PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - Jan. 17
Jan 17 (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
- BP to appoint interim boss Murray Auchincloss as chief executive
- JetBlue's $3.8 bln bid for rival airline Spirit blocked by US judge
- Synopsys to buy Ansys in $35 bln design software deal
- Ryanair doubles number of engineers overseeing Boeing's production lines
Overview
-BP has decided to appoint interim boss Murray Auchincloss as its permanent chief executive, with the energy company expected to announce the move as early as Wednesday.
- A US federal judge has blocked JetBlue Airways' proposed $3.8 bln acquisition of Spirit Airlines, in a victory for the Biden administration's top antitrust enforcer at the Department of Justice.
- Chip design toolmaker Synopsys has agreed to buy engineering software maker Ansys in a $35 bln cash-and-stock deal, the latest sign of an upturn in tech dealmaking activity after a protracted lull.
- Ryanair has doubled the number of its engineers overseeing Boeing's production lines following the manufacturing problems that have plagued the U.S. plane maker.
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
