Bloomberg After a jarring six months marked by sweeping policy promises, U-turns and four Chancellors of the Exchequer, UK financiers head into 2023 uncertain that the coming year will finally usher in substantive reforms to the City of London. Current Chancellor Jeremy Hunt promised in this month’s Edinburgh Reforms to “turbocharge growth” for the country’s banks, insurers and asset managers. ...

  Bloomberg Sanofi and Pfizer have agreed to settle a California man’s lawsuit over Zantac in the first case set for trial on claims the heartburn drug can cause cancer. Sanofi confirmed the deal in a statement, without saying what it had agreed to pay James Goetz to resolve his allegations that Zantac led to his bladder cancer. “Sanofi settled ...

  Bloomberg Spain was chided by the European Union’s (EU) top court for failing to clean up dirty air in the capital Madrid and also in parts of Barcelona. The EU Court of Justice in a ruling said Spain didn’t take the necessary measures in time to avoid exceeding the limits of nitrogen dioxide. The European Commission in 2020 sued ...