FINANCIAL TIMES TRUMP 'APOPLECTIC' WITH JOHNSON OVER HUAWEI US President Donald Trump vented "apoplectic" fury at Boris Johnson in a tense phone call over Britain's decision to allow Huawei a role in its 5G mobile phone networks, according to officials in London and Washington. The Prime Minister spoke to the US President last week soon after he announced his decision to allow the Chinese manufacturer to participate in the UK's next-generation cellular network.

ENGIE CHIEF OUSTED IN BOARDROOM SHOWDOWN The only female chief executive at a top publicly-listed French company, Isabelle Kocher of the energy utility Engie, has been ousted following a boardroom drama that gripped the country's political and business elites. The firm said it would not reappoint Kocher when her term expires in May.

THE TIMES WESTMINSTER ABBEY TO GREET PRINCE'S BIRTHDAY The bells of Westminster Abbey will ring out for the Duke of York's birthday, even after the government said it would stop marking the occasion by flying the Union Jack. Prince Andrew, who turns 60 on 19 February, is one of 10 royal family members whose birthdays are celebrated by the state.

BREXIT MOVIE PRODUCER JAILED FOR £500,000 CON David Shipley, a Conservative Party activist who produced a movie promoting Brexit has been jailed after conning Dragons' Den entrepreneur James Caan's business out of a £519,000 investment.

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BANK CUSTOMERS PAY £100M TO ACCESS CASH Customers are now paying more than £100m a year to withdraw their money as free cash machines close at a record rate. Consumers paid £104m in ATM charges last year, up from £29m in 2018. More cash machines now charge users for withdrawals as banks have cut the amount they pay the companies that run ATMs since July 2018.

APPLE WATCH OUTSELLS SWISS WATCH INDUSTRY The Apple Watch outsold the entire Swiss watch industry last year, according to new data from Strategy Analytics. It sold 31m watches last year, compared to 21m Swiss watches.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ELLIOTT BUILDS UP A $2.5BN STAKE IN JAPAN'S SOFTBANK Elliott Management has quietly built up a more than $2.5bn (£1.93bn) stake in Japan's Softbank and is pushing the sprawling technology giant to make changes that would boost its share price, according to people familiar with the matter.

JUUL RAISES MORE THAN $700M FROM INVESTORS San Francisco-based vaping brand Juul has raised more than $700m (£541.5bn) in convertible debt to fund its operations, according to people familiar with the matter, as the e-cigarette maker confronts increasing financial and regulatory pressures.

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