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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Tuesday 17th August 2021
5. Jeff Bezos's space firm Blue Origin is suing Nasa over a decision to award a $2.9bn (£2.1bn) lunar lander contract to Elon Musk's SpaceX.
The former Amazon boss's firm said there were "fundamental issues" with the deal, calling it unfair.
4. PCR tests for travel have become "a predictable Covid rip-off", says the ex-chair of the Competition and Markets Authority, Lord Tyrie.
Lord Tyrie said the competition regulator had been "too slow to react" to complaints about testing providers.
3. US buyout firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice will promise not to sell off large chunks of Morrisons' property empire when it tables an improved cash offer for the supermarket later this week.
Morrisons' board is currently recommending shareholders accept a bid from another consortium led by US-based and Japanese-owned Fortress Group.
2. Ultra Electronics, a major supplier to the Royal Navy, has agreed to be bought by US-owned Cobham in a £2.6bn takeover being monitored by the UK government.
Cobham said it would "offer legally binding and enforceable commitments to HM Government" over the Ultra deal.
1. Customers should think carefully about handing over personal data when ordering food and drink via their mobile phones, the UK's body overseeing data privacy suggests.
App and web-based ordering has become commonplace during the pandemic but the Information Commissioner's Office says Venues should only ask for data that is "relevant and necessary".