Press Digest-Financial Times - July 31
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HSBC HSBA.L has agreed to sell its $25.3 billion Australian mortgage book to Blackstone BX.N as part of its global restructuring under chief executive Georges Elhedery.
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BP BP.L is cutting 700 “non-frontline” jobs as part of the oil major’s plan to simplify its organisation and boost returns.
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The Bank of England has held UK interest rates at 3.75 per cent, saying it could wait to see how the U.S.-Iran war evolved because there was little evidence yet of the energy shock stoking broader price pressures.
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Anthropic has disclosed that its Claude AI models hacked into three organisations while the start-up was testing cyber capabilities, a week after OpenAI reported a similar incident.
Top stories from the Financial Times
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HSBC sells $25bn Australia loan book to Blackstone
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BP to cut 700 jobs as it warns on oil ‘oversupply’
