PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - August 19
Aug 19 (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
- Private equity sale of 6 billion euros fee-paying schools group Cognita on brink of collapse
- Rachel Reeves looks at UK property tax reforms in bid to boost growth and revenue
- Norway considers selling stakes in international companies over West Bank activities
Overview
- A private equity deal for 6 billion euros ($6.99 billion) UK private school operator Cognita is on the brink of collapse, with a stake sale to the final remaining bidders Blackstone and CVC now unlikely to proceed.
- British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves has ordered Treasury officials to examine reforms to the UK's system of property taxation as she seeks ways to raise cash and boost the economy.
- Norwegian authorities are looking at whether to make their $2 trillion oil fund sell out of some non-Israeli companies owing to their operations in Gaza and the occupied West Bank amid rising political pressure.
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