Theatre review: The Women of Llanrumney, Stratford East — a searing interrogation of slavery
The Women of Llanrumney sounds like a tale from the Welsh valleys — and in a sense it is. Azuka Oforka’s blistering first ...
Rocket to buy Mr Cooper in $9.4bn deal to create US mortgage giant
Rocket Companies has agreed to buy Mr Cooper for $9.4bn, in a deal that will create a US mortgage giant at an uncertain time for the US real estate market. The all-stock transaction will put fintech ...
Tariffs and their discontents
This is an important point to understand, not only because is it at the heart of the Trump administration’s economic thinking, but also because it resonates with average Americans. If it’s about ...
Banks and tech groups commit to live data-sharing in UK fraud clampdown
Britain’s biggest banks, technology and telecoms companies have pledged to step up efforts to share live fraud data, as calls grow for the government to take stronger leadership in coordinating the ...
Thames Water selects KKR as preferred bidder
Thames Water has selected the US private equity group KKR as its preferred bidder to take control of the UK’s largest water ...
Japan warns ‘big one’ earthquake could kill 300,000 people
New report says a magnitude 9 tremor in the Nankai Trough has potential for damage equivalent to half of annual GDP ...
Can Germany escape its economic doldrums? With Ulrike Malmendier
Germany has begun to look like the ‘sick man of Europe’ again. Its economy has barely grown since 2019, while its famous manufacturing sector has shrivelled. But earlier this month, financial markets ...
Thrilling debuts light up George Balanchine masterpieces
It’s an ill wind . . . The Royal Ballet’s triple bill of masterpieces by George Balanchine was menaced by a spate of injuries among the scheduled principals and soloists but the emergency casting ...
Aston Martin to raise more than £125mn amid US tariff threat
Aston Martin will raise more than £125mn as the US moves ahead with Donald Trump’s tariffs, with the sale of its minority stake in the Formula 1 racing team and additional investment from its chair ...
Hedge funds fight over one of Europe’s largest lingerie brands
Dispute over control of Dutch retailer Hunkemöller is latest example of so-called creditor-on-creditor violence in Europe ...
Sentencing Council’s new guidelines are corrosive and unfair
‘Iniquitous’ | Councils and low-cost housing providers say they could build more than 90,000 additional affordable homes over ...
EU plans to strengthen police powers to tackle foreign threats
The European Commission plans to strengthen EU policing and law enforcement measures against threats from foreign powers such as Russia that collaborate with criminal networks, under a new strategy on ...