Profits up, headcount down: AI in banking has moved from pilot projects to the payroll.
Barclays will cut about 5,000 jobs, roughly 5% of its workforce, by the end of 2026, including about 1,000 already cut i…
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World’s emergency oil buffer runs down as IEA rushes out last 100M barrels
The world’s emergency oil tank is draining, and diesel is where it hurts. The IEA is rushing out the last 100M ba…
SPORT — The $4 billion Angels deal caps a record year for buying teams
Arte Moreno's time owning the Angels is over. Stan Kroenke, who owns the NFL's Rams, has agreed to buy the club for a re…
Paramount's $111bn Warner Bros deal clears its last big hurdle
Priced at $31 a share, David Ellison's Paramount Skydance deal for Warner Bros Discovery is set to close. Paramount set…
Power, Oil and Algorithms: What the 81st UN General Assembly Is Telling the World’s Boardrooms
Every September, Manhattan turns into the world’s largest diplomatic trade fair. Presidents queue for the podium, …
Four for a Fifth Seat: Central Europe Lines Up Behind India's Security Council Bid
UN General Assembly week produces hundreds of handshakes, but some of them move the architecture. On the sidelines of th…
The Metal Underwriting the AI Boom: Copper's Record Run Has Structural Legs
Copper futures on the London Metal Exchange have climbed to around 14,700 dollars a metric ton, with Comex prices settin…
Beijing Shows Its Silicon: Alibaba's Chip Reveal Sets the Table for the Xi-Trump Summit
The most consequential business meeting of 2026 begins on Wednesday, and Beijing has already fired the opening shot. On …
Volvo Cars Joins Accenture and Google Cloud to Accelerate Software-Defined Vehicle Development
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Google Cloud announced that Volvo Cars has become the lead industry partner for Horizon,…