Category: Business News

An American activist hedge fund has dismissed a plan by Akzo Nobel to split its business in two and hand back £1.3 billion to shareholders, calling it too ambitious, incomplete and an attempt by senior managers to keep their jobs.

Consumers ‘exploited and abused’ on energy bills

The Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever lifted its dividend by 12 per cent as it reported better-than-expected quarterly sales and moved to bounce back from a surprise takeover approach by Kraft Heinz.