Washington Post CEO Will Lewis steps down, days after a third of staff made redundant
The chief executive and publisher of the Washington Post has stepped down, just days after a third of the paper's staff were made redundant.
NatWest set to clinch £2.5bn takeover of wealth manager Evelyn
NatWest Group is closing in on a £2.5bn takeover of Evelyn Partners, the wealth management group, in what would be its biggest corporate takeover since its taxpayer bailout in 2008.
Supermarket giant Morrisons explores £1bn property deal
Morrisons, the UK's fifth-largest supermarket chain, is exploring a £1bn property deal amid its battle to recapture the ground it has lost to rivals including Sainsbury's and Aldi.
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'The market's in seek and destroy mode': The new Anthropic AI model scaring lawyers and legal firms
Anthropic, one of the biggest and most influential tech companies in the world, is launching a new model: Claude Opus 4.6.
Bank of England chief Andrew Bailey 'shocked' by Peter Mandelson's alleged leaks to Jeffrey Epstein
Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, is not given to emotional outbursts or shooting from the hip.
Interest rate cuts 'likely' later this year - Bank of England
The Bank of England has held interest rates at 3.75% but signalled that further cuts are now "likely" later in the year as inflation falls back to the Bank's 2% target faster than expected.
Bank of England governor holds key to 'likely' rate cuts ahead
The Bank of England's decision to hold interest rates was short on action but strong on signals that a rate cut this spring is now more likely than not.
Northern towns 'shafted' in new funding formula that favours London, MPs say
Northern towns could be in line for a funding boost after complaints from MPs that a new system for allocating cash to councils favours London.
Healey meets Leonardo boss amid Yeovil closure threat
John Healey, the defence secretary, has held urgent talks with the boss of Leonardo, the Italian defence contractor, amid fears for thousands of jobs at a military helicopter factory in Somerset.
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