March 16 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories onthe business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has notverified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
The Times
- Nex Group Plc confirmed to the stock exchange onThursday that it had received a "preliminary approach" from CMEGroup Inc, the world's largest futures exchange which isbased in
- Glencore Plc has struck a deal to sell one thirdof its cobalt production to a Chinese company, in the latestsign that
The Guardian
- The gender pay report from
- More than 71,000 hectares of protected countryside,including national park land, in the south-east of
The Telegraph
- Alarm bells have been set ringing at Melrose IndustriesPlc over its takeover bid for GKN Plc after thetarget company's biggest customer Airbus SE said itwould be "practically impossible to give new work" to thecompany if the deal goes through. http://bit.ly/2FWWcMZ
- Spotify will go public on April 3, the music streamingcompany announced on Thursday, as it laid out its case toinvestors ahead of the most hotly anticipated technologyflotation of the year. http://bit.ly/2GwBjWF
Sky News
- The British government has been signing a series of secretagreements with companies and industry groups over highlycontroversial outcomes of the Brexit process for
- The British government has dismissed any suggestion thatUnilever NV's decision to abandon its
The Independent
- More than 100 outsourced University of