Dale Vince did not donate £5mn to Labour to spite ex-wife, judge rules
A judge has ruled that green tycoon Dale Vince did not give more than £5mn to the UK Labour party to spite his former wife but at the same time has awarded her over £40mn in a high-profile settlement.
Stockpickers: self-storage groups find room for expansion
Recessions are particularly bad news for office landlords and shopping centres. Some sub-sectors, such as student accommodation, can slip under the radar of high interest rates to a degree — a bank ...
Directors’ Deals: Canal+ insiders build stake after IPO stumble
Bolloré, Vivendi’s largest shareholder, said Canal+ could be worth close to €7bn (£5.8bn) as a separate entity. Vivendi, which trades on Euronext Paris, also spun off its advertising company Havas in ...
What next for Glencore after failed Rio Tinto merger talks?
More consolidation is needed, he told a private conference hosted by Goldman Sachs at LME Week. As it happened, Jakob ...
Ozempic among drugs targeted in upcoming Medicare price negotiations
Semaglutide sells for $997 a month when branded under Ozempic and $1,349 a month for Wegovy. The haircut to Ozempic may have a spillover effect on competitor drugs from Eli Lilly — Mounjaro and ...
AI garden planners are like spades — powerless unless masterfully steered
Digital garden planning programmes can be useful tools, but they can’t replace human imagination, experience — and the ...
Manchester United draws up plans for Old Trafford replacement
Manchester United’s plans to rebuild or redevelop Old Trafford are set to drive one of the UK’s “biggest ever urban ...
No one objected to Mayfair cash deliveries, James Stunt tells money laundering trial
Socialite James Stunt has told his money laundering trial that he would have stopped large cash deliveries from taking place at his offices in London’s Mayfair “if anyone had raised an objection”.
Reeves vs the markets
Turmoil in the bond markets has caused turbulence for Rachel Reeves this month, with grumbles about her performance – and that of the UK economy – growing louder. This week, Political Fix asks who’s ...
Buffett-chasing tycoons will need to prove their own mythology
The scene is set for a skirmish between thirsty tycoons and wary investors in would-be targets. Jacobs’ bidding vehicle, QXO, is an artefact of financial engineering. He bought a tiny, listed ...
EU and Mexico rubber-stamp trade deal ahead of Donald Trump’s return
The EU and Mexico on Friday agreed a long-delayed trade deal as they seek to reduce reliance on the US ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House. The two sides will modernise their existing ...
Chrystia Freeland joins race to replace Justin Trudeau as Canada PM
Canada’s former finance minister Chrystia Freeland is running to be the country’s next prime minister after Justin Trudeau stepped down earlier this month. Freeland, now a Toronto-based MP, posted on ...