Press Digest: Financial Times - July 29

Palantir Technologies

29/07/2026 02:59

July 29 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
     
Headlines
NHS England reprimanded over Palantir data access omission
GSK to shut historic Stevenage site and switch research centre to Cambridge
Mike Ashley's Frasers Group builds stake in Burberry
Fifa plans $20 billion commercial vehicle to lure external investors
Overview
An official adviser has criticised England's National Health Service for failing to disclose that staff from Palantir PLTR.O could access identifiable patient information, warning that the omission risked eroding public trust.
GSK GSK.L plans to close its historic research and development hub in Stevenage, as one of the UK's largest drugmakers bets that shifting to a new site in Cambridge will help bolster its pipeline of new medicines.
Frasers Group FRAS.L, the retail empire controlled by billionaire Mike Ashley, has built a position in fashion house Burberry BRBY.L as it steps up its push into the UK luxury market.
Fifa is planning to sell a roughly 20 per cent stake in a new commercial entity valued at about $20 billion, as the governing body's president Gianni Infantino seeks to capitalise further on this summer's lucrative and controversial World Cup.
     

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