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FIVE at FIVE: FTSE 100 slumps with Credit Suisse, BT price delay, Rolls-Royce moon bound and Bitcoin surges…

Here’s Proactive’s round-up of the top financial stories of the day, with helpful links taking you directly to the news

1. More bids expected for Manchester United

All bidders, including Sir Jim Ratcliffe, will be asked to make a second offer in the next 10 days.

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2. BT may be forced to defer price changes for wholesale broadband

Equinox 2 is designed to incentivise broadband providers that don’t own their own networks to migrate customers from ‘slow’ copper connections to ultrafast end-to-end fibre.

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3. Rolls-Royce secures funding for moon mission

With NASA planning to send astronauts back to the moon in the coming years, scientists and engineers at Rolls-Royce are working on the 'micro-reactor' programme to develop the technology that could power humans to live and work on the moon.

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4. FTSE 100 ends tumultuous week underwater

At the close, the FTSE 100 was deep in the red, losing 1% on the day to finish at 7,335 points.

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5. Why is bitcoin dominance surging?

Bitcoin has emerged as a major benefactor of the chaos in the financial markets, in more ways than one.

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Some other stories you may find interesting: Cadbury’s ‘shrinkflation’, British banking deposits, Scottish Mortgage’s boardroom bust up and VW joining China’s price war...

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