Lender had shifted focus to talks with buyout groups after failing to clinch a £10bn takeover by Brazilian fintech Nubank

Stoxx Europe 600 index ahead of S&P 500 for this year as US stocks tumble

The agreement likely to be finalised this week does not preclude a future flotation of Franco-German group

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BC Partners’ Nikos Stathopoulos to relocate as Athens uses new tax regime to target wealthy investors

Investors fear newly elected politicians up and down the US will seek to slow data centre development in blow to tech stocks

Attack on institution’s own account used techniques that echo the hit on crypto exchange Binance last week

From the earliest commercial wells to the Strait of Hormuz, two new books look at how empires, states and companies have used black gold to shape global politics

WB Electronics asks banks to pitch for roles managing listing ahead of potential Warsaw float next year

Central bank lifts borrowing costs for first time since 2023

The party prioritised tackling the high cost of energy during the midterms

Investors expect midterm election to restrain sway of extremes in American politics

US vice-president JD Vance blames Republicans’ midterm defeat on anger over Iran war

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Concerns mount that Democratic control of Congress will slow data centre build-out

Astonishing midterm election results will not repeal the turn of business and financial cycles

Their win may usher in more regulation, but investors seem unfazed

Hyperscalers surge and chipmakers fall as investors bet on winners and losers from expected backlash against the AI boom

As selling prices soar, the red metal frenzy favours miners over smelters