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Vodafone in talks for UK merger with Hutchison's Three

Merger would create new leader in British mobile market

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Sector movers: Telecoms, homebuilders pace gains

(Sharecast News) - Interest rate sensitive sectors were topped the leaderboard after the government walked back on a proposed tax cut for top earners.

Sunday newspaper round-up: British Steel, Takeovers, Credit Suisse

(Sharecast News) - Jingye Group, the Chinese outfit that brought British Steel out of insolvency in 2020, has told ministers that its two blast furnaces would not be viable unless financial support from taxpayers was forthcoming. In remarks to Sky News, insiders said the company may need "hundreds of millions of pounds" in order to keep the company's blast furnaces in Scunthorpe, north Lincolnshire, operational. It remained nevertheless unclear whether the rescue package would take the form of a grant or loan. - Sunday Telegraph

LONDON BRIEFING: Lower call; JD Sports suffers interim profit fall

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open lower on Thursday, ahead of a major interest rate decision by the Bank of England and a day after the US Federal Reserve settled for another three-quarter-point rate hike.

BT and Openreach workers to stage fresh strikes in pay dispute

(Alliance News) - BT Group PLC and Openreach workers are to stage fresh strikes in a long-running dispute over pay.

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Goldman Sachs cuts Landsec and British Land

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning and Thursday:

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Credit Suisse cuts AstraZeneca and raises GSK

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning and Friday:

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Whitbread on JPMorgan's positive catalyst watch

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning and Monday:

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Jefferies cuts Tesco and Sainsbury to hold

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning and Monday afternoon:

Berenberg downgrades BT to 'hold'

(Sharecast News) - Analysts at Berenberg downgraded telecommunications giant BT Group from 'buy' to 'hold' on Tuesday, citing a "corridor of concerns".

UK dividends calendar - next 7 days

UK pension funds lose case to block RPI inflation change

LONDON, Sept 1 (Reuters) - A British court on Thursday rejected an application from major pension funds to overturn authorities' plans to reform the Retail Prices Index (RPI) measure of inflation.

BT and Openreach staff staging fresh strikes over pay

(Alliance News) - Workers at BT Group PLC and its subsidiary Openreach are staging fresh strikes over pay as the summer of industrial unrest across the country continues.

Brazil soccer clubs poised for gold rush to reduce gap to Europe's elite

SAO PAULO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - A new law allowing soccer clubs in Brazil to seek outside investment is attracting hundreds of millions of dollars to a country renowned as football's biggest source of talent, a change that could see Brazilian teams rival Europe's top tier.

Brazil soccer clubs poised for gold rush to reduce gap to Europe's elite

SAO PAULO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - A new law allowing soccer clubs in Brazil to seek outside investment is attracting hundreds of millions of dollars to a country renowned as football's biggest source of talent, a change that could see Brazilian teams rival Europe's top tier.