WHSmith boss resigns after presiding over US accounting errors
Carl Cowling steps down as retailer discloses worse than expected hit to profits from discrepancies in its US business
US stocks rebound ahead of Nvidia results
Wall Street shares have seen big swings this week as investors brace for all-important earnings from AI bellwether
US and Saudi Arabia reach deal for rare earths facility in Gulf kingdom
Mining group MP Materials will share minority stake in joint venture with US government to build and operate facility
UK seeks to revive dwindling stock market with single source of data
FCA says ‘consolidated tape’ for equities will bring benefits worth £100mn over next decade
Leftwing Labour MP offers Burnham his seat to replace Starmer
Move by Clive Lewis reflects increasing discontent with prime minister’s leadership
Blue Owl calls off merger of private credit funds
Move had risked inflicting losses of 20% on investors in one of the vehicles
Israeli strike on Lebanon refugee camp raises fears of new offensive
Drone attack on Palestinian camp kills 13 and is one of deadliest since Israel and Hizbollah agreed ceasefire last year
Germany unveils its first space strategy
Berlin also plans to spend €35bn on military space capabilities by 2030
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Lawrence Summers steps down from OpenAI board over Epstein emails
Scandal-hit former Treasury secretary had said he will withdraw from ‘public commitments’
Dutch government steps back from Nexperia intervention to ease chip supply issues
Stand-off had threatened global carmaker supply chains
‘Baby Shark’ still has teeth
Pinkfong’s success highlights how small, digital-native studios could disrupt the traditional media sector
UK offers 1% of Brussels’ €6.7bn demand to join EU defence fund
Move raises doubts about whether deal can be done before November 30 deadline
Russian spy ship targeted RAF pilots with lasers, says UK defence secretary
John Healey warns that Britain’s rules of engagement have been changed in response to Yantar’s activities
The Labour government will deteriorate from here
Starmer and Reeves are unfit and their likeliest usurpers are worse
Summerwater is an unapologetic misery-fest
A six-part Channel 4 adaptation of Sarah Moss’s novel offers little more than bleakness
Nokia splits AI business into separate unit after $1bn Nvidia investment
Split from telecoms operations comes as Finnish group pushes for growth from new technology
NHS landlord lines up bankers for £700mn sale
Rothschild to advise Primary Health Properties on offloading portfolio of hospitals
EU grapples with carbon levy pushback at COP30
Trade emerges as a flashpoint at UN climate summit
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Nasdaq and Singapore’s SGX to allow simultaneous joint listings
Simplified dual listing designed to stem flow of city-state’s fastest growing companies going overseas to list
London house prices fall to lowest in almost two years
Drop comes ahead of expected tax raid on high-value properties in Budget
Italy to define non-consensual sex as rape
Rare bipartisan effort by Giorgia Meloni’s coalition and opposition to ease prosecution of sexual assault