According to The Wall Street Journal, Amazon will soon open its own department stores, with a focus on apparel, electronics and household goods. The Seattle Times reports: The first stores are expected to be located in Ohio and California and will be a…
Morrisons strikes £7bn takeover deal with US private equity group
Supermarket chain accepts improved offer of 285p per share from Clayton, Dubilier & Rice amid bidding warMorrisons has agreed a £7bn takeover by the US private equity group Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the latest round in a fierce fight for cont…
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‘Taper tantrum’ by stock markets points to gaps in the easy recovery story | Nils Pratley
Cheap money, the Delta variant and China’s sluggish performance add up to tough times aheadFinancial markets these days react to any whiff of tighter monetary policy in the US, so a little drama on Thursday was par for the course after the US Federal R…
New BT chair left a trail of wrecked lives as Royal Mail boss | Letter
Mike Lucraft responds to an article about Adam Crozier, who was in charge of Royal Mail when subpostmasters were accused of theft because of a faulty IT systemSo, Adam Crozier, the new chair of BT, “spent two decades steering businesses out of corporat…
Extinction Rebellion targets City of London over climate role
Protests starting next week aim to highlight the billions poured into fossil fuels by financial sectorThe City of London will be the target of a new round of Extinction Rebellion protests aimed at highlighting the role of high finance in the climate cr…
Lloyds plans big move into UK rental market with 50,000 homes
Banking group joins other high street names seeking a fresh income at a time of record low interest ratesIt is already the UK’s largest mortgage lender, and now Lloyds Banking Group aims to become one of its biggest private landlords, with a target of …
Nvidia Admits Acquisition of British Chip Designer Arm May Take Longer Than 18 Months
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has admitted for the first time that the company’s planned acquisition of British chip designer Arm may take longer than the initially-scheduled 18 months. From a report: The acquisition, which would bring together two of the mo…
無料だったPayPay決済手数料、10月から「1.98％」に。加盟店離れを防ぐ具体策は…
スマホ決済の #PayPay は10月から中小規模の加盟店が負担する 決済手数料を1.98％にします。ユーザーに還元施策を展開しつつ、加盟店にはどのようなメリットを提供していくのでしょうか。
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Top chief execs ‘paid more in a year than a UK worker gets in a lifetime’
Despite a fall in remuneration during the Covid pandemic, blue chip company bosses averaged £2.7m in 2020The annual pay of FTSE 100 chief executives fell during the pandemic but still equates to what a key worker would earn in a lifetime, according to …