Business
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Advertisers boost spending at retailers such as Walmart and Amazon as TV shrinks
The next frontier for the ad market isn’t on TV — it’s at screens near points of sale.
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U.S. tourist facing jail in Turks and Caicos for possessing ammunition is released
An American man who was facing up to 12 years in jail on this Caribbean island for bringing 20 rounds of ammunition on a vacation has been freed...
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Taylor Swift and Beyoncé are bridging divides at the office
The ‘universal language’ of Taylor Swift and Beyoncé is improving life at work and building bonds between bosses and co-workers.
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It wasn't the endless shrimp that doomed Red Lobster. How private equity pinched the seafood chain.
When a private-equity firm bought Red Lobster in 2014, it sold the land under the restaurants for $1.5 billion. Now the restaurants can't pay the...
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Cadbury owner Mondelez fined €337.5m by EU for anti-competitive practices
The confectionery giant, formerly Kraft Foods, was discovered to have unlawfully restricted cross-border trade of certain products.
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Abrdn boss Stephen Bird quits asset manager
Stephen Bird has stepped down as the investment group's chief executive, but will remain at the company until the end of June to enable a smooth...
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Coventry's £750m takeover of Co-op Bank confirmed
The West Midlands group agreed to buy the Co-op Bank last month in a £780million deal to create Britain's seventh-largest lender, with millions of...
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AJ Bell shares slip as founder Andy Bell flogs £28.1m stake
AJ Bell shares fell on Friday after the investment platform's co-founder sold a large chunk of shares.
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NCAA signs off on deal that would change landscape of college sports — paying student-athletes
A major change could be coming for college athletes — they may soon start getting paid.
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BUSINESS LIVE: Co-op Bank takeover agreed; Abrdn boss to exit; Washout April for retail sales
Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are Coventry Building Society, Co-Op Bank, Abrdn John Wood Group and GSK.
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MARKET REPORT: Water shares suffer election call washout
A day after Rishi Sunak said called an election on July 4, shares in Severn Trent, United Utilities and South West Water owner Pennon tumbled.
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Utilities shares sink as investors weigh surprise general election
London-listed utilities shares sank on Thursday as investors digested the looming general election.