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Brussels sprouts critical minerals plan
Meta has won the antitrust case that threatened to break it apart, the EU plans to create a central body to co-ordinate the purchasing and stockpiling of critical minerals. Plus, US tech stocks sold …
Published on 7 hours ago
Crypto’s 2025 U-turn
The cryptocurrency market is struggling as bitcoin has lost all its gains from this year, and HSBC leaders cannot agree on the bank's next chair of the board. Plus, the US House of Representatives vo…
Published on 1 day, 7 hours ago
UK bond market wades through Budget uncertainty
Goldman Sachs is on track to notch its best performance in the global deals market in 24 years. Plus, what UK gilt markets are looking for after Friday’s selloff, and how Spain’s deficit is set to fa…
Published on 2 days, 7 hours ago
British chemicals empire Ineos feels the squeeze
Oracle’s enormous borrowing to fund a push into artificial intelligence computing has spooked investors, Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s heavily indebted empire, Ineos, is under increasing financial pressure, a…
Published on 5 days, 7 hours ago
Scottish kilts set to enter the bond market
US government shutdown nears an end as House approves funding deal, European carmakers and other industrial companies continue to face “devastating” chip shortages, and Scotland has been handed the s…
Published on 6 days, 7 hours ago
SoftBank divesting from Nvidia could be good, actually
The International Energy Agency says global oil and gas demand will rise for the next 25 years if the world does not change course; Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Group has sold its entire stake in Nvidia;…
Published on 1 week ago
How the world’s biggest mining project is a win for China
Saudi Aramco is shifting its focus to natural gas, Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for at least $1bn over an edit of a speech he gave on January 6 2021, and a $23bn mine in Guinea opens to…
Published on 1 week, 1 day ago
Senate secures breakthrough on US shutdown
The US Senate takes the first step to ending the government shutdown, and COP30 climate talks kick off in Brazil. Plus, stricter regulation puts the squeeze on Switzerland’s prized finance sector. An…
Published on 1 week, 2 days ago
Hungary looks to Trump for sanctions exemption
Tesla investors have overwhelmingly backed Elon Musk’s $1tn pay deal, Hungary’s prime minister travels to Washington to make the case for a Russian oil sanctions exemption, and the Bank of England ke…
Published on 1 week, 5 days ago
Supreme Court questions emergency Trump tariffs
US Supreme Court justices appeared sceptical of Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose tariffs, and Argentine President Javier Milei has rejected investor calls to allow the peso to float f…
Published on 1 week, 6 days ago