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John Pierpont Morgan, America’s most celebrated banker, so hated publicity he’d attack photographers with his umbrella in the street.So quite what that venerable Edwardian financier would make of the scandal now engulfing the banking giant that carries his name doesn’t bear thinking about.JPMorgan Chase (JPMC), America’s biggest bank with a history stretching back more than 200 years, has been rocked by a bombshell lawsuit that accuses one female executive of making a male employee her office ‘sex slave’ at its New York…

Simon Cowell was 'in pieces' after the death of Liam Payne, telling a new Daily Mail podcast he took weeks away from filming a new Netflix documentary to process the tragedy.Speaking to Tales From the Celebrity Trenches, the 66-year-old TV mogul recalled 'really, really struggling' following the former One Direction singer's death at just 31 years old.When Payne died in Buenos Aires in October 2024, Cowell was in the middle of filming The Next Act, a new Netflix series documenting the mogul's latest search for the next great…

Next has upgraded its profit outlook and suggested UK shoppers will avoid steep price increases related to the war in the Middle East.The FTSE 100 retailer said it is raising its annual profit guidance by £8million to £1.128billion due to 'exceptionally strong growth' in the first five weeks of the year. It came as the retailer reported better-than-expected sales growth of 6.2 per cent over the 13 weeks to 2 May, compared with a year earlier, defying the pessimism felt elsewhere on the High Street. The retailer…

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's lawyers raked in eye-watering fees throughout their lengthy legal battle.Though the actress, 38, did not get a single dollar from Baldoni, 42, after settling her lawsuit against his film production company Wayfarer just two weeks before the case was set to go to trial, their attorneys fared much better.The It Ends With Us co-stars reportedly spent $60 million combined to sue and countersue one another, according to Page Six.Baldoni was represented by high-profile legal eagle Bryan Freedman…