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'Vital' EU-Mercosur trade deal hangs in the balance days before ...

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One MEP, who declined to be named, said the parliament vote was “part of the political choreography we need to make the agreement more acceptable internally”.



Congo rebels thumb nose at Trump's peace deal

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“For us to be heard here you have to be a strong force on the ground,” said an official from eastern Congo, who asked not to be named, arguing that the M23 ...



Reform UK councillor's company fined £40,000 for hiring illegal worker

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A person familiar with the matter said the company had employed an individual of Thai descent that it believed had the right to work in the UK. The employee ...



Deutsche Bank seeks 40% pay bump for highest-paid chair in Dax

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In response, Wynaendts stepped down as chair of Dutch investment company Puissance Holding, according to a person briefed on the matter, although he remains on ...



Kushner, Gulf money and desperate texts: inside Paramount's ...

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... person briefed on the matter. On December 4, Paramount finally pulled out all the stops on what it saw as a knockout offer for the business: a deal fully ...



France shielding €18bn Russian asset pot from EU 'reparations loan ...

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It is unclear how many banks in France are holding the assets, although three people briefed on the matter said they understood the bulk was at the ...



PepsiCo reaches deal with activist Elliott to stave off proxy fight

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... according to a person close to the company. PepsiCo said the plans would deliver between 2 and 4 per cent revenue growth next year, thanks to improved ...



Hongkongers sit out first election since deadly fire

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“Do not say that you have not been warned,” said a security officer, who declined to give his name or cite any examples of false reports. Recommended. News ...



Netflix leans on $59bn bank loan to fund Warner Bros takeover

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It is also the largest bridge loan BNP has written for a corporate client, said a person briefed on the matter. The loan is referred to as a bridge because ...



Climate rift opens between Amazon and rivals in row over data ...

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A person close to Amazon said that Oster had not threatened to withdraw funding but had “explained that he would expect questions why Amazon is financially ...



Warner Bros in exclusive talks with Netflix about studio and ...

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But people briefed on the matter say the WBD board is not chiefly concerned with Zaslav's future. Comcast, meanwhile, is seen as slipping out of contention ...



KKR in talks to buy Liverpool and PSG investor Arctos

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... people briefed on the matter. KKR has accumulated more than $700bn in assets, making it one of the largest players in private capital. Its interest in ...



How Netflix stole Warner Bros from David Ellison

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“This was so big, it impacted so many people, we had to get on with it and not dilly dally,” said a person close to Warner Bros' chief executive. During six ...



Jair Bolsonaro backs son Flávio to lead Brazil's rightwing movement

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The conservative movement wants Flávio,” said a person close to the Bolsonaro family. Even so, Flávio is considered less radical than his younger lawmaker ...



Trump to host Rwanda and DR Congo leaders in peace push

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Another Kinshasa official, who asked not to be named, said that without some form of force to keep the peace on the ground, the agreement would have “little ...



Meta set to slash spending on metaverse as Zuckerberg shifts focus ...

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... according to a person familiar with the discussions. The plans were first reported by Bloomberg, and could yet change. It comes a day after Zuckerberg ...



Abu Dhabi sovereign fund accuses US private equity firm of self ...

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... people briefed on the matter said. EMG, a $12bn Texas-based group founded by John Raymond, the son of former ExxonMobil chief executive Lee Raymond, first ...



South-east Asia's EV acceleration and Japan's data centre bottlenecks

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... people with direct knowledge of the matter. These people said there had been a steady increase in training in offshore locations after the US in April moved ...



EU to propose tapping €210bn in Russian assets for Ukraine loan

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... people briefed on the matter, writes Paola Tamma. Context: Brussels has been working on a “reparations loan” to cover Kyiv's financial needs for the coming ...



ECB refuses to provide backstop for €140bn Ukraine loan

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... officials briefed on the matter. A commission spokesperson said it had been “in close contact with the ECB” since October 2022, and the central bank had ...



Revolut did not tell UK regulators CEO was listed as UAE resident

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... person familiar with the matter. However, Revolut asserts that it was under no obligation to flag changes to Storonsky's family office, according to one ...



Blackstone, Apollo and KKR sign up to UK stress test of private credit

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... people briefed on the matter. The BoE is expected to announce this week that it is pressing ahead with plans for a groundbreaking assessment of the ...



FirstFT: Honduras election on a knife-edge

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... people briefed on the matter. The BoE is expected to announce this week that it is pressing ahead with the groundbreaking assessment. Plus: The Bank of ...



OpenAI partners amass $100bn debt pile to fund its ambitions

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A person close to SoftBank said $1bn of its $8.5bn bridge loan to fund its capital injection into OpenAI has been repaid. They added that several billion ...



Hong Kong's devastating blaze sharpens scrutiny of bamboo ...

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After news of the blaze, one Hong Kong-based architect, who asked to remain anonymous, said that their team immediately tested all the mesh and bamboo used ...



Anti-corruption authorities raid house of top Zelenskyy aide

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A person close to the investigation said that authorities were preparing to deliver a notice of suspicion to Yermak — a formal notification that the ...



Where will DMGT find £500mn to pay for the Telegraph?

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However, a person familiar with the situation poured cold water on that idea, saying that the restructuring was neutral from a valuation perspective. Money ...



China's tech giants take AI model training offshore to tap Nvidia chips

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... people with direct knowledge of the matter. These people said there had been a steady increase in training in offshore locations after the Trump ...



Tether: the $180bn gold whale

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“Their goal is to keep consolidating the small to mid-cap gold royalty space,” said a person briefed on the matter. Tether had held discussions with ...



Fiscal watchdog under scrutiny after Budget day errors

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A person close to the Financial Conduct Authority said the financial regulator did not suspect foul play in the leak, noting that it “appears to be an accident” ...



Law firm Cohen & Gresser in talks to sell stake to private equity

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... people familiar with the matter. The talks could lead to a deal as soon as the first quarter of next year, one of the people said. “We have been preparing ...



Telefónica proposes cutting 5,000 jobs in Spain

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Executives presented the plan to unions in recent days, according to a person familiar with the matter, who emphasised that the number of jobs lost might ...



Starmer's top business adviser emerges as frontrunner to replace ...

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... people briefed on the matter. His main challenger is Christian Turner, a former political director at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office who ...



BHP walks away from fresh Anglo American tie-up

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A banker, speaking off the record, said it was a surprise that BHP had returned to the fray only to give up so quickly. “I thought they'd come back and ...



Real Madrid plots ownership shake-up to stay ahead of Premier ...

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... with knowledge of the matter. While the meeting is a standard event, where members will vote to approve the annual accounts, Pérez's speech will be closely ...



Bill Ackman plots IPO of hedge fund Pershing Square in early 2026

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... people briefed on the matter. The listing could come as early as the first quarter of 2026, said one of those people. The people cautioned that the talks ...



Brazil's Lula weighs into COP30 talks to resolve geopolitical rifts

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... a person close to the French delegation said. “No NDC, no money,” they said. Recommended. Climate change · Gore points finger at Saudi blocking tactics at UN ...



Who is OpenAI's auditor?

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Next, we asked OpenAI. They declined to comment, but a person close to the organisation told us it has “an industry standard audit with one of the Big Four ...



Donald Trump's support for pro-AI proposal fuels Maga backlash

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... according to a person familiar with the matter. Trump's backing of a federal framework — a priority for Silicon Valley lobbyists who fear restrictions on AI ...



Global crypto rules for banks need reworking, says Basel chair

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The Bank of England has also decided against implementing the rules in their current form, according to a person briefed on the matter. The BoE said: “The ...



Paramount held talks with Saudi wealth fund over potential Warner ...

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... people briefed on the matter said. Ellison, who acquired Paramount this year for $8bn, in recent weeks separately met the kingdom's Public Investment Fund ...



Iranian nuclear experts held second covert meeting with Russian ...

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Andrey Savin, a Laser Systems researcher, visited Tehran in February 2025, where he met representatives of DamavandTec and, according to a person briefed on ...



Hedge funds' bets on Argentina pay off after US bailout

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... a person familiar with the situation. Line chart of Dollar bond due 2038, price in cents showing Argentine assets rebounded on. Some funds had a contrarian ...



Warner settles lawsuit and agrees licensing deal with AI music ...

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... people familiar with the matter, as major labels seek to set terms for payment in the AI era. Warner, the world's third-largest music company and home to ...



Mukesh Ambani's Reliance battles mom-and-pop stores for India's ...

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In quick commerce, “we have to be there because everybody is”, said a person close to the conglomerate. “It is a long-term strategy.” On a call with ...



HSBC board at odds over candidates to succeed Mark Tucker as chair

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“There is a bit of a delay in vetting the candidates,” said a person familiar with the process. “The board can't decide whether or not to advance candidates ...



The growing problem with China's unreliable numbers

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One repatriated US PhD, who declined to be named, recalls working for a local government, also in the 2010s, to help sample the number of livestock on farms.



Meta wins US case that threatened split with WhatsApp and Instagram

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According to a person familiar with the matter, the FTC had demanded a $30bn settlement. Meta initially offered $450mn then raised its proposal to $1bn ...



OpenAI strikes deal with Intuit to plug personal financial data into ...

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Users would opt in to use the apps and Intuit would control what customer data was shared with ChatGPT, according to a person close to the company. Intuit ...



Amazon joins Big Tech bond rush with $12bn debt sale

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... a person close to the deal. Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley are managing the sale, according to regulatory filings. Amazon said: “Like all ...

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