Weekend Paper Roundup

Weekend Paper Roundup 06/02/2017



Financial Times
- Trump puts brake on ‘client first’ fiduciary rule
- Hudson’s Bay lines up deal for US store chain rival Macy’s
- VW to pay an extra $1.2 billion over emissions cheating
- Vodafone plans merger to fend off India challenger Jio
- Shell North Sea deal shows revival of M&A activity

The Wall Street Journal
- Deutsche Bank posts losses
- President’s plain talk stirs up the buck
- Uber’s Asian competitors beef up
- Shell’s cash surges but profit falls
- Snapchat parent Snap files for highly anticipated IPO

The Guardian
- RBS boss to unveil more cuts after receiving pay worth £3 million in 2016
- Britain’s rail franchise model unfit for purpose, say MPs
- Npower prices hike sparks crackdown threat against energy providers
- Donald Trump retains direct tie to businesses, documents show
- Theresa May to offer more security to renters

The Telegraph
- Brexit vote nixed a quarter of the value of commercial property deals
- Vauxhall chiefs face grilling over Zafira fires ahead of car-maker’s results
- Deutsche Bank takes out full-page newspaper adverts to apologise for legal woes
- Barclays sparks job cuts fears with bank office overhaul
- State support for Rolls Royce export deals investigated over corruption fears

The Times
- Snapchat’s $157 million payout to make co-founder disappear
- Green hit by Christmas sales slide at Topshop
- Amazon hunt for London shops
- City red faces on Brexit fears
- Thomas Cook chief faces revolt on bonus targets

Daily Mail
- Brick and timber prices soar to drive a slump in construction
- Aldi poised to overtake Co-op this week to become Britain’s fifth largest grocer
- Sacking of acting attorney general Sally Yates could further delay RBS’s efforts to agree fine for its sales of toxic mortgage debt
- Battle for Britain’s poshest tonic fizzing up as Fentimans prepares to take on Fever-Tree with range of upmarket mixers
- BP set to report it is back in black when it unveils full-year results for 2016 this week

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