Wall St is divided over just how bad Goldman’s earnings will be
Analysts offer wide range of predictions on how much bank lagged behind its peers last quarter
Investment Banking
South Korean ‘ant’ traders battle hedge funds in swarm on battery shares
Retail investors have driven nine-fold rise in EcoPro’s shares this year in echo of US meme stock craze
Batteries
FirstFT: Microsoft-Sony truce paves way to clinch $75bn Activision deal
Also in today’s newsletter, US dims hopes of China tariffs easing and Moscow seizes Danone and Carlsberg subsidiaries
Mergers & Acquisitions
Microsoft-Sony agreement opens way to seal $75bn Activision deal
Call of Duty pact signals truce in prolonged battle and ends Japanese group’s biggest objection
Travel & leisure industry, Mergers & Acquisitions
Lina Khan’s FTC should aim for evolution, not revolution
Setback on Microsoft-Activision deal suggests the antitrust chief has over-reached
Mergers & Acquisitions
We must stop climate solutions killing biodiversity
Without thinking through where we put wind and solar facilities, we risk accelerating nature’s destruction
Renewable energy
LinkedIn’s Ryan Roslansky: ‘You can only learn how to be a CEO by being a CEO’
Head of networking site says building a strong team and avoiding day-to-day minutiae are key to the job
Social Media
Why social media is hardly social any more
Apps such as Zuckerberg’s Threads are a stage for brands and celebrities, not a network for friends to connect
Social Media
Off-course golf spearheads the way to transforming the game
Newcomers to the sport flock to its virtual side but, then, not all modernists are shunning the course
Travel & leisure industry, Virtual and Augmented Reality
How PIF’s financial power bought a seat at the table
A truce between the sport’s most powerful bodies and the Saudi sovereign wealth fund has been in the works for months but fears grow that the battle is far from over
Travel & leisure industry