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Hedge fund Walleye hands back capital as it slims down equity business
05 November 2026Multi-strategy fund with $17bn in assets tells clients move comes after it endured worst month since coronavirus crisis -
Tech leaders need an urgent rethink of their political strategy
05 November 2026America’s data centre backlash is emblematic of AI anxiety and a scepticism of the industry’s power and wealth -
Goldman Sachs elevates record number of engineers to coveted partner ranks
05 November 2026Wall Street bank expands elite cohort as trading and dealmaking boom fuels profits -
UK plans to extend Palantir’s NHS contract as it draws up plans for potential replacement
05 November 2026Ministers preparing to not trigger break clause but instead pitch US company against British alternatives in fresh procurement process -
What Trump’s setback means for Britain
05 November 2026Plus, is Labour softening on immigration? -
Russell Brand found guilty of rape and sexual assault
05 November 2026Verdict on four counts marks dramatic downfall for comedian-turned-online polemicist -
Bank rate rise ‘puts tracker mortgage trend at risk’
05 November 2026Most fixed-rate borrowers are cushioned from the impact of this week’s decision but those coming off a five-year deal face a payment shock -
More than 600,000 join latest protests in France
05 November 2026Demonstrations over cost of living on Thursday appeared to attract the biggest turnout since the movement began in September -
The UK-EU reset is a deal worth doing
05 November 2026But Britain’s hard-pressed universities should not be left worse off -
European stocks overtake Wall Street following Democratic sweep
05 November 2026Stoxx Europe 600 index ahead of S&P 500 for this year as US stocks tumble -
BoE leaves door open to further rate rises amid fears of entrenched inflation
05 November 2026First interest rate increase for three years accompanied by hawkish message that marks a sharp change in tone for the institution -
Farewell to ‘SI’, an initialism gone before its time
05 November 2026What’s in a name? Quite a lot under the Trump administration. But picking a side can backfire when the political climate changes -
Follow live: US chip stocks plummet
05 November 2026Follow live: US chip stocks plummet -
BoE raises interest rates to 4% in bid to tame inflation
05 November 2026Governor Andrew Bailey signals further rate rise to come as projections show increasing price pressures -
South Africa’s incredible shrinking ANC
05 November 2026The movement of Nelson Mandela has been reduced to a minority party in the country’s largest cities -
So, about that Anthropic IPO . . .
05 November 2026A dispatch from the trenches of daily market commentary -
Top private equity dealmaker to quit UK for Greece
05 November 2026BC Partners’ Nikos Stathopoulos to relocate as Athens uses new tax regime to target wealthy investors -
Nasdaq plunges in chaotic trading as Democratic ‘blue wave’ upends AI bets
05 November 2026Investors fear newly elected politicians up and down the US will seek to slow data centre development in blow to tech stocks -
La Bola Negra — love, loss and Lorca coalesce in an Oscar-tipped Spanish civil war epic
05 November 2026One of the playwright’s unfinished works drives a multi-stranded film spanning tragedy, buried gay history and a Penélope Cruz cabaret -
Manchester developer ordered to pay £46.5mn cost of post-Grenfell repairs
05 November 2026Property tribunal rules that Urban Splash should pay bulk of bill to fix safety defects at seven of its blocks in the city