Business Investors place bets on European consumer goods as confidence in the economy grows admin Mar 20, 2024 Investors buy shares in European travel, luxury and retail goods, betting on a recovery of the economy to encourage…
AI Microsoft hires Mustafa Suleyman, DeepMind’s co-founder, to lead its new… admin Mar 20, 2024 Microsoft has hired Mustafa Suleyman to lead a new consumer-facing AI unit. Suleyman is the co-founder and CEO of…
Food Industry Nespresso opens its first UK cafe to take advantage of the UK coffee boom admin Mar 19, 2024 Costa Coffee, Starbucks, and Pret a Manger are the three biggest players in the British ready-to drink coffee…
Companies Pfizer begins to reduce its stake in Haleon admin Mar 19, 2024 Pfizer is selling a stake of its former joint venture in consumer healthcare, Haleon. The sale will be worth…
Business Tata Steel’s decision to close Port Talbot’s coke ovens early is… admin Mar 19, 2024 Tata Steel announced abruptly that it would cease operation of coke ovens in its Port Talbot facility in South…
Fraud Evergrande is accused by Chinese authorities of fraud amounting to 60 billion yuan… admin Mar 19, 2024 Evergrande has been accused by the UK of inflating their revenues fraudulently by £62bn. Hui Ka Yan is the…
Companies The world’s largest solar company is cutting thousands of jobs due to… admin Mar 19, 2024 Solar panel manufacturers are set to cut their workforce by almost one-third as they struggle with an oversupply of…
Banking Top central banker warns: Cut borrowing or you will face a debt crisis admin Mar 19, 2024 A top central banker warned that governments must stop "relentless borrowing" or they risk plunging into a global…
Business Deloitte announces the biggest reorganisation since a decade in order to reduce… admin Mar 19, 2024 Deloitte launched its biggest global overhaul in 10 years as it seeks to reduce costs and the complexity of the…
Financial ITV reduces jobs as advertising slump continues admin Mar 18, 2024 ITV is cutting staff as it struggles to cope with a dramatic drop in advertising revenue. ITV terminated…
Business Saudi Arabian Gucci owners circle Selfridges admin Mar 18, 2024 Saudi Arabia, Gucci and Kering-owned Gucci are said to be in a race for Selfridges after the bankruptcy of the…
Financial Direct Line’s suitor flees to China in a scramble for money admin Mar 18, 2024 This weekend, the boss of the Belgian insurance company that made the audacious bid for Direct Line to the tune of…
Investment Blackrock is told to reconsider ESG by activist Bluebell admin Mar 18, 2024 Bluebell Capital, an activist investor, has launched a new campaign to force the $10 trillion fund giant BlackRock…
Drug Research Novo-Nordisk gives me a boost with a double dose of power. admin Mar 18, 2024 Most people prefer to take a pill rather than inject themselves with medication when they are sick. This simple…
Airline British Airways will use robots to handle baggage at Gatwick admin Mar 18, 2024 British Airways, and its parent company will use self-driving robotic baggage carriers for the first in a UK…
Companies BAT Chief: Moving to US is not a “no-brainer” as he defends London… admin Mar 18, 2024 British American Tobacco's chief executive has called the idea of moving its listing from London to New York a…
Business Mike Lynch is on trial in the US for Silicon Valley’s “largest… admin Mar 18, 2024 Mike Lynch, one of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs in the tech sector, will be on trial on Monday in San…
Politics Vladimir Putin wins Russian elections with a slam dunk admin Mar 18, 2024 Vladimir Putin has won the Russian presidential election with a landslide, securing his reign for six more years…