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You may as well read the press release yourself. That shouldn’t be too hard, as most business news also tends to be about the same handful of familiar companies over and over again.

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WH Smith to raise around GBP100 million as cuts outlook amid weak US

WH Smith to raise around GBP100 million as cuts outlook amid weak US

(AWP Alliance News) - WH Smith PLC on Wednesday said it will raise funds to bolster its finances, as it lowered full-year profit guidance, once again, amid a downturn in trading. The Swindon, England-based travel retailer now expects to deliver headline pretax profit before non-underlying items of between GBP75 million and GBP90 million for the financial year ending August 31, down from GBP108 million in the year prior. It is the second outlook cut in...
IN BRIEF: Vodafone agrees to put Greece operations into joint venture

IN BRIEF: Vodafone agrees to put Greece operations into joint venture

(AWP Alliance News) - Vodafone Group PLC -Berkshire, England-based telecommunications provider - Agrees to form a 50-50 joint venture between Vodafone Panafon Hellenic Telecommunications Co SA and Athens-based Public Power Corp SA, comprising their respective fibre-to-the- home networks and wholesale fibres businesses in Greece. The proposed JV's fibre businesses currently cover more than 1.6 million homes in Greece. Vodafone says the joint venture would intend to provide wholesale open access to internet service providers in...
EU orders Meta to open WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots for free

EU orders Meta to open WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots for free

(AWP Alliance News) - The EU ordered Meta Platforms Inc on Tuesday to give rival AI chatbots access to its WhatsApp platform for free within five working days as it carries out an antitrust probe, or risk a heavy fine. Meta said it would appeal the order, which follows the launch in December of an EU investigation into the Menlo Park, California-based firm's policy of blocking access for AI providers other than Meta AI. The...

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