Brothers

La banque a déclaré avoir retiré les poursuites engagées devant la haute cour contre les anciens propriétaires du Telegraph, Aidan et Howard Barclay. • Les anciens propriétaires du Telegraph ont évité la faillite après avoir conclu un accord avec HSBC concernant plus de 140 millions de livres de dettes impayées. • Lors d'une audience à la haute cour mardi, la plus grande banque d'Europe a déclaré avoir retiré les poursuites contre Aidan et Howard Barclay, dont la famille a perdu le contrôle du Daily et Sunday Telegraph en 2023 en raison de 1,16 milliard de livres de dettes non payées envers Lloyds Bank. Lire la suite...

Specialist lender says it expects its slice of £9.1bn compensation set by FCA to be about £320mClose Brothers shares surged on Wednesday after the UK bank declared it could “comfortably absorb” its slice of a £9.1bn compensation bill over the motor finance scandal, hours after one of its rivals announced it was selling its UK operations over looming costs.The specialist lender said it expected the final terms of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) compensation scheme to cost roughly £320m, a sum that is “broadly similar” to previous estimates and the £294m put aside to date. Continue reading...

• The Country Music Hall of Fame revealed its 2026 inductees on March 21: country star Tim McGraw, songwriter Paul Overstreet, and bluegrass pioneers the Stanley Brothers. • Tim McGraw, with over 75 million albums sold and hits like 'Live Like You Were Dying,' joins legends such as George Strait in the modern era category. • Paul Overstreet earns recognition for penning 16 No. 1 hits including 'Forever and Ever, Amen' for Randy Travis.