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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Entain, Invesco, Deltic Energy

(Sharecast News) - The owner of South West Water has warned that global heating will increase the risk of outbreaks of the parasite that caused diarrhoea and vomiting in south Devon. Pennon Group said that "gradual and significant increasing average and high temperatures" could pose "risks to water quality and water treatment" - including the cryptosporidium parasite - in its annual report, published this week. - Guardian Investors could seek more than £100m in compensation from the owner of Ladbrokes and Coral for failure to update them on issues with bribery and corruption at the group's former Turkish operation. The planned action, led by the legal firm Fox Williams, follows Entain's agreement to pay almost £600m - one of the largest financial penalties ever imposed in the UK - in a deal with HM Revenue and Customs finalised in December 2023 after an investigation into alleged bribery. - Guardian

An investment team formerly run by Neil Woodford is being disbanded amid flagging interest in London-listed shares. Invesco is to close its dedicated UK stock-picking unit and merge it with its European division from January. The teams are being merged as investor interest in British stocks wanes. Money in the Invesco UK Equity Income and High Income funds has shrunk to £6.86bn, compared to £33bn when Mr Woodfood oversaw them. - Telegraph

An oil and gas company run by a Labour campaigner has blamed "negative political rhetoric" for its decision to abandon work on one of the most significant discoveries in the North Sea. Deltic Energy on Tuesday blamed "deteriorating sentiment towards the oil and gas industry as a result of ongoing fiscal volatility and negative political rhetoric in the run-up to the July election" for its decision to walk away from the Pensacola field. - Telegraph

Banana firm Chiquita Brands has been ordered to pay $38.3m (£30m) to 16 family members of people killed by a right-wing paramilitary group it funded during Colombia's long civil war. The decision by a federal jury in Florida marks the first time the company has been found liable in any of a number of similar lawsuits pending elsewhere in the US. - Sky News

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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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