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UK antitrust body raises concerns about Apple and Google's mobile browsers

Britain's antitrust regulator said its inquiry group had found the mobile browser market, dominated by Apple and Google, was not working well for consumers and

UK antitrust body raises concerns about Apple and Google's mobile browsers
Business|Europe|Technology

UK drops antitrust probe into Microsoft and OpenAI tie-up

Britain dropped its probe into Microsoft's partnership with ChatGPT maker OpenAI on Wednesday, saying the software giant did not have the level of control

UK drops antitrust probe into Microsoft and OpenAI tie-up
Business|Economy|Europe|Finance|Stock Markets

Shares in ad group WPP plunge on China weakness and US uncertainty

Ad group WPP expects its revenue and profit to be flat at best this year because of a weak Chinese market and uncertainty in the United States, it said on Thursday,

Shares in ad group WPP plunge on China weakness and US uncertainty
Business|Economy|Europe|Political|US

UK hopeful on U.S. steel tariffs exemption, business minister says

Britain will seek to persuade the U.S. government that its steel and aluminium products should avoid tariffs due to the sensitive role they play in the U.S. defence

UK hopeful on U.S. steel tariffs exemption, business minister says
Business|Economy|Europe

Vodafone shares drop as Germany performance worsens

European mobile group Vodafone reported another deterioration in Germany, its biggest market, in its third quarter, a weak point amid otherwise stronger trading in

Vodafone shares drop as Germany performance worsens
Business|Entertainment|Europe|MidEast

ITV, RedBird IMI in early-stage talks to merge production businesses, sources say

British broadcaster ITV has been holding early-stage talks with Abu Dhabi-backed group RedBird IMI about a possible merger

ITV, RedBird IMI in early-stage talks to merge production businesses, sources say
Business|Europe|Technology

Vodafone makes world's first satellite video call using standard smartphone

Vodafone said it had made the world's first video call via satellite using a standard smartphone from a remote location, and it plans to roll out the technology for

Vodafone makes world's first satellite video call using standard smartphone
Business|Economy|Europe|Political|Technology

Britain appeals to Big Tech with change of regulatory guard

Britain's choice of a former Amazon executive to chair its antitrust regulator is a clear pitch for investment, including from Big

Britain appeals to Big Tech with change of regulatory guard
Business|Economy|Europe|Finance

Vivendi's new 'galaxy' of companies needs more time to explain strategy, analysts and investors say

Vivendi management and bosses of some of its newly spun out companies - Canal+, Havas and Louis Hachette Group -

Vivendi's new 'galaxy' of companies needs more time to explain strategy, analysts and investors say
Business|Technology|US

UK regulator asks for antitrust probe into Amazon, Microsoft cloud dominance

Britain's media regulator on Thursday asked the country's antitrust authority to investigate U.S. tech giants Amazon and Microsoft's dominance of

UK regulator asks for antitrust probe into Amazon, Microsoft cloud dominance
Business|Finance|Technology

Microsoft closes $69 billion Activision deal after Britain's nod

Xbox maker Microsoft closed its $69 billion deal for Activision Blizzard on Friday, swelling its heft in the video-gaming market

Microsoft closes $69 billion Activision deal after Britain's nod
News|Technology|World

Exclusive-China took part in leaders' AI meeting even though UK did not acknowledge

China said it attended a top-level ministerial meeting at the UK AI Safety Summit on Thursday, despite not being listed by Britain among the "

Exclusive-China took part in leaders' AI meeting even though UK did not acknowledge
Business|Technology

Vodafone signs $1.5 billion Microsoft deal for AI, cloud and IoT

Vodafone has agreed a 10-year partnership with Microsoft to bring generative AI, digital, enterprise and cloud services to more than 300 million businesses and

Vodafone signs $1.5 billion Microsoft deal for AI, cloud and IoT
Health|News|World

UK's infected blood scandal could and should have been avoided, inquiry finds

An infected blood scandal in Britain was no accident but the fault of doctors and a succession of governments that led to 3,000 deaths and thousands more contracting

UK's infected blood scandal could and should have been avoided, inquiry finds
Health|News

UK fast-tracks payments for blood scandal victims before full compensation

Britain said on Tuesday some victims of a contaminated blood scandal would receive interim payments of 210,000 pounds ($267,000) each before a scheme to pay "

UK fast-tracks payments for blood scandal victims before full compensation
Crime

UK's ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells says she was 'too trusting'

Former British Post Office boss Paula Vennells sobbed on Wednesday after telling a public inquiry the wrongful conviction of hundreds of postmasters had

UK's ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells says she was 'too trusting'
News

UK PM Sunak 'incredibly angry' about election date betting allegations

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was "incredibly angry" to hear that three of his party colleagues were being investigated over

UK PM Sunak 'incredibly angry' about election date betting allegations
Business|Election|Finance|Political

UK finance minister Hunt in knife-edge election battle as 'true blue' Conservatives lose faith

Britain's finance minister Jeremy Hunt is fighting for his political life in affluent Godalming, south-east England, where a growing number of voters say

UK finance minister Hunt in knife-edge election battle as 'true blue' Conservatives lose faith
Business|Europe|Technology

Meta and Vodafone optimise video to boost network efficiency

Instagram-owner Meta has worked with Vodafone to free up capacity on 11 of its European mobile networks by optimising the delivery of short-form video without

Meta and Vodafone optimise video to boost network efficiency
Business|Europe|Finance|Stock Markets

Informa to buy Cannes Lions owner Ascential for $1.6 billion

Britain's Informa said on Wednesday it had reached a deal to buy Cannes Lions Festival owner Ascential for 1.2 billion pounds ($1.6 billion), adding the flagship ad

Informa to buy Cannes Lions owner Ascential for $1.6 billion
Business|Economy|Europe|Finance|Stock Markets

Rolls-Royce to pay first dividend since pandemic as profits surge

Rolls-Royce will pay a dividend for the first time since the pandemic as Chief Executive Tufan Erginbilgic's recovery plan gathers pace, with the British aero engine

Rolls-Royce to pay first dividend since pandemic as profits surge
Crime|News

BBC asks Huw Edwards to return salary paid since sex-offence arrest

Britain's BBC said Huw Edwards, its former news anchor who pleaded guilty last month to making indecent pictures of children, should return the salary he was paid

Celebrity|Entertainment

Taylor Swift set for emotional London return after terror threat

Taylor Swift will take to the stage in London on Thursday, resuming the world's biggest ever concert tour amid tightened security after a foiled

Business|Technology

Mike Lynch, the UK tycoon who defeated US fraud charges, missing at sea

Mike Lynch, the tech tycoon missing after his luxury yacht sank off Sicily, spent more than a decade building Britain's biggest software company and then almost as

Mike Lynch, the UK tycoon who defeated US fraud charges, missing at sea
Business|Crime|Technology

Mike Lynch's co-defendant in US trial dies in UK road accident

Stephen Chamberlain, once Mike Lynch's co-defendant in the U.S. fraud trial over the sale of Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard, has died after a road

Mike Lynch's co-defendant in US trial dies in UK road accident

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