UK regulators open door to quick Microsoft-Activision deal
New timetable from Competition and Markets Authority means $75bn transaction could be closed within weeks
Mergers & Acquisitions
Three inconvenient truths about the critical minerals race
China is so far winning the global scramble for metals needed in the green transition
Batteries
ITV abandons talks to buy ‘Gogglebox’ maker All3Media
UK broadcaster says it is no longer exploring a deal for Warner and Liberty-owned production company
Mergers & Acquisitions
Austria’s OMV in talks over chemicals deal with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
Partnership could combine Borouge with Borealis
Chemicals, Mergers & Acquisitions
Burberry: taking Britishness global will be a hard sell
Turnarounds are tough — all the more so in a sector dominated by luxury juggernaut LVMH
Luxury goods
UK banks improve rates for savers after FCA meeting
Rates have nudged up since watchdog put lenders on notice last week
Financial & markets regulation
Delia Smith: ‘Life is not a bowl of cherries’
The celebrity chef on foodie fads, teaching Britons to boil an egg — and what football teaches us about community
Lunch with the FT
The ex-Eta terrorist bringing down Pedro Sánchez in Spain
Spanish premier’s election campaign hurt by decision to rely on Basque separatists in parliament
Terrorism
Silicon Valley start-ups explore sales as funding runs dry
Wave of consolidation expected across tech as cash-strapped companies seek buyers or risk going out of business
Mergers & Acquisitions
More than 120 senior Credit Suisse investment bankers flee for rivals
Rate of flight has been higher than UBS expected after taking over ailing Swiss bank
Investment Banking