Great British Railways flies the flag as logo goes back to the future Livery for renationalised railway features red, white and blue alongside familiar double arrow symbol
Why has Paramount Skydance launched a hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery – and what happens now? The future of some of the world’s most prominent media and entertainment businesses hangs in the balance
Paramount launches $108.4bn hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery Paramount’s bid for the entire company counters $82.7bn Netflix deal for WBD’s studio and streaming operation
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney sell Wrexham stake to US private equity group Club gets boost for development of Racecourse Ground, but move comes months after it received £14m state aid
Anglo American’s merger bonus was a pay wheeze too far Miner will have to do things by the book after ditching plan to pay bosses millions in bonuses after Teck deal
Netflix buying Warner Bros is bad news for cinema and those of us who love it The proposed acquisition would see yet more of Hollywood controlled by a tech company and one that doesn’t seem to care about the theatrical experience
Paramount Skydance makes $108.4bn bid for Warner Bros Discovery, challenging Netflix’s offer – as it happened Paramount says its hostile offer “provides superior value, and a more certain and quicker path to completion to WBD shareholders”
Bank of England cutting jobs as part of overhaul after critical Bernanke review Bank under budget pressure as it responds to former Fed chair’s report into slow response to surging inflation
Divided Fed ponders US interest-rate cut at end of tumultuous year Markets expect final rate cut amid pressure from Trump as Jay Powell urges central bank to proceed with caution
Trump warns Netflix’s $83bn deal for Warner Bros poses competition concerns President vows to get involved in controversial takeover described as ‘unprecedented’ by ex-chair of regulator
Anglo American drops plan to pay bosses millions in bonuses after $50bn Teck merger backlash FTSE 100 miner’s U-turn follows investor opposition to payouts when deal completes, including estimated £8.5m to CEO
‘We’ll never be able to rebuild’: despair of ex-Vodafone franchisees and pressures on their mental health Experiences raise questions about how telecoms firm treated small business owners, whose commission it cut
Extracting hangovers from beer: inside Budweiser owner’s ‘nolo’ brewery in south Wales AB InBev unveils its ‘de-alcoholisation’ annex at Magor site as demand for once ‘lousy’ low- or no-alcohol beer rises
Local authorities in England and Wales warn finances at ‘breaking point’ More councils expected to fall into bankruptcy in near future as they face nervous wait over government funding
‘Zombie’ electricity projects in Britain face axe to ease quicker grid connections Backlog delaying ‘shovel-ready’ ventures will be cleared with aim of building virtually zero-carbon power system by 2030