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FirstFT: Lagarde to step down early as ECB head - Financial Times

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A person close to the situation called it a “put up or shut up” moment for Paramount. 4. David Silver, one of Britain's top AI researchers, is raising $1bn ...



Warner Bros throws ownership battle open by giving Paramount a ...

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A person close to the situation called it a “put up or shut up” moment for Paramount, which has made a $108bn hostile bid for the entire company, including ...



Populists are losing a Maga tug of war over US antitrust policy

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... people briefed on the matter. The justice department later fired two of the antitrust division's top enforcers amid disagreements. One of those, Roger ...



The TV deal bringing Israel's media closer to Netanyahu

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... a person familiar with their deliberations. Raviv Drucker stands in a television studio next to a screen displaying an image of Benjamin Raviv Drucker's ...



TSMC's US investment plans at heart of $250bn puzzle for chip sector

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TSMC's supply chain accounts for another $30bn, according to people briefed on the matter. Several other Taiwanese companies including Foxconn are expanding ...



Donald Trump plans to roll back tariffs on metal and aluminium goods

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One European business leader, who declined to be named, said they knew of a company that had sent four identical containers of machinery to the US and was ...



Broker Clear Street postpones IPO as AI fears roil US stocks

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A person close to Clear Street said crypto deals accounted for about 10 per cent of the company's roughly $1bn in revenues last year. Copyright The ...



Friedrich Merz holds talks with Emmanuel Macron over nuclear ...

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Macron plans to give a speech about nuclear deterrence later this month, according to several people close to the matter. Unlike Britain's nuclear deterrent ...



How private equity's big bet on software was derailed by AI

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... people briefed on the matter, with one person saying the firm hopes the calls will “calm down” antsy creditors. Some of the firm's portfolio companies ...



Donald Trump's top antitrust enforcer Gail Slater pushed out as turf ...

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The most consequential flashpoint was the proposed $14bn acquisition of Juniper Networks by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, said people briefed on the matter.



Jim Ratcliffe says he is 'sorry' for offending 'some people' with ...

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The Football Association, the governing body of the sport in England, is looking into the comments, according to a person briefed on the matter. Manchester ...



Ministers told to report conversations with lobbying firm founded by ...

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A person close to Global Counsel said that the firm had no objection to Mandelson being investigated as they believed he should be held accountable, but ...



Monte dei Paschi director resigns after insider trading allegations

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... a person familiar with the situation. Di Stefano and the Italian Treasury could not immediately be reached for comment. MPS's surprise takeover of ...



US closed airspace over El Paso due to military laser, source says

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... a person familiar with the matter. Customs and Border Protection on Wednesday used a high-energy anti-drone laser near the Fort Bliss US Army base, adjacent ...



Top bosses depart Canadian pension fund after Thames Water fiasco

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A person familiar with the matter said Hogg was not the most senior Omers executive responsible for Glasfaser. Omers manages C$141bn (about $104bn) of ...



'They want their pound of flesh': bank bosses push strict return-to ...

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“They want their pound of flesh,” says one London-based banker, who asked to remain anonymous. “Despite making record profits during Covid, when remote ...



The three-way race for Brazil's rare earths heats up - Financial Times

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... people with direct knowledge of the matter. Header logo. Brazil's rare earth deposits. Use Ctrl + scroll to zoom the map. Use two fingers to move the map. 1000 ...



French mining group Eramet suspends finance chief days after ...

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The board suspended chief financial officer Abel Martins-Alexandre on Thursday, people familiar with the matter told the FT, after ousting chief executive ...



Brad Karp to step down as Paul Weiss chair after Epstein revelations

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... people briefed on the matter. Paul Weiss has said Epstein was not a client of the firm. On March 2 2019, as the sex offender tried to prevent the 2008 plea ...



Barclays cuts ties with lobbying firm founded by Peter Mandelson

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... according to a person close to the bank. Vodafone is also reviewing its contract for public affairs services with the firm, according to a person familiar ...



Has USS's investment strategy worked? - Financial Times

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... according to a person close to the fund, who argues its successful investments attract fewer headlines. Some assets are disclosed in its annual report: USS ...



Lloyds plans corporate banking push in strategy overhaul

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The bank views the division as a key driver of growth, according to the people briefed on the matter. Its plans to expand the business include not only ...



Iran should prepare for 'meaningful' negotiations with US, Rubio says

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The Iranians “want to show that this is a new round of previous nuclear talks in Oman”, said one person briefed on the matter. Show video info. LOADING. Show ...



Peter Mandelson's lobbying firm tells clients his stake is nearly ...

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A person close to Global Counsel emphasised that Wegg-Prosser had not been giving guidance to Epstein. Another email shows Wegg-Prosser requesting Epstein's ...



Private equity group's £1bn sale of UK accounting firm collapses

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One person familiar with the matter said its partners will vote on whether to sell a stake. Saffery said it had begun a project to “explore options for ...



What do the Jeffrey Epstein files reveal about Peter Mandelson's ...

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The FT first learned about these payments in September, at which point a person close to Mandelson described the allegation as “inconceivable”. Mandelson ...



Danish pension funds under pressure to invest in domestic markets

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... declined to be named described the approach as “odd”, with the government in effect fundraising for a single portfolio. Damsgaard of I&PD added it was ...



Syria plots mobile phone auction to lure international investors

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Companies in talks with the government include Kuwait's Zain, Qatar's Ooredoo and Vodafone, according to a person familiar with the deal. Zain and Ooredoo did ...



Blackstone lines up 'one of largest IPO pipelines in history'

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... people briefed on the matter. Gray's comments came as Blackstone reported better than expected fourth-quarter earnings in which it raised $72bn in new ...



First Brands at breaking point as it scrambles to avoid liquidation

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... people briefed on the matter. A group of lenders gave the company a $1.1bn rescue loan when the company filed for bankruptcy in September. Sunny Singh ...



US links security guarantees for Ukraine to peace deal ceding territory

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... people familiar with the matter said. But they risk being too vague to satisfy Kyiv yet also too broad for Russia, one of the people added. The Kremlin ...



Ford and General Motors in talks with First Brands over rescue ...

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While the deal could still fall apart, one person familiar with the matter said the talks were near the “finish line”. First Brands, Ford and General Motors ...



China goes on hiring spree for tax officials as fiscal pressures mount

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... declined to be identified. Tax authorities have also announced moves to tighten tax enforcement and to scale back the use of corporate tax breaks by local ...



Trading 212 sold crypto-linked securities without authorisation

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The company only applied for authorisation last week after being contacted by its supervisors at the FCA, according to a person briefed on the situation.



Why China's women are having fewer babies

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Ma, a 35-year-old video producer from Guangdong, who declined to give her first name, was clear in her pessimism about the economy. “My friends don't want ...



The great graduate job drought

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The graduate asked to remain anonymous because he's older and still struggling to find the right job after several years. The sum included “technical ...



Carmakers spurn Brussels' 'made in Europe' bid

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But five people with direct knowledge of the situation said the signatories did not include carmakers due to concerns about details on what would count as ...



Russia, Ukraine and the race for Chinese drone components

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A Russian engineer, who declined to be named, said he was seeking components including flight controllers, radio links and thermal cameras, as well as ...



Davos goes hostile

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... people with direct knowledge of the deal. Sequoia has backed some of Anthropic's biggest rivals such as OpenAI and Elon Musk's AI group xAI. Venture capital ...



UK government considering social media ban for children

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... a person close to the situation. The consultation on children's use of technology will seek views from parents as well as young people. Ministers will visit ...



Brazil and US eye rare earths deal

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... people briefed on the matter. Washington is already backing some. The DFC approved a $465mn loan in August for Serra Verde, Brazil's only operational rare ...



Sequoia targets major Anthropic investment

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... people with direct knowledge of the deal. These people said Anthropic is aiming to raise $25bn or more in total in a deal that values the company at $350bn ...



Nvidia suppliers halt H200 output after China blocks chip shipments

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... with knowledge of the matter. A customs ban, if sustained, would be a blow to Nvidia. The company has heavily lobbied Washington and Beijing to allow sales ...



Private credit investors pull $7bn from Wall Street's biggest funds

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Investors have sought to redeem 5 per cent of their shares from a $34bn Blue Owl fund known by the ticker OCIC, according to a person briefed on the matter.



BBC to strike content deal with YouTube

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... according to several people close to the talks. The deal could be announced as early as next week. The BBC will be able to generate more money from the move ...



OpenAI brings advertising to ChatGPT in push for new revenue

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OpenAI anticipates it will make “low billions” of dollars from advertising in 2026, and more each year thereafter, according to a person close to the company.



Apple sits out AI arms race to play kingmaker between Google and ...

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OpenAI declined to comment. But a person close to the company said it had taken “a conscious decision to not become the custom model provider for Apple” in the ...



Advertising group Dentsu's push to sell global unit close to collapse

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A person close to Bain said the US private equity firm was “still interested, but with significant reservations”. Apollo declined to comment and Bain did ...



McKinsey challenges graduates to use AI chatbot in recruitment ...

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It is also planning more job cuts, in part to reflect efficiencies from AI, according to a person familiar with the matter. It reportedly set a target of ...



The historic bazaar where Iran's protests began

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“Bazaaris are exhausted,” said one bazaar worker, who supports “a big political change” and declined to be named. “But when they stand up, people are ...

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