Barclays explores plan to drop thousands of investment banking clients
Project Minerva also examined more radical options including raising capital for an acquisition
Investment Banking
The Wall Street bank cosying up to superstar lawyers
Plus, Signa signals concerns in Europe and professionals take burner phones to Hong Kong
Mergers & Acquisitions
The cheque book COP: UAE’s $200bn bid for climate influence
The summit host is investing big in clean energy to ensure talks are a success — and possibly to sway the outcome, critics say
Renewable energy
Clean-energy sell-off is ‘very wrong’, warns US power group boss
AES chief defends renewables investment despite market rout this year
Renewable energy
Business students crave luxury with a conscience
Degrees are being tailored to meet the sustainability demands of the sector and applicants
Business education, Luxury goods
Internet use does not appear to harm mental health, study finds
No evidence to support ‘popular ideas that certain groups are more at risk’, according to researchers
Social Media
Nearly 80% of British teenagers have used generative AI
Ofcom report on digital habits finds that YouTube has overtaken Facebook as UK’s most visited website
Artificial intelligence
AI chip contenders face daunting ‘moats’
Barriers to entry in an industry dominated by TSMC and Nvidia are very high
Artificial intelligence
What Hong Kong’s banker malaise signifies
Not just a cyclical blip?
Investment Banking
Cyber Monday online shopping spree forecast to break new record
US sales projected to reach at least $12bn as ecommerce grows faster than store business
Ecommerce