Ruth David

French investment firm Wendel SE said it’s in exclusive talks to acquire a controlling stake in mid-market private equity firm IK Partners.

For the first time since the Hamas-Israel conflict began, news media in the UK are focused on a big domestic story. The Labour Party’s resounding wins in by-elections for Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth are a shot in the arm for Keir Starmer’s pitch to lead the nation.

Rishi Sunak continues to drum up headlines around artificial intelligence regulation ahead of a global summit he will host next week. He outlined the risks posed by AI in a speech on Thursday, while emphasizing world leaders should hold back from regulating the rapidly-growing technology before they fully understand it.

A day after holding interest rates at a 15-year high, two Bank of England officials are warning that soaring wages mean the fight against inflation has some ways to go.

Sanofi is working with an adviser to start preparations for a planned separation of its consumer health division, people with knowledge of the matter said.

“Tired of London, tired of life,” Samuel Johnson is supposed to have declared way back in 1777. But Johnson probably didn’t have to deal with astronomical rents and ever rising taxes that are making many residents reconsider living in the city.

Bankers vying for a role on a possible initial public offering of Golden Goose showed up at pitch meetings wearing pairs of the luxury Italian shoemaker’s $600 sneakers, people with knowledge of the matter said.

One recurring theme in some of the big stories we are tracking this week is the rising voice of rightwing discontent. Rishi Sunak is under pressure from members of his own party with net migration at a record high, there’s the shock Dutch election win for far-right leader Geert Wilders, and riots erupted in Dublin after three children and a woman were stabbed on Thursday.

Blackstone Inc. is nearing a deal to take L'Occitane International SA private, according to people familiar with the matter, potentially ending the global cosmetics company's 14-year run on Hong Kong's stock exchange.

Blackstone Inc. is nearing a deal to take L’Occitane International SA private, according to people familiar with the matter, potentially ending the global cosmetics company’s 14-year run on Hong Kong’s stock exchange.