Press Digest: Financial Times - March 23

VMware

23/03/2023 24:08

March 23 (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
    - British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe plans to offer more than
£5bn for Manchester United
    - UK regulator warns on Broadcom's $69bn VMware deal
    - RMT suspends 2 days of strikes at train operators next
week
    - UK retailers to raise concerns over new recycling scheme
with ministers
    
    Overview
    - British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe is set to offer a
revised bidding of 5 billion pounds to buy Premier League
football club Manchester United Plc  MANU.N .
    - Britain's competition regulator said on Wednesday it was
considering whether to refer U.S. chipmaker Broadcom's  AVGO.O 
$61 billion acquisition of VMware  VMW.N  for an in-depth probe
after finding the deal could harm competition.
    -  British railway workers' trade union RMT said on
Wednesday it had suspended plans for strikes on March 30 and
April 1 after talks with a group of train companies over a
long-running pay dispute.
    - UK's major retailers and food producers are set to meet
ministers on Thursday to raise concerns over a new recycling
scheme costing 1.7 billion pounds ($2.09 billion) a year, which
they warn will be counterproductive and lead to lead to higher
costs for consumers instead of benefiting the environment as
intended.



        
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