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Shares of Google’s parent company jump after first-quarter earnings beat expectations and $70bn stock buyback
Combined market value of the two tech giants rose by more than $250bn after revenue growth beat expectations
Deal is latest acquisition by ‘Czech Sphinx’ who is also seeking to buy Royal Mail’s parent company
Settlement resolves second of Berkshire Hathaway’s three big legal entanglements over the past year
Quarterly results signal pullback from bumper earnings in past two years
Sports streaming group accuses DFL of ‘unlawful behaviour’ after losing out to Sky
BHP, whose £31bn bid for Anglo has been rejected, faces fraught politics and complicated history in the country
Financial companies scramble to rework contracts and tie down personnel after US Federal Trade Commission rule
Market conditions are reminiscent of the soft landing that followed Alan Greenspan’s ‘Fed pivot’
Zuckerberg’s AI plans may have knocked its stock market value, but he hopes his next venture will have dramatic impact
Success of biosimilars in lowering prices will depend on decisions from powerful pharmacy benefit managers
Workers’ groups increasingly adopt strategies used by activist hedge funds to exert pressure on companies
The 107-year-old South African mining group, long resistant to change, has now rejected a takeover offer from BHP
The antiquated system of setting prices is frustrating for merchants and their customers
Dana Mattioli’s important book looks the winner-takes-all dynamic that built a competition-squashing behemoth
Preparations have begun to allow breakdancers at the Place de la Concorde and archers at Les Invalides
Court has warned lender it is likely to lose parts of complex lawsuit brought by former shareholders of rival
Director says technology at some point will ‘write a script, direct a movie’
Move comes as Biden administration begins parcelling out funds unlocked by Congress this week
UK-listed company says Australian miner’s takeover approach ‘significantly undervalues’ it
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Government says it met Virgin O2 chief executive and Ofcom after incidents last year
Breakdown of accounts comes as testing on Tideway tunnel set to begin and UK’s biggest water provider faces debt crisis
Checks on food arriving at Dover will be carried out on the outskirts of Ashford
The cyber specialist has had a bumpy three-year ride as a public company
Microsoft is the company showing most tangible proof of AI revenue generation from hefty investments
Chief executive Patrick Pouyanné says US investors back the group’s prospects and strategy
Quarterly sales at the two groups and market leader LVMH show the winning brands are those targeting the very wealthy
First annual decline in volatile data set since July 2023 but numbers remain higher than pre-pandemic average
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Tech group’s shares up 3% a day after better than expected earnings report
Resulting auction process expected to attract bidders including Rupert Murdoch and hedge fund boss Paul Marshall
Baku still ‘working on’ its own climate plan as president argues fossil fuels will be needed for ‘years to come’
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