Business · Pollar

Business·3h ago

Riquelme warns of 'grave financial crisis' as Real Madrid election campaign closes with Klopp denial and sharp exchanges

Enrique Riquelme accused Florentino Pérez of hiding a 'technical bankruptcy' on the final day of campaigning, while Jürgen Klopp's agent dismissed the challenger's plan to hire the German coach.

Madrid

Enrique Riquelme Florentino Pérez Jürgen Klopp Marc Kosicke Raúl González Erling Haaland Pope Leo XIV

Business·5d ago

Anthropic Files for IPO, Kicking Off a Trillion-Dollar AI Debut Race with OpenAI and SpaceX

AI company Anthropic has confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering, vaulting ahead of rival OpenAI in a race to Wall Street that could see multiple trillion-dollar tech debuts this year.

San Francisco

Dario Amodei Daniela Amodei Elon Musk Pope Leo XIV

Business·3d ago

SpaceX files for record $75 billion IPO at $135 per share, targeting $1.77 trillion valuation

Elon Musk's SpaceX has filed updated prospectus documents with the SEC, confirming plans to raise $75 billion in what would be the largest initial public offering in history, surpassing Saudi Aramco's 2019 record.

Starbase · New York

Elon Musk Karen Finerman Weiheng Chen

Business·May 26

Ferrari unveils Luce, its first all-electric car, in a high-stakes bet on luxury EV performance

Exactly 79 years after its first historic victory, Ferrari has unveiled the Luce, its first fully electric vehicle, marking a generational technology shift for the luxury sports car maker.

Rome · Maranello

John Elkann Benedetto Vigna Piero Ferrari Sergio Mattarella Jony Ive Marc Newson Flavio Manzoni Franco Cortese Enrico Galliera Gianmaria Fulgenzi

Business·yesterday

SpaceX lands $920M monthly Google AI compute deal, IPO two times oversubscribed ahead of June 12 Nasdaq debut

SpaceX disclosed a multi-year cloud services agreement with Google worth $920 million per month, while investor demand for its IPO reached about $150 billion, double the $75 billion the company is seeking.

Memphis · New York

Elon Musk

Business·12h ago

Eli Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim slash German investments after Berlin pushes health reform savings

Eli Lilly halved its Alzey plant investment and Boehringer Ingelheim scrapped €900 million in planned spending, both citing Berlin's proposed health reform as the trigger.

Alzey · Mainz · Berlin

Dave Ricks Jasmina Kirchhoff Nina Warken Friedrich Merz Gordon Schnieder Hagen Pfundner Olaf Scholz Jens Spahn Jan Metzler Médard Schoenmaeckers

Business·5d ago

Alphabet plans $80 billion equity raise for AI buildout, with $10 billion from Berkshire Hathaway

Google parent Alphabet is launching an $80 billion equity fundraising package, including a $10 billion private placement with Berkshire Hathaway, to finance a massive expansion of its artificial intelligence infrastructure.

Mountain View · Omaha

Warren Buffett Greg Abel Anat Ashkenazi Mandeep Singh Troy Hooper Bill Stone Steven Check

Business·4d ago

Belgian airspace shuts down as air traffic controllers strike over digital tower plan

A wildcat strike by air traffic controllers at Skeyes halted all civilian flights to and from Belgium on Tuesday afternoon, stranding thousands of passengers and drawing sharp condemnation from Wallonia's airports minister.

Brussels · Charleroi · Liège · Namur

Audrey Dorigo Cécile Neven Jean-Luc Crucke Lorenzo Van de Pol

Business·May 30

SoftBank pledges €75 billion for AI data centres in France, Europe's largest AI infrastructure bet

Japanese tech investor SoftBank will spend €75 billion on artificial intelligence infrastructure in France, founder Masayoshi Son announced, marking the largest AI investment in Europe and a major win for President Emmanuel Macron's industrial ambitions.

Dunkirk · Paris · Tokyo

Masayoshi Son Emmanuel Macron Olivier Blum

Business·5d ago

Belgian prosecutors probe Wise Europe over €500m in suspect transactions, shares plunge 18%

Belgian prosecutors confirmed an advanced-stage money laundering investigation into Wise Europe on Monday, examining over half a billion euros in suspicious transactions linked to fraud, corruption, and drug trafficking.

Brussels · London

Kristo Käärmann Taavet Hinrikus

Business·5d ago

EasyJet calls Castlelake's £3bn takeover interest 'highly opportunistic' as shares surge

EasyJet shares jumped up to 13% after US investment firm Castlelake disclosed it is considering a takeover offer valuing the airline at £3bn, but the board branded the timing 'highly opportunistic' and highlighted significant regulatory hurdles.

Luton · Minneapolis

Stelios Haji-Ioannou Kenton Jarvis Harry Gowers

Business·May 27

BP plunges into fresh boardroom crisis as chairman Albert Manifold is ousted after only eight months—and he hits back

The British energy giant removed Albert Manifold on Tuesday over whistleblower complaints, triggering his furious rebuttal and reigniting concerns about chronic leadership instability.

London · Dublin

Albert Manifold Meg O'Neill Amanda Blanc Ian Tyler Bernard Looney Helge Lund Murray Auchincloss Paul Sankey