Weekend Paper Roundup

Weekend Paper Roundup 08/05/2017



The Guardian
- ‘Brexit boom’ gives Britain record 134 billionaires, fuelling inequality fears
- Labour looks at new tax bracket for those earning £80k-£150k
- M&S puts faith in fashion novice from Halfords and retail veteran
- Transport for London hopes to profit from licensing its brand overseas
- French champagne house Taittinger plants first vines in English soil

Financial Times
- Wells Fargo set to unveil further cost cuts
- VW plans to ‘leapfrog’ Tesla in electric car race
- Trump visa crackdown spurs tech moves to Mexico
- Bullish bets on oil fall to lowest since OPEC cut
- Euro hits 6 month high against dollar on Macron win

The Wall Street Journal
- China takes aim at Boeing, Airbus
- Brexit besets clearers in UK
- Societe Generale to pay Libya $1.1 billion
- Big Oil gets in early on Argentina shale
- Australia vows to counter a hedge fund’s BHP move

The Telegraph
- Bank of England to steady growth expectations this week
- EU immigrants vital to UK economy, CBI warns
- Upstart challenger banks eye consolidation
- £1 billion boost for stock market as TMF opts for London float
- Sage of Omaha Warren Buffett eyeing benefits of Trump tax cut

The Times
- Consumers feel inflation and wage squeeze
- Energy firms fail to pass on cost cuts to customers
- Europe blow for Liberty Global
- Contingency plan in place in cast Lloyds’ chief bolts
- Twitter sells its case to advertisers looking online

Daily Mail
- RBS shareholders being urged to vote against bosses’ potential bonuses
- Petrochemicals giant Ineos creates two more billionaires after raking in record profits
- Credit Suisse hits alarm bell as it downgrades UK rating and reins in risky property lending
- Shareholders set to revolt in vote for Barclays boss after whistleblowing scandal
- Brexit-bashed British Airways owner IAG posts a record profit for the first 3 months this year

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