PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - Dec 27
Dec 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
- Jo Malone plans to open a dozen new stores outside London
- Farage and Badenoch trade claims of fake party membership figures
- Former Citigroup chair Richard Parsons dies
Overview
- Fragrance brand Jo Malone London is planning to open at least a dozen new stores as it bets on customers' return to physical shops after the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch accused each other's party of having fake membership numbers after Reform UK claimed it had more members than the Conservatives for the first time.
- Richard D. Parsons, a longtime banking executive who helped Citigroup C.N navigate the financial crisis and who took the helm of Time Warner during a troubled time for the communications company, died at age 76.
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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