US carmakers face a union looking for its ‘defining moment’
Contract talks carry risks for big three and Biden’s re-election push in battleground states Electric vehicles
Microsoft races for UK compromise to seal Activision deal
Plus, Sam Altman mixes Spacs with science and the scandalous sandwich shop with unexpected ties to the Trafigura scandalMergers & Acquisitions
Infrastructure investment trusts: a long-term bet
When interest rates fall, these funds should bounce backRenewable energy
Corporate Japan back in the hunt for US deals
Overseas expansion seen as vital for lenders and companies dealing with shrinking domestic marketMergers & Acquisitions
Toyota to step up hydrogen fuel cells push outside Japan
With growth falling below target in their home market, companies are looking abroad for opportunitiesHydrogen vehicles
Time for some Agency in central bank modelling
Never send a human to do a machine’s jobCentral banks
Bank of America to pay $250mn for overdraft and credit card abuse
Lender ‘withheld rewards, double-dipped on fees and opened accounts without consent’Financial & markets regulation
Nuclear fission start-up backed by Sam Altman to go public
Oklo valued at $850mn in transaction through spac set up by OpenAI chief Mergers & Acquisitions
EU set to clear Broadcom’s $69bn acquisition of VMware
UK and US remain among holdouts to one of the biggest tech acquisitions as they continue to probe competition concernsMergers & Acquisitions
US judge denies FTC request to block Microsoft-Activision merger
Ruling said antitrust regulator failed to show deal would harm competition in video game marketMergers & Acquisitions