Corporate Dispatch
Elon Musk’s X to roll out audio, video calling feature
Aug 31 (Reuters) - Social media platform X, formerly Twitter, plans to launch video and audio calls as owner Elon Musk races…
Microsoft to unbundle Teams from Office
By Foo Yun Chee Brussels, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Microsoft will unbundle its chat and video app Teams from its Office product…
Lego grabs bigger share of declining toy market
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Lego continued to take market share in the first six months of the year…
Burger King must face lawsuit claiming its Whoppers are too small
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has rejected Burger King's bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming that it cheated hungry…
Brazil’s Natura mulls sale of The Body Shop
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian cosmetics maker Natura &Co said its board of directors had authorized the company to search for "strategic…
Eni begins oil and gas production at Ivory Coast Baleine field
ABIDJAN/MILAN, (Reuters) - Italy's Eni has begun oil and gas production at the giant Baleine field in deep waters offshore Ivory Coast,…
John Lewis and Waitrose to hire over 10,000 people as Christmas looms
The John Lewis Partnership is recruiting over 10,000 people as the Christmas rush looms. About 1,700 positions will be permanent - and…
Sandwich chain Subway agrees to sell itself to Arby’s owner Roark Capital
By Anirban Sen and Deborah Mary Sophia Aug 24 - Subway has agreed to sell itself to private equity firm Roark Capital…
UK’s Heathrow warns of leisure travel slowdown later this year
By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Heathrow Airport warned on Wednesday that a slowdown in leisure travel is likely later this…
Musk’s X to fund legal bills of people ‘unfairly treated’ for posting on platform
(Reuters) - Elon Musk has said his X social media platform will fund the legal bills of people who have been treated…
The reaction to ‘X,’ Elon Musk’s rebrand of Twitter, reflects how we feel about brands
Twitter has long been known for its iconic Blue Bird. On July 23, Elon Musk announced that this famed logo was going…
TikTok unveils new measures ahead of EU Digital Services Act
By Martin Coulter LONDON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok has announced a raft of new features for European…