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Trump offers Britain a challenge on security
There simply isn’t the depth of partnership even with France and Germany that we have in the Five Eyes network
Stand by for financial instability
The combination of huge public debt issuance and Trump’s notorious unpredictability is a toxic mix for markets
Rome seeks ways to counter UniCredit’s takeover bid for BPM
Andrea Orcel’s move has frustrated Giorgia Meloni’s plan to merge state-backed Monte dei Paschi di Siena with BPM
Dale Vince expresses interest in acquiring The Observer
Green energy tycoon to look at buying Sunday newspaper and holding it in a trust if agreed sale to Tortoise ...
Peel Hunt boss says UK dealmaking is back
Steven Fine says M&A has recovered but IPO prospects remain gloomy
Glassdoor’s CEO refuses to work in front of his kids, and will head to his home office before he answers calls around them
“With [my] children, I want to lead by not having digital products all around, or being distracted by my email ...
How to watch NFL games on Black Friday 2024 live online for free—and without cable
Amazon tries something new. Read More
Ukraine’s Dmytro Kuleba: ‘If it continues like this, we will lose the war’
The former foreign minister on recent military setbacks — and why Zelenskyy and Putin both see Trump as an opportunity
UK MPs back bill to legalise assisted dying
Legislators vote to allow some people in England and Wales to end their lives
Markets will have to get used to Trump’s mercantilist mindset
The next US president and his team see trade in political, rather than narrowly economic, terms
Notre Dame rises from the ashes: Macron unveils cathedral’s triumphant comeback from 2019 inferno
Five years after the devastating inferno, French President Emmanuel Macron took the first tour of Paris’s heritage masterpiece with its ...
Swiss prosecutor charges Lombard Odier with money laundering
Former employee of private bank also charged in case relating to daughter of former Uzbekistan president
Elon Musk’s DOGE partner Vivek Ramaswamy says they’ll scrutinize $6.6 billion Biden loan to Tesla rival Rivian
Critics advise the incoming Trump administration to pull the plug on ‘corporate-welfare loans handed out for political reasons’. Read More
How one e-commerce focused founder, Yiqi Wu of Aimerce, is thinking about Black Friday
Yiqi Wu, founder and CEO at e-commerce-focused customer intelligence startup Aimerce, says this Black Friday is shaping up to be ...
Don’t overlook middle-aged workers—nearly 80% are actively learning new professional skills
Mid-career employees want technical skills like AI, but also craving emotional capabilities like communication. Read More
Japan’s ‘god of management’ has come back as an AI avatar
Konosuke Matsushita remains one of Japan’s most revered entrepreneurs even 35 years after his death in 1989. Read More
The companies betting on male birth control step closer to approval—and into an uncertain political chapter
Male contraceptives are getting closer to market amid a tumultuous time for birth control and drug approvals. Read More
How China can hit back at Trump: Target U.S. firms, turn to India, Africa
Six years after Donald Trump started the first trade war with China, the U.S. president-elect has named a series of China ...
People will do anything to get away from ultra-processed foods—from ‘no recipe recipes’ to making anything edible from scratch
Shoppers want foods that are not too processed, “and there’s been a raised interest in age-old techniques due to this ...
‘Dr Doom’ Nouriel Roubini believes a second Trump term could push inflation as high as 5%
“If you look at this list of policies and others, all of them have the impact that over time inflation ...
Planning a charity gift? Try these 401(k)-style accounts to max giving—and lower your tax bill
A donor advised fund is an increasingly popular way for families to give to charity. Read More
How Office Depot’s president builds trust with shoppers in a digital world
Customers want to talk to another human being who can help solve their problem, says Office Depot and OfficeMax president ...
What Black Friday says about the American consumer
Job-market optimism has pushed up consumer confidence even as credit card delinquencies go up. Read More
Luxury cruise line passengers set for Antarctica have gone on a hunger strike over engine failure
Swan Hellenic’s CEO said: “A select few chose to stage a hunger strike in their protest which is rather counterproductive.” ...
Far-right candidate Calin Georgescu emerges as frontrunner in Romanian election, driven by TikTok support
Barely known a year ago, Calin Georgescu dominated TikTok to to secure a surprising victory in Romania’s first-round presidential election—a ...
Uber and Bolt roll out women-only services in Paris to ensure ‘greater safety’
The women-only services will take place in Paris and comes at no extra cost but potentially longer waiting times. Read ...
Amazon employees are ‘rage-applying’ as its return-to-office mandate looms—experts say that’s exactly what CEO Andy Jassy wants
The tech mammoth’s RTO push is wildly unpopular—and that could be exactly what it wants. Read More
Lina Khan’s November surprise for Microsoft
The FTC chaiar launches an eleventh-hour antitrust probe into Microsoft. Read More
‘Angela, please forgive me’: Putin apologises to former German chancellor as he tried to frighten her with his pet dog
Merkel said of the 2007 encounter in her memoir: “I could tell from Putin’s facial expressions that he was enjoying ...
