Rainer Gut, who engineered the mergers and acquisitions that transformed Switzerland’s Credit Suisse Group AG into a giant global investment bank, one that proved difficult for subsequent generations of executives to manage, has died. He was 91.
Atos SE announced that Chairman Bertrand Meunier is stepping down and pushed back the sale of its legacy business to billionaire Daniel Kretinsky.
Atos SE announced that Chairman Bertrand Meunier is stepping down and pushed back the sale of its legacy business to billionaire Daniel Kretinsky.
Kayou, a Chinese maker of gaming cards and stationery with animation themes, is considering an initial public offering in Hong Kong as soon as next year, according to people familiar with the matter.
Investors piled cash into Poland as a bloc of pro-European opposition parties are on track to unseat the nationalist government following Sunday’s election.
Almost a third of British consumers are planning to reduce spending on Christmas this year as the burden of lofty inflation weighs on shoppers.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled to return to Israel on Monday, after meeting Arab leaders to discuss the war and efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to people in Gaza. President Joe Biden is also weighing a trip to Israel, adding to the US diplomatic push.
Nigeria’s government is seeking a $1.5 billion loan from the World Bank to help fund its budget, Finance Minister Wale Edun said, as the International Monetary Fund welcomed recent government reforms and said it’s open to funding the West African nation.
The US plans to tighten sweeping measures to restrict China’s access to advanced semiconductors and chipmaking gear, seeking to prevent its geopolitical rival from obtaining cutting-edge technologies that could give it a military edge.
As home to both the largest Jewish and Muslim communities in Europe, France is feeling the strain of the Israel-Hamas war like no other country on the continent.
