23andMe: DNA testing kit company needs drug discovery
Money for research will be required but salvation may come from a partnership with GSKMergers & Acquisitions
Engineer Wood Group lifts guidance after ‘significant contract wins’
Move comes despite UK oil engineering company posting 26% fall in first-half operating profits Mergers & Acquisitions
Northvolt secures investment from BlackRock
Swedish battery start-up raises €1.2bn in convertible bonds as it prepares gigafactory expansion Batteries
Microsoft submits fresh Activision deal to UK regulators
Cloud gaming rights to be sold to Ubisoft under new proposalMergers & Acquisitions
The economics of acting
Just how difficult can it be? Very — and for most actors outside the A-list there just isn’t very much work to be hadDigital Media
AI buzz on company earnings calls goes silent in regulatory filings
S&P 500 groups from a burrito maker to a cruise-ship operator tout promise of emerging technologyArtificial intelligence
Boaz Weinstein, Bill Ackman and Marc Lasry make a play for Sculptor
Plus, US competition watchdogs target private equity firms and Brazil’s battle for chemicalsMergers & Acquisitions
China’s cathode billionaire targets US battery market via South Korea IPO
Ronbay Technology looks to split to avoid Washington’s tariffs and access subsidiesElectric vehicles, Batteries
Permian Resources to acquire Earthstone Energy in $4.5bn deal
Agreement comes amid return of M&A in upstream oil and gas sector as cash-rich producers search for drilling sites Shale Oil & Gas, Mergers & Acquisitions
British media and creative industries quizzed over AI risks to copyright
Government takes soundings over threat posed by new technology as concerns grow over exploitationArtificial intelligence