BAE agrees to buy Ball’s aerospace business for $5.6bn
UK’s largest defence company expands further into US with acquisition of Colorado-based unit
Mergers & Acquisitions
China’s high hopes for AI and Vietnam’s new net clampdown
The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times
Artificial intelligence
The joy and the value of venturing into other worlds
Holidays offer an opportunity to take us outside our own filter bubbles
Travel & leisure industry
Scandal-hit children’s care homes up for sale by private equity owner
UK authorities found young people at three Hesley establishments were subjected to abuse and neglect
Mergers & Acquisitions
Battery material groups say use of solid-state technology will accelerate
Conventional wisdom has been that big commercial inroads were unlikely until the next decade
Batteries
Inside TPG’s failed pitch to break up EY
Plus the courtroom drama behind Apollo’s $500mn loan sale and another Greensill-related legal fight
Mergers & Acquisitions
Daniel Och attacks sale of Sculptor hedge fund to Rithm
Billionaire founder says deal value of $639mn ‘penalises all shareholders’
Mergers & Acquisitions
Coinbase secures approval to offer crypto futures to US retail investors
Green light from NFA marks rare regulatory victory for cryptocurrency exchange
Financial & markets regulation
Energy Transfer to buy Crestwood for $7.1bn in latest US pipeline deal
‘Scale is important,’ executive says as environmental opponents slow new construction
Mergers & Acquisitions
UK to host AI safety summit at start of November
‘Like-minded’ states to be asked to Bletchley Park along with tech executives and academics
Artificial intelligence