Spanish lender makes tender offer for shares of smaller rival after board rejects approach

Battle for city of Goma pits government forces and allied militia against Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group

Best-performing managers’ punchy bets on stock markets paid off in 2023

Nir Bar Dea announces headcount reduction of roughly 8% in first big move as sole chief executive

The president’s focus on tackling climate change has upset US producers, who are instead funding Trump

The technology can do wonderful things — but its achievements should not come at the expense of basic protections

EU plans to ‘spend more, spend better, spend European’ have run alarm bells among UK executives

Nir Bar Dea is seeking to restore firm’s investment performance as it moves on from founder Ray Dalio

Sale to North Wind Capital shows how London’s super-prime property market is holding up

Journey from industrial behemoth to takeover target reflects country’s decline as a mining powerhouse

Experts say HMRC could challenge some advance fee schemes

Women’s rights campaigners optimistic parliament will support one of the amendments to criminal justice bill next week

Swedish central bank governor Erik Thedéen fuels debate on the continent’s struggle to boost competitiveness

Resilience of global economy, higher commodity prices and support from IMF help drive returns for lower-rated bonds

Raphael Glucksmann is gaining traction ahead of European parliament elections in June

Xi Jinping’s trade and industrial policy has drawn accusations of dumping from the US and Europe

A wave of activism is coming from a quarter Japanese companies did not expect

Disruption comes as Tata Sons works to overhaul the airline it purchased in 2022

Increases in doctors’ bills, insurance and ‘lifestyle diseases’ are expected to boost hospital revenues

Value of undergraduate maintenance loan falls to 9-year low as inflation cuts into support, says think-tank

Marjorie Taylor Greene booed as she fails in campaign that has consumed Republicans in Congress