Category: 6. Business

Unilever is in advanced talks to combine its food business with US-based McCormick, in a deal including $15.7bn (£11.9bn) cash that would give the Marmite-to-Hellmann’s mayonnaise owner majority control of a $60bn food empire.

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German heat pump sales are set to increase by about ten percent this year to reach 330,000 units, and growth rates will remain similar over the coming years, the German Heat Pump Association (BWP) has projected. 

The association has seen…

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Oil eases on ceasefire signals:

Brent slipped around 1% intraday before stabilising as reports indicated Trump may be open to ending the Iran campaign, though prices remain elevated above $110.

Supply risks still…

Good news: Oil traders are betting the Iran war will end fairly soon. Bad news: They’re also betting the economic damage from the war could last for years.

Crude has surged above $110 a…

COLUMBUS, Ga., March 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL), the leading life and health insurer through its subsidiaries in Japan and the U.S., today announced…

As anticipated, consumer prices rebounded in France in March, rising by 1.7% Year-on-Year after 0.9% in February. The harmonised index, closely watched by the ECB, stood at 1.9%, compared with 1.1% the previous month. This renewed increase in…

Shoppers will not see food prices rise until at least the summer and Easter will be unaffected by conflict in the Middle East, the boss of Sainsbury’s has said, despite fears of an inflation spike.

Simon Roberts said it was “too early” to…