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  • Monday, 4 July, 2022
    Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd
    UK Power Networks: inflation prompts bout of vendor remorse from Hong Kong investor Premium content

    Case for infrastructure holds — as an inflation hedge providing stable returns in an uncertain world

  • Monday, 4 July, 2022
    Uniper SE
    Uniper: the pain from Germany’s gas crisis will be widely shared Premium content

    Disruption caused by the loss of Russian gas supplies is weighing heavily on the Düsseldorf-based group

  • Monday, 4 July, 2022
    Alibaba
    Alibaba: Ant listing approval would help China stocks return to normality

    When the time comes for a listing, a pricing discount would be needed to attract investors to Ant

  • Monday, 4 July, 2022
    Geely Automobile Holdings Co Ltd
    Geely: premium smartphones could offer answer to falling profits Premium content

    A majority stake in local smartphone maker Meizu is just what the Chinese group needs

  • Monday, 4 July, 2022
    Legal services
    City lawyers’ pay: the squeezed middle Premium content

    UK partnerships have refused to adopt US-level pay for older lawyers

  • Sunday, 3 July, 2022
    UK universities
    Humanities degrees: ave atque vale Premium content

    More often than not, arts graduates get less bang for their buck than their more scientifically minded peers

  • Saturday, 2 July, 2022
    Tobacco
    Smoking: Europeans need more than a ban on flavoured products to go tobacco-free Premium content

    While smoking is less popular on both sides of the Atlantic, Europe’s habit is proving harder to crack

  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    Financial & markets regulation
    Insurance/Solvency II: cautious sector has no appetite for rapid change Premium content

    Industry regulator, with its mandate to ensure stability, has been pitted against the government

  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    Shell plc
    Russia/Sakhalin-2: nationalisation sends message to Shell and its peers Premium content

    Russia does not want Shell to remain a phantom shareholder, providing no capital or operational expertise

  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    Health Care
    Walgreens: without a sale of Boots, US group needs a health check Premium content

    Owning physical drugstores is not the cash cow it once was

  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    Elaine Moore
    The Lex Newsletter: stress tests, sanctions and strikes Premium content

    Russia | China coal | Japanese power | Royal Mail | Big Tech | US banking sector

  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    Retail & Consumer industry
    US retailers: patience not only a virtue but a privilege Premium content

    Pace of reversal in customer tastes in a weakening economy has been head-spinning

  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    Utilities
    Thames Water/utilities: investors tapped for cash after deluge of complaints Premium content

    Mounting public anger over pollution will force slowpokes to clean up their act

  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC
    Reckitt Benckiser: infant formula sale is in jeopardy but sales are rising Premium content

    Company’s guidance for 2022 organic sales growth at the upper end of 1-4 per cent may climb

  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    Coal
    China coal: fat margins for producers as green energy movement goes on pause Premium content

    The rest of the world’s aversion to buying Russian coal just means plentiful, cheaper sales for China

  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    Shopify
    Shopify: Amazon-like ecommerce expansion comes with big bills Premium content

    The reality of slowing sales growth must be taken into account

  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    Uber Technologies Inc
    Uber: stakes in rival companies no longer make sense Premium content

    The group has waited too long to gain any returns on sideline equity investments

  • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
    Digital currencies
    US banking sector: Stress test results compare favourably with crypto crash Premium content

    Newfangled lenders had effectively become banks

  • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
    Pinterest Inc
    Pinterest: pinning ecommerce hopes on new CEO Premium content

    Co-founder of social media platform replaced with Google veteran Bill Ready

  • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
    Royal Mail PLC
    Royal Mail: a more efficient service is needed to finance bigger pay Premium content

    A strike will damage the reputation of the UK’s biggest delivery group but the impact on revenues may be modest

  • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
    Tata Motors Ltd
    Tata/Renesas: Indian electric cars as the new hedge Premium content

    Partnership could reinvigorate the shares of both groups in the long term

  • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
    Sujeet Indap
    The Lex Newsletter: US airline merger fight mirrors travel complexities Premium content

    Neither bid for Spirit looks like a slam dunk to pass the scrutiny of competition authorities

  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    Nike Inc
    Nike/China: consumer market is yet to fully open Premium content

    Don’t take the easing of pandemic restrictions as a sign that the country is returning to normality

  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    Criminal barristers’ strike: crime doesn’t pay for advocates Premium content

    Righting the scales of justice requires fundamental change to remuneration system

  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    Jupiter Fund Management PLC
    Jupiter: continuity candidate could struggle to stem outflows Premium content

    Underperformance makes London-listed fund manager vulnerable to a bid

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