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Thursday newspaper round-up: Nvidia, Rishi Sunak, M&S

(Sharecast News) - Shares of Nvidia rallied to record highs on Wednesday, with the artificial-intelligence chipmaker's stock market valuation hitting the $3tn mark and overtaking Apple to become the world's second most valuable company. The chipmaker's stock was up 5.16% at $1,224.40, giving Nvidia a market value of $3.01tn at market close. Apple's market capitalization was at $3.00tn at market close as its stock climbed 0.78%. - Guardian The UK's statistics watchdog has opened an investigation into remarks made by Rishi Sunak about the economy "going gangbusters" amid concerns that politicians could misuse economic data in the run-up to the election. Sir Robert Chote, chair of the UK Statistics Authority, will examine whether the prime minister repeated comments that were "taken out of context" and exaggerated the Conservative party's economic record. - Guardian

Germany has announced €23bn (£20bn) in income tax cuts to help struggling households with inflation. Christian Lindner, the German finance minister, on Wednesday laid out plans to raise income tax thresholds. The move will be worth €430 for every working adult in Germany over the next two years. - Telegraph

A decision to award the contract to run the National Lottery was "unfairly favourable" to Czech bidder Allwyn, lawyers for former Daily Express owner Richard Desmond have claimed. In the High Court on Wednesday, lawyers for the media mogul's Northern & Shell alleged there were conflicts of interest during the bidding process to run the prize for the next decade and that the competition was "seriously flawed". - Telegraph

A director of Marks & Spencer Group (M&S) is quitting the retailer's board after being blindsided about the poaching of its new finance chief from another company he chairs. Sky News has learnt that Andrew Fisher, a long-serving M&S non-executive director, only discovered late in the recruitment process that M&S intended to hire Alison Dolan from Rightmove, the listed digital property portal, as its chief financial officer. - Sky News

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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Aviva Investors, HSBC, car finance
(Sharecast News) - One of the UK's biggest pension funds has lost more than £350m on a series of "calamitous" investments in incinerator power plants that are expected to go bust in the coming days. The Guardian understands that Aviva Investors will put three incinerators into administration this week after pouring millions of pounds into what has been described as the country's "dirtiest form of power generation". - Guardian
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Starling Bank, Asos, Morrisons
(Sharecast News) - Staff have resigned at Starling Bank after its new chief executive demanded thousands of workers attend its offices more regularly, despite lacking enough space to host them. In his first major policy change since taking over from the UK digital bank's founder, Anne Boden, in March, Raman Bhatia has ordered all hybrid staff - many of whom were in the office only one or two days a week, or on an ad-hoc basis - to travel to work for a minimum of 10 days each month. - Guardian
Monday newspaper round-up: Energy bills, Black Friday, Lloyds Bank, Sephora
(Sharecast News) - Household energy bills across Great Britain are set to rise at the start of next year, analysts predict, putting more pressure on household finances. Officially, the price cap for January-March 2025 will be set on Friday morning by regulator Ofgem, limiting what energy providers can charge in England, Scotland and Wales. - Guardian
Sunday newspaper round-up: Kursk, AstraZeneca, BAE Systems
(Sharecast News) - America's President has authorised Ukraine to employ long-range ATACMS supplied by the US to strike targets inside Russia. More specifically, Kyiv will now be allowed to strike targets within the Kursk region, the New York Times reported. Speculation may increase that permission from Britain, the US and France to do the same with Storm Shadow missiles could follow. Joe Biden's decision is said to have been triggered by the appearance of North Korean troops in the Kursk region. - The Sunday Telegraph

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