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Two of the world’s largest gold miners are in talks to create a global powerhouse for producing the precious metal in the biggest takeover offer announced this year.US-listed Newmont,…

Investors betting against Tesla are getting the big bonanza they have been waiting for, with the electric-vehicle maker set to record its worst annual performance on record. Short sellers…

Euan Blair, the son of a former British prime minister, has become one of the wealthiest start-up founders in the UK after his education technology company was valued at $1.7bn…

Gousto, the UK meal-box subscription service, has raised $100 million from SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 and $50 million in new debt capital from HSBC and Barclays. Founded in 2012 by Timo…

SenseTime, the Chinese artificial intelligence company specialising in facial recognition software, is seeking a valuation of up to $17bn in an initial public offering, in what would…

The government has set aside up to £1.7 billion to fund the continued operation of Bulb Energy after the supplier collapsed into administration. A court appointed special administrators…

Samsung Electronics has chosen the city of Taylor in Texas for its planned $17bn US chip plant as the South Korean technology group responds to the Biden administration’s push for…

Private equity firms Hellman & Friedman and Bain Capital are buying US healthcare technology company Athenahealth in a $17bn deal that is one of the biggest leveraged buyouts of…

The healthcare technology company Athenahealth is close to being sold to the private equity firms Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman, according to people familiar with the…

The cost of the HS2 high-speed railway line has risen by another £1.7 billion over the past year as the pandemic and social distancing measures forced delays and reduced productivity on…