Diesel price jumps after IEA says no additional fuel will be released [Wed, 07 Oct 15:02]Agency members say 100mn barrels promised by G7 will come from 400mn stock release agreed in March
Kirkland & Ellis to stop disclosing financial performance [Wed, 07 Oct 14:36]World’s highest-grossing law firm with $10.6bn in 2025 revenue volunteered data for leading industry profit ranking
London hedge fund Arini falls 16 per cent on soured credit bets [Wed, 07 Oct 13:33]Flagship strategy raised $1.5bn in recent weeks after suffering three consecutive months of losses
Nobel Prize in chemistry honours mirror molecule research [Wed, 07 Oct 12:17]Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai triumph for work crucial to drug development
Australian court ruling on climate impact of coal mining a ‘blow’, says industry [Wed, 07 Oct 11:59]Verdict is latest in a series of legal cases to examine the relationship between fossil fuel producers and global warming
Billionaire Weston family to buy Boots in $8.9bn deal [Wed, 07 Oct 09:50]Canadian owner of Loblaws and Shoppers Drug Mart to buy UK pharmacy chain from private equity firm Sycamore Partners
Ex-Barclays traders’ rate-rigging convictions quashed [Wed, 07 Oct 09:03]Court of Appeal ruling comes after Tom Hayes’s guilty verdict was overturned last year
Google launches platform to create video games from text prompts [Wed, 07 Oct 08:00]Big Tech group partners with gaming tools developer Unity as AI disrupts sector
Germany blocks Chinese acquisition in its largest seaport [Wed, 07 Oct 07:08]Berlin rejects state-owned Cosco’s takeover of a Hamburg port logistics group ‘on security concerns’
Volkswagen sets aside £725mn for car finance mis-selling scandal [Wed, 07 Oct 07:05]Figure is biggest yet for a car manufacturer and raises total hit to automotive industry to more than £1.5bn
Ineos arm’s oil and gas earnings offset chemicals downturn [Wed, 07 Oct 06:41]Division of Jim Ratcliffe’s conglomerate posts loss of €2.2bn last year
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group snaps up stake in Under Armour [Wed, 07 Oct 04:19]Move is latest in series of bets by UK retail tycoon best known as Sports Direct owner