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Canva chief executive Melanie Perkins says more than 1,000 employees will either lose their jobs or be asked to move into different roles after what she described as the company’s hardest year yet.
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A Poundland supplier is expected to lose millions if the retailer collapses, while other suppliers have warned that they could also fail as a result.
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Nicola Shaw, who has led Yorkshire Water since 2022, will leave her role in January after the company was downgraded.
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Google shares fell to a six-month low after the company said AI-generated search summaries were affecting advertising revenue, unsettling investors on...
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DoorDash is set to acquire Instacart in a deal valued at $17bn, with the companies saying the transaction would expand the number of stores available...
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Poundland’s bosses have filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators, placing the future of the discount retailer in doubt as it faces the po...
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Microsoft has reported a profit of $36.6bn while offering buyouts to about 60,000 employees, equivalent to one in four workers, as it seeks to reduce...
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Several major Chinese brands have dropped Kylian Mbappé following criticism of an alleged joke referencing Mao Zedong. The available information does...
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Anthropic has published a 355-page prospectus for its initial public offering, containing information about the company that had not previously been d...
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Anthropic has announced details of a planned stock market listing, positioning the company as the first dedicated artificial intelligence business to...
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The Government says proposed changes to regulations will remove unnecessary bureaucracy and could save businesses as much as £800m.
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Meta, the owner of Facebook, has reportedly been fined $25bn in a case involving alleged misrepresentations about user-data privacy. The penalty is de...
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Elon Musk has said there is “a lot to be gained” from merging Tesla and SpaceX, a deal that would be the biggest merger in history if completed.
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Special committees have been formed at Tesla and SpaceX to examine a possible merger, with Elon Musk describing the proposal as a good idea.
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The BBC has announced plans to close BBC Three, BBC Scotland and Radio 4 Extra as broadcast channels. Katie Razzall said the closures made business se...
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Paddy Power is cutting 1,400 jobs and has attributed the decision to higher taxes on online casino and sports betting introduced by the Government in...
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Small businesses are cutting back on recruitment, contributing to a fall in job vacancies. The Office for National Statistics says labour costs are a...
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The head of a major Ukrainian steel company says Ukraine has been caught up in EU measures intended to curb cheap Chinese imports.
