Vodafone: a great British corporate decline

CEO Nick Read has been given the boot after shares tumbled 40% to their lowest price this century

Nick Reid at the New Tech Order Keynote during the Opening day of Mobile World Congress
Analysts aren’t convinced that turfing out Nick Read will help Vodafone’s prospects
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“The number is up” for Vodafone CEO Nick Read, who has been unceremoniously ditched after presiding over a truly “shocking” crash of confidence and value, said Nils Pratley in The Guardian.

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