Isobel Asher Hamilton

• Healthcare

  RSV Vaccines Lose Some Shine for Big Pharma

  

  Pfizer, Moderna, and GlaxoSmithKline are developing vaccines for RSV to fill the gap on their balance sheets.

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• Energy

  Shell Backs Off Offshore Wind

  

  Shell has started to shop around for buyers to offload its stake in an offshore wind project off the coast of Scotland.

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• Consumer

  Airlines Have Finally Hit a Ceiling on Fares

  

  Ryanair said it had seen its profits take a 46% nosedive, and would have to offer “materially lower” airfares for the busy summer period.

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• International Economics

  London’s Days as the World’s Money-Laundering Capital May Be Numbered

  

  London has been the world’s top spot for money laundering, but that could be changing. Roughly 17% of UK millionaires are leaving.

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• Consumer

  Diamonds Come Under Even More Pressure from Sluggish China Demand

  

  Anglo American is cutting back diamond production to try to hedge against China’s continued ambivalence toward the gemstones.

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• Consumer

  Italy Hits Dior and Armani with Antitrust Probe over Working Conditions

  

  Italy’s antitrust agency has opened an investigation into Dior and Armani over allegations of worker exploitation.

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• Artificial Intelligence

  Europe is Hot on AI Regulation, Less So on Startup Policy

  

  The EU’s landmark AI Act is due to come into force next month, and founders and lawmakers are fretting over whether it’s fit for its purpose.

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• International Economics

  Greece Lengthens the Workweek While the UK Four-Day Week Gathers Steam

  

  Greece’s government put new labor laws into effect that mean workers can be asked to work a six-day workweek.

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