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Finance

BP profits drop 45% to $2.7 billion in first quarter but share buybacks stay

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May 7, 2024
Lloyd Dorfman, chair of the Royal Opera House
Lifestyle

London’s Royal Opera House plans a new renaissance starting with a name change — and potential Netflix series

By Sabah Meddings and Bloomberg
May 4, 2024
people walking down a street in Birmingham
Lifestyle

Europe’s largest local authority went bankrupt over equal-pay claims worth nearly $1 billion. Turns out, it may not bleed too much money after all

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May 3, 2024
Black cab taxi drivers block a road in central London as they protest against how transport is run in the capital on November 8, 2016.
Tech

Uber faces a 9-figure lawsuit that could net London taxi drivers $31,000 each

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May 2, 2024
Sir Richard Branson on stage
Success

Richard Branson—worth $2.6bn—says it’s ‘very sad’ when people measure wealth as success and finds being called a billionaire ‘insulting’

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May 2, 2024
People walking on a street
Finance

Europe’s sliding foreign investments are a ‘wake-up call,’ EY expert says

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May 2, 2024
Teenage girls using cell phones
Success

Meet the 12-hour school day that will cure Gen Z’s crippling social awkwardness, complete with public speaking lessons and a smartphone ban

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May 1, 2024
Just Eat and Deliveroo employees deliver food on January 13, 2022 in York, England
Tech

A Deliveroo rider bit off a customer’s thumb—now the U.K. government is cracking down on delivery platforms’ account-sharing practices

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May 1, 2024
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Retail

Aston Martin’s first quarter earnings drop 34% as it awaits fourth CEO in four years

By Jamie Nimmo and Bloomberg
May 1, 2024
Senior woman in a job interview
Success

An $850 million retail giant is giving candidates their questions before a job interview because ‘nerves can seriously impact performance’

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April 30, 2024
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Finance

The number of U.K.-listed companies issuing profit warnings is higher than during the Global Financial Crisis, new report finds

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April 29, 2024
Chris Hulatt co-founder of Octopus Group
Success

‘This is the noise of my shredder shredding your business plan—never call me again’: But a trio of 20-something entrepreneurs refused to quit and now run $16.7 billion investment firm

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April 27, 2024
a woman seated on stage
Tech

In the latest blow for the London Stock Exchange, U.S. private equity firm Thoma Bravo snaps up British cybersecurity star Darktrace for $5 billion

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April 26, 2024
Cyclists pass the Radcliffe Camera building, part of Oxford University, in Oxford, U.K.
Politics

Foreign states, including China, are targeting U.K. universities to enhance their own ‘economic and military capabilities’ MI5 warns

By Isabella Ward and Bloomberg
April 26, 2024
A NatWest Group Plc bank branch in the City of London, UK,
Finance

High interest rates aren’t helping banks as they did before—just ask NatWest, whose profits fell 27% in the first quarter

By William Shaw and Bloomberg
April 26, 2024

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