ConnexionBridget Riley: ‘I want my paintings to make people feel alive’
The 94-year-old doyenne of British abstract art on influences from Seurat to Mondrian, her wartime childhood in Cornwall — and ‘the healing power of looking’
Vue lecture
Tax raid on UK partnerships to be less aggressive than feared
Senior City figures have been reassured that accountancy and law firms will not pay full national insurance rate
Rightmove shares tumble as it steps up AI spending
FTSE 100 property listings group warns profit growth will slow next year
Nexperia chip exports from China have resumed, says car parts supplier
Beijing had blocked exports of vital carmaking component after row with Dutch government
AI’s awfully exciting until companies want to use it: Rightmove edition
‘Hello, I need the biggest business transformation project you have. No, that’s too big . . .’
EU set to water down landmark AI act after Big Tech pressure
Commission proposes pauses to provisions in digital rule book
China’s exports fall for first time since ‘liberation day’ trade tariffs
Unexpected decline comes even as President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping seal a truce
Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the west
New research shows how incentives in the modern media ecosystem help explain rising division and negativity
Beware the three Ls: leverage, liquidity and lunacy
In the long run bubbles always deflate, often when least expected
EU demands UK pay into budget as part of relationship ‘reset’
Growing tension between London and Brussels just six months after summit set out to build stronger ties
Orbán to seek approval from Trump to continue importing Russian oil
Hungarian prime minister to push for exemptions from US sanctions during White House meeting on Friday
The book that China watchers count on
The country’s annual statistical compendium is now available, but only in hardback
Musk celebrates $1tn Tesla pay vote victory
Record package of shares wins 75% approval, reinforcing billionaire’s control of electric-car maker
US money market at risk of fresh bout of stress, Wall Street banks say
Federal Reserve may need to begin asset purchases if short-term rates flare up again
Gunvor drops $22bn bid for Lukoil assets after US moves to block deal
Treasury calls Swiss trader ‘Kremlin’s puppet’ and says it would block its licence to operate
Altman says OpenAI is not ‘trying to become too big to fail’
ChatGPT maker is not seeking a US federal financial backstop for its $1.4tn investment binge, CEO says
UK interest rates coming closer to levelling out, BoE governor says
Bailey’s comments on market pricing suggest the country may settle at a higher rate than in the US or Eurozone
Comcast holds talks about buying ITV’s television business
US media giant sees opportunity to create a leading UK broadcast and streaming group
Reeves considers less dramatic cut to cash Isa allowance
Government encourages Isa providers to revamp stocks-and-shares savings products
Israel carries out wave of strikes on Lebanon
Escalation of Israeli attacks has sparked fears of renewed hostilities with Hizbollah
Sequoia’s shake-up may be a VC turning point
Turnover of leaders shows how hard it can be to ride out the vicious financial and tech cycles
Deputy Labour leader says party must keep its promises on tax
Lucy Powell says ‘trust in politics is essential’ amid signs the chancellor plans to break manifesto pledge
ITV blames late Budget for sharp fall in advertising
UK broadcaster says uncertain economic outlook causing widespread caution
US stocks slide as tech jitters return
Weak private sector jobs data adds to nerves over elevated valuations for AI-linked companies
