When Masayoshi Son and Sam Altman first met each other in 2017 at SoftBank’s offices in Tokyo, the younger entrepreneur lacked a project large enough to tempt the tech billionaire to get his cheque ...

European investment banks have spent years debating the best path to profits. Recent results suggest many roads can work — ...

Private equity firm expects $3.3bn acquisition of Tanabe will get boost from eased approval process for new medicine ...

In a separate statement on Thursday night, Porsche SE — the investment vehicle of VW’s majority owner, the Porsche-Piëch family — said a previously announced writedown of its stake in Porsche would be ...

For Japan, the aim is to underscore the rock-solid nature of the relationship and receive clear assurances of the countries’ ...

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Sepehr was designated in 2023 but the new sanctions go further by targeting the network underpinning Iran’s oil sales, ...

US dealmaking has suffered its worst start to a year in a decade after policy volatility following Donald Trump’s election and escalating rhetoric over tariffs put a sudden chill on activity.

Were you into fashion growing up? Definitely not. I was very tomboy. Growing up in the South, you know, we’re getting our hands dirty, we’re not trying to look cute. What have been some of your ...

The prime minister’s chief of staff is the star of Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund’s revealing account of Labour’s return to power ...

Nearly five years after it was banned in India amid border tensions with China, low-cost fashion brand Shein is back. After ...

The PGA Tour on Thursday credited Donald Trump with bringing the leading US men’s golf organiser “closer” to a deal with ...