Directors’ Deals: Aston Martin chair increases stake
£20mn bet on future of sports car maker
Mergers & Acquisitions
Teacher killed in knife attack at school in northern France
President Emmanuel Macron says high school in Arras ‘hit by the barbarism of Islamist terror’
Terrorism
SEC to require short selling data after softening proposed rule
Lenders of securities must report loans daily, but not in real time as had been feared
Financial & markets regulation
Next adds Fat Face to stable of brands for £115mn
The FTSE 100 retailer has been on an acquisition spree, driving high-street consolidation
Mergers & Acquisitions
Europe’s biggest online bingo site says 250 jobs are at risk
Tombola tells staff it is seeking cost savings following its takeover by betting giant Flutter in 2021
Travel & leisure industry, Mergers & Acquisitions
Partners vote through Allen & Overy’s $3.5bn merger with Shearman
Deal between ‘magic circle’ law firm and US rival cleared by more than 99 per cent of partnerships
Mergers & Acquisitions
A contrarian take on short-selling bans
Do they work or not?
Financial & markets regulation
UK regulator hits Equifax with £11mn fine over cyber breach
Credit reporting agency failed to protect data of almost 14mn customers during 2017 breach
Financial & markets regulation
Fossil fuel companies among winners of $7bn in US hydrogen funds
Campaigners had urged White House to exclude oil majors from the clean energy grants
Renewable energy, Hydrogen vehicles
Filmmaker Agnieszka Holland: ‘It’s possible to commit the worst crimes and never pay’
The director on being drawn into Poland’s bitter election campaign — and how a failure to confront history has come back to haunt Europe
Lunch with the FT