Vivendi to fight Telecom Italia’s plan to sell landline network to KKR
Move opens new chapter in long-running battle over future of heavily indebted mobile and broadband group
Mergers & Acquisitions
Paris aviation deals signal recovery in face of supply challenges
Airbus and Boeing announce orders for more than 1,200 aircraft at biennial trade fair
Aircraft manufacturing
Asset or accessory? Luxury handbags spark growing interest
Booming prices make the accessories attractive to investors seeking protection against inflation and market volatility
Luxury goods
Who could be the next president of the European Investment Bank?
Also in today’s newsletter: Should we trust AI to run Europe’s power grid?
Artificial intelligence
Pixar flop shows Walt Disney struggling to revive the magic
Marvel and Pixar films were pushed hard during the pandemic to feed the company’s streaming service
Travel & leisure industry
Revolution Beauty lambasts Boohoo’s call for new management
Cosmetics group says move by retailer ‘opportunistic and self-serving’
Ecommerce
Harvard dishonesty expert accused of dishonesty
Francesca Gino on administrative leave at Harvard Business School after allegations of fraudulent data use
Business education
Inflation’s ‘greedy beast’ will be hard to tame, warns Bundesbank boss
Halting increases in rates would be ‘first-order error’ even if prices falling, says Germany’s central bank chief
Central banks
US bank consolidation: Biden vows crackdown while pushing deals
Regulators, across agencies, are going to have temper their reflex to squelch consolidation
Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial & markets regulation
Amazon ‘tricked and trapped’ customers with Prime subscriptions, FTC claims
US regulator goes after ecommerce giant in its latest lawsuit against Big Tech
Ecommerce