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Top Cinven executives at risk of UK boardroom ban after NHS drug ...

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Only 29 people have been disqualified as directors for breaking competition law, according to a person close to the CMA. The regulator is weighing an ...



How prediction markets evolved into sports gambling behemoths

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Polymarket is in talks with investors to raise money at a valuation between $12bn and $15bn, according to a person close to the company. It was valued ...



How a flashy Utah-based leasing firm lent billions to First Brands

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A person close to Onset said the firm had no formal links to the church and did not draw any funding from Ensign Peak. But Onset's leadership offers some ...



German start-ups set for deal on kamikaze drones with Rheinmetall

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... people familiar with the matter. Formal agreements have yet to be signed, but if the contracts are approved by the German parliament's budget committee ...



How OpenAI's $1.5tn deal machine works

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“Sam is the visionary, but Greg and the team under him really pulled [these deals] together,” said a person close to the company. “He's quiet and behind the ...



Kirkland & Ellis trains lawyers on communication style after investor ...

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... people familiar with the matter. This summer the law firm hired Greg Durst, a senior managing director from ILPA, as “senior director of global fund ...



US government and Westinghouse strike $80bn nuclear reactor deal

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... person briefed on the matter. Brookfield chief executive Bruce Flatt was in Japan with Trump and his negotiators, including Lutnick, for the signing, the ...



OpenAI restructuring pushes Microsoft's valuation above $4tn

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“This unblocks any lingering questions about whether we can raise money, and confirms we can partner with whoever we want on the cloud side,” a person close to ...



Afghan refugee arrested after fatal stabbing in north-west London

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A person close to the Met indicated the force was not treating the triple stabbing in Uxbridge as a terrorist incident. It comes days after prison officers ...



Belgium at risk of turning into a 'narco state', judge warns

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... chose to remain anonymous due to threats to their life. Antwerp is one of the flashpoints of drug trafficking into Belgium and wider Europe, as its port is ...



UK agency warned Peter Kyle over £1.5bn JLR loan guarantee

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... with knowledge of the matter. One ally of Kyle said the minister was “proud to take this decisive action”. “Not only was the intervention designed to ...



OpenAI shunned advisers on $1.5tn of deals

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“Sam and Jensen have a long-standing relationship and talk constantly,” said a person close to the deal. “That one was very much them.” Recommended. Business ...



Thames Water paid £20mn to cover KKR's due diligence for abortive ...

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Had KKR completed its rescue of Thames Water, the private equity firm would have covered the costs of its due diligence, according to a person familiar with the ...



Where does the Prince Andrew scandal leave the British monarchy's ...

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The expert, who declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue, said that further action might be necessary. “It's a very serious matter for ...



The Trump Supremacy

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Such is the fear of jail, bankruptcy or professional reprisal, that most of these people insisted on anonymity. This was in spite of the fact that many of ...



Cutting cash Isa limit could lead to 60,000 fewer mortgages a year

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Some parts of the City earlier this year called for the allowance to be cut to £5,000, although a person close to the process recently said the Treasury was ...



Germany races to secure US sanctions exemption for Rosneft ...

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... a person with direct knowledge of the matter. Berlin also seized Gazprom Germania, the German subsidiary of Kremlin-controlled gas exporter Gazprom. The ...



Goldman Sachs nears $1bn deal to buy talent agency Excel Sports

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... people briefed on the matter. The agency was formed by sports super agent Jeff Schwartz, who left the talent industry group IMG in 2002 to form a breakaway ...



Blackstone and TPG in $18.3bn deal to take Hologic private

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... people briefed on the matter. Thoma Bravo's over $5bn financing package for Dayforce came at a cost of just 3 percentage points over the secured overnight ...



FirstFT: Islamophobia row at Sequoia Capital

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... with knowledge of the matter. He wrote on X in July that New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani “comes from a culture that lies about everything. It's ...



Nexperia's China unit says staff can ignore orders from Dutch ...

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A Nexperia employee in China, who declined to give her name, said: “We are in great internal disorder right now and the situation is very unclear.” The ...



Donald Trump urged Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accept Putin's terms or ...

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... people familiar with the matter said. They added that the US president tossed aside maps of the front line in Ukraine, insisted Zelenskyy surrender the ...



How our brightest minds get trapped in the City

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The clearest example came from a partner at a white-shoe law firm, who asked to remain anonymous. Let's call him Hunter. Fresh from law school, Hunter ...



Blackstone says Wall Street is complacent about AI disruption

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It has recently decided not to buy some software and call-centre companies seen as vulnerable to AI-related risks, according to people briefed on the matter.



Ex-Builder.ai CFO subpoenaed as US authorities probe its collapse

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Elizondo was not a suspect or target of any investigation and had willingly co-operated, according to a person briefed on the matter. He declined to comment ...



Prince Andrew gives up Duke of York title

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A person close to Buckingham Palace indicated that the king was “glad” about the outcome. The decision means the prince will no longer use the titles which ...



Meet Karel Komárek, the Czech gambling billionaire making a play ...

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The drawn-out legal proceedings have unsettled Komárek, who has become very frustrated by the UK's regulatory system, according to a person close to Allwyn.



US approves new bank backed by billionaires with ties to Trump

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... person familiar with the matter © AFP via Getty Images. US approves new bank backed by billionaires with ties to Trump on x (opens in a new window) · US ...



Germany to allow retirees to earn €2,000 a month tax-free

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... according to a person familiar with the matter. The so-called active pension plan, a Merz campaign pledge, is expected to be approved by his coalition with ...



Scott Bessent slams China: 'They want to pull everybody else down ...

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But one person familiar with the matter said he was “trolling” the Chinese leader. China on Tuesday struck a more conciliatory note, urging the US to “take ...



'The Stella show': the executive at the heart of BYD's global push

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A person close to Li said overseas factories would have high levels of automation using BYD's internal robotics expertise. The carmaker said in a statement its ...



How can Nigel Farage and Reform UK balance the books?

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A person close to Reform did not specify if Farage was talking about the current or overall budget in his comments, despite also saying “we won't be ...



Big Yellow shares soar on Blackstone takeover interest

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... a person familiar with
a person familiar with the firm. Last month Blackstone agreed to acquire a ...



Starboard builds stake in Keurig Dr Pepper after unpopular Peet's deal

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... people briefed on the matter. KDP's shares have tumbled by more than 25 per cent since it unveiled an all-cash acquisition of JDE Peet's as well as ...



Employers called out for 'knee-jerk reactions' to staff social media ...

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One employee, who was dismissed for a post and asked to remain anonymous, says the climate was “fear-driven” and led not only to their dismissal but also to ...



Gaza 'peace summit' seeks permanent end to two-year war

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A person familiar with the situation said the release of the 48 remaining hostages — 20 of whom are believed to be alive — was expected to take place on ...



UK security services step up work with business to fight cyber threats

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The UK government is set to introduce the cyber security and resilience bill into parliament later this month, according to a person familiar with the ...



EU to probe spying allegations involving Hungarian commissioner

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The probe will be led by Ilkka Salmi, the commission's deputy director-general for security, workplace and wellbeing, according to a person briefed on the ...



Tata Group 'fighting multiple fires' after cyber attacks and boardroom ...

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A person close to Tata said they had done everything to try to persuade the central bank. Analysts said Tata Trusts did not want to cede any control of Tata ...



ONS revises down UK government borrowing by £2bn after VAT error

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... people close to the matter. The latest error comes just weeks before chancellor Rachel Reeves is due to deliver a high-stakes Budget, when she is widely ...



Insurers balk at multibillion-dollar claims faced by OpenAI and ...

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Anthropic, which has raised more than $30bn to date, is partly using its own funds for the settlement, according to one person with knowledge of the matter.



Software company Qualtrics to buy health-tech firm Press Ganey for ...

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... a person briefed on the matter. Under the terms of the deal, Press Ganey's owners — Ares Management and Los Angeles-based private equity group Leonard Green ...



Epidemic of crack cocaine addiction sweeps Amazon basin

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“Young people here don't want to study, they just want to sell drugs,” said one woman, who declined to give her name. She sobbed, as she added: “We have 12 ...



Indonesia's tycoons line up to buy 'patriot' bonds

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One person familiar with the matter said some tycoons saw the patriot bonds as “insurance policy” against any potential action towards their companies from ...



BlackRock's GIP nears $38bn takeover of utility AES

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... people briefed on the matter. GIP, a pioneer of specialised infrastructure takeovers, is poised to acquire AES within the coming days, the people said. GIP ...



UK makes new attempt to access Apple cloud data

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... people briefed on the matter. A previous technical capability notice (TCN) issued in January sought global access to encrypted user data. That move sparked ...



'Where there's chaos, there's opportunity': the new investor ...

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A person close to Modella countered that the stores that closed were lossmaking and the CVA marked a reset of an “unrealistic strategy”. The person added ...



How Nvidia's Jensen Huang became AI's global salesman

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... asked to remain anonymous. Huang's goal is to expand the $4.4tn chipmaker's market to include the only potential customers with deeper pockets than Big Tech ...



FirstFT: US government shuts down as lawmakers fail to break ...

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... people briefed on the matter. AES is one of the largest publicly traded utilities in the US while GIP owns stakes in London's Gatwick airport and large ...



How Jared Kushner brokered the $55bn takeover of Electronic Arts

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But it was Kushner who convinced PIF to go for the take-private bid, said people briefed on the matter. Kushner leveraged deep ties he built in Saudi Arabia ...

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