Crédit Agricole owns 30% of Banco BPM, which faces ​a takeover offer from €35 ​bln Monte dei Paschi. If the ⁠Gallic group resists, the ​latter may fall to Intesa ​Sanpaolo. CrédAg CEO Olivier Gavalda ...

Distance limits the ‌Canadian Prime Minister's push for "associate membership" of the European bloc. Yet interests are aligned for ​closer links. Ottawa wants to diversify ​beyond the US, which takes ...

Elon Musk's fast-growing Starlink satellite service ‌has started to spook AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile. The $760 bln market is a tempting target, but building ​a full-fledged fourth US network would be ...

FAW, maker of Chairman Mao’s favourite limo, is set to become a top ​shareholder of $6.4 bln GAC. A tie-up ​could end competition between the state ⁠automakers' Toyota ventures and stem ​losses.

Beijing's broadest policy package yet attempts to tackle a ​six-year housing slump that ​has left 4 mln homes unsold. ⁠Spanning everything from presale financing ​to mortgage repayments, the reforms ...

Anthropic CEO ‌Dario Amodei urged labs to slow down before chatbots spiral out of control. It ​turbocharges a vibe shift ...

Team Trump is downplaying ​management quality in ​a dromedary-themed acronym that includes ⁠capital, assets, earnings, ...

US ​Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the strait can be ‌bypassed with pipelines in two years. Yet the shutdown of Saudi Arabia's main escape route raises questions about a US-backed $15 billion ...

The value of blockchain-linked shares is only $3 bln but ​growing fast. The technology can ​speed completion of transactions and ⁠ease trading across time ​zones; the drawbacks are fragmented markets ...

Restarting reactors shut after a 2011 ​disaster could double atomic ​power’s share of total output ⁠to 20%, reducing fossil ...

While France’s Emmanuel ⁠Macron promotes data ​centres, Pennsylvania's Josh ​Shapiro wants to curb their drain on ​resources.

Anthropic CEO Dario ‌Amodei wants guardrails to fend off threats to mankind. Such oversight would divert more investment — $1 trln this ​year — from developing to deploying AI ​models, propping up ...