Press Digest: Financial Times - May 20
20/05/2024 04:20
May 20 (Reuters) - Following are the top stories in the
Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does
not vouch for their accuracy.
Headlines
- EQT in discussions to buy UK-listed video game group for
£2.2bn
- Post-Brexit border system hit by delays and IT glitches,
watchdog says
- UK government set to pay billions to victims in
contaminated blood scandal
Overview
- Swedish private equity firm EQT AB EQTAB.ST is in
advanced discussions to buy Dublin-based video game services
company Keywords Studios Plc KWS.L for 2.2 billion pounds
($2.79 billion), in the latest potential takeover of a
London-listed company.
- A British government programme to build a post-Brexit
trade border has been hit by delays and computer glitches that
will push up the project's costs to at least 4.7 billion pounds
($5.97 billion), the National Audit Office has found.
- British finance minister Jeremy Hunt is expected to unveil
a multibillion-pound compensation package for victims of the
UK's contaminated blood scandal, in an attempt to bring closure
to families who have waited more than half a century for
redress.
($1 = 0.7872 pounds)
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