PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - Jan 28

Jan 28 (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

-Britain to give businesses greater access to pension scheme surpluses

-Serco workers plan to strike over British navy contract negotiations

-SGS and Veritas end talks to create 30 bln euros testing specialist

-Julius Baer chair to step down in latest shake-up

-Tesla sues European Union over tariffs on electric vehicles from China

Overview

-British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will promise on Tuesday to unlock some of the 160 billion pounds ($198.93 billion) of surplus held in corporate defined-benefit pension schemes, in a bid to inject a surge of cash into the British economy and boost growth.

-Workers at military contractor Serco SRP.L are set to strike over a deal being negotiated by the company and the British Royal Navy, which they say could cut "essential" support for Britain's nuclear deterrent.

-Swiss group SGS SGSN.S and Bureau Veritas BVI.PA of France have ended talks on a potential merger that would have created a 30 billion euros specialist in testing and certification services.

-Julius Baer BAER.S has said that its chair Romeo Lacher will step down, in the latest management shake-up at the Swiss wealth manager following a crisis triggered by its exposure to failed property group Signa.

-Tesla TSLA.O is suing the European Union over tariffs the bloc imposed on imports of electric vehicles from China, in the latest confrontation between the carmaker's billionaire boss Elon Musk and Brussels.

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