The Alibaba Group logo is seen during the company’s 11.11 Singles’ Day global shopping festival at their headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, November 11, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register HONG KONG, July 26 (Reuters Breakingviews) – There’s a certain magic to governance …
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Philips CEO Frans van Houten presents financial results in Amsterdam, Netherlands, January 29, 2019. REUTERS/Eva Plevier Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register LONDON, July 25 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Philips’ (PHG.AS) problems are mounting faster than Chief Executive Frans van Houten can treat them. Six months after seeing …
Read More »Arnault insures LVMH against future family feuds
LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault attends the Viva Technology conference in Paris, France, June 15, 2017. REUTERS/Martin Bureau/Pool Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register LONDON, July 22 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Bernard Arnault is finally in succession planning mode. On Thursday, the fashion king announced that Agache, the holding …
Read More »Swedish Match results will embolden deal resisters
Staff are seen at a Swedish Match moist powder tobacco “snus” store in Stockholm, Sweden, October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Anna Ringstrom Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register LONDON, July 22 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Swedish Match (SWMA.ST) investors will be watching its financial performance more closely than usual. The …
Read More »China pulls the plug on $50 bln video-game party
A child plays the game “Honour of Kings” by Tencent at home in Dezhou, Shandong province, China July 2, 2017. Picture taken July 2, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register HONG KONG, July 22 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Chinese regulators are spoiling the country’s video-games party. …
Read More »Factbox: Which British workers are heading for industrial action?
A person walks along a platform at Liverpool Street station, during heavily reduced rail services on the third day of national rail strikes, in London, Britain, June 23, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register July 21 (Reuters) – Britain faces a summer of disruption …
Read More »Royal Mail says UK business losing one million pounds a day amid union clash
A Royal Mail delivery vehicle drives along a road near Mount Pleasant, in London, Britain, June 25, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Shares down 2% Holding company to be renamed International Distributions Services Plc Executives say ready to talk over pay July 20 …
Read More »Royal Mail workers vote for major UK summer strike
LONDON, July 19 (Reuters) – More than 115,000 postal workers at Royal Mail (RMG.L) have voted to strike over pay, trade union CWU said on Tuesday, putting them on course for what could be the biggest industrial action to hit Britain this summer. Rising inflation and stagnant real wage growth …
Read More »UK’s Unite union suspends three day strike at Royal Mail
A Royal Mail delivery vehicle drives along a road near Mount Pleasant, in London, Britain, June 25, 2020. Picture taken June 25, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register LONDON, July 18 (Reuters) – Workers at Britain’s Royal Mail suspended plans to hold a …
Read More »Royal Mail urges UK regulator to rethink no-parcel-tracking rule
The logo of Royal Mail is seen outside the Mount Pleasant Sorting Office as a delivery vehicle arrives, in London, Britain, June 25, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley/ Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register July 18 (Reuters) – UK’s Royal Mail (RMG.L) on Monday urged regulator Ofcom to reconsider …
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