Germany and France's alignment has strengthened Brussels' ​hand in trade talks with Beijing, but divisions within the €20 trln ‌bloc remain the key obstacle. A thin agreement prolonging Europe's ...

Bondholders are ​suing the telecoms mogul, alleging he illegally shifted ‌key assets beyond their reach. His cable group Optimum has $6 bln in debt due next year, but not enough cash to ​repay it.

The $20 ​trln economy is burdened ⁠with slow ​growth, bad loans, and ​overcapacity. President Xi Jinping has cracked down ​on ...

Neocloud Firmus has just ‌nixed its $5 bln listing. Market volatility was a factor. But investors baulked at the price for ​a strategy-shifting data centre operator with ​little track record that just ...

The heartland risks a permanent loss of ​export markets as China ​slashes soybean and grain purchases. ⁠Price increases of 50% ​for diesel and fertilizer add ​to the pain. A midterm voter rebuke of ...

Berlin ​is re-privatising the energy group, which it ‌rescued in a €14 bln 2022 bailout. Its ambition to keep the company’s disparate parts under one roof rests on ​shaky logic about energy security.

After decades of trading between ‌buyout shops and pharmacy groups, the UK drugstore operator has found a long-term owner in Canada's Weston ​family. The $8.9 bln price tag looks ​fair – provided the ...

South Korea's $1.3 trln chip giant is set to ​earn $282 bln in operating ​profit this year, more than Nvidia. ⁠But Samsung's commodity memory ​business, hefty capital spending and ​rising pressure to ...

Groups like PepsiCo and ⁠Kraft Heinz ​are rolling out ​protein-laced versions of Doritos, mac-and-cheese and even ​beer.

Nvidia-backed Firmus is scrambling to save its listing ‌after cutting the price 25%, AFR reports. The Australia-based data centre developer is using a quirky but easy to ​massage metric to justify a ...

NEW YORK, Oct 7 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The Tesla boss took a massive gamble that building EV factories ahead of rivals would generate profit. ⁠Now he is mulling borrowing $40 bln to buy chips from ...