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• newTrends Shaping Innovation in Meal Solutions
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  - 6 hours ago, 15 Nov 18, 5:00am -
• newKey packaging trends and innovations in beauty and personal care
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  - 22 hours ago, 14 Nov 18, 1:26pm -
• Travel Leaders UK Travel Markets – What to Expect in 2019
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  - 1 day ago, 14 Nov 18, 9:37am -
• Huawei on its way to become a mobile communications industry leader
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  - 7 days ago, 8 Nov 18, 6:27pm -
• China celebrates the 11.11 Global Shopping Festival
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  - 7 days ago, 8 Nov 18, 11:44am -
• New Whitepaper Reveals Megatrends Shaping the Future of Travel
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  - 9 days ago, 6 Nov 18, 10:00am -
• Commerce 2040: Tech May Alter Consumer-Facing Environments
  The post Commerce 2040: Tech May Alter Consumer-Facing Environments appeared first on Market Research Blog.
  - 10 days ago, 5 Nov 18, 3:00am -
• Quarterly Brexit Report Q3 2018: Nothing Can Be Ruled Out
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  - 13 days ago, 2 Nov 18, 4:58pm -

Reuters: Global Markets

• Pfizer walks away from $118 billion AstraZeneca takeover fight

  

  LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pfizer abandoned its attempt to buy AstraZeneca for nearly 70 billion pounds ($118 billion) on Monday as a deadline approached without a last-minute change of heart by the...
  - 26 May 14, 11:55am -

The Economist: Buttonwood's

• So long, farewell

  

  Three worries and three signs of hope in the final blog post
  - 8 May 18, 10:45am -
• The flaws of finance

  

  The sector is essential to the economy. But it is rewarded too highly and imposes wider social costs. The penultimate in a series of farewell blogs
  - 1 May 18, 1:19pm -
• Hope I save before I get old

  

  Although we will probably spend 20 years or more in retirement, we don't think about it enough. The third in a series of farewell blogs
  - 27 Apr 18, 10:44am -
• The best books on finance and economics

  

  A great book from the late Hans Rosling heads the list. The second in a series of farewell blogs
  - 25 Apr 18, 11:45am -
• Six precepts every investor should remember

  

  The first in a farewell series of blogs
  - 18 Apr 18, 11:46am -
• The smartphone and the toilet

  

  Technological change has brought great benefits that aren't captured in GDP. That's not new
  - 11 Apr 18, 7:26am -
• An update from Jeremy Grantham

  

  
  - 10 Apr 18, 1:11pm -
• A plan that needs more money

  

  Topping up Social Security is a good idea but 3% contributions won't be enough
  - 9 Apr 18, 9:34am -
• We have seen the future and it twerks

  

  Leadership may be divided into the entertainment figurehead and the policymaking experts
  - 28 Mar 18, 7:26am -
• Markets think trade war is good for “absolutely nothing”

  

  It may turn out to be bluster but it makes the world riskier anyway
  - 23 Mar 18, 9:44am -

The Guardian: Nils Pratley on Finance

• newWhat reason did Philip Hammond have for delaying FBOT reform? | Nils Pratley
  It is suspected that lobbyists took a punt on the Treasury that very nearly paid outYou’d think the Treasury, in the midst of Brexit, would have enough on its plate without picking unnecessary fights over fixed-odds betting terminals that end in hu…
  - 21 hours ago, 14 Nov 18, 2:00pm -
• Darby's exceedingly odd decision to quit Mr Kipling firm | Nils Pratley
  However you slice the battenberg, this looks like a victory in extra time for Oasis and its fellow rebelsGavin Darby was the chief executive who won the big bun fight at the Mr Kipling firm Premier Foods in the summer. It was a bitterly fought affair…
  - 2 days ago, 13 Nov 18, 2:12pm -
• Flex it like Brexit: confused investors cling on to idea of a grand fudge | Nils Pratley
  Buy or sell? No one knows, but an unpalatable Brexit deal and a falling pound could be toxic for a weak prime ministerIf Theresa May’s Brexit deal faces a humiliating defeat in the Commons – which is a popular opinion in the wake of Jo Johnson’…
  - 3 days ago, 12 Nov 18, 1:53pm -
• Persimmon chief's £75m bonus was 'issue' never likely to disappear easily
  A bigger pay cut at the outset might have saved Jeff Fairburn – but he chose otherwisePersimmon is still happily selling houses, but even a half-awake board can spot the long-term danger in becoming a corporate laughing stock. The viral clip of she…
  - 8 days ago, 7 Nov 18, 2:00pm -
• William Hill takes a big punt on the US market
  Crackdown on FOBTs will dent UK profits, so the bookmaker is off to seeks its fortune in the States. The odds aren’t goodFarewell to the FOBTs, if only in supercharged form. William Hill is off to the US to seek its fortune. That, at least, was the…
  - 9 days ago, 6 Nov 18, 2:08pm -
• Heathrow's arrogant response to its regulator will not fly | Nils Pratley
  Private company has yet to answer CAA’s reasonable questions over third runwayHeathrow’s third runway must be “cost-efficient and sustainable” and “minimise costs to airlines, passengers and freight owners”, according to the government’…
  - 10 days ago, 5 Nov 18, 2:00pm -
• The City should calm down – it could end up becoming a rule taker | Nils Pratley
  Whatever Brexit deal on financial services has been mooted, it’s unlikely to have reached the nitty-gritty stageThe City should not celebrate too soon. If an EU-UK deal on financial services is in prospect, it won’t be the one that was originally…
  - 14 days ago, 1 Nov 18, 3:26pm -
• Radical ideas needed to tackle insurance auto-renew pricing
  Policyholders often get lower quotes by phoning to protest, but FCA knows this farce is wrongHere’s an intriguing idea the Financial Conduct Authority probably won’t adopt: get the entire population of the UK to renew, or switch, its car and home…
  - 15 days ago, 31 Oct 18, 3:10pm -
• A no-deal Brexit would shorten the odds on a long UK recession
  S&P Global’s outlook for a healthy UK credit rating after crashing out of the EU is poor The predictions of credit rating agencies should not be treated as gospel, of course. The same crew awarded gold stars to many billions-worth of US sub-prime d…
  - 16 days ago, 30 Oct 18, 3:47pm -
• Patisserie Valerie is saved but mystery of how it got into sticky mess deepens | Nils Pratley
  Should internal investigation into financial calamity be led by outsiders, rather than the board?Hurrah, Patisserie Valerie is saved for the nation: the winding-up petition against the main trading subsidiary has been dismissed. It was the expected o…
  - 21 days ago, 25 Oct 18, 7:34am -