Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway trimmed its bet on Activision Blizzard in late 2022, as the video game maker’s agreed takeover by Microsoft came under regulatory scrutiny. Berkshire sold 7.4mn shares, or 12... Read more »

Ukraine has accused Russia of turning to balloon power to support its invasion of the country, although with markedly different aims from China’s intelligence gathering operations. Moscow has allegedly begun launching aerial... Read more »

In what he claimed was his last presentation to investors in November, Masayoshi Son lamented that his entrepreneurial knack would be wasted as SoftBank shifted to a full defensive mode to cut... Read more »

Allen & Overy is introducing an artificial intelligence chatbot to help its lawyers draft contracts, as the magic circle legal firm seeks to adopt the much-hyped technology to find efficiencies for its... Read more »

Deutsche Bank has cut ties to one of Europe’s most successful property developers over concerns about his involvement in a sprawling corruption investigation. Germany’s biggest lender decided late last year to end... Read more »

Barclays’ profits fell 4 per cent in the fourth quarter as a plunge in fee income at its investment bank offset a strong performance at its consumer lending business, which was boosted... Read more »

Global stocks fluctuated and the dollar strengthened on Wednesday as investors weighed the outlook for interest rates in the wake of fresh inflation data in the US and UK. Europe’s region-wide Stoxx... Read more »

The initial findings of an investigation into the failure of the Virgin Orbit launch from a UK spaceport in January are pointing to issues with the fuel system. The attempt to send... Read more »

In 2017, Eugenie Mathieu was a senior Greenpeace campaign strategist in New York, trying to stop ancient forests being chopped down to make toilet paper. A year later, she was back in... Read more »