
General Electric to split in three
The US conglomerate General Electric is to split into three publicly listed companies. We find out what's behind the move from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Michelle Fleury in New York.
The US conglomerate General Electric is to split into three publicly listed companies. We find out what's behind the move from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Michelle Fleury in New York. Also in the programme, the aircraft engine maker Rolls Royce has secured funding to develop small modular nuclear reactors, aimed at producing green electricity. Tom Samson is chief executive of Rolls Royce SMR and explains the background. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Russell Padmore reports on the growing problem of restaurant-goers booking a table and then not turning up. Plus, German media giant Axel Springer is understood to have plans to force workers to disclose intimate relationships they have with colleagues. Erika Solomon is Berlin correspondent of the Financial Times and brings us the details.
Today's edition is presented by Rob Young, and produced by Vishala Sri-Pathma and Russell Newlove.
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