Decision comes after activist investor Elliott took $5bn stake and pushed for break-up
Group doesn’t seem to have got the memo that conglomerates have become achingly unfashionable
US activist investor wants to split the conglomerate’s aerospace and automation businesses
Five legal operations professionals stand out for their efforts to harness AI and other emerging tech tools
Case studies in best practice among general counsel and company legal teams in North America
Trends in geopolitics force faster responses from legal teams
When you’ve fecked up, try to be funny about it
Featuring examples of the most innovative services that legal teams have developed for their businesses
We wrap up our first series on how new service providers are creating a more efficient corporate ecosystem
Automation gathers pace as logistics groups struggle to find workers to deal with surge in next-day deliveries
Some groups are becoming more creative, offering short-time working rather than redundancies
Massive smuggling of HFCs is undermining climate goals and costing business millions
Industrial group says it is planning ‘cautiously’ given economic uncertainty
Higher business aviation and defence sales help industrials group beat analyst estimates
Despite progress, more must be done to reduce greenhouse emissions of modern aircraft
From toys to tools and trucks, manufacturers tweak supply chains and plan price rises
Previously upbeat mood in boardrooms chills as president raises the stakes with China
Third Point and Goldman Sachs launch their first ‘special purpose acquisition vehicles’
With investment in development stuck at pre-crisis levels and stock prices high, do US companies’ huge repurchases make sense?
