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Ares’ big play in private equity

Investors snap up bundles of properties as housebuilders offer discounts

Europe’s wind turbine makers examine merger prospects to create champions

Is a private equity megadeal brewing?

DCC board grapples with an M&A ‘laggard’s dilemma’

Dior rebound helps LVMH’s fashion business return to growth

North Sea pioneer Sir Ian Wood dies aged 84

DCC board backs contentious £5.75bn private equity takeover

Hedge funds grow at the fastest rate ever

Hike or hold: Investors split ahead of Fed decision

The sacred Kenyan hill sitting on a rare-earth stockpile

Brandtech’s David Jones: ‘Why not do 95% of it with fast, efficient machines?’

Central bankers take centre stage

Gatwick airport apologises after water shortage hits toilets

What is the risk of using Chinese open AI models like Kimi K3?

The real problem is not overseas open-source but lack of co-ordination to protect infrastructure in the face of cyber…

Yachtmaker Azimut Benetti seeks to steady customer nerves after Bayesian suit

British unicorn Humanoid points to way forward for European tech

Maha Inc: how companies tied to Kennedy’s movement are poised to benefit

Directors’ Deals: Fevara non-executive chair beefs up stake 

Stockpickers: Greencore, Kier, Gateley

Airbus and Boeing push to boost production to tackle record order backlogs

Commerzbank chair calls for talks with UniCredit after takeover battle

Top UK law firm partners take home record pay

Volkswagen slashes revenue outlook amid weak China sales

Air taxis are nearing route to economic viability

Extreme heat drives demand for Nordic ‘coolcations’

BNP Paribas shows there is life beyond Mars

Is AI killing critical thinking in the classroom?

Julius Baer earnings rebound on early turnaround signs

Mitie agrees £3.1bn takeover by rival outsourcer OCS

Indian asset manager’s debut revives hopes for local IPO market

Mitie agrees £3.1bn takeover by rival outsourcer OCS Group

Thames Water says it can survive for another year

Freshfields culls partners after pay shake-up

That rebrand would be like Darth Vader donning rainbow robes and dancing at Pride

Employers pushed staff to use AI more. That has backfired

Sainsbury’s sales growth slows as consumer caution hits retailers

Mike Ashley’s Frasers offers to buy Hugo Boss in €2.7bn deal

The view from aboard: Monaco Grand Prix seen from a yacht

Challengers vie for Monaco’s Formula 1 ‘business race’ crown

F1 chiefs rethink rules on fuel-electric split after bumpy start to season

New Madrid F1 track steers a course through competing demands

Sebastian Vettel says rule changes risk ‘diluting the DNA’ of F1

Iran war highlights geopolitical risk to globetrotting F1

Chess fan George Russell plots his next move after tough start to F1 season

The Business of Formula 1

Lex Greensill banned from UK directorships for 9 years

UK government urges companies to share data about AI effects on workforce

Can batteries halt India’s coal power growth?