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Thursday newspaper round-up: Nvidia, Rishi Sunak, M&S

(Sharecast News) - Shares of Nvidia rallied to record highs on Wednesday, with the artificial-intelligence chipmaker's stock market valuation hitting the $3tn mark and overtaking Apple to become the world's second most valuable company. The chipmaker's stock was up 5.16% at $1,224.40, giving Nvidia a market value of $3.01tn at market close. Apple's market capitalization was at $3.00tn at market close as its stock climbed 0.78%. - Guardian The UK's statistics watchdog has opened an investigation into remarks made by Rishi Sunak about the economy "going gangbusters" amid concerns that politicians could misuse economic data in the run-up to the election. Sir Robert Chote, chair of the UK Statistics Authority, will examine whether the prime minister repeated comments that were "taken out of context" and exaggerated the Conservative party's economic record. - Guardian

Germany has announced €23bn (£20bn) in income tax cuts to help struggling households with inflation. Christian Lindner, the German finance minister, on Wednesday laid out plans to raise income tax thresholds. The move will be worth €430 for every working adult in Germany over the next two years. - Telegraph

A decision to award the contract to run the National Lottery was "unfairly favourable" to Czech bidder Allwyn, lawyers for former Daily Express owner Richard Desmond have claimed. In the High Court on Wednesday, lawyers for the media mogul's Northern & Shell alleged there were conflicts of interest during the bidding process to run the prize for the next decade and that the competition was "seriously flawed". - Telegraph

A director of Marks & Spencer Group (M&S) is quitting the retailer's board after being blindsided about the poaching of its new finance chief from another company he chairs. Sky News has learnt that Andrew Fisher, a long-serving M&S non-executive director, only discovered late in the recruitment process that M&S intended to hire Alison Dolan from Rightmove, the listed digital property portal, as its chief financial officer. - Sky News

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(Sharecast News) - The UK Treasury has a "limited grasp" of concerns linked to the booming shadow banking sector and may not be prepared for risks the unregulated industry poses to financial stability, peers have said. While a lack of data makes it hard to say whether the $16tn (£12tn) non-bank financial sector could bring the wider financial system to its knees, officials do not seem to be alive to the potential risks, according to a Lords financial services regulation committee report. - Guardian
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(Sharecast News) - Anthropic is planning a $10bn fundraise that would value the Claude chatbot maker at $350bn, according to multiple reports published on Wednesday. The new valuation represents an increase of nearly double from about four months ago, per CNBC, which reported that the company had signed a term sheet that stipulated the $350bn figure. The round could close within weeks, although the size and terms could change. Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC and Coatue Management are planning to lead the financing, the Wall Street Journal reported. - Guardian
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(Sharecast News) - Donald Trump has said Venezuela will be "turning over" $2bn worth of Venezuelan crude to the United States, a flagship negotiation that would divert supplies from China while helping Venezuela avoid deeper oil production cuts. "This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States!" Trump said in a post online. - Guardian
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(Sharecast News) - Insolvent recruitment businesses shorn of their debts then reacquired from administration by the directors or shareholders that presided over their demise are costing the exchequer tens of millions of pounds in lost taxes, a Guardian analysis suggests. The practice of "phoenixism" - the art of liquidating a company and allowing the directors to rise from the ashes with a new entity, free of debts - is estimated by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to have cost taxpayers about £800m a year. - Guardian

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