FirstFT: AstraZeneca and Bristol Myers Squibb discuss $400bn tie-up
Also in today’s newsletter: Iran says Hormuz shipping deal with Oman is close and Chinese VC firms rush to raise funds
Also in today’s newsletter: Iran says Hormuz shipping deal with Oman is close and Chinese VC firms rush to raise funds
Party commands about 25 per cent of the vote as Andy Burnham promises to ‘bring back hope’
Deal would create the world’s fourth-largest drugmaker by market value
Negotiations on agreement seen as critical to preventing the US-Iran war from escalating said to be in ‘final stages’
US sales of Campari’s orange spirit outstripped by Bacardi’s St-Germain elderflower liqueur
MPS chief executive weighs approach to Banco BPM’s largest shareholder, Crédit Agricole
SpaceX gives first results call, Flutter migrates to New York, inflation updates from China and India
Infantino’s abortive plan shows Fifa needs a sweeping governance shake-up
S&P 500 groups on track for strongest earnings in five years
Pedro Sánchez is being unfairly singled out for a liberal immigration policy
Families search for children not seen since 60,000 people crossed into Spanish enclave, as death toll rises to 72
Communities need help to tackle the blight of delinquent landlords who let empty properties decay
Record-low water levels on Danube force country’s first shutdown of nuclear power plant
US president claims ‘perimeters of a deal’ to end conflict have been agreed days after he threatened to attack
Comments by Restore Britain founder come as Nigel Farage’s party slips in polls and faces scrutiny over its finances
Employees’ cyberstalking of Boston couple involving macabre deliveries ended in jail time and financial settlement
Billionaire investor faces wide-ranging probe into the private credit holdings of insurers he controls
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Despite attempts, the figure is virtually impossible to calculate
Aipac’s links to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu provoke controversy in midterm election campaigns
Bank’s underwriting of SpaceX and other new issues generates $74bn second-quarter haul in wealth management assets
Tehran’s military raised the stakes with Washington by further expanding the battle across the Middle East
The London Stock Exchange is trying to stem Aim’s decline by streamlining rules to cut costs and make capital-raising easier
Chief executive of French-Dutch airline group sees opportunity if low-cost carrier is acquired by its suitors