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Thursday newspaper round-up: Nvidia, Rishi Sunak, M&S

(Sharecast News) - Shares of Nvidia rallied to record highs on Wednesday, with the artificial-intelligence chipmaker's stock market valuation hitting the $3tn mark and overtaking Apple to become the world's second most valuable company. The chipmaker's stock was up 5.16% at $1,224.40, giving Nvidia a market value of $3.01tn at market close. Apple's market capitalization was at $3.00tn at market close as its stock climbed 0.78%. - Guardian The UK's statistics watchdog has opened an investigation into remarks made by Rishi Sunak about the economy "going gangbusters" amid concerns that politicians could misuse economic data in the run-up to the election. Sir Robert Chote, chair of the UK Statistics Authority, will examine whether the prime minister repeated comments that were "taken out of context" and exaggerated the Conservative party's economic record. - Guardian

Germany has announced €23bn (£20bn) in income tax cuts to help struggling households with inflation. Christian Lindner, the German finance minister, on Wednesday laid out plans to raise income tax thresholds. The move will be worth €430 for every working adult in Germany over the next two years. - Telegraph

A decision to award the contract to run the National Lottery was "unfairly favourable" to Czech bidder Allwyn, lawyers for former Daily Express owner Richard Desmond have claimed. In the High Court on Wednesday, lawyers for the media mogul's Northern & Shell alleged there were conflicts of interest during the bidding process to run the prize for the next decade and that the competition was "seriously flawed". - Telegraph

A director of Marks & Spencer Group (M&S) is quitting the retailer's board after being blindsided about the poaching of its new finance chief from another company he chairs. Sky News has learnt that Andrew Fisher, a long-serving M&S non-executive director, only discovered late in the recruitment process that M&S intended to hire Alison Dolan from Rightmove, the listed digital property portal, as its chief financial officer. - Sky News

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(Sharecast News) - Dozens of health and children's groups have urged ministers to tackle obesity by imposing taxes on foods containing too much salt or sugar. New levies based on the sugar tax on soft drinks would make it easier for consumers to eat more healthily by forcing food manufacturers to reformulate their products, they claim. - Guardian

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