ExxonMobil backs up bullish view of oil demand with $60bn bet
Purchase of Pioneer reinforces group’s Permian Basin inventory as fossil fuel debate intensifies
Shale Oil & Gas, Mergers & Acquisitions
Pink Snow 2023: a winter sports special
From a super-chalet in Val d’Isère to the frozen fjords of Greenland, plus a resort with no cars — and one with no lifts
Travel & leisure industry
Deglobalisation and the global business degree
What does declining international connection and co-operation mean for the globe-trotting executive MBA?
Business education
Exxon/Pioneer: rising interest rates and nervous investors force shale consolidation
Deal gives oil group a chunk of Permian real estate, associated cash flows and $2bn of estimated annual synergies
Shale Oil & Gas, Mergers & Acquisitions
Walgreens: new CEO may decide Boots was made for hawking
A push into healthcare could well revive plans to sell the UK drugstore business
Mergers & Acquisitions
India has embraced WhatsApp, but Meta now needs to make it pay
The country has become a Petri dish for examining how business messaging can work — and bring in revenue
Social Media
Global regulators scramble to address threat of fake news
Also in this newsletter: international tax treaty, IMF warns on deficits, ExxonMobil strikes a mega-deal
Social Media
Nasa to launch first mission to metal-rich asteroid
Eight-year expedition to Psyche aims to shed light on Earth’s origins
Space industry
LVMH: choppy economy is hell for leather
Central case for owning luxury sector stocks has not changed
Luxury goods
UK regulator censures London Capital & Finance over minibond promotion
The FCA says now-defunct firm would have received a ‘substantial’ penalty were it not already insolvent
Financial & markets regulation