In BIG PICTURE NEWS, we see a world without nuclear arms control, who is raking it in from enacting Trump's plans, India tariffs get slashed, France passes a budget and oil and precious metals are all over the place. In BUSINESS, EMPLOYMENT & CONSUMER NEWS, American brands lose their lustre, UK manufacturing growth accelerates, the US jobs report gets delayed, London gets increasingly out of reach and UK house prices rose in January. In M&A NEWS, SpaceX buys xAI and Devon Energy is to buy Coterra. In MISCELLANEOUS NEWS, Disney slides, Ikea proceeds with its China strategy, China bans Tesla-style…
A look back at the news from the week commencing Monday 26th January 2026...
Thoughts for the week ending June 13th 2025...
FOBTs and Lyft’s flotation…
New European car regulations and a Renault/Nissan merger
Ocado’s new deal and Apple’s new services
Majestic Wines’ big news and tricky times for vaping…
The weekly roundup…
Suzuki the “saviour” and Aldi Local
Gaming on Google and shopping on Instagram
Lyft’s upcoming IPO and the acquisition of Worldpay
US retail trends and Big Tech after NZ
Boeing’s problems and the FDA on vaping
To Infiniti and not beyond and French Connection’s good news
Nvidia/Mellanox big deal and Tesla’s U-turn
Deutsche/Commerzbank and ByteDance/TikTok
Johnson & Johnson’s antidepressant and Amazon’s store plans
China’s slowdown and Debenhams’ profit warning
Ray Kelvin’s departure from Ted Baker and UK consumer spending trends
Amazon’s store plans and Tencent in esports
M&S/Ocado reaction and Lego’s turnaround
Peugeot’s return to America and Ocado/M&S talks
GE’s biotech disposal and Spotify in India
Huawei’s bendy phone and the BMW-Daimler JV
Lyft’s listing and Samsung’s bendy phone
Honda Swindon and American SUVs
UK consumer and EV-related metal prices
Heineken and Rivian
Apple’s new app and Activision Blizzard’s restructuring
Morgan Stanley’s acquisition and EA’s Apex Legends
Paperchase and Moving Mountains
Game makers and Tesla’s price cut
HMV and BBC/Discovery streaming
Tesla’s acquisition and Netflix
Ikea’s experiment and Nintendo’s weakness
Volkswagen and Facebook
Apple and sofa.com
Tesla and Caterpillar
iPhone production outside China and M&S/Ocado talks
Metro Bank and Joules
Apple/Foxconn in India and Patisserie Valerie
British Land and Google
Mike Ashley/HMV and e-scooters
US banks and Niantic’s valuation
UK retail winners and losers, Ford and VW’s alliance
JD Sports and Continental
EMA vs Canary Wharf Group plus Indian car sales
UK high street winners and China car sales
Palladium and Safestore
Apple and WeWork/SoftBank
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