Disruption in Politics: Be Careful What You Wish For
Political disruptors have, once again, become fashionable – and popular. They always do when societies grow tired of business as usual and politicians that...
William Hill write-down slashes value of bookie’s Australian operation
The first rule of gambling: ‘The house always wins.’ So how has William Hill managed to veer so far off-course with its Australian operations?
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Swede Electric Dreams
Is Volvo’s bid to become all-electric the shrewdest business move of the year, or a cynical ploy to capitalise on the world’s mounting affection...
Emma’s marvellous medicine
GlaxoSmithKline’s mighty empire faces a new chapter with the retirement of Sir Andrew Witty
A MOTHER-of-four from the gritty industrial town of Barrow-in-Furness will create...
Balkan Trade War Heating Up
Fruit and vegetables have become the unlikely weapons as bad neighbours sharing borders feel the discord of strained relations…
By Darren Parkin
SINCE a fragile peace...
Corporate Punishment
The UK government has pledged to crack down on ‘bad’ boardroom behaviour. But how far can it go? And will the corporate world fall...
Glue-shoe syndrome for Brexit: a step forward… or sideways?
An analysis of the latest Brexit developments shows that just beneath the surface of the mud… is more mud. BV’s Jason Agnew reports.
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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
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Cathay Pacific losing altitude
Once held up as a benchmark of luxury long-haul air travel, the company’s determination not to jump on the low fair bandwagon looks like...
Banking group’s Bitcoin block ‘won’t halt crypto trading’
Lloyds Banking Group has blocked credit card transactions for cryptocurrency purchases, but that lacks logic – and may even increase demand, say experts
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