Nigeria’s pivot to solar power
Sales of Chinese electric-car maker BYD fell for the first time in 19 months in September, the US government shutdown is not likely to affect interest rates, and a fresh bout of jitters is shaking Arg...
2 Okt 202510min
Spotify has its leadership on shuffle mode 🔀
The US government has shut down after Democrats and Republicans failed to agree on a spending deal before the October 1 deadline, and Sir Keir Starmer has tried to revive his floundering premiership b...
1 Okt 202510min
Game on for the biggest leveraged buyout
Elon Musk’s business empire has been hit by a wave of senior departures over the past year, video games maker Electronic Arts is being taken private by a Saudi Arabia-backed consortium, and Downing St...
30 Sep 20259min
Washington tangos with another government shutdown
The Trump administration’s financial regulator is preparing to change five decades of corporate reporting practice, and the US government is once again on the brink of a shutdown. Plus, Denmark is clo...
29 Sep 202512min
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Ukraine’s new war chest: frozen Russian funds?
Oracle, private equity group Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi’s MGX will control roughly 45 per cent of TikTok USA, Germany’s chancellor has called for Europe to use frozen Russian assets to create new loan ...
26 Sep 202511min
Alarm bells over US lending standards
BNP Paribas has relaxed a policy that blocked it from financing “controversial weapons”, US debt investors have raised the alarm over lax lending standards in credit markets, and Italy is considering ...
25 Sep 202511min
US companies love AI. But can’t say why
The boss of Eli Lilly has branded the UK “probably the worst country in Europe” for drug prices, US President Donald Trump hit out at the UN at a speech at the global body’s General Assembly, and the ...
24 Sep 202511min
