The jury in the London trial of five former Barclays traders charged with conspiracy to manipulate global Libor interest rates yesterday retired to consider its verdict after hearing more than 10 weeks of evidence.

The jury in the London trial of five former Barclays traders charged with conspiracy to manipulate global Libor interest rates yesterday retired to consider its verdict after hearing more than 10 weeks of evidence.

Suppliers can expect a better deal from Britain’s biggest supermarket chain as Tesco tries to sustain a tentative revival — providing that their wares survive a cull that is removing thousands of products from shelves.

Britain’s accounting watchdog has launched an inquiry into the preparation, approval, and audit of Tesco’s accounts over the last four years, including the role of external auditor PwC.

Regulators in the US, Britain and Switzerland ordered five banks to pay about €2.6bn in fines in the first wave of penalties since authorities began a global probe into the rigging of key foreign-exchange benchmarks last year.

Hewlett Packard saidAutonomy, the software firm it bought in 2011, overstated profits at one of its main British units by 81% in the year before it was sold in Britain’s biggest technology deal.

Pressure mounted for Barclays Plc chief executive Bob Diamond to quit after Britain’s third-biggest bank sacrificed its chairman over an interest rate rigging scandal that has dealt “a devastating blow” to its reputation.

SAUDI ARABIA’S King Abdullah received a lavish welcome from Queen Elizabeth II yesterday at the start of a state visit, having already stirred protests and headlines with claims that Britain is soft on terror.