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Wednesday newspaper round-up: BP, airlines, Coinbase

(Sharecast News) - Global fossil fuel company BP has bought 40.5% of a renewable energy hub in the Pilbara, billed as having potential to become one of the biggest suppliers of green hydrogen in the world. The company will also operate the Asian Renewable Energy Hub, which has plans to generate up to 26GW of wind and solar energy - about a third of the electricity generated in Australia today. - Guardian Airlines have been told to review their schedules by the government to avoid more flight chaos, as airports and unions said the problems behind recent cancellations would not be fixed by summer. The Department for Transport and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said airlines should ensure flights on sale are "deliverable", and cancellations should be made "at the earliest possibility". - Guardian

The UK is poised to snub China's role in its nuclear ambitions under plans that will grant ministers the power to intervene in project decisions that pose a risk to national security. Kwasi Kwarteng, the Business Secretary, is pushing ahead with proposals that will grant the Government a "special share" when it takes a 20pc share in the planned Sizewell C station in Suffolk. - Telegraph

Coinbase Global is shedding about 1,100 jobs in preparation for what the chief executive of the cryptocurrency trading exchange warned could be a "crypto winter" as the US economy edges towards recession. The cuts, about a fifth of San Francisco-based company's workforce, come as panic selling grips the cryptocurrency market, with bitcoin, the world's most actively traded digital asset, losing 60 per cent of its value since a record high in November. - The Times

Hermann Hauser, the co-founder of Arm Holdings, has said the company listing in the UK is a matter of "technological sovereignty" for Europe. "This means you have a full set of all the critical technologies you need to run a country and economy properly. Not being technology sovereign means you become dependent on other countries," he told The Times yesterday. - The Times

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Thursday newspaper round-up: Asda, Post Office, M&S, Frasers Group
(Sharecast News) - The owners of Asda are facing mounting pressure after figures showed the struggling supermarket chain's share of the grocery market reached a "new nadir" as sales fell sharply this summer. The grocer's sales fell 6.4% in the three months to 10 August, equivalent to more than £2bn in annual lost revenues, as it became the only member of the traditional "big four" supermarkets to see sales shrink, according to analysts at NIQ. - Guardian
Wednesday newspaper round-up: Waitrose, McDonald's, Crown Agents
(Sharecast News) - Waitrose is planning to open 100 convenience stores over the next five years as part of a £1bn-plus investment in new outlets and shop refurbishments. The upmarket grocery chain is planning to unveil a revamped outlet in Finchley Road, north London, on Wednesday. This will kick off a new phase of expansion with its first new store in six years in Hampton Hill, west London, by the end of this year. - Guardian
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Missing yacht, City Airport, energy bills
(Sharecast News) - Morgan Stanley International chairman Jonathan Bloomer is among those missing after a yacht carrying UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch sank off the coast of Sicily during a violent storm, an Italian official has said. Salvatore Cocina, head of the civil protection agency in Sicily, said Bloomer and Chris Morvillo, a lawyer at Clifford Chance, were among the six people missing. Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, were also unaccounted for as of late Monday. - Guardian
Monday newspaper round-up: Ted Baker, banks, Boohoo
(Sharecast News) - Fashion brand Ted Baker's remaining 31 stores in the UK are to close this week, putting more than 500 jobs at risk. Started as a men's clothing label in Glasgow in 1988 by entrepreneur Ray Kelvin and becoming known for its quirky advertising and floral prints, Ted Baker's UK arm entered administration in March after racking up losses. - Guardian

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