BT's shares dive amid Italian accounting imbroglio

Josh Budd
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BT's market valuation nosedives by over £7bn as it admits fall out from 'inappropriate behaviour' in Italy will lead to a far greater write-down than first thought

BT's shares have plunged by almost a fifth (19 per cent) after the telecoms giant publicised that the accounting errors made by its Italian business were "far greater than previously identified", f...

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