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Cannes ad festival restricts super yachts to avoid ‘excess of celebration’
- Media & Marketing
- June 2, 2017, 16:29
Organisers of this year’s Cannes Lions advertising festival are introducing new restrictions on super yachts entering the Cote d’Azur port as part of (...)

Financier Randy Work asks judge to take his ‘genius’ into account in divorce case
- Financial Services
- April 11, 2017, 15:56
A former Lone Star Funds executive, who asked judges to weigh the value of “genius” in a bid to win a bigger share of a £140 million (€165 million) fo(...)

YouTube exodus highlights problem with online advertising
- Media & Marketing
- March 24, 2017, 15:38
When Google acquired YouTube in 2006 for $1.65 billion (€1.5 billion), it was considered a pricey gamble, one made with the belief that an online serv(...)

French shares climb as Marine Le Pen loses ground
- Markets
- March 3, 2017, 18:47
European stocks closed little changed, paring earlier losses as banks rallied and French shares climbed after a poll showed anti-euro, far-right cand(...)

WPP predicts tougher 2017 after slow start to the year
- Media & Marketing
- March 3, 2017, 08:06
WPP, the world’s largest advertising group, said it had seen a relatively slow start to 2017 and would plan conservatively for the year ahead after hi(...)

The $143bn flop: How Warren Buffett and 3G lost Unilever
- Agribusiness & Food
- February 22, 2017, 10:23
Paul Polman thought it was just going to be an informal catch-up. But it quickly became clear that Alexandre Behring, chairman of Kraft Heinz, had som(...)

Kantar Media buys Dublin media monitoring firm Newsaccess
- Media & Marketing
- February 1, 2017, 15:52
Kantar Media, the global media measurement company, has acquired Newsaccess, the Dublin-based media monitoring specialists. Andy Brown, chief executi(...)

Executive pay: How much is too much?
- Economy
- January 25, 2017, 05:00
Just how much should a corporate executive be paid in salary and bonuses? It’s a question that’s been asked for decades, coming more and more into foc(...)

Chief executives do not merit superstar salaries
- Personal Finance
- December 12, 2016, 07:10
Does £70.4 million (€84 million) a year qualify as a “superstar salary”? Not according to Sir John Hood, chair of advertising giant WPP’s pay committe(...)

The seven excuses of highly paid chief executives
- Business
- December 8, 2016, 07:52
Theresa May has retreated from some of her plans to crack down on executive pay, but business leaders continue to attack her. They are pleased the pr(...)