Bill Ackman has created a new acquisition machine, fulfilling his long-standing aspiration to replicate the success of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, he announced on Monday.

Emmanuel Macron has warned that Donald Trump’s crackdown on US scientific research threatens America’s economy and democracy, as the French leader and European Commission president Ursula von der ...

Back in the 1960s, my mother and I tuned in every weekday afternoon to General Hospital, Guiding Light and As the World Turns, on a black and white TV in our suburban Detroit basement. She ironed, ...

US-Brazilian investment group 3G Capital has agreed to acquire US footwear company Skechers for about $9.4bn in cash. The New ...

US oil and gas group Sunoco has struck a $9.1bn deal to buy Canadian rival Parkland in a cross-border transaction that will create the biggest fuel distributor in the Americas during a sensitive time ...

The conference I attended was in Florida by the way, and people didn’t seem nearly as pessimistic there as they are in New York. I am planning to devote more time this summer to getting out and ...

Far-right Eurosceptic George Simion is in pole position ahead of second round against Nato supporter Nicușor Dan ...

Berkshire Hathaway’s board of directors has voted unanimously to appoint Greg Abel as chief executive, with Warren Buffett ...

Nine years after Britain voted for Brexit, these will be the first new agreements under Labour designed to bring the EU and Britain closer together again. The mere fact that London and Brussels are ...

Ikea’s retail aesthetic transplanted to the West End appears a little obscene, like too much cheap tat. It is a reminder of overproduction and, no matter how egalitarian, modern and environmentally ...

From a Mediterranean-style villa overlooking Lake Lugano to a water’s edge house with panoramic views near Montreux ...

One glaring problem was the government’s failure to draw people’s attention to the rebates they were getting. For most households, these outweighed the carbon taxes they paid, because a wealthier ...