrials
    Manufacturing sector faces mounting tribunal pressures amid economic uncertainty
  • City trading ‘higher than thought’, FCA believes

    Markets
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  • Easyjet extends window for another Castlelake bid

    Aviation
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  • Iran war could ‘halt growth’ across UK economy 

    Economics
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  • BP quits North Sea after tax grab

    Energy
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  • Healey announces early Budget

    Politics
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  • Healey revives ‘price-gouging’ threat as cost of living options narrow

    Politics
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  • AI firms targeting London’s rare book shops in ‘dystopian’ hunt for training data

    AI
    Bloomsbury has reported results ahead of consensus expectations
  • Can a team of retail veterans solve Argos’ catalogue of woes?

    Retail
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  • Fifa won’t fix itself – scrap it now and set up a World FA, led by Uefa and South America

    Sport Business
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  • ITV hands shareholders £100m returns after £1.6bn Sky deal

    Media
    Studios revenue rose three per cent to £893m, driven by an 11 per cent jump in external sales to streaming platforms.
  • Sainsbury’s to sell Argos in £120m cut-price deal

    Retail
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  • Revolut will become $1 trillion company by 2035, says early VC backer

    Fintech
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Editor's Picks

  • ‘You can blame us’: The firm that sparked accountancy private equity gold rush

    Accountancy
    On the hunt for lost savings
  • Michael Dell, Lord Johnson and the ‘gun to the head’ meeting that ended a £15bn AI project

    Tech
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  • Uefa blocks Fifa’s World Cup sell-off if it stands up to Infantino again

    Sport Business
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Opinion

  • Jonathan Reynolds’ industrial strategy is straight out of the 60s

    Opinion

    Jonathan Reynolds, the new business secretary, has set out a vision for publicly owned services, with private sector partnerships, still under public control – a baffling vision from some eccentric economic bestiary, says Eliot Wilson Andrew Murray Burnham has been in Downing Street for two weeks now. He promised – new Prime Ministers always promise […]

    Labour's Jonathan Reynolds unveiled the industrial strategy in June.
  • Britain needs a Marshall Plan for civic life

    Opinion
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  • Scotland is a warning of what Andy Burnham’s devolution experiment will look like

    Opinion
  • I’m a 21-year-old grad, why does the government want me to go on the dole to get a job?

    Opinion
  • Here’s how to fix London listings

    Opinion
  • Ignore Palantir’s political opponents and look at the data: this technology helps patients

    Opinion
  • Has Nigel Farage peaked too soon?

    Opinion
  • Investors – and fans – should welcome Fifa’s $20 billion World Cup stake sale

    Opinion
  • Is Canary Wharf Back? Barclays' Mega Bet
  • The City should prepare for Burnham's tax raid
  • Motor finance compensation in doutbt, Thatcher aide on 'No. 10 North' and: what is co-living?
  • Why Andy Burnham Could Spell Disaster for the UK Economy
  • Sky buys chunk of ITV, what the City makes of Burnham, and $8m World Cup tickets
  • Is Canary Wharf Back? Barclays' Mega Bet

    Is Canary Wharf Back? Barclays' Mega Bet

  • The City should prepare for Burnham's tax raid

    The City should prepare for Burnham's tax raid

  • Motor finance compensation in doutbt, Thatcher aide on 'No. 10 North' and: what is co-living?

    Motor finance compensation in doutbt, Thatcher aide on 'No. 10 North' and: what is co-living?

  • Why Andy Burnham Could Spell Disaster for the UK Economy

    Why Andy Burnham Could Spell Disaster for the UK Economy

  • Sky buys chunk of ITV, what the City makes of Burnham, and $8m World Cup tickets

    Sky buys chunk of ITV, what the City makes of Burnham, and $8m World Cup tickets

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  • The GCC’s AI strategy: Inside the region’s $150bn race

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  • Why AI governance can’t wait: Seven steps every security leader should follow today

    Partner
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  • Who’s buying your business? Don’t wait until you’ve built it to decide – here’s why

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  • London Sports Festival’s 3×3 Basketball Court Scores Early Success with Basketball England Takeover

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Sport

  • Staveley planning ‘big property play’ as she closes in on West Ham stake

    Sport Business

    Amanda Staveley says she is planning a “big property play” in English football as the former Newcastle United closes in on a deal to buy a stake in West Ham United. Staveley, her husband Mehrdad Ghodoussi, and others have agreed to buy a 25.1 per cent stake in the Hammers, who were relegated to the […]

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  • Will Formula 1 need to refund sponsors for cancelled Middle East races?

    Sport Business
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  • Manchester United’s new stadium is a test of sports finance – but markets have a solution

    Sport Business
  • Fifa won’t fix itself – scrap it now and set up a World FA, led by Uefa and South America

    Sport Business
  • Chelsea fined £10m, avoid points penalty and receive Mykhailo Mudryk boost

    Sport Business
  • Padel chief: A sport which succeeds in London gets noticed around the world

    Sport Business
  • Burnham says Infantino ‘wrong man’ to lead Fifa as Brits back World Cup boycott plans

    Sport Business
  • Darts star Beau Greaves gets eyes insured by Specsavers for £1m

    Sport Business

Life&Style

  • Why Albania’s Tirana could be the city break of the future

    Life&Style
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  • Cleansed is still the most harrowing play you’ll ever see

    Life&Style
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  • Is the Maybach GLS the most excessive SUV?

    Life&Style
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  • Hélène Darroze à la carte is the ultimate lunchtime luxury

    Food
  • People read less: Do we still need the Booker Prize?

    Life&Style
  • Martin Williams: My top picks for the Toast the City Awards 2026

    Life&Style
  • Is Ferrari’s first EV already a collectable?

    Motoring
  • For Albarino in the City, head to Humble Grape

    Toast the City
  • Here we go again: The best roof terrace for yet another heatwave

    Life&Style

The Punter

  • Diamond’s Brilliance can dazzle in the Nassau

    Sport

    SOME top-notch fillies and mares take centre stage on Day Three of Glorious Goodwood in the Group One Nassau Stakes (3.35pm). All eyes will be on Aidan O’Brien’s unbeaten filly DIAMOND NECKLACE as she bids to take her career record to a perfect six-from-six and land a fourth Group One in the process. She made […]

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  • Andab could be Talk of New York on Sussex Downs

    Sport
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  • Younger rivals to bow to Ballo in the Sussex

    Sport
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Features from our Partners

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  • Protecting the truth in a shifting communications compliance environment

    Partner
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  • Alibaba.com brings CoCreate Pitch to Europe:

    Partner
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  • How effective procurement technology can improve employee retention

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    Partner
  • Beyond reinsurance: Aon’s UK Insurance Vertical redefines client partnership

    Partner
  • Adobe Acrobat AI: The legal pro in your corner

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  • Hercules PLC: Powering Britain’s infrastructure ambitions

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  • How AI-powered compliance could fight financial crime

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