HSG buys Italian footwear brand Golden Goose for €2.5bn
The firm has now returned €12.6bn to its backers over the past 12 months,
a person familiar with the matter said. Golden Goose's revenues grew to €655mn in ...
Financial Times ∙ December 19, 2025
New York hedge fund approached by Warner shareholder to buy CNN
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people briefed on the matter. Soo Kim, founder of New York hedge fund Standard General, has been in talks over potentially buying or investing in the WBD ...
Financial Times ∙ December 18, 2025
Meta's Yann LeCun targets €3bn valuation for AI start-up
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people familiar with the matter. LeCun, a French-US scientist and Turing award winner who is considered one of the pioneers of modern AI, is targeting a ...
Financial Times ∙ December 18, 2025
Trump media group agrees $6bn merger with Google-backed fusion ...
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according to a person briefed on the deal. TMTG “thinks this company has the killer fusion technology”, said the person. TAE has raised about $1.3bn from ...
Financial Times ∙ December 18, 2025
JD Vance touts Donald Trump's economy to shift message on high ...
A handful of warehouse workers attended Tuesday's event, but few were willing to talk to reporters — and one employee, who
declined to give his name for ...
Financial Times ∙ December 17, 2025
Oracle's $10bn Michigan data centre in limbo after Blue Owl funding ...
A person close to the company said it was in the “final stages of diligence” with the investor. Oracle is building the site on farmland in Saline Township ...
Financial Times ∙ December 17, 2025
Shell mergers chief departed after CEO blocked bid for BP
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a person familiar with the situation. In June, Shell responded to press reports by saying it was not interested in a deal for BP and that no talks had taken ...
Financial Times ∙ December 16, 2025
Global brands seek private equity partners to save their China ...
“People are realising again that it's worth it to have a local partner,” said a private equity executive who
asked not to be named, arguing that empowered ...
Financial Times ∙ December 16, 2025
The debt battle on Jamie Dimon's doorstep
Apollo's short bets in the software sector, which lasted through a large part of 2025, have been closed, said a
source briefed on the matter. The investment ...
Financial Times ∙ December 16, 2025
Medline raises more than $6bn in biggest IPO of 2025
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person briefed on the matter. However, they will not be selling stock as part of the IPO, which will raise billions in cash for Medline to cut its nearly ...
Financial Times ∙ December 16, 2025
Warner Bros to rebuff $108bn Paramount hostile offer
A person close to Paramount said Kushner's exit from the offer was meant to smooth over the bid's path with WBD's board and strip out the “noise” about his ...
Financial Times ∙ December 16, 2025
UK plans curb on freeholders blocking broadband cabling in flats
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a person familiar with the matter. Telecoms minister Baroness Liz Lloyd told the Financial Times the plans were designed to give industry the support to ...
Financial Times ∙ December 15, 2025
Bondi becomes focus of fury over Australia's tide of antisemitism
We are in grief, but we're angry,” said the executive, who
declined to be identified, arguing that intimidatory behaviour at weekly protests against ...
Financial Times ∙ December 15, 2025
Hikma chief steps down after profit forecast cuts and factory delays
A person close to the company said Mishlawi's departure was “unrelated to the numbers” and that it was a “mutual decision to part ways”. Hikma was founded ...
Financial Times ∙ December 15, 2025
Magnum moves to oust chair of Ben & Jerry's
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people briefed on the matter. They declined to outline the alleged conflicts. Magnum announced last month that Mittal “no longer met the criteria” to serve ...
Financial Times ∙ December 15, 2025
'Game recognises game': How Jensen Huang won over Donald Trump
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a person familiar with Nvidia's strategy. “[Huang must have] remembered enough from Trump 1 to know that he is mercurial as hell and you can't really buy ...
Financial Times ∙ December 14, 2025
Gunmen accused of killing 15 at Sydney Jewish festival were father ...
Another person who spoke to the FT but
declined to be named said a friend of hers had been shot in the shoulder and that the names of casualties were already ...
Financial Times ∙ December 14, 2025
Apollo took bearish software view with bets against corporate debt
Apollo's short bets amounted to less than 1 per cent of its overall $700bn in credit assets, said one
person briefed on the matter. They added that some ...
Financial Times ∙ December 13, 2025
Jailed for gene-editing, a notorious scientist is not done yet
A person close to Tie denied that she travelled to Beijing to learn about gene-editing technology from Jiankui. Their bond was strengthened by a shared self ...
Financial Times ∙ December 13, 2025
Apollo moves fast-growing lending unit out of buyout division
The group is seeking to raise $25bn for its newest buyout fund, an increase from a predecessor fund that raised $20bn, according to
people briefed on the matter ...
Financial Times ∙ December 12, 2025
US prosecutors probe last-ditch funding pleas before First Brands ...
A person close to Jefferies said the bank was not a subject of the investigation. The prosecutors are also seeking records of communications during other ...
Financial Times ∙ December 12, 2025
Where the Netflix vs Paramount battle stands
The consensus is that they're probably right, though no final decision has been made inside Paramount HQ, according to
people briefed on the matter. Ellison ...
Financial Times ∙ December 11, 2025
Marsalek's missing millions: the unravelling of a secret Libyan empire
This investigation began in late June, when the FT and Bayerischer Rundfunk were contacted by
an anonymous source offering a file of internal LHG, LCC and ...
Financial Times ∙ December 11, 2025
Disney to invest $1bn in OpenAI
A person close to Disney said that while the company was excited about the opportunities presented by AI, it was also “rightly concerned about the harms it ...
Financial Times ∙ December 11, 2025
HSBC axes 160-year-old management scheme in bid to cut costs
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people familiar with the matter. HSBC has no plans to add new managers to the programme, which counts among its alumni former chief executives Stuart ...
Financial Times ∙ December 11, 2025
'Vital' EU-Mercosur trade deal hangs in the balance days before ...
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”.
Financial Times ∙ December 10, 2025
Germany sees high hurdles to winning ECB presidency
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people briefed on the matter. Bundesbank governor Joachim Nagel and ECB board member Isabel Schnabel have both signalled they would be prepared to succeed ...
Financial Times ∙ December 10, 2025
Congo rebels thumb nose at Trump's peace deal
“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 ...
Financial Times ∙ December 9, 2025
Reform UK councillor's company fined £40,000 for hiring illegal worker
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 ...
Financial Times ∙ December 8, 2025
Deutsche Bank seeks 40% pay bump for highest-paid chair in Dax
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 ...
Financial Times ∙ December 8, 2025
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 ...
Financial Times ∙ December 8, 2025
France shielding €18bn Russian asset pot from EU 'reparations loan ...
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 ...
Financial Times ∙ December 8, 2025
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 ...
Financial Times ∙ December 8, 2025
Hongkongers sit out first election since deadly fire
“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 ...
Financial Times ∙ December 7, 2025
Netflix leans on $59bn bank loan to fund Warner Bros takeover
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 ...
Financial Times ∙ December 6, 2025
Climate rift opens between Amazon and rivals in row over data ...
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 ...
Financial Times ∙ December 6, 2025
Warner Bros in exclusive talks with Netflix about studio and ...
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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 ...
Financial Times ∙ December 5, 2025
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 ...
Financial Times ∙ December 5, 2025
How Netflix stole Warner Bros from David Ellison
“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 ...
Financial Times ∙ December 5, 2025
Jair Bolsonaro backs son Flávio to lead Brazil's rightwing movement
The conservative movement wants Flávio,” said
a person close to the Bolsonaro family. Even so, Flávio is considered less radical than his younger lawmaker ...
Financial Times ∙ December 5, 2025
Trump to host Rwanda and DR Congo leaders in peace push
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 ...
Financial Times ∙ December 4, 2025
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 ...
Financial Times ∙ December 4, 2025
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 ...
Financial Times ∙ December 4, 2025
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 ...
Financial Times ∙ December 4, 2025
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 ...
Financial Times ∙ December 3, 2025
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 ...
Financial Times ∙ December 2, 2025
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 ...
Financial Times ∙ December 1, 2025
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 ...
Financial Times ∙ December 1, 2025
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 ...
Financial Times ∙ December 1, 2025
OpenAI partners amass $100bn debt pile to fund its ambitions
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 ...
Financial Times ∙ November 28, 2025