1. DAZN shoots for BT
DAZN, the sports streaming platform backed by billionaire Sir Leonard Blavatnik, is tipped to be keen on BT Sports and is said to have been in negotiations for months.
2. French holidays surge
The decision by France to relax travel restrictions on arrivals from the UK has sparked a rush to book holidays across La Manche.
3. ASOS to leave AIM
It ends a two-decade tenure on AIM where it has vied with rival online retailer Boohoo and drug developer Hutchmed for the top spot in the growth stocks index.
4. Wall Street benchmark helps FTSE 100 turn positive
The FTSE 100 closed 12.13 points, or 0.2% higher on Thursday at 7,563.85 lifted in the afternoon by gains for the Dow Jones.
5. Upgrades not going up?
Like yesterday, today's retail reporters, including Tesco, M&S and Asos were generally better than expected - but investors did not seem impressed
Looking ahead to some of tomorrows news
Trading updates Bellway PLC (LSE:BWY) (Bellway PLC (LSE:BWY) (Bellway PLC (LSE:BWY))), Currys PLC (LSE:CURY) (Currys PLC (LSE:CURY) (Currys PLC (LSE:CURY))), Experian (LSE:EXPN) (Experian (LSE:EXPN)) PLC (Experian (LSE:EXPN) (Experian (LSE:EXPN)))