But ‘depth of relationship’ with Jeffrey Epstein was not known when peer was chosen, insists business secretary

A regulatory ratchet is smothering business, households and government

Purchase of Yes! Communities would be one of sector’s largest takeovers since 2022

Keir Starmer hopes to move on from recent scandals and regain political initiative

Skydance founder prepares bid just weeks after closing Paramount acquisition

The latest iteration of flying robot warfare, unmanned weapons co-ordinate to overwhelm enemy defences

Aena chair says airline is using it as a scapegoat to dodge customers’ wrath over cancellations

Lower yields for groups including L’Oréal, Airbus and Axa shake up typical order and signal Paris’s loss of ‘risk-free’ status

Dire finances reflect pandemic and energy crisis largesse but also president’s early tax cuts

Retailers still planning around yesterday’s customer habits will find even greater challenges in store

Without any major surprises, arguments that led to this month’s hold should still apply, Martin Kocher tells FT

Maia Sandu accuses Kremlin of trying to ‘capture Moldova through the ballot box’

A narrow, exclusively exam-focused education in the UK damages young minds

The US has not yet accepted an invitation from China as progress stalls between the geopolitical rivals

Deals worth $4bn raise hopes of long-awaited recovery for IPOs after drought

Labour MPs question prime minister’s judgment and viability

Offering seen as signal of whether large private equity groups can begin exiting largest deals

Any sane discussion of changes that both right and left could agree on is being crowded out by tax populism

Paul Bulcke has presided over chaotic period culminating in sacking of CEO Laurent Freixe for undisclosed affair

Mounting fiscal crises show how not to handle the demographic crunch

It might soon be rich-world citizens who flee political chaos 

The Incubator for Artificial Intelligence unit spent less than half of its budget last year because of recruitment delays

As artificial and human intelligence becomes harder to tell apart, do we need new rules of engagement?

Documents appear to contradict White House allegation that she committed mortgage fraud