Press Digest: Financial Times - March 18
18/03/2026 02:14
March 18 (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 - BHP names Brandon Craig as its new chief executive - EU moves to delay increase in bank capital requirements - Senior NHS manager who advised Palantir to step down from role - Elon Musk's lawyers sidestepped SEC team in Twitter case settlement talks Overview - BHP BHP.AX announced that Brandon Craig, its head of the Americas, has been appointed chief executive, as the world's largest mining company focuses its growth strategy on copper and potash. - The European Commission is set to delay the impact of a global banking reform as it seeks to stop EU lenders from being put at a disadvantage by US moves to cut capital requirements for big banks. - Matthew Swindells, a senior NHS official who privately urged colleagues to add more patient data into a Palantir-built platform PLTR.O at the same time as he was being paid to advise the US technology company is stepping down from his role in the health service. - Lawyers for Elon Musk sought to negotiate a settlement of a Securities and Exchange Commission case accusing him of failing to properly disclose his Twitter stake without involving the Wall Street watchdog' lawyers (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom) ((globalnewsmonitoring@thomsonreuters.com))