News Headlines - 21 January 2016

▽Litvinenko's murder was "probably" approved by Putin | The Economist

The inquiry came about only after a dogged legal battle by Mr Litvinenko’s widow, Marina. Its report, published on January 21st, vindicates her husband, who on his deathbed accused the Russian state of ordering his murder. Sir Robert Owen, a retired high court judge, firmly identified the longtime suspects in the case, Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitri Kovtun, as the people who put polonium into Mr Litvinenko’s tea (he said that they probably did not know the nature of the poison, and had no personal grudge against him).

▽Jaguar Land Rover races past Nissan to become UK's biggest carmaker | The Guardian

Jaguar Land Rover has become the biggest carmaker in Britain for the first time, capping a remarkable turnaround for the company after it almost collapsed in 2009.
It produced 489,923 cars in 2015, up by 9% year on year, moving ahead of Nissan, which produced 476,589, a 4.7% decline.

▽Davos elite fears weakened European Union

Fear of a severe weakening of the European Union is the hot topic in the corridors and executive suites of Davos this year with business leaders and politicians at the World Economic Forum alarmed at closing borders and the risk of a British exit.

▽Chang Yung-fa, Taiwan's Evergreen Group Founder, Dies at 88 - Bloomberg Business

Chang Yung-fa, the billionaire founder of Evergreen Group who turned a second-hand bulk carrier into Asia’s biggest container-shipping line, has died. He was 88.

▽Bolton reveal staff will not be paid on time as financial crisis continues | The Guardian

Bolton have revealed their staff will not be paid on time in January as the financial crisis continues at the Macron Stadium.
Earlier this week Wanderers appeared in the high court over a ￡2.2m unpaid tax bill to HM Revenue and Customs and, despite the tax authority’s attempts to wind them up, they were given a five-week adjournment.