3 d. ago Business news live: FTSE 100 closes below new high, Meta set for $15bn AI deal

Market reaction and business news ahead of the government’s spending review

Economics

3 d. ago Business news live: FTSE 100 rises towards new record high, Meta set for $15bn AI deal

Market reaction and business news ahead of the government’s spending review

Economics

3 d. ago Meta to announce $15bn investment in bid to achieve computerised ‘superintelligence’

Mark Zuckerberg expected to announce Meta will buy 49% stake in Scale AI as race to dominate AI market speeds upMeta is to announce a $15bn (£11bn) bid to achieve computerised “superintelligence”, according to multiple reports.The Silicon Valley race to dominate artificial intelligence is speeding up despite the patchy performance of many existing AI systems. Continue reading...

Economics

4 d. ago Meta plans to invest $15bn in Scale AI in bid to catch up to rivals

Deal would be one of the biggest of its kind and give Facebook parent a 49% stake in the start-up

Economics

1 week ago US private equity firm KKR drops bid to buy troubled British utility Thames Water

British utility Thames Water says a U.S. investment firm has dropped a rescue bid for the debt-burdened company

Economics

3 w. ago Furious Democrats call for investigation into Musk’s bid to help build Trump’s ‘$500 billion’ Golden Dome project

Forty-two members of the opposition write to Pentagon’s Inspector General to raise conflict of interest concerns over SpaceX’s potential involvement in anti-missile project

Politics