Skip Header
Important information: The value of investments can go down as well as up so you may get back less than you invest. Investors should note that the views expressed may no longer be current and may have already been acted upon. This is a third-party news feed and may not reflect Fidelity’s views.

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Wimbledon, Binance, Nvidia

(Sharecast News) - Tax officials are understood to be examining whether David Cameron failed to fully disclose taxable perks such as flights on private planes when he worked for the collapsed lender Greensill Capital, the Guardian can reveal. In particular, officials are said to be looking at a number of flights that took off or landed near his house in Oxfordshire and also in Cornwall, where the foreign secretary has a holiday home. They are also examining an offshore trust that it is understood was created by Greensill to pay him extra benefits. - Guardian A London council has rejected plans to build a new 8,000-seat stadium and 38 further tennis courts on a Grade II*-listed park in Wimbledon. Wandsworth council's planning committee on Tuesday night voted unanimously to reject the All England Lawn Tennis Club's plans to almost triple the size of the tennis championship grounds from 17 hectares (42 acres) to 46 hectares. - Guardian

Civil service bureaucracy is acting "like a tax" on the economy and must be overhauled to close a £50bn-a-year investment gap between the UK and other rich nations, according to a major government review. Lord Harrington, who was commissioned by Jeremy Hunt to lead a report into UK foreign direct investment (FDI), will warn on Wednesday that a revolving door of senior ministers and "willing amateur" civil servants are holding back the economy. - Telegraph

The boss of the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange has pleaded guilty to money-laundering charges and will pay a $50 million fine as part of a $4 billion-plus settlement to resolve a lengthy inquiry by American prosecutors. Changpeng Zhao, 46, the co-founder and chief executive of Binance, will step down from the company and will plead guilty to breaking criminal laws in a deal with the US justice department as part of a large settlement between the exchange and other agencies, including the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the US Treasury. - The Times

Investors in Nvidia cashed in profits last night despite the chip producer's third-quarter results impressively beating forecasts on Wall Street. The stock, which has risen by almost 250 per cent since the start of the year, dipped 4 per cent immediately after the company said its revenue had risen to $18.12 billion in the three-month period, outstripping analysts' predictions of $16.18 billion and representing an increase of 206 per cent from only a year ago. The selling spree was brief, however, and the shares pared early losses. They were down 0.8 per cent, or $3.69, at $495.55 in after-hours trading last night. - The Times

Share this article

Related Sharecast Articles

Friday newspaper round-up: Apple, Daily Mail, OpenAI, Homebase
(Sharecast News) - Apple slightly beat analysts' expectations in its first-quarter earnings for fiscal year 2025 on Thursday. The iPhone-maker's revenue rose by 4%, coming in at $124.30bn, barely above estimates of $124.12bn. Earnings per share were $2.40, just ahead of analysts' expectations of $2.35. Shares rose more than 8% in extended trading after CEO Tim Cook indicated in an earnings call on Thursday that Apple is on the trajectory for revenue growth next quarter. - Guardian
Thursday newspaper round-up: Car production, UK retailers, water bills, KPMG
(Sharecast News) - The architect of a ban on newspaper takeovers by foreign states has demanded that an Abu Dhabi fund be forced to sell The Telegraph by Easter. Baroness Stowell, the Conservative chairman of the Lords communications and digital committee, said the Government should impose an ultimatum on RedBird IMI. It should be backed by the threat of regulatory action, she said, to strip the fund of control of what has been dubbed "the newspaper auction from hell". - Telegraph
Thursday newspaper round-up: Car production, UK retailers, water bills, KPMG
(Sharecast News) - The architect of a ban on newspaper takeovers by foreign states has demanded that an Abu Dhabi fund be forced to sell The Telegraph by Easter. Baroness Stowell, the Conservative chairman of the Lords communications and digital committee, said the Government should impose an ultimatum on RedBird IMI. It should be backed by the threat of regulatory action, she said, to strip the fund of control of what has been dubbed "the newspaper auction from hell". - Telegraph
Wednesday newspaper round-up: Starbucks, JPMorgan, Santander
(Sharecast News) - Rachel Reeves is unveiling plans to create "Europe's Silicon Valley" between Oxford and Cambridge as she stakes the government's success on kickstarting economic growth and putting more pounds in people's pockets. The chancellor will announce a blueprint to improve infrastructure across the region that will add up to £78bn to the UK economy within a decade, according to industry experts, and put it at the forefront of science and technological advances. - Guardian

Important information: This information is not a personal recommendation for any particular investment. If you are unsure about the suitability of an investment you should speak to one of Fidelity’s advisers or an authorised financial adviser of your choice. When you are thinking about investing in shares, it’s generally a good idea to consider holding them alongside other investments in a diversified portfolio of assets. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future returns.

Award-winning online share dealing

Search, compare and select from thousands of shares.

Expert insights into investing your money

Our team of experts explore the world of share dealing.