Hot Off The Wires - 2 October 2019

News.

• A radical new ‘two borders for four years’ Brexit plan will be launched by Boris Johnson on Wednesday, which will leave Northern Ireland in a special relationship with Europe until 2025.

• The WTO has halved its growth forecast for trade in goods this year from 2.6% to 1.2% after a summer of escalating US-China protectionism, a slowdown in global growth and fears of the impact of a no-deal Brexit.

• Bombardier has struck a deal worth €100m to power trains with lithium batteries.

• Novartis and Microsoft have joined hands to apply artificial intelligence to some of the most intractable problems in healthcare.

Results

• Auto Trader Grp (AUTO.L) - Acquisition of KeyResources Ltd

• Flutter Entertainment (FLTR.L) - The Stars Group all-share combination

• Tesco (TSCO.L) - Half year report

• Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA.L) - Directorate Change

• Grafton Group (GFTU.L) - Disposal of Plumbase.

• Randall & Quilter (RQIH.L) - Appointment of Chief Restructuring Officer

• Ceres Power Holdings (CWR.L) - Final Results

Trivia

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