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Magnum moves to oust chair of Ben & Jerry’s

Anuradha Mittal told she is no longer eligible to serve on the ice cream maker’s board

Group scraps plans for flagship all-electric pick-up truck on Trump regulatory changes and tepid demand

Announcement spares British exporters from threat of tariff increases

Also in today’s newsletter: Hong Kong convicts Jimmy Lai, and Brussels plans to scrap 2035 combustion engine ban

Hedge fund manager plans to build $8bn gambling complex next to Mets baseball stadium in Queens

Germany says US to provide security guarantees as Kyiv and Washington admit differences on territorial issues

Shares in Pony.ai and WeRide have fallen since their November debuts

Changes aim to build reserves and quell investor concern about President Javier Milei’s economic policy

MPs said four-hour email outage started as Ukrainian president entered the Bundestag

€5bn in assets withdrawn by metal and tech workers’ group

Extremist terrorism is a major threat, but is one end of a continuum

German fintech had been under pressure to resolve a dispute between its founders and investors

Rival companies both gearing up for £5bn sales

In the consumer products space, rulers are dethroned with alarming speed

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Trump ally says US central bank should lower interest rates more quickly

UK prime minister finishes 2025 with approval ratings at rock bottom and Labour languishing below 20 per cent in the polls

Smaller hospitality businesses are angry at unexpected increase in business rates

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EU accuses Canadian-Pakistani businessman of helping to provide ‘a substantial source of revenue’ to Moscow

In her first public remarks since taking office, Blaise Metreweli says UK support for Ukraine is ‘enduring’