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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Unilever chief anticipates year of crises as stock markets falter

Maker of PG Tips and Persil says world can expect more volatility in 2016 with Britain set to decide whether to leave EU The chief executive of Unilever, which makes Persil, PG Tips and Dove soap, has warned that the world could lurch from crisis to crisis this year as stock markets slump and Britain debates whether to leave the EU. Paul Polman warned of “high volatility” and “intensifying geopolitical instability” in the world. “Look at Europe. We move from the Greek crisis, to the Ukraine crisis, to the Spanish crisis, to the refugee [crisis]. Now we are creating a Polish crisis because they have different opinions, then we might get the Brexit or not,” he said. Continue reading...


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