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Retirement of billionaire, 84, leaves Rupert Murdoch as last of that generation to be actively involved in media business

Alejandro Agag, who was announced on Tuesday as Strategic Advisor to the Chairman of the board of Motorsport Network, parent company of Autosport, founded Formula E in 2011 at the behest of the FIA and scaled it into an FIA world championship, attracting a swath of manufacturers over the past…

The telecommunications business will see its ownership share of Formula E increase to 65%, and therefore become the controlling shareholder in the series, with the remaining 35% made up of minority shareholders. Liberty Global, which initially invested in Formula E 10 years ago, will acquire the shares from Warner Bros…

Petrolheads are quick to scorn the idea of electric car racing, but the series’ chief executive is sure that time, technology – and even geography – are on his side

Telegraph bidder RedBird IMI in talks to buy UK’s largest independent TV production group

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Friday closed up +0.41%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.36%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.39%. Stocks on Friday settled moderately higher, with the S&P...

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.21%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.20%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.22%. Stocks this morning are moderately higher, with the S&P...

UK government forced sale of ‘alt-net’ broadband provider Upp on national security grounds

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