Starbucks to resume share buybacks but China shift clouds growth outlook
US same-store sales rise 7.7% as CEO touts progress in coffee chain turnaround
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What killed Weil Gotshal?
Partners were stunned by the realisation that a profitable 95-year-old firm with 1,200 lawyers could be felled by a string of departures
Uproar in Alaska sparks Democratic fears for Senate majority
Campaign mishaps and infighting could undermine party’s push to take Republican strongholds
Amazon shares slide on lower Christmas sales forecast
E-commerce giant posts disappointing sales and guidance despite booming cloud unit
Intel stock falls 17% as it forecasts weaker chip sales
Lower-than-expected sales forecasts dent chipmakers’ turnaround prospects
How corruption became a top voter issue in the US midterms
Democrats are betting voters will connect alleged White House self-dealing with their own financial struggles
ExxonMobil boss pulls out of Gulf energy conference over security concerns
Darren Woods was scheduled to speak at the Adipec conference in Abu Dhabi on Monday
Google is eating itself — but it could still eat everyone else too
Leadership in the AI race can be won, lost and won again at speed
New Jersey governor threatens to block delivery of Russian diesel cargoes
Mikie Sherrill calls Trump’s deal with Putin ‘corrupt and illegal’ as she weighs moves to stop shipment to east coast port
Two fears will decide the fate of Anthropic’s giant IPO
Investors must weigh missing out on extraordinary AI growth against potential pitfalls that include “existential” risks to humanity
Druckenmiller backs push to bring risky crypto-style bets to Wall Street
Hedge fund billionaire says he has invested in little-known CME Group rival tradeXYZ
The two pragmatists leading the race to run the ECB
Pablo Hernández de Cos and Klaas Knot are currently frontrunners to become the fifth president of Europe’s top monetary institution
Netanyahu’s party claims election ‘stolen’ by ‘foreign entities’
Security service probes allegations of interference after high turnout by Palestinian citizens of Israel prevented outright victory for premier
US economy beats forecasts to grow at 3.4% rate in third quarter
AI spending boom continues to fuel growth in world’s largest economy
DoorDash to acquire Instacart for $17bn
Deal further consolidates the fiercely competitive US food delivery market
Christine Lagarde to step down as ECB president in February
Her eight-year term at the helm of the powerful monetary authority was set to end in October 2027
Israel’s ‘Houdini’ and his latest escape
Ever the political survivor, Benjamin Netanyahu retains a chance at a fresh term even after the failures of October 7
US tech stocks set to fall after earnings fuel AI spending concerns
Nasdaq 100 to open 1.3% down after Google parent Alphabet and Microsoft report lower than expected capex