Paramount agrees to pause $110bn Warner Bros merger as case plays out | US news

Paramount ⁠Skydance ⁠has agreed to ​pause its $110bn acquisition ⁠of ​Warner ‌Bros ‌Discovery until a ‌ruling…

EasyJet profits plunge 70% as fuel costs soar amid Iran war | easyJet

The low-cost airline easyJet has revealed a 70% slide in profits because of soaring fuel costs…

Segro board U-turns on £14bn takeover bid by US rival Prologis | Mergers and acquisitions

The board of the UK warehouse landlord Segro has U-turned and said it would be willing…

Mitie agrees £3.1bn takeover by OCS in blow to London stock market | Mitie

The outsourcer Mitie has agreed to a £3.1bn takeover by its private-equity owned rival OCS Group,…

‘Laws were broken’: multistate effort to stop Paramount’s $111bn merger heads to court | Media

A last-ditch effort to block the merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) is…

‘How’s this joker got my details?’: BrewDog founder faces complaints over emails to ‘equity punks’ | BrewDog

James Watt, the BrewDog founder who sold the debt-laden “punk” brewer earlier this year, is the…

A priority for the next chancellor: boost the London stock market | Nils Pratley

Another day, another takeover bid for a UK-listed company. In fact, Thursday saw three in one…

Uber to buy Germany’s Delivery Hero in $14.8bn global deal | Uber

Uber has reached an agreement to take over the German takeaway company Delivery Hero in a…

US state attorneys general file lawsuit in effort to block Paramount merger | Media

A bipartisan group of US state attorneys general are seeking to block the $110bn merger of…

Two bidders are better than one. But easyJet’s exit is depressing for the London market | Nils Pratley

Will any remaining bidders for easyJet please make their way to the boarding gate? In reality,…