Apple’s AI research signals ambition to catch up with Big Tech rivals
Paper suggests a focus on running the latest technology directly on an iPhone rather than via the internet
Artificial intelligence
Uefa and Fifa lose Super League football case
Biggest European clubs given chance to join breakaway tournaments after ECJ competition ruling
Travel & leisure industry
Co-op Bank enters exclusive merger talks with Coventry Building Society
A deal would see the private equity-controlled UK bank return to mutual ownership
Mergers & Acquisitions
Belgium suspected China spy but was unable to prosecute
Outdated penal code prevented action against far-right Flemish politician, says justice minister
Terrorism
Coming soon: the €6bn AHO telco LBO?
Plus, PE’s big windfall after a tough year and new hopes for Japanese M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions
The US backlash against Nippon Steel is wholly misguided
American objections to a deal to buy US Steel turn on an outdated view of how close Japanese companies are to the state
Mergers & Acquisitions
Cut gambling adverts at UK sports games, MPs urge
Ministers told to take ‘precautionary’ approach to protect children and vulnerable people from branding ‘bombardment’
Travel & leisure industry
Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount CEOs hold exploratory merger talks
A deal could combine CNN and CBS while letting the indebted media groups cut streaming costs
Digital Media, Mergers & Acquisitions
Bank of England takes heat for hawkish stance as UK inflation cools
Investors are betting central bank will start cutting interest rates far sooner than its tough rhetoric suggests
Central banks
Warburg Pincus teams up with Horta-Osório on €6bn bid for telecoms assets
Private equity firm is working with former Lloyds and Credit Suisse boss on plan to buy Altice’s Portuguese business
Mergers & Acquisitions