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Revealed: Axel Springer skipped due diligence before £575m Telegraph takeover | Telegraph Media Group
Axel Springer did not complete due diligence on the Telegraph before sealing its £575m takeover, with…
Primark to split from food business despite warning of Iran war impact | Associated British Foods
Primark is to break free from its sister food company, which owns Twinings, Kingsmill and Patak’s,…
Aegon offloads 200-year-old UK business to Standard Life for £2bn | Mergers and acquisitions
The Dutch financial services group Aegon has struck a £2bn deal to sell off its almost…
Universal Music, home to Taylor Swift and Drake, receives €55bn takeover offer | Music industry
Billionaire Bill Ackman’s hedge fund has offered to buy Universal Music Group (UMG) in a deal…
‘From high flyer to dead parrot’: former billion-dollar eco-shoe brand Allbirds sold for $39m | Mergers and acquisitions
Allbirds, the San Francisco sustainable trainer brand once valued at more than $4bn, is being sold…
Marmite maker Unilever nears deal to combine food arm with US condiment giant | Unilever
Unilever is in advanced talks to combine its food business with US-based McCormick in a deal…
Idris Elba-backed firm Huel bought by Danone in €1bn deal | Food & drink industry
Huel, the protein shake maker which counts the actor Idris Elba among its investors, has agreed…
Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav in line for $700m payout from Paramount deal | Warner Bros
David Zaslav, the chief executive of Warner Bros Discovery, is in line for a $700m (£525m)…
Marmite maker Unilever in talks to merge food business with US-based McCormick | Unilever
Unilever, the owner of Marmite, Dove and Hellmann’s mayonnaise, is in talks to combine its food…