Intertek board to agree to £10bn takeover by EQT
Deal is latest take-private of a UK-listed company
Deal is latest take-private of a UK-listed company
Slowing pay growth in private sector will reassure rate-setters but data provides no reason to rush into a cut
Supermarket chain maintains cautious outlook amid conflict in Middle East
Slowdown will reinforce case for Bank of England to leave rates on hold
Remarks come ahead of pivotal English by-election
German group signs agreement to bring Australian cartoon to its audio speaker Toniebox
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Also in this newsletter: Standing up for legacy national TV
Also in today’s newsletter: Makerfield by-election and US-Iran deal
Gideon Rachman talks to Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Lana Nusseibeh and Elina Valtonen
Marc Filippino talks to Claire Jones and Zijing Wu
Thoma Bravo will lose all of the $5bn it invested in Medallia as it hands the software group to lenders
Banks press for further gains even after winning their largest lobbying victory since the financial crisis
Leading footballers now excel with their heads as well as their feet, as 18-year-old Ayyoub Bouaddi displayed against Brazil
Allies of Greater Manchester mayor ‘quietly confident’ of victory that would set up leadership challenge to Starmer
Intervention by UK environment secretary has raised prospect of utility entering government’s special administration regime
Chinese manufacturers have grown their market share in Europe while gaining share at home
In the Makerfield by-election, Andy Burnham is trying to win over an area that voted heavily for Leave
Lessons from one zero-sum competition for another
After a 28-year hiatus, Scotland are back at the World Cup — and for Jamie Lafferty and his Glaswegian schoolfriends, a teenage vow has finally been fulfilled
As Israel’s isolation deepens, ties with New Delhi are growing — from drones to statues
Lebanese militant group has been buoyed by fresh support from Tehran but its future depends on the US-Iran peace deal
Bank follows Goldman Sachs in preventing use of Claude in Asian financial hub