Goldman Sachs earns record $110mn fee in Electronic Arts deal
Wall Street lender was sole adviser to the video game maker on largest-ever take-private transaction
Lloyds used data from 30,000 staff accounts in union pay talks
Bank’s customer insights team compared financial resilience of lowest-paid staff to customers as part of salary negotiations
A MAGA Senator Promised Hope for a Dying Ohio Mill. Then Reality Set In.
The town’s unionized workers wanted to believe that there was something better than what private equity owners had offered.
A bold new investment fund aims to channel billions into tropical forest protection – one key change can make it better
Cattle, the No. 1 cause of tropical deforestation, roam on tropical forest land that was stripped bare in Acre, Brazil. AP Photo/Eraldo PeresThe world is losing vast swaths of forests to agriculture, logging, mining and fires every year — more than 20 million acres in 2024 alone, roughly the size of South Carolina.
How Trump’s trade policies are weakening international climate commitments
Benjamin DoyleThe Cop30 climate summit is under way in Brazil under the shadow of US president Donald Trump’s second term. Delegates from around the world have poured into the Amazonian port of Belém for the conference, which promises to focus on economic development and the fight against global poverty, as well as green tech and finance.
Visa and Mastercard forge deal to end long-term dispute with merchants
Card companies agree to lower swipe fees further after judge rejects $30bn deal
Minutes of the Money Market Committee meeting – September 2025
The Money Markets Committee is a forum for market participants and authorities to discuss the UK unsecured deposits and funding market and securities lending and repo markets.
The ‘supercenter’ effect: How massive, one-stop retailers fuel overconsumption − and waste
'Big-box' supercenters can contribute to overpurchasing by shoppers Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty ImagesImagine walking out of a Walmart, Target or Costco. As you push your large shopping cart to your car, you ask yourself: Did I really need all that stuff?
The answer is you probably didn’t.
Hitting record highs: unpacking support for the euro
In the latest round of the European Commission’s biannual Standard Eurobarometer survey, a record 83% of euro area respondents expressed support for the euro – the highest level since the introduction of the single currency. Using the survey microdata, we show that this rise is broad-based across countries and sociodemographic groups, and that cross-country differences have narrowed significantly.
Manufacturing drives industrial production increase of 6.8 pct YoY in Sep
Greece’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) resumed growth in September with a jump of 6.8 percent year-on-year (YoY) drop, after a drop of 2.8 percent in the previous month, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on Monday.
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