Jim Ratcliffe and the uphill task to transform Manchester United
Ineos founder looks to secure minority stake in club and take control of football decisions as unconventional deal nears
Mergers & Acquisitions
I Squared buys red London bus operator Arriva
Miami-based infrastructure investor plans to invest over €2bn in transport operator with strong UK presence
Mergers & Acquisitions
Beijing weighs delaying approval of $69bn Broadcom-VMware deal
Move would come in wake of tougher US controls on Chinese access to high-performance chips
Mergers & Acquisitions
How security concerns feed into EU migration discussions
Also in this newsletter: Why the ECB thinks the digital euro is a good idea
Terrorism
Late payments rise on US loans tied to inflated pandemic credit scores
Emergency cash and repayment freeze gave lenders an ‘opportunity to juice up their growth’
Consumer trends
UK poised to establish global advisory group on AI
The British government wants to draw on expert knowledge about the fast-developing technology
Artificial intelligence
Mustafa Suleyman and Eric Schmidt: We need an AI equivalent of the IPCC
An International Panel on AI Safety could offer an objective body to help shape protocols and norms
Artificial intelligence
Back to the analogue age: the SEC’s threat to fund management
Watchdog’s proposed curbs on AI and technology will increase costs and reduce choice for investors
Financial & markets regulation
Tech turkeys and picking AI winners
The more gizmos, the more there is to go wrong, so beware
Artificial intelligence
Stubborn UK inflation puts Bank of England in a bind
Central bank is grappling with persistent rising prices, sluggish growth and conflicting economic data
Central banks