Goldman Sachs’ John Rogers steps down as chief of staff
Influential bank executive dubbed the ‘board whisperer’ by some insiders to hand over role to ex-colleague Russell HorowitzInvestment Banking
Cornish Lithium secures investment from UK Infrastructure Bank
Move boosts Britain’s hopes of creating domestic mining industry for metal vital in electric car transition Batteries
SoftBank/AI: strong Arm narrative exploits market’s machine longing
Artificial intelligence has boosted entire tech sector but Masayoshi Son is overstating chip designer’s credentialsArtificial intelligence
CBDCs invite risk of global financial fragmentation
Central bank digital currencies are set to buck the trend of innovation driving cross-border integrationCentral banks
Telecoms face mounting pressure to consolidate
Vodafone’s plan to merge its UK arm with Three will test whether regulatory mood has softenedMergers & Acquisitions
CD&R eclipses $20bn target for latest flagship fund
US buyout firm raises ‘hard cap’ to $23.5bn as it becomes latest big investor to defy fundraising slumpMergers & Acquisitions
Altice’s Drahi addresses criminal probe into The Barefoot Billionaire
Plus, discount season comes to private equity and the architect of the US liquefied natural gas industry says he faces homelessness Mergers & Acquisitions
The new commodity superpowers
In the first part of a series, countries that produce the metals central to the energy transition want to rewrite the rules of mineral extractionElectric vehicles, Batteries
Soaring costs threaten offshore wind farm projects
Projects locked into low electricity prices are becoming unviable as sector is hit by cost inflation and high interest ratesRenewable energy
Wet weather damps UK consumer spending
Retail sales growth lags behind inflation rate with a rise of 1.5% in JulyUK retail sales