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June 2019 articles

Car crash for Lookers: Motor dealer’s shares dive as FCA launch probe
Car crash for Lookers: Motor dealer’s shares dive as FCA launch probe
Motor retail giant Lookers suffered a crash in its share price this afternoon after revealing that the City watchdog is [...]
June 25, 2019
First Group defeats Coast Capital’s boardroom coup
First Group defeats Coast Capital’s boardroom coup
First Group has defeated attempts by activist investor Coast Capital to replace the bus and train operators chief executive and [...]
June 25, 2019
Sandfire takes MOD Resources private in £91m deal
Sandfire takes MOD Resources private in £91m deal
An Australian miner will pay AU$167m (£91m) for London-listed MOD Resources, it said today, in a deal back by at [...]
June 25, 2019
ITV bosses slammed over ‘irresponsible’ lie detector tests on Jeremy Kyle Show
ITV bosses slammed over ‘irresponsible’ lie detector tests on Jeremy Kyle Show
MPs have blasted “irresponsible” ITV bosses for using lie detector tests on The Jeremy Kyle Show without knowing how accurate [...]
June 25, 2019
Boris Johnson reveals he makes models of buses to relax, and Twitter lost it
Boris Johnson reveals he makes models of buses to relax, and Twitter lost it
As mayor of London Boris Johnson may have been more synonymous with his eponymous Boris bikes, but these days he [...]
June 25, 2019
Apple says Spotify exaggerated user fee claims
Apple says Spotify exaggerated user fee claims
Apple has responded to a complaint by Spotify to the EU commission, stating it only collects a fee on less [...]
June 25, 2019
H2O assets fall by €2.6bn over liquidity concerns
H2O assets fall by €2.6bn over liquidity concerns
Asset management firm H2O saw assets drop by more than €2.6bn across six funds last week as the company deals [...]
June 25, 2019
Abbvie injects $63bn into takeover of Botox-maker Allergan
Abbvie injects $63bn into takeover of Botox-maker Allergan
US drugmaker Abbvie is set to buy the maker of Botox in a $63bn bid to reduce its reliance on [...]
June 25, 2019
New Prime Minister to be revealed on 23 July
New Prime Minister to be revealed on 23 July
The Conservative party has confirmed it will announce its new leader, the country’s next Prime Minister, on Tuesday, 23 July. [...]
June 25, 2019
Japanese stocks surf higher over troubled waters
Japanese stocks surf higher over troubled waters
Tokyo’s blue-chip Nikkei 225 stock index is riding out regional fears over China and Hong Kong as well as wider [...]
June 25, 2019