US dealmaking suffers worst start to a year in a decade amid Trump volatility
US dealmaking has suffered its worst start to a year in a decade after policy volatility following Donald Trump’s election and escalating rhetoric over tariffs put a sudden chill on activity.
From A-list to Bas-relief: the return of the mid-century wonder wall
Unconventional interpretations of the design classic are making sexy, sculptural statements in chic homes around the globe ...
Marks and Spencer faces £40mn recycling-tax bill as retailers brace for £2bn costs
Marks and Spencer is braced for an annual hit of £40mn from sustainability taxes, laying bare the mounting costs UK retailers face beyond those arising from Labour’s October Budget . The FTSE 100 ...
‘Patients and staff deserve better’: NHS struggles to recover from era of under-investment
Long-standing squeeze on capital spending leaves hospitals like Queen’s Medical Centre managing failing infrastructure ...
London is better than New York for float, says energy chief planning UK listing
London’s stock market is a better option than New York for a flotation as companies run the risk of “disappearing” in the crowd in the US, according to the chief executive leading one of the largest ...
SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son and OpenAI’s Sam Altman bet on AI — and each other
When Masayoshi Son and Sam Altman first met each other in 2017 at SoftBank’s offices in Tokyo, the younger entrepreneur lacked a project large enough to tempt the tech billionaire to get his cheque ...
How flawed data is leaving the UK in the dark
Trouble at the Office for National Statistics means policymakers cannot rely on key economic numbers, including on employment ...
Norway no ‘war profiteer’, says Jens Stoltenberg
Jens Stoltenberg has rejected accusations that Norway was a “war profiteer” for selling record quantities of oil and gas to Europe after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Get In — Starmer takes a supporting role in the Morgan McSweeney story
The prime minister’s chief of staff is the star of Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund’s revealing account of Labour’s return to power ...
The case for ‘late bloomers’
One might say something similar about Vincent van Gogh, who was told at the age of 28, “You are no artist . . . You started too late.” Almost every one of his masterpieces was painted in the last two ...
The problem with taxing overseas homebuyers
As responses go to the problem of overseas homebuyers, Pedro Sánchez went nuclear. In an effort to arrest his country’s “grave” housing crisis, the Spanish prime minister recently proposed that non-EU ...
De Beers IPO moves closer for Anglo American as Botswana eyes bigger stake
Anglo American’s spinout of De Beers has moved a step closer after Botswana said it may raise its stake in the world’s most valuable diamond producer. The London-listed miner plans to float or sell De ...