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BP and Shell: the significance of Big Oil walking out of Russia
Business Briefing In time, a greener, cleaner BP may thank Ukraine for forcing its hand
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Meta’s big plunge: ‘Zuck shock’ is a nasty ‘brush with reality’
Why Everyone’s Talking About Why have the social media giant’s shares fallen off a cliff?
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Spotify: a question of identity
feature Neil Young’s boycott was ‘a PR disaster’ for Spotify and wiped more than $2bn off its value
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Unilever/Glaxo mega-merger: a very bad idea?
Under the Radar History certainly suggests that giant deals like this tend to ‘destroy value’
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What are the rules on cutting sick pay for unvaccinated staff?
feature Ikea joins growing list of firms axing sick pay entitlement for employees who haven’t had Covid jabs
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‘Life can be short – buy a Rolls-Royce’
Under the Radar Despite the pandemic the luxury marque hit record sales in 2021
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How Pret A Manger landed in hot water with drinks deal
Why Everyone’s Talking About Subscription customers ‘getting angry’ about unavailability of some popular beverages
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Walgreens Boots Alliance: Boots in play
feature Sale would mark an ‘abrupt exit’ for Walgreens, but it ‘probably makes sense’
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BT: a game of fantasy M&A?
Under the Radar There’s talk of a bid for BT from Reliance Industries. Is it a serious offer?
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Christmas comes early for UK retailers after Black Friday shopping spree
Business Briefing Companies in the news include Bulb and a cryptocurrency called Omicron
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Jack Dorsey resigns: Twitter needs ‘more than a part-time chief’
Why Everyone’s Talking About Personal interest in crypto suggests he ‘may have been more focused’ on Square
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Why did Bulb flicker out?
Why Everyone’s Talking About The energy crisis has claimed its largest scalp to date. Is the market irretrievably broken?
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Open banking and the politics of payments
Business Briefing Companies in the news include Amazon, Visa, Mastercard, Afiniti, LV=, and Unilever
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Shell: slick move angers Dutch
feature Decision to become 100% British has ‘gone down like a plate of mouldy pannenkoeken’
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