we start in the us, where the british tech tycoon mike lynch has been cleared of fraud charges in a san francisco court. once hailed as a uk bill gates, mr lynch was facing fraud charges over the $11 billion sale of his software firm, autonomy, to hewlett packard back in 2011. mr lynch had been accused of inflating the value of his firm ahead of the sale a jury has found him not guilty on all counts. our north america business correspondent erin delmore has the details. when autonomy was sold to hewlett packard 13 years ago for $11.1 billion, it was one of the top 100 public companies in the uk. the sale marked the la rgest ever takeover of a british technology business. but hewlett packard later wrote down the company s value by more than $8 billion, leading to criminal charges that mike lynch had defrauded hewlett packard by inflating the value of autonomy. the businessman was extradited from britain to the united states to stand trial on the charges, which could have put
hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. 33 has become 26 harry maguire and jack grealish among those who miss out on england s squad for euro 202a. in the end it wasn t as close as some of the decisions it helps to give. var will stay in the premier league, whose clubs vote overwhelmingly to back it. another step towards three in a row. iga swiatek makes the final of the french open, where she ll playjasmine paolini. also coming up on sportsday. britain s best weightlifter will be team gb s only weightlifter in paris, but emily campbell wants another olympic medal. and we hearfrom the england rugby player who claims her career wouldn t have been the same without breast reduction surgery. losing two kilograms off of your chest does make a difference, i have to say. my first round after surgery six weeks after i felt like a new person. and then there were 26. gareth southgate had until the end of tomorrow to name his final squad for the
team and said he was looking forward to getting back to his family and his work in the uk. it s a stunning reversal for mr lynch was been involved in legal battles over autonomy sale for more than a decade. he in the formerfinance sale for more than a decade. he in the former finance chief lost a civil trial in the uk two years ago, which also focused on allegations that they are slated revenue before they are slated revenue before the sale to hewlett packard in 2011. for the first time in five years, the european central bank has cut interest rates. the move was widely expected with inflation easing in the 20 first samsung it s a first ever. the union was set “p first ever. the union was set up in 2020, before then there was no union. when i worked in samsung there was no union. it s very hard working company. employees work very hard and they used to work very long hours. these days i m actually the company is becoming much more lenient and ours are not as severe as wha
Negotiations and look at where the new government goes from here with our Business Editor, simonjack. We usually ask you a twitter question, but today the founder of amazon has one for you what should he do with all his money . Jeff bezos has posted a request for ideas from The Public For Philanthropy Inspiration what advice would you give . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Good to have you with us on Business Live. We start in greece, which has edged back from the brink of financial collapse once again. Late on thursday after months of wrangling European Finance ministers, together with the International Monetary fund, finally agreed to give athens its latest slice of bailout money. And theres a hint it could get some relief from its crippling Debt Mountain next year. Lets show you the details. Greece will finally get this 8. 5 billion euros part of an 86 Billion Euro bailout plan agreed in 2015. It is the third it has had. It will come just in time, as greece faces 7. 3 billion euros