Financial Times - Sept 27
Sept 27 (Reuters) -The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Headlines
Keir Starmer to meet Donald Trump in New York
Thames Water credit rating slashed as utility races to avoid nationalisation
Anglo boss says potential suitors must pay 'right number' for group
UK accounting watchdog tells audit firms to report approaches from private equity
Chevron will leave John Hess off its board to win merger approval
Overview
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he will meet Donald Trump, but not U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, during his trip to the United States.
Thames Water's credit rating has been slashed to the lowest reaches of junk, as the company races to refinance 530 million pounds ($709.67 million) of debt in the next 11 days to avoid collapsing into government-backed administration.
The chief executive of Anglo American AAL.L has called on potential suitors for the mining giant to "pay the right number" as he defended his strategy to sell off four major parts of the business in the wake of BHP's BHP.AX failed takeover attempt.
The UK accounting regulator has ordered audit bosses to tell the watchdog about any plans to sell stakes in their businesses to private equity as the industry gears up for a potential wave of investment.
Chevron CVX.N will agree to exclude the chief executive of Hess HES.N from its board if required by U.S. regulators in order to get the merger of the two companies approved.
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(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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