The abrupt disappearance of China’s top online sales host from Alibaba’s Taobao platform may only deal a short-term blow to the ecommerce group, but it highlights the risks of relying … Read More
Toyota has come under fresh fire from giant European pension funds over its opposition to going “all in” on electric vehicles, as green activist investors prepare for a showdown at … Read More
The UK financial regulator has put Credit Suisse on its watchlist of institutions requiring tougher supervision, the latest blow to a bank that is struggling to draw a line under … Read More
In its quest to roar back after the turmoil of the pandemic, Brazilian aerospace and defence group Embraer is imagining a not so far-off future of flying taxis and electric … Read More
Business schools and professional training organisations are stepping up the teaching of ethics in accounting, after a series of high-profile financial scandals have highlighted audit failings. These include the collapse … Read More
World Trade Organization director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has urged governments to end export restrictions on food to help alleviate the growing hunger caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. At the start … Read More
SSE has hit out at UK chancellor Rishi Sunak’s plan to impose a windfall tax on electricity generators, warning that the “unhelpful” threat has harmed investor confidence just as companies … Read More
Thoma Bravo has successfully pressured software company Anaplan to cut the $10.7bn price at which it is selling itself to the private equity firm, in one of the largest buyout … Read More
British unions have warned transport secretary Grant Shapps that his plan to legislate to allow agency workers to provide cover for striking rail workers was impractical and would be fiercely … Read More
JPMorgan’s chief executive Jamie Dimon thinks oil prices could surge to $175 a barrel later this year. Jeremy Weir, the head of commodity trader Trafigura, says oil could go “parabolic”. … Read More
