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PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - May 20
May 19, 2024 8:45 PM

May 20 (Reuters) - Following are the top stories in the

Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does

not vouch for their accuracy.

Headlines

- EQT in discussions to buy UK-listed video game group for

£2.2bn

- Post-Brexit border system hit by delays and IT glitches,

watchdog says

- UK government set to pay billions to victims in

contaminated blood scandal

Overview

- Swedish private equity firm EQT AB is in

advanced discussions to buy Dublin-based video game services

company Keywords Studios Plc ( KYYWF ) for 2.2 billion pounds

($2.79 billion), in the latest potential takeover of a

London-listed company.

- A British government programme to build a post-Brexit

trade border has been hit by delays and computer glitches that

will push up the project's costs to at least 4.7 billion pounds

($5.97 billion), the National Audit Office has found.

- British finance minister Jeremy Hunt is expected to unveil

a multibillion-pound compensation package for victims of the

UK's contaminated blood scandal, in an attempt to bring closure

to families who have waited more than half a century for

redress.

($1 = 0.7872 pounds)

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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