Richard Desmond, the owner of the Express newspaper, has accused Simon Fox, the chief executive of Trinity Mirror, of encouraging prolonged speculation about a merger to
shore up the company’s share price. A statement from Mr Desmond's holding company Northern and Shell said: "Mr Desmond now feels it right to reveal that he has for some time been irritated by
what he sees as the Mirror Group’s using his name and prolonging the idea of a deal perhaps as a cheap means of shoring up their share price."
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