Bankers’ fees plunge to near-decade low owing to deal drought
Industry suffers from wave of job cuts as prolonged M&A slowdown takes its tollMergers & Acquisitions
European companies sound alarm over draft AI law
Executives from 150 businesses, including Siemens and Heineken, highlight risks of tight regulationArtificial intelligence
Harvard fraud claims fuel doubts over science of behaviour
Field that includes ‘nudge’ theory has gained broad traction within businesses but some findings are contestedBusiness education
How the Thames Water-gate burst
Plus, bankers feel the pain of dwindling M&A fees and the insider trading charges connected to Donald Trump’s media SpacMergers & Acquisitions
ECB hawks take aggressive stance on rates after UK inflation wake-up call
Persistent price pressures facing BoE boost case for keeping borrowing costs high, say eurozone policymakersCentral banks
Three men charged with insider trading related to Trump media Spac
US authorities allege more than $20mn in ill-gotten profits after private merger information was sharedSocial Media, Digital Media, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial & markets regulation
Jefferies: chlorophyll thrills cost a lot of lettuce on Wall Street
But the standalone investment bank thinks the worst of its revenues doldrums is overInvestment Banking
Audi chief ousted after German carmaker lags behind rivals
VW replaces Markus Duesmann with strategy head Gernot Döllner after mounting tensionsElectric vehicles
Google pulls its news service from Canada
Decision comes in response to law requiring payment to Canadian publishers for links Social Media
AI boom forces tech companies to make M&A choice
Groups have to decide whether to build, partner or buy to take advantage of the innovationsMergers & Acquisitions, Artificial intelligence