German chemicals group to enter ‘concrete negotiations’ after Gulf state-owned company boosts proposal to €62 per share

Runaway budget deficits and confrontation with Brussels and Berlin is a formula for trouble

Imposing another de facto tax on the sector through Bank of England reserves would undermine the party’s pro-business shift

Group set up to turn second world war tunnels into a tourist attraction aborts plans for London flotation

Tech giant faces penalty of up to 10% of global annual revenue

Authorities call shootings terrorist incidents as Islamist violence in country increases in recent months

Carter Center’s Democracy Program ‘turns inward’ amid warnings from supporters of Donald Trump of electoral fraud

New research into prosperous seats reveals anti-Con swings could be deeper than some polling suggests, though voter choices remain fluid

Ecommerce group to sell luxury goods websites including Coggles to retailer

Investment manager has doubled in size in four years and is now considering IPO or merger

Microsoft, Google and local start-ups aim to open up lucrative new markets in world’s most populous country

Not only do the polls say Labour will win back predominantly working-class areas in the north but also wealthy, southern Tory heartlands

Treating the voters as mere children can only guarantee ever-rising cynicism

Could consumer demand help drive down the cost of producing goods in America?

Claims that higher growth will boost revenues and bolster public finances are called into question

With Egypt’s blessing, Ibrahim al-Organi dominated trade into Gaza. Now the Bedouin leader has a security mission

Stéphane Boujnah says both far-right and leftwing alliance would struggle to implement their plans in government

Budapest should have no say on how profits of Russia’s frozen assets are used, says chief diplomat

Analysis shows challenges the country faces in hitting clean energy targets

EU and French elections have revived the narrative of a fractured Europe

Metals group has covered $24mn of costs for lenders still owed billions