Another FTSE 100 firm falls to private equity. Where are the new listings? You can’t complain Intertek’s £10bn takeover happened – the problem is the lack of arrivals in the other direction
Bank of England governor warns UK public to expect higher costs this year Andrew Bailey says ‘inflationary pressure in pipeline’ despite US and Iran signing initial peace deal as interest rates kept on hold
City & Guilds scraps mass redundancies and offshoring UK jobs to Greece PeopleCert had been planning to cut about 400 jobs in £22m savings drive at training body it bought last year
Fed governor Lisa Cook faced $1.3m in legal and security fees after Trump’s bid to fire her Cook is at the center of a supreme court case focused on whether Trump’s firing of her from the Fed board was legal
Not so empty nesters: record-high number of US adults under 35 live at home, new data says Data shows that the increase in at-home living stems from high housing costs rather than labor market conditions
Bank of England leaves interest rates on hold and lowers inflation forecast amid Middle East ‘uncertainty’ – as it happened Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, including the latest UK jobs report and the Bank of England’s interest rate decision
Australian net overseas migration falls to lowest level since 2022 – but the Coalition says that’s still too high Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show migration growth is above pre-pandemic levels but tracking steadily down
‘Mega-consumers’ of food and energy cost environment $5.7tn a year, study finds Top 10% generate climate and biodiversity damage bill that exceeds economies of most countries, say researchers
Fewer than half of commuters in Great Britain think train fare value for money Findings of national survey comes as rail regulator reports record 1.83bn passenger journeys last year
Most of Great Britain’s major rail operators are back in public hands – is it working? Explore the Guardian’s tracker to see which operators are nationalised and if services are improving under public ownership
Drax cleared after investigation into sourcing of wood pellets Generator’s shares rise as regulator finds no evidence of misleading statements about fuel’s sustainability
Farage trying to block ‘Britcoin’ plans that could be costly for billionaire donor Reform UK leader used private meeting at Bank of England to urge governor to drop plans for state-run cryptocurrency
Office workers of the world unite: it’s time to revive the three-martini lunch The three-martini lunch allowed us to mix business and pleasure, a phenomenon that is missing during the AI boom
Gina Rinehart says Australia should give Elon Musk islands to launch satellites into space Billionaire also tells summit land could be given to skilled Israelis to build ‘advanced war drones’, according to Hancock Prospecting notes
UK vacancies fall to lowest for five years as wages grow faster than expected Employers wary of hiring permanent staff but unemployment eased to 4.9% in the three months to April