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Gautam Adani’s U.S. fraud charges could have wider repercussions for India

U.S. prosecutors allege that Gautam Adani, the second most-wealthy Indian man, personally met with Indian government officials to further their ...

$20bn wiped off Adani corporate empire after bribery charges

US corruption charges against one of India’s richest men sent shares in his businesses reeling

Matt Gaetz, unable to escape sexual misconduct allegations, withdraws as Department of Justice lead

While the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work ...

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Netflix, Alphabet, Nvidia, BJ’s Wholesale Club and more

These are the stocks posting the largest moves in midday trading.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler will step down Jan. 20, making way for Trump replacement

President-elect Donald Trump has not announced his pick, but the expectation is that the next chair will be friendlier to ...

Matt Gaetz withdraws as Trump’s nominee for US attorney-general

Former congressman said the controversy around his nomination had become a ‘distraction’

Gary Gensler to step down as SEC chair in January

Regulator had pushed through a blizzard of new rules during his tenure

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber says X rival is ‘billionaire proof’

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber told CNBC that the social media app’s open design could thwart potential acquisition efforts.

One-day gas deal: Circle K and Sheetz slash prices by 40 cents per gallon

And, in some cases, the discounts will last through the end of the month. Read More

e.l.f. Beauty pushes back on short-seller allegations, shares recover

The company said it is “fully confident” in its financial statements. Read More

It’s time to hold corporations accountable for the plastics crisis—and the bill could exceed $20 billion in the U.S. alone

A weakened treaty that prioritizes recycling and non-binding targets risks failing to address the astounding cost to human health. Read ...

Silicon Valley billionaire warns ‘absolutely there’s a bubble’ in AI valuations: ‘Nobody would be surprised’ if OpenAI ‘disappeared next Monday’

Longtime tech executive Tom Siebel said the market is “way, way overvaluing” AI companies of all sizes, from startups to ...

UK fraud agency opens bribery investigation of Thales

Probe of defence group will be jointly conducted with France’s Parquet National Financier

UK imposes sanctions on Isabel dos Santos in money laundering crackdown

Africa’s former richest woman and exiled Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash among trio hit by measures

US hits Russia’s Gazprombank with sanctions

Move in effect bans state-owned bank from global financial system in blow to payments for Moscow’s war effort

Why Robinhood is spending $300 million to buy a wealth management platform

Robinhood wants in on the $84 trillion great wealth transfer. Read More

Elon Musk’s first order of business in Trump’s administration: Kill remote work

Together with DOGE partner Vivek Ramaswamy, they are targeting ‘mass headcount reductions across the federal bureacracy’ Read More

Europe Inc needs to scale up or risk becoming a museum

Helsinki shows how reinvigoration can work but co-ordinated help for entrepreneurs across the continent is needed

Beyond Meat CEO hopes to redefine the American diet. It’s why he defied haters by reformulating his products

Ethan Brown decided to make the Beyond products “unassailable from a health perspective.”  Read More

A new Fortune 500 CEO says her husband quit his role at the $13 billion company so she could claim the top job without conflict

Her mantra? “I’m going to try to work myself out of a job.” Read More

Archegos founder Bill Hwang sentenced to 18 years for fraud that cost global investment banks billions

Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein estimated that up to nine financial institutions lost over $9 billion in the fraud. Read More

Nato right to heed Russian anger over Ukraine accession plan, Merkel says in memoirs

Ignoring Vladimir Putin’s opposition to proposal in 2008 would have risked ‘playing with fire’, writes Germany’s ex-chancellor

OpenAI partners with Wharton for a new course focused on leveraging ChatGPT for teachers

OpenAI and the Wharton School created a new course to help educators understand how to harness generative AI in the ...

Nvidia again topped Apple to become Wall Street’s most valuable company. How it got there—by the numbers

The company has seen soaring demand for its semiconductors, which are used to power artificial intelligence applications. Read More

Trump, Europe and the endgame in Ukraine

If they play their cards well, leaders across the continent can exert leverage on America over how to end the ...

$749 million ‘treasure hunt’: Crypto miner fights to retrieve Bitcoin fortune he claims was accidentally thrown in landfill

“The treasure is getting more and more valuable by the day and that isn’t going to stop,” James Howells tells ...

‘Numero Uno’: US takes aim at Gautam Adani

Criminal and civil charges against Indian tycoon and associates set out alleged $265mn bribery scheme

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Snowflake, Nvidia, BJ’s Wholesale and more

These are the stocks posting the largest moves in premarket trading.