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The billionaire petrochemicals tycoon Sir Jim Ratcliffe is proposing a full buyout of Manchester United Football Club after three years if he succeeds with a £5bn offer to take control of the Old Trafford outfit.Sky News has…

BP profits eased to $5bn (£4bn) in the first quarter of the year, but the rewards for shareholders are being stepped up.Underlying replacement cost profit between January and March compared to $6.2bn in the same period last…

Manchester United could become the most expensive sports team in the world, after a Qatari businessman entered a record-breaking offer as the bidding window slammed closed.Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad, who chairs the Qatar Islamic…

Macquarie, the Australian banking and finance powerhouse, is weighing a £5bn-plus takeover bid for M&G, the FTSE-100 fund manager and insurer.Sky News has learnt that Sydney-listed Macquarie is at the early stages of…

Michael Gove, the levelling up secretary, is closing in on a multibillion pound deal with Britain's biggest housebuilders to help resolve the national cladding crisis exposed by the 2017 Grenfell Tower disaster.Sky News has…

Moderna and the Food and Drug Association (FDA) have been accused of concealing data during the approval process for the pharma giant's bivalent Covid booster.Vaccine advisors who signed off on the updated shot late last year claim they…

The owner of Boots the Chemist has abandoned the sale of Britain’s biggest high street pharmacy chain amid torrid conditions in global debt-financing markets.Walgreens Boots Alliance confirmed on Tuesday afternoon a Sky News…

One of the world's biggest oil producers is contemplating a multibillion pound takeover bid for Motor Fuel Group (MFG), Britain’s biggest independent petrol station operator.Sky News has learnt that the Abu Dhabi National Oil…

The owner of Boots has set a mid-May deadline for final bids for Britain's high street chemist as it battles an array of economic headwinds which threaten to depress its valuation. Sky News has learnt that Walgreens Boots…

An American investment giant is plotting a £5bn takeover of Motor Fuel Group (MFG), Britain's biggest independent operator of petrol forecourts.Sky News has learnt that Fortress Investment Group is drawing up plans to bid for…