BP’s major setback
Financial Times
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Meta will cut 10% of its staff next month, BP suffered a heavy defeat at its annual shareholder meeting, and the Paramount–Warner Brothers Discovery deal is one step closer to being sealed.
Plus, the Trump family’s crypto company is in hot water, and a US official is vying to get Italy into the football World Cup.
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