25 h. ago Glencairn Crystal takes Manufacturing Innovation title at inaugural Made in Scotland Awards

Judges commended the East Kilbride glassmaker for successfully blending traditional craftsmanship with cutting edge processes.

Economics

39 h. ago Big private equity groups risk harming sector’s standing, warns Neuberger Berman

Big private equity groups risk harming sector’s standing, warns Neuberger Berman  Financial Times

Events

39 h. ago Egon Durban’s big bets push Silver Lake to the cutting edge of private equity

Dealmaker’s $55bn takeover of Electronic Arts follows a spree of high-stakes transactions from TikTok to Endeavor

Politics

39 h. ago Egon Durban’s $55bn buyout bet raises stakes for Silver Lake

Dealmaker’s takeover of video games maker Electronic Arts caps spree of high-profile transactions

Economics

55 h. ago ‘I think you’re testing me’: Anthropic’s new AI model asks testers to come clean

Safety evaluation of Claude Sonnet 4.5 raises questions about whether predecessors ‘played along’, firm saysIf you are trying to catch out a chatbot take care, because one cutting-edge tool is showing signs it knows what you are up to.Anthropic, a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company, has released a safety analysis of its latest model, Claude Sonnet 4.5, and revealed it had become suspicious it was being tested in some way. Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago Video game maker Electronic Arts to be taken private in record $55bn mega

Deal with The Sims and Madden NFL maker is biggest leveraged buyout attempt, another key move for Silver LakeElectronic Arts, maker of video games such as Madden NFL, Battlefield, and The Sims, is being acquired for $55bn, the biggest leveraged buyout attempt in history.Under the terms of the deal announced on Monday, the private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund PIF and Affinity Partners will pay EA’s stockholders $210 per share. Affinity Partners is a private equity firm run by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Continue reading...

Economics

4 d. ago Video games maker Electronic Arts strikes $55bn deal to go private

Saudi-backed transaction orchestrated by Jared Kushner and Silver Lake is one biggest-ever leveraged buyouts

Economics

5 d. ago Private equity’s rush to raise money raises fears of European sector shake

Lofty targets for 2026 may force investors to choose between buyout firms, leaving some short of new funds to invest

Economics

5 d. ago Private equity’s rush to raise money prompts fears of European sector shake

Lofty targets for 2026 may force investors to choose between buyout firms, leaving some short of new funds to invest

Economics

6 d. ago Private equity sees profits in power utilities as electric bills rise and Big Tech seeks more energy

Private investment firms that are helping finance America’s artificial intelligence race and the huge buildout of energy-hungry data centers are getting interested in the local utilities that deliver electricity to regular customers — and the servers that power AI

Science

7 d. ago TikTok US to be valued at $14bn after Trump’s deal, White House says

Abu Dhabi’s MGX joins Silver Lake and Oracle as lead investors

Economics

8 d. ago Goldman Sachs’ Petershill to delist from London stock market

Chair blames concerns about private equity firms’ ability to exit investments for share price weakness

Politics

9 d. ago 'Cutting edge' AI robots crackdown on four major benefits and save Brits £480million

The Government said it was using “cutting-edge artificial intelligence and data tools” to help detect fraud on Covid loans, wrongful pension payments and people planning to illegally sublet social housing

Economics

1 week ago Private equity firm Apollo seems to pay far more than KKR in London

Private equity firm Apollo seems to pay far more than KKR in London  eFinancialCareers

Economics

1 week ago Private equity banker 'paid himself and his team a £6.3m bonus as they jumped ship to a rival firm after plotting secret move'

Adam Wheeler is at the centre of a High Court lawsuit over claims orchestrated an 'egregious' move from Barings to rival Corinthia.

Economics

1 week ago Pixel 10 Pro XL review: Google’s superphone gets AI and magnetic upgrades

Top camera, great software, solid battery life and huge screen bolstered by helpful Gemini and Qi2 supportGoogle’s Pixel superphone is back, packed with a bigger battery, faster charging, magnetic accessories and even more cutting-edge AI tools to try to usurp Apple and Samsung as the monarchs of really big phones.The Pixel 10 Pro XL is the largest slab phone Google makes and is one of the biggest available in Europe and the US. It costs £1,199 (€1,299/$1,199/A$1,999), sitting above its smaller sibling the Pixel 10 Pro and below the upcoming folding Pixel 10 Pro Fold, and competing directly with Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro Max and Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Ultra. Continue reading...

Technology

1 week ago Owner of Georgian broadcaster called country’s ‘propaganda megaphone’ is based in London

Exclusive: Imedi TV owner denies criticism by EU disinformation monitor and says it is editorially independentOn Pont Street in Belgravia in central London, on the first floor of a handsome Edwardian townhouse, sitting above the royal green awning of the Jeroboams wine shop, is an office. There are no obvious signs for it beyond a little note next to the intercom. When buzzed this week, no one appeared at the door.This is the registered office of Hunnewell Partners, which describes itself as an “entrepreneurial private equity and litigation funding practice”. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Fin Robertson reveals work with Dundee technical manager to help him sharpen cutting edge

Robertson has been working hard with Dee technical manager David Longwell

Politics

2 w. ago Garden of unearthly delights: inside the eerie underground lair for ‘master of mobiles’ Alexander Calder

The great kinetic artist has never been properly celebrated in his home town of Philadelphia – until now. But is a $90m subterranean labyrinth, created by Herzog & de Meuron, really the answer?A shimmering metallic wall slices through a scrubby mound on the edge of a highway in Philadelphia, like a long steel blade cutting into the earth. Halfway along its length, this silvery barrier flips up, recalling the lid of a giant laptop, forming an entrance canopy that beckons you inside. As you ascend the planted knoll, you find great furrows gouged into the ground, jagged concrete sinkholes from which the peaks of colourful sculptures protrude.Welcome to Calder Gardens, an otherworldly place conceived by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron to celebrate the work of Philadelphia-born Alexander Calder, master of mobiles. It is one of the strangest cultural complexes to be built anywhere in recent years. On an unpromising site no larger than a football pitch, wedged between two highw...

Politics

2 w. ago The village to be 'cut off' from Greater Manchester amid Bee Network bus strikes

The bus strikes would see the village on the edge of the city-region cut off from all public transport options

Events