Labour’s hard-won unity is fracturing over Gaza
Starmer must face down remnants of the Corbynite hard left — and some of his own MPs
Terrorism
Directors’ Deals: Genel chief elevates stake
Share price has fallen by 20 per cent since March
Mergers & Acquisitions
UK financial regulators face City backlash over diversity drive
Risks to privacy and mandatory data collection on religion flagged as concerns
Financial & markets regulation
US pushes allies for more sanctions on Hamas
Deputy Treasury secretary Wally Adeyemo calls for ‘coalition’ to toughen measures in wake of attack on Israel
Terrorism
How solid-state batteries could transform transport
Toyota appears close to a manufacturing breakthrough that could accelerate the transition to electric vehicles. But will the technology ever be commercially viable?
Driverless vehicles, Electric vehicles, Batteries
Scrapping the UK bonus cap will do little for competitiveness
Banker salaries that were doubled to get round the measure could become baked-in
Financial & markets regulation
How to tame AI’s wild frontier
A summit next week is a chance to boost co-operation in controlling the cutting-edge technology
Artificial intelligence
Rémy Cointreau drops to three-year low as US consumers shun cognac
Cognac revenues contract 30 per cent driven by falling American sales and heightened price competition from LVMH
Luxury goods
CryptoFinance: Cultures clash as bitcoin ETF turns rebellion into money
Plus, updates on Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial in New York
Fintech
The mysterious, emasculated, modern fed funds market
This is not your mother’s EFFR
Central banks