The $3 bln education publisher McGraw Hill and $6 bln research firm NIQ thudded onto the market this week. Both lose money and are heavily indebted, but respective backers Platinum and Advent were at ...

The $53 bln Chinese e-commerce group may offer $2.6 bln for Düsseldorf-based Ceconomy, which runs electronics stores. The return isn’t bad – and may rise if JD boosts online sales. Diversifying away ...

CEO Emma Walmsley’s 40-bln-pound 2031 sales target looks fanciful after another disappointing drug trial. A healthy balance sheet may allow her to buy targets like obesity drug maker Viking ...

A record 25% of investors voted against the $54 bln bank's executive pay after a string of at times persistent regulatory ...

It's a bad time for GIC to embrace secrecy: 20-year real returns fell to 3.8%, the lowest in five years. Fewer disclosures on ...

British politicians know that their workplace, the Palace of Westminster, is in a shambolic state. The 19th-century complex of buildings suffers from an infestation of vermin, falling masonry, leaking ...