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EasyJet agrees in principle to rival £5.7bn takeover bid
The airline says a bid from US firm Apollo has trumped a previous potential takeover offer from Castlelake.
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Apollo gatecrashes easyJet sale with surprise £5.7bn takeover offer - business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsThe sudden appearance of Apollo on the scene follows multiple rounds of talks between easyJet and Castlelake. EasyJet had told investors earlier this week that it had reached an agreement in principle with the firm at £6.90 per share. Apollo has said today regarding its chunkier offer:EasyJet management’s operational and commercial ambitions can be substantially accelerated via the access to incremental capital and longer-term b
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US private equity firm Apollo enters bidding war for easyJet with £5.7bn offer
Airline’s board minded to recommend deal – after accepting rival one from Castlelake earlier this weekBusiness live – latest updatesThe board of easyJet has given the green light to a possible £5.7bn offer from the US private equity firm Apollo, as the low-cost airline becomes the subject of a surprise bidding war.The company’s board said on Friday that it was “minded to recommend” the potential all-cash offer, which values the business at £7.15 a share, to shareholders. Continue readi
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SpaceX and AI startup wealth fuels demand for private jets
Newly minted rich and those anticipating huge IPOs are fueling buying and charter spree in the private jet sectorSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Aviation lawyer Amanda Applegate skipped her annual vacation last month as a surge of wealth from AI startups and SpaceX sent a wave of tech investors shopping for private jets, burying her in paperwork for aircraft-purchase agreements.The attorney, based in Cleveland, Ohio, attributed the rush to a handful of major “liqui
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The fight against AI data centers is important – but it’s just a starting point | Bruce Schneier and Nathan E Sanders
AI companies want to capture the value created by entire industries. That concentration of wealth and power is society’s greatest riskOpposition to AI datacenters has emerged as a primary theme in US politics, one that – surprisingly – doesn’t fall along party lines. We applaud people coming together for constructive debate on any issue, and agree that communities need to evaluate whether any economic benefits these datacenters bring is worth their costs. Still, we worry that a focus o
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Tesco’s overseas empire is in retreat – but shareholders have no complaints
The supermarket’s central Europe stores may be sold as it doubles down on domestic dominance A couple of decades ago, Tesco was going to bestride the globe. Little ol’ UK, plus Ireland, didn’t offer enough room for the country’s biggest supermarket chain to expand, ran a theory that was encouraged from outside by complaints about a “Tescopoly”.“We are on the threshold of becoming one of the few successful international retailers,” declared Sir Terry Leahy, then the chief executive, in
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‘I’m left with a year of nothing’: UK gap year students lose thousands of pounds as tour operator closes
GVI shuts down without refunds for students booked on volunteer programmes with overseas conservation projectsUK students who paid thousands of pounds for summer and gap year placements on overseas conservation projects have lost everything after their eco tour operator shut down.GVI, which offered volunteer and internship placements on wildlife and marine projects across the world, was continuing to advertise trips until it went into liquidation and removed its website on 1 July. Cont
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Emmy 2026: The Pitt e Hacks lideram indicações ao maior prêmio da TV; veja lista
Prepare-se para adicionar na sua watchlist várias séries de prestígio, pois a Television Academy divulgou nesta quarta-feira (8) a lista completa de indicados ao Emmy 2026, prêmio mais importante da televisão que seleciona o melhor da indústria norte-americana todos os anos. Os grandes destaques desta edição são as séries The Pitt e Hacks, que lideram o ranking nas categorias de drama e comédia com 25 e 24 indicações, respectivamente. Os programas O Segredo de Widow’s Bay e Pluribus,
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Fracasso de bilheteria? Live-action de Moana é massacrado pelos críticos
O live-action de Moana é a aposta da Disney para o verão norte-americano, chegando bem a tempo das férias escolares no Brasil. A nova versão do filme animado de 2016, porém, não parece ter caído nas graças da crítica especializada. Com estreia marcada para esta quinta-feira (9), o live-action de Moana conta com Dwayne Johnson e Catherine Laga'aia no elenco para apresentar ao público um remake da mesma história da animação, agora com pessoas reais. Assim como o original, o novo filme
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EasyJet’s board has surrendered too easily to US bidder | Nils Pratley
The company’s target to hit £1bn profitability is intact. Why isn’t the board putting up a proper fight?Some foreign takeover swoops on UK listed companies are easier to swallow than others. Sometimes it is hard to mount an argument that shareholders should stick to the virtuous path of independence and say no to an offer of hard cash at a fat premium. The current £10bn bid for Intertek, the FTSE 100 product testing and quality inspection firm that had been going sideways for a while,
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What will define Elon Musk’s legacy? Doge cuts to USAID Ebola programs
Experts say cuts have hindered the response to DRC’s Ebola outbreak and resulted in ‘significant numbers’ of deathsElon Musk has an Ebola problem. SpaceX stock dropped precipitously after its initial public offering, and Tesla faces a wave of lawsuits. But instead of focusing on his companies, Musk has posted frequently on X about the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which he helped dismantle – or, in his words, feed into the woodchipper – last year.“Elon’s USAID crash-
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Claude Science é o mais novo carro-chefe da Anthropic
Empresa está redobrando a aposta em IA para a ciência
O post Claude Science é o mais novo carro-chefe da Anthropic apareceu primeiro em MIT Technology Review - Brasil.