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Unilever boss to step down after less than two years at helm
Unilever boss to step down after less than two years at helm

British consumer goods giant Unilever on Tuesday said chief executive Hein Schumacher will step down on March 1 after less than two years in the post. "Unilever’s CEO is stepping down in a surprise twist, cutting short his tenure just as he was steering the consumer goods giant toward a leaner, more profitable future," said Matt Britzman, senior equity analyst at stockbroker Hargreaves Lansdown.

Kate Bush leads UK musicians in 'silent album' AI fight
Kate Bush leads UK musicians in 'silent album' AI fight

Over 1,000 musicians including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox and Damon Albarn on Tuesday released a silent album in protest at proposed changes to UK copyright law around artificial intelligence (AI) which they say will legalise music theft. Writers and musicians including Bush also denounced the proposals as a "wholesale giveaway" to Silicon Valley in a letter to The Times newspaper on Tuesday.