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Top Headlines from the UK Edition
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The flawed Silicon Valley consensus on AI
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Serious questions remain about what will happen if we do — and don’t — replicate human intelligence |
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First Brands creditor warns as much as $2.3bn has ‘simply vanished’
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Raistone claim highlights scale of losses lenders fear they could be dealt as part of the auto supplier’s collapse |
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Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed first phase of Gaza peace plan
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US president says all hostages to be released ‘very soon’ as he hails breakthrough deal |
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Emmanuel Macron to name a new French PM by Friday
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Outgoing premier Sébastien Lecornu says prospect of a snap parliamentary election is receding |
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Fed officials were cautious about inflation as they agreed rate cuts
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Minutes from US central bank’s September meeting showed lingering concern about price pressures |
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Top Headlines from the International Editions
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Japan has an ‘enshortification’ problem
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An ageing workforce is affecting all sorts of professions |
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China unveils sweeping rare earth export controls to protect ‘national security’
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Beijing is leveraging its dominant position in the critical minerals supply chain |
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HSBC offers $13.6bn deal to delist local Hong Kong unit
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Shares fall 7% after lender says it will halt buybacks to fund buyout of Hang Seng Bank |
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Donald Trump looms large over Nobel Peace Prize
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US president pressures Norwegian government and independent committee to select him on Friday |
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Why carmakers are falling back in love with petrol
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Revival comes as industry confronts higher tariff-related costs and rising threat posed by cheap Chinese EVs |
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Britain increases reliance on gas imports as domestic supply falls
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Norway overtook the UK as the largest source in 2021 |
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Permira and Blackstone tap banks for IPO of €10bn Mobile.de business
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Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan selected for listing of German auto marketplace owned by classifieds group Adevinta |
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Merger-shy US regional banks are finally taking the plunge
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Investors looking for the next tie-up would do well to keep an eye on regulatory asset thresholds |
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Gold price tops $4,000 for first time
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Prices have doubled in less than two years as central banks stockpile bullion and investors pour in to gold funds |
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Verisure shares jump 21% on debut after raising €3.2bn in listing
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Security company’s Stockholm IPO may herald uptick in European market deals |
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Japan’s top insurer bets on engineering acquisition to mitigate climate risk
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Tokio Marine’s purchase of design consultancy part of push to rein in clients’ costs as weather patterns change |
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UK sales and rental listings fall as uncertainty grows over Budget
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Homes coming on to the market fell at the fastest pace in two years in September, Rics data show |
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Jefferies reveals $715mn fund exposure to First Brands invoices
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US bank’s credit unit is one of largest-known creditors to bankrupt auto parts company |
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Elon Musk settles former Twitter executives’ lawsuit over severance pay
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Ex-chiefs had sued the billionaire for more than $128mn after they were fired following the platform’s takeover |
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Paying off angry investors is becoming a profitable trade
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Lawyers are telling boards it is cheaper to purchase forgiveness instead of permission |
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The Conservatives’ long road back to credibility
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Scrapping stamp duty makes sense, but much of Badenoch’s programme does not |