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PRESS DIGEST- British Business - Sept 20

Published 20/09/2017, 09:26 am
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Sept 20 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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BHP Billiton BHP.AX BLT.L is rethinking its membership of Australia's leading mining organisation over differences on climate change. The company committed on Tuesday to publishing a review of its membership of trade associations and explicitly disclosing where there were "material differences" in their positions. head of the Treasury select committee has demanded a "full explanation" from the accounting watchdog for its decision to drop an investigation into KPMG's role as auditor of HBOS. Guardian

Yoko Ono Lennon has stepped in to rescue the name of her husband from fizzy pop reinvention, taking legal action to halt the sale of a lemonade called John Lemon. The Polish company which sells the beverage has agreed to change its name to On Lemon after legal letters were sent by Ono Lennon's lawyers to the parent company and its distributors across Europe. of Lloyd's of London's largest insurance syndicates is to move its European headquarters to Dublin because of Brexit, Ireland's prime minister has announced. XL Group Ltd XL.N , which operates the XL Catlin brand, chose the Irish capital as its preferred location for its principal EU insurance company subject to regulatory approval, said the Irish Industrial Development Authority. Telegraph

German dairy business Müller is defying worries about Brexit's impact by revealing plans for 100 million pounds ($135.15 million) of investment in its UK business. oil company Total SA TOTF.PA is in talks with Alphabet's GOOGL.O Google Inc and Microsoft Corp MSFT.O to help develop bespoke artificial intelligence in the energy sector's race to tap digital technologies. News

Chinese insurer Ping An Insurance 601318.SS and consulting firm Oliver Wyman are buying stakes in 10X Future Technologies, the financial technology start-up founded by former Barclays (LON:BARC) chief Antony Jenkins. Garden Centres, which is owned by Guy Hands' Terra Firma Capital Partners has struck a 100 million pound debt deal with Hayfin, a specialist lender. = 0.7399 pounds)

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