1. Musk makes ‘take it or leave it offer’ for Twitter
Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of Tesla launched a US$43.4bn hostile bid for Twitter.
2. Petropavlosk sale looms
Petropavlovsk appointed a corporate finance boutique to find a buyer saying it will struggle to refinance its debts due to the sanctions imposed on Russia.
3. Vaccine experts GlaxoSmithKline, Merck and Sanofi fall short as smaller firms thrive
At one-point Covid vaccine makers were supposedly making more than US$1,000 of profit a second, which by any measure makes it an emphatically lucrative piece of altruism.
4. FTSE 100 closes ahead
FTSE 100 closed on Thursday around 35 points higher, or 0.47%, at 7,616.38
5. Tax haven Jersey halts Roman Abramovich’s assets
The Royal Court has imposed a freeze on the assets, “which are either located in Jersey or owned by Jersey incorporated entities.” Jersey’s Law Officers’ Department said it searched premises in Jersey “suspected to be connected to the business activities of Roman Abramovich”.
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