Category: International

Berlin launches ‘Germany Fund’ to lure private equity i...

Initiative aims to raise €130bn in investments amid growing interest from firms including KKR and Apollo

Putin’s retaliation threat over frozen assets rattles E...

Italy, Belgium and Austria worry about Russia moving against their companies

Trump defends record on economy in combative address

US president says he is fixing ‘mess’ amid voter discontent over cost of living

Carmakers sour on EU’s ‘disastrous’ petrol engine rule ...

As details have become clearer, executives warn the easing of the combustion engine ban would lead to more expensive vehicles

Meta’s LeCun targets €3bn valuation for AI start-up

Turing award winner is in early talks to raise €500mn ahead of January launch

The EU’s economic security blanket is patchy and thin

Its disjointed response to electric vehicles shows it cannot co-ordinate

EU leaders vow to agree funding for Ukraine

Zelenskyy joins summit in Brussels as pressure grows on Belgium to drop its opposition to using Russia’s frozen assets

Amazon in talks to invest more than $10bn in OpenAI

Deal could push AI start-up’s valuation above $500bn and involve it using the cloud giant’s chips

Warner Bros to rebuff $108bn Paramount hostile offer

Hollywood studio and streaming company open to new bid but there are doubts over Ellison family funding

JPMorgan pulls $350bn from Fed to buy up Treasuries

Biggest US bank has moved to lock in higher yields ahead of central bank rate cuts

Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s turbulent bet on AI

A year of internal disorder, fluctuating priorities and colossal spending at Meta has rattled insiders and investors

Fei-Fei Li of World Labs: AI is incomplete without spat...

The ‘godmother of AI’ talks about her latest venture to create 3D worlds to ‘superpower’ human creativity in areas including robot...