PRESS DIGEST-British Business - February 19
Feb 18 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
The Times
In one of the last bets before his retirement as chief executive, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway BRKa.N disclosed a surprise $352 million investment in The New York Times.
A British artificial intelligence researcher is in talks to raise $1 billion for his three-month-old start-up Ineffable Intelligence.
The Guardian
Meta META.O CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, testified at a landmark trial of social media companies on Wednesday, and said the company has improved identifying underage users.
The Telegraph
European central bankers have dismissed as a "rumour" reports that Christine Lagarde will quit as president of the European Central Bank.
Sky News
Orbex, the Scottish rocket maker, has collapsed into insolvency, triggering 150 job losses at the company.
RELX REL.L, the London-listed business information giant, is the latest FTSE 100 company to plot a bumper pay rise for its chief executive.
The Independent
Vodafone VOD.L has agreed to sell its share in VodafoneZiggo, the Dutch joint venture with Liberty GlobalLBTYA.O, for one billion euros ($1.18 billion) about a decade after it was created.
Radio Free Asia has resumed broadcasting to Chinese audiences in Mandarin, Tibetan and Uyghur languages, months after funding cuts by the Donald Trump administration forced it to shut down.
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