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...The Hipgnosis board on Thursday said it had considered all options for the future of the company, but the alternatives carried “significant risks, uncertainties and limitations”....
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...The company’s board is close to announcing the result of a strategic review, which is looking at a range of options for the future of the group including a wind-down and sale of its assets....
...Tighter regulation on both fronts is one option, though it would be unpopular with homegrown peers. Note that in the first quarter of the year, Meta spent a record $7.64mn on lobbying....
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...But the inability to accept that the game is up, that you have made poor strategic choices and are now in the business of cutting your losses, is one that organisations in general tend to struggle with....
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