PRESS DIGEST-Financial Times - March 26
March 26 (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
- UK government ceases to be NatWest's controlling shareholder
- Amanda Staveley faces 3.5 mln pounds payment to shipping tycoon after court loss
- Novo Nordisk in EUR 1 bln deal for RNA-based heart disease therapies
- EU probes Apple, Meta and Alphabet under new law
Overview
- The British government is no longer a controlling shareholder in NatWest Group after its stake in the high street lender fell below 30%.
- Newcastle United football club co-owner Amanda Staveley on Monday lost a London High Court battle with a Greek shipping tycoon over a debt of nearly 3.5 million pounds ($4.42 million).
- Denmark's Novo Nordisk said on Monday it had agreed to buy Cardior Pharmaceuticals for up to 1.03 billion euros ($1.12 billion) to strengthen its cardiovascular pipeline.
- The EU has launched probes into Apple, Alphabet and Meta in the first use of a new law designed to rein in Big Tech's market power.
($1 = 0.9228 euros)
($1 = 0.7913 pounds) (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
