Dealmaking languishes at decade low on private equity drought
Worst third-quarter for M&A since 2012 tops a dire year so far
Mergers & Acquisitions
Spectator magazine reports fall in earnings ahead of auction
Title enjoys revenue growth but operating profit drops due to investment in journalism
Mergers & Acquisitions
Meta launches AI chatbots for Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp
Facebook parent unveils ‘mixed-reality’ Quest 3 headset to rival Apple’s Vision Pro
Social Media, Artificial intelligence
How ‘boomerang’ staff can fix your talent shortage 🪃
Keep your ex-employees close and they may bounce back, plus the Office Therapy advice column
Work-life balance
M&A/IPOs: lies, damn lies and private asset valuations
Dealmakers have good economic reasons to be biased when it comes to valuing assets
Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial & markets regulation
BT/Drahi: financially feasible does not mean politically advisable
The French telecoms tycoon’s motives remain as opaque as ever
Mergers & Acquisitions
Indonesian ban on social media transactions deals TikTok major blow
Video app can no longer facilitate transactions on its platform in what had been its largest market
Ecommerce, Social Media
Electric cars: rapid growth in sales hastens end of the ICE age
Increasingly affordable EVs could supersede internal combustion engines over the next decade
Electric vehicles
Director of troubled charities bank to head UK deposit protection scheme
Martyn Beauchamp is set to be named interim chief executive of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme
Financial & markets regulation
Brazil minister says oil and green ambitions are not contradictory
Alexandre Silveira touts clean energy credentials and aim to become top oil producer
Renewable energy