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Ministers begin preparations for potential overhaul of post-Brexit trading deal

Credit: Ellie Littlemore Scribbled on a whiteboard in Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng’s Victoria office is a lengthy list of tasks which one departmental wag labelled the “Unblocking List”. Four months on from taking over the brief, the minister has ticked off quite a few of the 20 or so jobs already. But one of the biggest should be scrubbed off this week when a key plank in the UK’s post-Brexit architecture is unveiled in the Queen’s Speech. Earlier this year Kwarteng’s department consulted on the shape of new subsidy controls for a newly independent nation since the end of th...

Johnson & Johnson and Imerys Talc America on Wednesday wiped away verdicts totaling $117 million in damages over claims J&J's talcum powder products contained asbestos and caused a man's mesothelioma, after a New Jersey appeals court found that his experts' improper testimony warranted new trials.

ADVERTISEMENT J&J, Imerys Beat $117M Talc Verdicts Over Flawed Testimony Law360 (April 28, 2021, 5:17 PM EDT) -- Johnson & Johnson and Imerys Talc America on Wednesday wiped away verdicts totaling $117 million in damages over claims J&J's talcum powder products contained asbestos and caused a man's mesothelioma, after a New Jersey appeals court found that his experts' improper testimony warranted new trials. Slightly more than three years after jurors sided with Stephen Lanzo III and his wife, a three-judge appellate panel nixed the verdicts and ordered new trials after concluding that Super...

UK close to Australian trade deal Louise Moon, Simon Foy Government borrowing hit £303.1bn in year ending March Retail sales jumped 5.4pc compared with February FTSE 100 falls flat, stays shy of 7,000 US market edge higher after a rise in factory activity 05:03 PM Sterling has a strong day Sterling has had a strong day today, rebounding from a sharp fall on Thursday after strong retail sales and PMI figures were a positive sign for Britain's economic recovery. It rose 0.07pc against the US dollar to $1.384, as the weak greenback continued a disappointing week ahead of the F...