How Pfizer snatched defeat from victory

May 23, 2014 7:39 pm

How Pfizer snatched defeat from victory

By Andrew Ward

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It was a warm and sunny spring day in the craggy archipelago that guards the entrance to Gothenburg harbour but when Leif Johansson woke up at his island home on Saturday, April 26 with the weekend ahead of him, any hopes of relaxation were extinguished by an email waiting in his inbox. Read more of this post

Amazon escalates battle with publishers; Amazon is fuelling anguish about its growing dominance in the book industry by making it harder for customers to buy the books of a publisher it is battling with over pricing

Last updated: May 23, 2014 10:44 pm

Amazon escalates battle with publishers

By Barney Jopson in Washington and Emily Steel in New York

Amazon is fuelling anguish about its growing dominance in the book industry by making it harder for customers to buy the books of a publisher it is battling with over pricing. Read more of this post

HSBC shareholders revolt on pay; More than a fifth of shareholders’ votes were cast against HSBC’s three-year pay policy in the latest sign of investor unrest during a stormy season of annual meetings

May 23, 2014 4:52 pm

HSBC shareholders revolt on pay

By Sharlene Goff, Retail Banking Correspondent

More than a fifth of shareholders’ votes were cast against HSBC’s three-year pay policy in the latest sign of investor unrest during a stormy season of annual meetings. Read more of this post