Hints and tips:
...with trader Archer Daniels Midland to extend regenerative agriculture across their shared supply chain in North America....
...“All New Yorkers have a basic right to clean water, yet PepsiCo’s irresponsible packaging and marketing endanger Buffalo’s water supply, environment and public health,” James said on Wednesday....
...Nestlé is selling its languishing North American water business, while Danone is reviewing both product lines and brands....
...France’s Danone, known for Activia yoghurt and Evian water, has gone the furthest in putting plant-based at the centre of its strategy....
...Taken together, Thursday’s results tapped into broader concerns that Silicon Valley companies are running out of room to grow, whether from saturation of their services among users in North America and Europe...
...That helps explain why a handful of banks have been among the first to dip their toes into the water....
...Within a relatively short space of time, JAB has become the world’s second-largest coffee group — and challenger to Switzerland’s Nestlé, the industry leader....
...He expects Mondelez’s pricing in North America and Europe, which fell 0.6 per cent and 0.1 per cent, respectively, last year, to be “about the same” in 2018....
...Campbell Soup reported organic sales fell 2 per cent in the fourth quarter, weighed by weak demand for its trademark soups in North America....
...triggered a US congressional inquiry that reached damning conclusions. 21st Century Fox’s stand pits it against Google parent company Alphabet, Facebook and other tech groups, highlighting how the power of America...
...According to a McKinsey Global Institute report released in June, cities in Europe, North America, China and East Asia have the most developed technology bases, while those in Latin America, Africa and India...
...Shares in Danone and rivals Unilever and Diageo rose in June after Nestlé was targeted by Dan Loeb’s activist hedge fund Third Point....
...“I’ve not seen evidence that convinces me I’ll be more likely to make it to 100 if I suddenly switched to water and broccoli,” Mr Buffett answered....
...Both companies have been diversifying their range of products away from sweet fizzy fare to energy drinks and more healthy offerings, such as yoghurt drinks, juices, water and milk, as well as smaller cans...
...Boldly not going Ambition in the tech world is still alive and well, writes Richard Waters in Inside Business....
...As Richard Waters reports, he was not pitching Microsoft’s traditional money-earners like Office, Windows and server software, or even its newer cloud computing services....
Drug dealer trial in NY offers clues to court order challenge
...Additional reporting by Richard Waters in San Francisco...
...Flag as Important Yahoo’s search for relevance Google and Facebook’s purchases of YouTube and Instagram respectively looked expensive at the time, but now seem cheap and prescient, writes Richard Waters...
...Confidence drained away after the FTSE 100 titan warned of tough trading in its North American industrial division, which sells oil and gas kit. That left the shares 12 per cent under water....
...While Danone’s water business is skewed more to emerging markets, Nestlé sells most of its water to developed markets....
...California needs to reconsider whether it is the best place for almonds to be grown in the face of the state’s water crisis, said the head of one of the world’s largest agricultural businesses....
...Kraft generates just 13 per cent of revenues outside the US, primarily in Canada, while Heinz generates around 60 per cent of its revenues outside North America....
...Man v Machine? As advances in artificial intelligence accelerate, worries about the future spread. 25 to watch. Our take on the next big ideas and companies that you may not have heard of yet....
...A protest called “V-day” — V being for vaffanculo, the Italian equivalent of “fuck off” — drew 80,000 people to one event....
International Edition