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VW Sticking to its Smoking Guns

Electric dreams are no threat to the diesel engine, according to the boss of Volkswagen. Has Matthias Mueller got a cunning long-term plan, or...
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Obituary: Dame Helen Alexander

Businesswoman was a brilliant leader and trailblazer for women in senior boardroom roles… TRIBUTES have been paid to Dame Helen Alexander – a true pioneer...
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Sweet gene victory around the corner? Therapeutic advances come rolling in

As the UK Government opens its new ‘Catapult’ centre devoted to gene therapy manufacturing, could 2018 be the year of its mainstream commercialisation? BV’s...
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Amazon Overflowing Into New Premises

As if Amazon’s current HQ wasn’t colossal enough, the internet-based retailer is in the market for a second mega-HQ big enough for 50,000 staff....
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World’s richest woman dies

Obituary: Liliane Bettencourt: 1922 - 2017 Controversy and questionable politics were never far away to divert attention from some remarkable skill at leading an industry...
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Murdoch Takeover Stalls

Sky buy out delayed as UK Government intervenes amid calls for investigation over White House ‘fake news’ story… THE drawn-out takeover of broadcaster Sky by...
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‘Hello?’ Telecommunications have come a long, long way

From a nine-word call by Alexander Graham Bell to the world in your pocket via 5G, phones forge a way to the future The words...
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MONARCH LATEST: Where did it all go wrong?

Private equity firm which owned the popular airline says the total cost of its collapse will take years to calculate as it stares into...
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The Big Fail: South Sudan

Where did it all go wrong? Designed as place where new business could survive and prosper, South Sudan’s devastating collapse into corruption has driven away...
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Passing the Pepsi test

The jewel in the crown of PepsiCo is celebrating a decade at the pinnacle of one the world’s most iconic companies – a brand...