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Tuesday newspaper round-up: Evergrande, travel industry, travel chaos

(Sharecast News) - Property giant China Evergrande Group has said that it cannot sell properties and other assets fast enough to service its massive $300bn debts, and that its cashflow was under "tremendous pressure". Only hours after angry investors besieged its Shenzhen headquarters and the company denied it was set for bankruptcy, Evergrande issued a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange saying that a significant drop in sales would continue this month, which was likely to further deteriorate its liquidity and cash flow. - Guardian The travel industry has called for ministers to tear up the UK's Covid traffic light and PCR testing rules as figures reveal their "devastating impact" on overseas flights and holiday bookings in peak season. Bookings for holidays abroad this summer were down 83% on 2019, according to data from the Travel Association (ABTA), with half of travel companies reporting no increase in bookings compared with last summer, despite the vaccination programme. - Guardian

Heathrow will have no rail or Tube services on Boxing Day, leaving passengers facing the prospect of travel chaos on one of the busiest days of the year for the airport. Network Rail and Transport for London (TfL) are planning engineering works, The Telegraph can disclose, meaning passengers will only be able to get to the airport by car or coach. - Telegraph

MPs have accused the insolvency profession of operating like the "Wild West" after an inquiry found evidence of alleged widespread misconduct including "intimidation", "deception" and "misappropriation of assets". The all-party parliamentary group on fair business banking said that it had received "startling" evidence about the profession this year in response to prominent failures and complaints. - The Times

The world's biggest retailer was at the centre of an elaborate hoax yesterday seemingly aimed at manipulating the price of a cryptocurrency. A press release purportedly from Walmart claimed that it would allow customers to pay for purchases online using litecoin from next month. - The Times

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(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
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(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
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(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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