Doug Mcmillon
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Diehard pro-Trump Republicans on collision course with US business
- Technology
- January 6, 2021, 09:23
Republicans supporting Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the US presidential election are on a collision course with US business leaders, as companie(...)

ByteDance and Oracle at loggerheads over terms of TikTok agreement
- Technology
- September 21, 2020, 19:34
ByteDance and Oracle issued conflicting statements on Monday over the terms of an agreement they reached with the White House over the weekend to allo(...)

Valuation of $60bn sought for TikTok as Oracle and Walmart take stakes
- Technology
- September 20, 2020, 14:49
China’s ByteDance is seeking a valuation of $60 billion for TikTok as Oracle and Walmart take stakes in the short-video app’s business to address US s(...)

U2’s Bono lobbied government on housing, database shows
- Irish News
- May 22, 2020, 20:47
U2 frontman Bono lobbied the government in recent weeks to establish a “broad-based, special housing policy task force,” according to public records f(...)

Coronavirus: Bono writes to South Korean president seeking PPE help
- Irish News
- April 12, 2020, 13:13
Bono has continued his efforts to secure more Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Irish health workers by writing to the South Korean president Mo(...)

Ireland wields its ‘soft power’ as Bono joins coronavirus fight
- Health
- April 11, 2020, 02:43
One Saturday afternoon early last month, the Minister for Finance telephoned the rock star. Paschal Donohoe’s call led, some time later, to Bono beco(...)

Asda says Brexit uncertainty affecting customers
- Retail & Services
- August 15, 2019, 17:03
Asda, the UK supermarket arm of US retail giant Walmart, said uncertainty surrounding Brexit was affecting its customers as it eked out a small rise i(...)

Walmart faces pressure over chief’s $24m pay package
- Retail & Services
- May 27, 2019, 19:16
Walmart is facing calls to shake up its executive pay, boardroom composition and approach to workplace sexual harassment at the US retailer’s annual m(...)

Walmart to buy controlling stake in India’s Flipkart for $16bn
- Retail & Services
- May 9, 2018, 16:15
Walmart will pay $16 billion for a roughly 77 per cent stake in Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart, the US retailer’s largest-ever deal, in an attempt t(...)

Amazon debuts the store without a checkout
- Retail & Services
- January 22, 2018
Five years ago Amazon started working on a secret project: how to eliminate the checkout line in stores. Amazon executives reasoned that most other as(...)