Prediction markets are moving from a legal novelty to a regulatory test for U.S. finance. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s June 10 proposal for event contracts does not settle the…
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BP’s latest restructuring is more than a tidying-up exercise. It is a statement about what public markets now want from major oil companies: fewer competing narratives, clearer accountability and a…
GSK’s $10.6 billion agreement to buy Nuvalent is a reminder that the pharmaceutical industry’s deal market is being driven less by cheap targets than by scarce assets that can plausibly…
Intesa Sanpaolo has turned Italy’s banking consolidation race from a gradual reshuffling into a direct contest for control of one of the country’s most strategically connected financial institutions. On Monday,…
SFR’s proposed sale to its three main French rivals is more than a domestic telecom transaction. It is a direct test of whether Europe is finally prepared to let operators…
SpaceX is moving toward a public-market debut so large that it is less a routine listing than a stress test for the growth-stock complex. The company is aiming to raise…
Broadcom delivered the kind of numbers that would have looked extraordinary in almost any earlier semiconductor cycle. Revenue jumped 48% from a year earlier to $22.19 billion in its fiscal…
Partners Group’s decision to limit withdrawals from an $8.6 billion evergreen private equity fund is not a bank-run story, but it is a sharper warning for a private markets industry…
UniCredit has pushed its direct Commerzbank stake above 34%, turning a contested exchange offer into a test of shareholder leverage and European bank consolidation.
Wise’s Belgian money-laundering probe shows why fintech investors are again pricing compliance risk into cross-border payment growth.

