1. JD Sports quarterly sales surge but profit margins squeezed
After a soft first quarter, the first six months of the company's financial year saw organic growth up 6.4%.
2. Tesco, Boots and Sainsbury’s 'need regulatory guidance' over loyalty discounts
Supermarket and chemist chains frequently raised the non-member price to make their loyalty offers look better, research found.
3. Mike Lynch’s death marks tragic end to exonerated British tech icon
Once known as the ‘British Bill Gates’, Lynch had spent more than a decade fighting to clear his name of fraud charges.
4. FTSE 100 flat
London's blue chips failed to stray too far from the mark on Thursday.
5. Alzheimer’s wonder drug gets approval, but not in NHS
A clinical trial last year found Lecanemab slowed cognitive decline by 27% in Alzheimer’s patients.
And with small caps
Technology Minerals' battery recycling associate exceeds its target
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