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Leila Abboud

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ARTICLES BY LEILA ABBOUD

(From left to right) Luis Suarez, Neymar and Lionel Messi of Barcelona. Transfer fees are increasing at a scarily fast pace, as Neymar’s PSG deal shows. Photo: AP

Neymar, Messi and Ronaldo aren’t as greedy as they look

1 min read . 03 Aug 2017

Travis Kalanick’s paper net worth is $6.7 billion. Photo: Reuters

Uber’s Travis Kalanick changed the world. Who can follow that?

3 min read . 21 Jun 2017

Everyone in the Apple supply chain should adjust to the new reality, and fast. Photo: Reuters

‘Don’t depend on Apple’ is the tech mantra of the month

2 min read . 11 Apr 2017

Kumar Mangalam Birla of Aditya Birla Group and Vodafone Group CEO Vittorio Colao after announcing the Vodafone-Idea merger. Photo: AP

Vodafone’s Indian escape act is heavy on the contortions

2 min read . 20 Mar 2017

If a deal is finalized, Vodafone Group could then sell down its stake in the merged company over time, hopefully at a better price if it’s better able to withstand the heat from Jio. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint

Vodafone’s idea for an escape route from its Indian torment

2 min read . 30 Jan 2017

Daniel Ek needs to convince the market that Spotify won’t wither under competition. Photo: Reuters

Can Daniel Ek save the music business?

3 min read . 04 Jan 2017

Rocket Internet shares fell almost 5% after releasing results for Global Fashion Group, an online retailer jointly owned with Kinnevik AB. Photo: Reuters

Rocket Internet should benefit from Swedish transparency

2 min read . 28 Nov 2016

About 25% of Rocket Internet shares are out on loan to people betting they will fall, one of the highest rates in Europe. Photo: Reuters

The Rocket Internet puzzle

2 min read . 12 Oct 2016

Apple on its own offers three months free of Apple Music, but it hasn’t really struck deals with phone carriers to promote Apple Music. Until now. Photo: Bloomberg

Apple Music needs a little help from its mobile friends

3 min read . 27 Aug 2016

Falling prices for their online ads, which cannot match the targeting precision of Facebook or Google, are the main culprit, but ad blockers aren’t helping. Photo: Reuters

Facebook gains immunity from ad blockers

2 min read . 02 Aug 2016

Accenture employs about 20,000 people in its digital marketing division and says the business grew 25% to reach $3 billion last year. That’s already a respectable 10% of its overall business. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

Don Draper’s new nemesis prefers spreadsheets to martinis

2 min read . 05 May 2016

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during the Facebook F8 conference in San Francisco on 12 April. Photo: Reuters (Reuters)

Mark Zuckerberg’s new target

2 min read . 21 Apr 2016

Google doesn’t disclose Android’s contribution to its $67.4 billion annual advertising revenues. Bloomberg

Google has plenty of reasons to be paranoid about Android

3 min read . 20 Apr 2016

More than half of the value Rocket ascribes to its portfolio is now in food and grocery, the biggest being meal-kit specialist Hello Fresh and online take-out provider Delivery Hero. Photo: Reuters

Rocket Internet holds out for a hero in short-seller battle

2 min read . 14 Apr 2016

A tie-up with Yahoo would further broaden the MailOnline’s content offering and give access to better ad-selling capabilities. Photo: Bloomberg

Don’t miss! MailOnline site caught in arms of Yahoo

2 min read . 12 Apr 2016

Once the world’s biggest maker of mobile phones, the Finnish firm was wrongfooted by the rise of smartphones and eclipsed by Apple and Samsung. Photo: AFP

Back to the future: Nokia prepares for mobile comeback

4 min read . 10 Aug 2015

A file photo of the CEO of the world’s biggest cement maker, Bruno Lafont (R) of Lafarge and Rolf Soiron of Holcim, posing before a press conference in Paris. Photo: AFP

Holcim, Lafarge discussing new role for Bruno Lafont to save deal: report

1 min read . 18 Mar 2015

Both companies’ boards have approved the offer and Sapient CEO and co-chairman Alan J. Herrick will become CEO of Publicis.Sapient. Photo: Bloomberg

Publicis to buy Sapient for $3.7 billion to extend digital reach

3 min read . 04 Nov 2014

The Italian watchdog said Google’s disclosure to users on how their data was being treated remained inadequate, despite the company having taken steps to abide by local law. Photo: Bloomberg

Italy gives Google 18 months to change data use practices

2 min read . 22 Jul 2014

Investors are concerned that financial problems within the Espirito Santo group will spill into the bank and subordinated bondholders may be made to take losses in a rescue. Photo: Reuters

Portugal Telecom loses chunk of Oi merger over unpaid Espirito Santo debt

4 min read . 16 Jul 2014