How product placements may soon be added to classic films
Getting consumer goods in shot is big business for movies and TV series, and items can now be added digitally.
Amazon: How one cancer patient’s story helps explain the Alabama union vote
Carla Jonson’s story helps explain how Amazon won last week’s union vote in Alabama.
Reopening verdict: ‘It was ‘buzzing, chaotic and crazy’
Business owners tell how their first week of trading has gone after lockdown rules eased in England and Wales.
Archegos collapse costs Morgan Stanley $911m
US investment bank Morgan Stanley’s lending to the collapsed hedge fund cost it nearly $1bn.
Ocado in self-driving vans push with £10m stake in Oxbotica
The online grocery retailer has teamed up with Oxford self-driving firm Oxbotica.
China’s economy grows 18.3% in post-Covid comeback
The record figures for the first quarter of the year are skewed due to last year’s nationwide lockdown
Hammerson: Shopping centre giant slashes rents in revival bid
Hammerson, whose centres include the Bullring and Brent Cross, is “resetting rents to more affordable levels”.
Citigroup to exit consumer banking in 13 markets
The US banking group will shut down its retail operations in countries including China and India.
TUI says summer holiday season can be saved
The boss of Europe’s biggest holiday company thinks successful vaccine programmes can prevent another washout.
Colin the Caterpillar cake row: Judge Rinder gives his verdict
Marks & Spencer has begun legal action against Aldi, arguing the retailer’s Cuthbert the Caterpillar cake infringes its Colin the Caterpillar trademark.