Alphabet announced a 20-for-one stock split on Tuesday, and businesses across Myanmar shut up shop yesterday, joining a nationwide “silent strike” to mark the first anniversary since a military coup. The FT’s commodities correspondent, Emiko Terazono, explains that the slowing growth of plant–based meat sales has taken executives by surprise.
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Google parent Alphabet posts surge in search advertising revenue
Myanmar businesses defy army nationalisation threat and join strike
Has the appetite for plant-based meat already peaked?
M&S and Aldi make peace in Colin and Cuthbert cake war
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