<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Deirdre Hipwell - ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deirdre Hipwell - ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AUDdtDuey2M/deirdre-hipwell</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Deirdre Hipwell - </title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AUDdtDuey2M/deirdre-hipwell</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 03:46:11 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. 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Trying to streamline an operation that spends more than $5 billion a year on developing new drugs, Novartis dispatched teams to jetmaker Boeing Co. and Swissgrid AG, a power company, to observe how they use technology-laden crisis centers to prevent failures and blackouts.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swiss Stocks Decline on US Tariffs, Push for Lower Drug Prices]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-04/swiss-equity-futures-drop-as-traders-brace-for-us-tariffs-impact</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-04/swiss-equity-futures-drop-as-traders-brace-for-us-tariffs-impact</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sagarika Jaisinghani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 06:39:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reckitt Sells Homecare Brands to Advent in $4.8 Billion Deal]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-18/reckitt-to-sell-homecare-brands-to-advent-in-4-8-billion-deal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-18/reckitt-to-sell-homecare-brands-to-advent-in-4-8-billion-deal</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Deirdre Hipwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 06:16:09 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i2IF29w6bvjU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i2IF29w6bvjU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Reckitt’s Essential Home portfolio includes brands Calgon and Air Wick.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hugo Boss Shareholder Frasers Warns It Won’t Back Dividends]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-04/mike-ashley-s-frasers-tells-hugo-boss-it-won-t-approve-dividends</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-04/mike-ashley-s-frasers-tells-hugo-boss-it-won-t-approve-dividends</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Linsell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 10:01:09 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ivPxCklaYb.c/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ivPxCklaYb.c/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Mike Ashley Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Femsa Exits Heineken After 15 Years With €359 Million Sale]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-20/femsa-exits-heineken-after-15-years-with-359-million-sale</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-20/femsa-exits-heineken-after-15-years-with-359-million-sale</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Deirdre Hipwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 07:27:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marks & Spencer Says Hackers Have Stolen Some Customer Data]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-13/marks-spencer-says-hackers-have-stolen-some-customer-data</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-13/marks-spencer-says-hackers-have-stolen-some-customer-data</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Deirdre Hipwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 07:58:34 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iFfC6vYbGwrQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iFfC6vYbGwrQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The entrance to a Marks &amp; Spencer Group Plc store on Oxford Street in London.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Novartis to Buy Regulus Therapeutics for as Much as $1.7 Billion]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-30/novartis-to-buy-regulus-therapeutics-for-as-much-as-1-7-billion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-30/novartis-to-buy-regulus-therapeutics-for-as-much-as-1-7-billion</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Deirdre Hipwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 11:47:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kering’s Choice of Insider to Revamp Gucci Prompts Selloff]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-13/kering-picks-bad-boy-designer-demna-to-lead-gucci-turnaround-bid</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-13/kering-picks-bad-boy-designer-demna-to-lead-gucci-turnaround-bid</guid><category><![CDATA[pursuits]]></category><category><![CDATA[culture]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Deirdre Hipwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:28:40 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iUIbygIy3Nzg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iUIbygIy3Nzg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Demna Gvasalia</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unilever Veteran to Take Helm With a Mandate for Faster 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Hipwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 07:10:35 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iLiP2bzMY6VU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iLiP2bzMY6VU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Hein Schumacher Photographer: Vivian Wan/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merck KGaA in Talks to Buy SpringWorks Therapeutics]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-10/merck-kgaa-reported-in-talks-to-buy-springworks-therapeutics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-10/merck-kgaa-reported-in-talks-to-buy-springworks-therapeutics</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Deirdre Hipwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 15:16:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[KKR Takes Strategic Stake in Medical Supplier Henry Schein]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-29/kkr-takes-strategic-stake-in-medical-supply-group-henry-schein</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-29/kkr-takes-strategic-stake-in-medical-supply-group-henry-schein</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Deirdre Hipwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 12:26:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sainsbury’s Job Cuts Just the Start as Costs Soar in UK Retail]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-24/sainsbury-s-job-cuts-just-the-start-as-costs-soar-in-uk-retail</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-24/sainsbury-s-job-cuts-just-the-start-as-costs-soar-in-uk-retail</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Deirdre Hipwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content 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Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Astra, Daiichi Withdraw EU Application for Lung Cancer Drug]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-24/astra-daiichi-withdraw-eu-application-for-lung-cancer-drug</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-24/astra-daiichi-withdraw-eu-application-for-lung-cancer-drug</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Deirdre Hipwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2024 08:15:10 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ia_T.6xm4vE4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ia_T.6xm4vE4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Signage at the AstraZeneca facility in Maryland, US.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former ASML CEO Peter Wennink to Become Heineken Chair]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-13/former-asml-ceo-peter-wennink-to-become-heineken-chair-in-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-13/former-asml-ceo-peter-wennink-to-become-heineken-chair-in-2025</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Deirdre Hipwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2024 07:11:21 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/irGVc_hNIfiY/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/irGVc_hNIfiY/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Peter Wennink Photographer: Peter Boer/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zalando to Buy German Retailer About You for $1.3 Billion]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-11/zalando-to-buy-german-online-retailer-about-you-for-1-3-billion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-11/zalando-to-buy-german-online-retailer-about-you-for-1-3-billion</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Deirdre Hipwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 07:18:25 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ibBCq7LvPtLM/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ibBCq7LvPtLM/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The About You website. 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