Italy intervenes in Safran deal over national security concerns
Giorgia Meloni’s government exercises ‘golden power’ to block jet engine maker’s purchase of Italian flights control business
Mergers & Acquisitions
BT in talks to buy smartphone reseller musicMagpie
Aim-listed company’s shares soar following news of potential sale
Mergers & Acquisitions
Board battles over OpenAI’s future exposed by Sam Altman sacking
An internal debate about ChatGPT maker’s mission exploded into view during a wild weekend of corporate drama
Artificial intelligence
OpenAI taps Emmett Shear as chief executive
Unexpected move set to deepen rifts at company after sacking of Sam Altman
Artificial intelligence
A Brit Isa won’t reconnect the market to the masses
Idea has some merits but seems unlikely to noticeably swell the ranks of plucky British retail investors
Financial & markets regulation
Ardian: the European private equity powerhouse with a succession problem
Seventy-year-old Dominique Senequier has built a $156bn firm over three decades. What happens when she leaves?
Mergers & Acquisitions
Can AI improve UK public sector productivity?
Chancellor pins hopes on technology to deliver savings but economists cautious about scope for quick wins
Artificial intelligence
Private equity resorts to buying back companies after IPO flops
EQT, Cinven and General Atlantic among those involved in take-private deals for businesses floated two years ago
Mergers & Acquisitions
Cruise chief resigns as self-driving car venture seeks to ‘strengthen public trust’
Kyle Vogt steps down after California regulator barred start-up’s driverless vehicles over accident in San Francisco
Driverless vehicles