Brothers

• O banco afirma ter retirado os processos contra os antigos proprietários do Telegraph, Aidan e Howard Barclay, na alta corte • Os antigos proprietários do Telegraph evitaram a falência após chegarem a um acordo com o HSBC sobre mais de £140 milhões em dívidas vencidas • Em uma audiência na alta corte na terça-feira, o maior banco da Europa disse ter retirado os processos contra Aidan e Howard Barclay, cuja família perdeu o controle do Daily e Sunday Telegraph em 2023 devido a £1,16 bilhão em dívidas não pagas ao Lloyds Bank.

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.