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Ocado to cut 500 technology and finance jobs as AI reduces costs

www.wakaticket.com – Online grocery specialist takes advantage of tools that helped improve productivity of engineering team…
Ocado to cut 500 technology and finance jobs as AI reduces costs
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Rolls-Royce brings back dividend and announces £1bn share buyback

www.wakaticket.com – British jet engine maker’s underlying operating profits rose 55% to £2.5bn in 2024 as it bounces back from Covid crisis…
Rolls-Royce brings back dividend and announces £1bn share buyback
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Qantas posts $1.39bn profit as holidaymakers flock to Jetstar

www.wakaticket.com – Half-year results reveal budget carrier earnings up 35% in a year with 8% uptick in capacity…
Qantas posts $1.39bn profit as holidaymakers flock to Jetstar
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Labour donor Dale Vince claims libel victory over false pro-Hamas claim

www.wakaticket.com – Vince to receive damages from Guido Fawkes blogger and says he will take Reform UK’s Richard Tice to full trial…
Labour donor Dale Vince claims libel victory over false pro-Hamas claim
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Shein found two cases of child labour at suppliers in 2024, firm tells UK MPs

www.wakaticket.com – Online fashion retailer, which is planning an IPO in London, responds to questions from parliamentary committee…
Shein found two cases of child labour at suppliers in 2024, firm tells UK MPs
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Dirtier BP is still miles away from resetting its share price | Nils Pratley

www.wakaticket.com – Fossil fuel giant’s strategic U-turn may be far-reaching but even after ditching climate goals the shares fell…
Dirtier BP is still miles away from resetting its share price | Nils Pratley
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BP blames ‘misplaced’ faith in green transition for its renewed focus on fossil fuels

www.wakaticket.com – CEO Murray Auchincloss says ‘fundamental reset’ will mean cut of more than £4bn to low-carbon investment plan…
BP blames ‘misplaced’ faith in green transition for its renewed focus on fossil fuels
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Why has BP pulled the plug on its green ambitions?

www.wakaticket.com – Oil firm abandons plan to become net zero energy company as its CEO claims strategy went ‘too far, too fast’…
Why has BP pulled the plug on its green ambitions?
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United Utilities boss admits water firm ‘isn’t good enough at stopping sewage dumping’

www.wakaticket.com – Louise Beardmore, boss at England’s worst-polluting firm, tells MPs pollution rise partly down to extra monitors and wet weather…
United Utilities boss admits water firm ‘isn’t good enough at stopping sewage dumping’
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BP boss says oil company went ‘too far, too fast’ in green energy transition – as it happened

www.wakaticket.com – Murray Auchincloss says BP’s faith in green energy transition was ‘misplaced’ as it increases oil and gas investment to $10bn a year…
BP boss says oil company went ‘too far, too fast’ in green energy transition – as it happened
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It’s time we asked: what is the cost not just to the budget, but to society, when the richest are helped to get richer? | Greg Jericho

www.wakaticket.com – The question ‘how do we pay for it’ only seems to come up when the government spends money on things that help low and middle-income earners…
It’s time we asked: what is the cost not just to the budget, but to society, when the richest are helped to get richer? | Greg Jericho
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Aston Martin delays first battery electric vehicle again and plans job cuts

www.wakaticket.com – Sportscar maker says priority is plug-in hybrids, while cutting costs will reduce global workforce by 5%…
Aston Martin delays first battery electric vehicle again and plans job cuts
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Woolworths’ profit slumps as cost of living drives shoppers elsewhere

www.wakaticket.com – Grocery chain, which has also been rocked by industrial disruptions at warehouses, suffers a near 21% drop in its six-month net profit…
Woolworths’ profit slumps as cost of living drives shoppers elsewhere
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UK battery firm says it has learned from others’ errors as it licenses Chinese tech

www.wakaticket.com – Volklec aims to start making batteries at part-government-funded site near Coventry before building its own factory…
UK battery firm says it has learned from others’ errors as it licenses Chinese tech
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A brutal ousting at Unilever? Not really. Boards shouldn’t be sentimental about chief executives | Nils Pratley

www.wakaticket.com – Getting rid of Hein Schumacher may not follow the usual FTSE 100 script, but boards should be free to make clinical judgments if there’s a better option…
A brutal ousting at Unilever? Not really. Boards shouldn’t be sentimental about chief executives | Nils Pratley
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‘I felt nothing but disgust’: Tesla owners vent their anger at Elon Musk

www.wakaticket.com – The tycoon’s links with Donald Trump and Germany’s far-right AfD have slammed the brakes on sales and put the car’s owners in a spin…
‘I felt nothing but disgust’: Tesla owners vent their anger at Elon Musk
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Bitcoin slides below $90,000 amid crypto selloff; Tesla sales slide across Europe; UK defence stocks jump – as it happened

www.wakaticket.com – Bitcoin has tumbled below $90,000 to hit the lowest since mid-November, as rising volatility hits crypto market…
Bitcoin slides below $90,000 amid crypto selloff; Tesla sales slide across Europe; UK defence stocks jump – as it happened
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Farmers worried if they will make it to 2026 amid ‘cashflow crisis’, says NFU

www.wakaticket.com – Union conference dominated by row over planned inheritance tax changes as farmers battle the bad weather and turbulent geopolitics…
Farmers worried if they will make it to 2026 amid ‘cashflow crisis’, says NFU
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‘Consumers need one-to-one attention’: the food and drink CEO on why corner shops are the heart of their communities

www.wakaticket.com – Jason Wouhra OBE, boss of Lioncroft Wholesale, is passionate about helping small business thrive in the face of corporate competition…
‘Consumers need one-to-one attention’: the food and drink CEO on why corner shops are the heart of their communities
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Unilever ousts CEO Hein Schumacher to speed turnaround

www.wakaticket.com – Marmite, Dove and Ben & Jerry’s maker announces finance chief Fernando Fernandez will take over in surprise move…
Unilever ousts CEO Hein Schumacher to speed turnaround
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