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Saturday, 15 August 2026
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
Burnham warns of ‘tinderbox’ Britain after week of intense heat
 
PM visits scene of wildfire as he explores controversial moves to water down EV sales targets and approve new oilfields
 
 
Nvidia discloses $21bn stake in SpaceX
 
Filing comes after Elon Musk announced exclusive arrangement to kit out its data centres
 
 
Jane Street suffers $15bn hit after meltdown at Situational Awareness
 
Secretive Wall Street trading firm wrongfooted by July AI rout
 
 
Farage won in Clacton. But there are bigger tests to come
 
Probe into party leader’s finances resumes with Labour government now leading in the polls
 
 
Daniel Kinahan, Ireland’s most wanted man, faces his day in court
 
Crime boss suspect tried to mix legitimate business with allegedly running a murderous empire
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
Former Cambridge professor Jason Arday found dead
 
University’s youngest-ever Black professor had been under scrutiny following plagiarism allegations
 
 
Luigi Mangione admits shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO
 
Ivy League graduate pleads guilty in federal case that has become lightning rod for debate about US healthcare system
 
 
Investors pile back into US stocks as bullishness returns to Wall Street
 
Stellar earnings season and falling inflation fuel rebound from July’s chip rout
 
 
US nuclear negotiator Ernest Moniz: ‘Iran has the home-court advantage’
 
The architect of the 2015 deal with Tehran on how to prevent a new Middle East arms race
 
 
The exodus from Israel
 
Immigration is at the heart of the country’s self-image. But people have been leaving
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
Trump administration grants banking licence to Trump family crypto venture
 
US president’s business interests in office have become a political flashpoint
 
 
Bezos-backed group strikes deal for stake in Liverpool FC
 
Consortium led by son-in-law of steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal invests at valuation of more than $7bn
 
 
Venezuela wants its gold back from Bank of England
 
After US-backed negotiations, the two sides said they would push to access $4bn in bullion held in the UK
 
 
Jane Street has paid up large to avoid its numbers leaking out
 
Cheap financing < privacy
 
 
Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto retreats on commodities reform amid market pressure
 
State-owned agency had threatened to shake up trade of nickel, thermal coal and palm oil
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
Second UK train derails in less than 24 hours
 
Incident in Essex follows derailment of train in East Sussex on Thursday
 
 
Stockpickers: Persimmon, Savills, Caledonia Mining
 
Our experts discuss which companies to buy, sell or hold this week
 
 
Directors’ Deals: British American Tobacco’s newest director buys the dip 
 
Group warns of disappointing full-year profit growth
 
 
Biotech VCs have become like bankers and we might all pay the price
 
A shift in business models conflicts with the long-term nature of developing new drugs and treatment
 
 
How a bad trade pushed a US mortgage giant into a $2bn lifeline
 
Billionaire finance executive and Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia forged a last-minute deal with Oaktree
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
Unhappy voters are suffering from ‘Baumol’s disease’
 
An analysis of classical music can explain why people feel they are paying more taxes for worse public services
 
 
Activists are giving British M&A targets a helpful shove
 
Investors can unlock value by pushing companies to spin off businesses or sell to rivals
 
 
Heatwaves expose the great human gift for ignoring catastrophe
 
We need to stop waiting for someone else to break the spell
 
 
Why Homer will outlast us all
 
Heated rows over $1bn-grossing movie reflect The Odyssey’s enduring force
 
 
Everyone but me is getting excited about European equities
 
It doesn’t matter which index you buy, and that tells you everything you need to know
 
 
 

Work & Careers

 
 
 
Activist Cevian calls for higher pay for UK board members
 
Investor argues non-executive pay should increase to help boost performance and growth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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