The restaurant technology provider Toast whetted the appetite of investors in one of the year’s largest US listings on Wednesday, leading a wave of consumer-focused companies hoping that enthusiasm for new technology will override recent jitters about the health of the economic rebound. The offering price of $40 a share gave the seven-year-old company an…
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Climate change updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Climate change news. Surging gas and electricity prices in Europe have intensified the political backlashagainst Brussels’ plans to extend carbon taxes on petrol and heating bills, threatening a central policy of the EU’s drive to hit net zero emissions…
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GlaxoSmithKline PLC updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about GlaxoSmithKline PLC news. Activist hedge fund Bluebell Capital Partners has taken a small stake in pharma group GlaxoSmithKline to push for chief executive Emma Walmsley to reapply for her job, backing proposals put forward by fellow investor Elliott Management.…
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Property sector updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Property sector news. Sickly returns from retail and office properties are pushing real estate investors to find healthier yields elsewhere. Hospital and nursing home owners are seizing the opportunity to garner growth capital. Europe’s largest healthcare property owner Icade…
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Nurses fill the hospital room to turn a patient from his stomach to his back. The ventilator forcing air into him is most effective when he’s on his stomach, so he is in that position most hours of the day, sedated and paralyzed by drugs. Lying on his stomach all those hours has produced sores…
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Scientists have discovered another clue to the origins of the virus that causes Covid-19, with bats living in caves in Laos found to be carrying a similar pathogen that experts suggest could potentially infect humans directly. The virus has killed millions since it emerged in China in late 2019, and controversy continues to swirl around…
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Climate change updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Climate change news. Europe’s summer floods and wildfires are just the latest sign that the costs of transitioning to a low-carbon economy are far less than the “particularly challenging” impact of climate change on the region’s companies, banks and…
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