1. What’s next for the BP cash machine?
While BP is still talking decarbonisation, the direction of its walk appears to much closer to keeping a lucrative status quo in place for longer than previously stated.
2. BP, Shell and Meta go large on share buybacks, but why are they controversial?
In the first month of 2023 alone, US corporations announced a colossal US$132bn in share repurchases, more than triple the amount announced in January 2022.
3. FTSE 100 finishes ahead but off record highs
At the close, the FTSE 100 had pulled ahead to finish 0.4% higher at 7,865 points.
4. Royal Mail threatened with data leak by hacking group
The LockBit ransomware gang published an update on its official forum, warning it would publish "all available data" on 9 February.
5. Google unveils Bard as its ChatGPT killer
Google has fired up the race for AI dominance by unveiling “Bard”, a language model that directly rivals OpenAI’s ChatGPT.