Woodside and Santos seek global scale in LNG with $52bn merger plan
Combination would consolidate almost all of Australia’s liquefied natural gas sector
Mergers & Acquisitions
Claims managers face threat of Ombudsman fees
Firms accused of fostering a compensation culture
Financial & markets regulation
Central bankers are worried about you getting a raise
Are they right to be?
Central banks
An American financier’s big bet on French football
Plus, Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia strike the gong
Travel & leisure industry, Mergers & Acquisitions
Mark Cuban considers his next gamble after sale of Dallas Mavericks stake
Billionaire entrepreneur has a record of cannily timed deals, but would a bet on legal punting in Texas pay off?
Travel & leisure industry
UK spending watchdog slams delays at FCA
National Audit Office says financial regulator is too slow to take action after identifying issues that need tackling
Financial & markets regulation
UK Treasury under fire for lack of progress on post-Brexit financial reforms
Select committee chair calls on new City minister to speed up delivery of Edinburgh reforms
Financial & markets regulation
Google pins its hopes on Gemini to leapfrog GPT-4
Top-of-the-range Ultra is the search group’s best weapon in the race to turn generative AI into a useful everyday tool
Artificial intelligence
Chewy: pet supply retailer could be leashed by an acquirer
Expansion into animal healthcare make sense for US group
Ecommerce
Labour no longer ‘sneering at business’, as party unveils 10 City advisers
Shadow minister Tulip Siddiq promises no more tax on financial services unless ‘something dramatic happens’
Financial & markets regulation