Unilever's Terry Smith - Is He Just a Fun Manager?

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Oaster terry smith has taken a jab at unalever's efforts to portray itself as a socially responsible company. His main point was that uni lever had lost the plot, he said, by focusing on sustain ability. Harriet agnew: Is younolever at fault here, or does terry Smith just have his own personal interests in mind? Aunlever has under performed it some its peers; i think there are big questions around it, some financial performance.

Germany’s largest publishers and advertisers are demanding that the EU intervene over the Google's plan to stop the use of third-party cookies, Sony has plans to enter the electric vehicle market. Plus, the FT’s asset management correspondent, Harriet Agnew, discusses the discord at the global consumer goods conglomerate Unilever.

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German publishers oppose Google plan to phase out third-party cookies

Activist hedge fund Trian builds stake in Unilever

Sony launches electric vehicle unit to ‘explore entering’ market

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