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Can a financier really revive LIV Golf?

BC Partners’ Ted Goldthorpe is hoping to prove the doubters wrong in pulling the circuit out of bankruptcy and making global team golf viable The PGA Tour supe...

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EssilorLuxottica heir reveals drug struggles as rift with CEO grows

Scion of Del Vecchio family has become increasingly outspoken against former mentor Francesco Milleri An heir to the EssilorLuxottica fortune gave an extraordi...

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What a $30bn Aussie data centre IPO debacle actually means

Misery, thy name is pulled IPO Like any job, investment banking has its low moments. But few things are more demoralising and achingly painful than to pull an...

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Charles de Gaulle airport owner linked to services for sanctioned airline

Subsidiary of Groupe ADP, which is backed by the French government, has not stopped all work for Russia’s Ural Airlines An airport operator backed by the Frenc...

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CVC sought to hush Israel defence deal to avoid controversy

Private equity firm made unusual decision not to announce its acquisition of a 40% stake in camouflage maker Fibrotex Private equity group CVC sought to keep q...

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ITV’s Carolyn McCall: ‘I’ve never felt the queen of anything’

Former easyJet boss eyes future chair role as she says running the UK broadcaster has been harder than expected When Dame Carolyn McCall was named the new boss...

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VW chief calls for France and Germany to co-operate on China car fightback

‘When it matters, we have found solutions together,’ Oliver Blume says ahead of Paris Motor Show Volkswagen’s chief executive has called for greater co-operati...

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Reality bites for the Gulf and sport

Also in today’s newsletter: Gianni Infantino’s re-election campaign and the NFL pushback against prediction markets This article is an online version of our Sc...

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AI borrowing slows as investors grow wary of debt binge

Appetite for financing infrastructure boom is tested after months of record-breaking bond issuance The amount of new debt that tech companies raised to help fu...

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Private equity can cut ‘best’ deals in current climate, says Permira boss

Lower valuations and reduced competition should help sector to ‘exceptional returns’, says Dipan Patel Private equity will be able to cut some of its best-ever...

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JPMorgan bets on European asset management growth

Patrick Thomson, who heads the bank’s asset management business in Europe, said he was ‘bullish on the UK’ JPMorgan Asset Management has outlined ambitious tar...

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Inside KKR’s €22bn bet on Italy’s telecoms network

Two years after the FiberCop deal closed it is struggling with high debt and difficult relations with its biggest customer KKR’s €22bn takeover of Telecom Ital...

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King Charles lends former prince Andrew £1.5mn for Royal Lodge repair bill

Mountbatten-Windsor charged £1.8mn for damage to property in Windsor Great Park but was owed £302,000 in compensation for moving out early Andrew Mountbatten-W...

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EU to explore windfall tax on energy companies

Commissioner to consider levies as oil and gas businesses reap big profits from fallout of US-Israeli war on Iran The European Commission will explore the pros...

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Directors’ Deals: CMC directors buy in as choppy markets boost trading

Founder Lord Cruddas extends his holding Volatility is a gift for trading platforms, so it comes as little surprise that online trading group CMC Markets’ chie...

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Flydubai co-pilot planned 9/11-style attack on Tel Aviv airport, UAE says

Chief prosecutor says aviator aimed to cause ‘the greatest possible loss of life’ A Flydubai co-pilot who tried to hijack a passenger jet intended to fly it in...

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Manchester City scandal pushes BDO and UK audit regime into spotlight

Club’s connection with accounting firm is under scrutiny as Premier League findings raise questions over regulatory system At a glitzy event in London last yea...

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Inside the ‘robot gyms’ training machines for the real world

‘Physical AI’ developers are putting cameras in homes, offices and factories to fill a gap in the training material of robotics Robotics labs are spending bill...

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Stockpickers: Avingtrans, Tesco, JD Wetherspoon

Our experts discuss which companies to buy, sell or hold this week London’s primary market for junior companies has struggled in recent years, but the cause of...

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News from the slopes

Will El Niño bring a ‘Godzilla’ ski season? Plus Vail Resort’s tumbling profits, a new sleeper to the Swiss Alps and a revolutionary ski boot The intensifying...

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Top tips for finance sector hopefuls

The candidates who leave a lasting impression are the ones who have taken the time to explore beyond the obvious, one bank recruiter observes So, you have set...

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Maersk goes on shopping spree for ships in strategy U-turn

Danish liner is hoping that ship shopping spree will help it fend off CMA CGM Maersk has made a strategic volte-face by pursuing an aggressive ship-buying prog...

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Former prince Andrew makes £1.5mn payment after early surrender of Royal Lodge lease

Mountbatten-Windsor charged £1.8mn for damage to property in Windsor Great Park but was owed £302,000 in compensation for moving out early Andrew Mountbatten-W...

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‘Switzerland has spoken’. Will UBS leave?

New regulations will leave lender with options ranging from retaining billions of dollars of additional capital to shrinking international operations Three-and...

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Manchester City: too big to fail?

The sport is still shaped by the club’s acquisition in 2008 Just hours after the Premier League charged Manchester City with more than 100 breaches of its fina...

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FT Schools: How to plan a career in finance

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Famous Italian winery loses 30,000 bottles worth €5mn in heist

Antinori says it hopes to ‘protect the market’ by alerting potential buyers Italy’s biggest family-owned winery, Marchesi Antinori, says professional thieves s...

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The Business of Formula 1

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Is Warhammer still winning?

Games Workshop’s wall of worry keeps getting steeper No one in their right mind tries to call the top for Games Workshop. Selling the UK-listed wargaming levia...

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Most countries unprepared for bank failures, watchdog warns

Financial Stability Board says only US, UK, Japan and Hong Kong have a ‘credible public sector backstop’ to keep troubled lenders afloat before a sale or wind-d...

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The online life of the Flydubai attacker

Co-pilot of flight 1073 gravitated towards the ‘manosphere’ and expressed misogynistic views The Flydubai co-pilot who tried to hijack a flight to Tel Aviv is...

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Kirkland & Ellis to stop disclosing financial performance

World’s highest-grossing law firm with $10.6bn in 2025 revenue volunteered data for leading industry profit ranking Kirkland & Ellis will stop sharing its fina...

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Germany’s ex-spymaster admits holding files but denies treason

August Hanning’s lawyer says his client was ‘in possession’ of confidential documents but never paid for them or passed them on to foreign powers Germany’s for...

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EY challenges Deloitte in outsourcing as revenue growth accelerates

Big Four firm’s annual revenue rises 4.7% to $57bn as dealmaking and consulting services expand EY’s global revenue growth accelerated in the past year as the...

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EasyJet doubles winter flight cuts amid rising costs

Budget airline to scale back capacity by a further 700,000 seats to save on expensive fuel EasyJet will cut another 700,000 seats from its winter flight schedu...

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Jaguar takes a leap into luxury EV market with new £130,000 model

British carmaker unveils new electric car following radical rebrand Jaguar is entering the luxury electric vehicle market with a £130,000 model that “stands ou...

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India’s motorbike billionaire steering the tussle at Tata

Venu Srinivasan cast the crucial vote in a boardroom battle that has captivated the corporate world and drawn in New Delhi The battle for control of the $265bn...

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Cruise lines slash Caribbean fares as Middle East diversions swell capacity

Norwegian leads price cuts as reroutings intensify battle for passengers Cruise operators are cutting fares in the Caribbean in a battle to fill ships, as vess...

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Porsche to raise top model prices by 20%

German sports-car maker echoes Ferrari with bet on exclusivity to boost profits Porsche will raise the average price of its most expensive models by about 20 p...

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Billionaire Weston family to buy Boots in $8.9bn deal

Canadian owner of Loblaws and Shoppers Drug Mart to buy UK pharmacy chain from private equity firm Sycamore Partners The Canadian branch of the Weston family h...

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Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group snaps up stake in Under Armour

Move is latest in series of bets by UK retail tycoon best known as Sports Direct owner Frasers Group, the UK retailer controlled by tycoon Mike Ashley, has bui...

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Nobel Prize in chemistry honours mirror molecule research

Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai triumph for work crucial to drug development Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for solving a mystery...

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India’s first bullet train stumbles over divisions with partner Japan

Flagship high-speed rail project has been beset by delays, cost overruns and tensions When India decided to build its first bullet train, it was no surprise it...

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Hong Kong quizzes HSBC over Singapore AI hub decision

Monetary authority strives to bolster Chinese territory’s status as international financial capital Hong Kong’s de facto central bank questioned HSBC on why it...

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India’s Essar Group invests $18bn in US steel

Also, airlines’ stand-off with Adani’s Mumbai airport This article is an on-site version of the India Business Briefing newsletter. To receive it in your inbox...

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How Sainsbury’s rediscovered its appetite for supermarket megadeals

Talks with Morrisons reflect Sainsbury’s renewed confidence that regulators would approve a deal to consolidate industry Eight years ago, Sainsbury’s bold ambi...

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As rivals cut back in Germany, BMW doubles down

Carmaker backs its home market with €2bn Munich investment Hemmed in by residential neighbourhoods in one of Germany’s most expensive cities, a century-old fac...

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How a convention-defying start-up became South Africa’s most popular bank

Capitec has grown from a handful of payday loan shops to win 26mn customers When Capitec Bank opened its doors in 2001, few expected that a start-up based on r...

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Informa to buy rival events business Clarion from Blackstone for £2.2bn

FTSE 100-listed company is also separating its academic business to focus on live operations FTSE 100 group Informa has unveiled a strategic overhaul that will...

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Forvis Mazars named top UK financial advice firm

FT Adviser’s Top 100 rankings are now in their 30th year Forvis Mazars has been named the UK’s most successful financial adviser, according to an annual study...

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The creditor bloodbath in UK telecoms

BT struck a deal to buy TalkTalk but the majority of the struggling broadband provider’s creditors are likely to be left with nothing One scoop to start: Healt...

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France’s BPCE buys ‘friendly’ stake in Spain’s Sabadell

7% acquisition bolsters Spanish bank a year after hostile approach from domestic rival BBVA collapsed France’s BPCE has bought a 7 per cent stake in Spanish le...

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FT Innovative Lawyers Asia-Pacific 2027 open for submissions

The FT’s annual survey of key trends in the legal sector, plus our ranking of outstanding law firms and in-house teams The 2027 FT Innovative Lawyers Asia-Paci...