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US accuses Indian official in foiled plot to kill Sikh separatist in NYC

Allegations contained in indictment brought by DoJ against Indian national in murder-for-hire case

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US thwarted plot to kill Sikh separatist on American soil

Bribery and corruption

The Big Read. The crackdown on Ukraine’s oligarchs

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The Nikki Haley wild card for 2024

Lex. OpenAI’s secrecy imperils public trust

Top Stories

US third quarter GDP growth revised up to 5.2%

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OECD says markets wrong on rate cuts

Organisation expects borrowing costs in UK and eurozone to stay high until 2025

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US bonds on track for best month in nearly 40 years

Obituary. Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway vice-chair, 1924-2023

Warren Buffett’s trusted partner shaped the investing style that made both men billionaires

Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger dies aged 99

KKR takes full control of Global Atlantic as it rearranges its finances

Private equity group says it wants shareholders to better understand its growth

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Spotlight

Too little. Too late. Too slow. But could COP yet turn the tide on climate change?

As delegates assemble in Dubai, Pilita Clark reflects on an unwieldy, polarising, occasionally ‘unhinged’ process — and why we need it to succeed more than ever

VMware’s $92bn sale showers cash on Michael Dell and Silver Lake

Investors’ decade-old deal pays off in ‘one of the huge private equity successes’

News

Israel-Hamas war

Far-right Israeli ministers pile pressure on Netanyahu to end truce

Key figures in coalition dismiss idea of mass release of Palestinians from prison in return for more hostages

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Senior CIA official posted pro-Palestine image on her Facebook page

Deutsche Bank chief says EU should consider scrapping bonus cap

But HSBC boss Noel Quinn warns against ‘unleashing inappropriate amounts of risk-taking’

General Motors Co

General Motors announces $10bn share buyback and boosts dividend by 33%

Automaker reinstates full-year guidance at lower level following impact of recent strikes

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US presidential election 2024

DeSantis leads Trump and Biden in $250mn 2024 advertising race

Campaigns focused on early voting states show differences in candidates’ focus, strategy and tone

Benko’s Signa property group files for insolvency

Filing will concern dozens of European banks over their exposure to indebted group

Russia has stockpiled missiles for winter attack on Ukraine, says Nato

Jens Stoltenberg urges allies not to ‘underestimate’ Moscow and its war economy

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Argentine politics

Argentina’s Javier Milei names moderate ex-trader as economy minister

Markets boosted by choice of Luis Caputo, former finance minister from centre-right bloc

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Apple approaches Goldman to wind down card partnership

Move comes as Wall Street bank explores ‘strategic alternatives’ for its consumer business

Ireland vows to heed social concerns after anti-immigrant riots

Dublin could avoid placing asylum seekers in city areas ‘where there is tension and concern’, trade minister says

Permira Holdings Ltd

Permira selects banks for Golden Goose IPO

Listing of luxury trainer brand in Milan could come as soon as the first half of 2024

Energean Oil & Gas Plc

How one gas producer kept Israel’s lights on

London-listed Energean had to supply 60% of the Jewish state’s demand in early stages of war against Hamas

Opinion

Black Friday bonanza could lead to a festive hangover for retail

Record online sales in the US may have raised company hopes but the picture remains murky heading into Christmas

How (not) to do science in a crisis

It is a way of thinking that is open to the curious, not a boxful of unchanging truths only for the initiated

The US retains the economic advantage in its rivalry with China

American and European populism aren’t the same

The two-state solution is stymied by lack of willpower not knowledge

Ghassan Salamé

Markets Insight. Why investors should lament the rise of Global South term

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Spare us the sanctimony on fit and proper media owners

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US News

‘Take a simple idea and take it seriously’: Charlie Munger in his own words

Warren Buffett’s investment acolyte was famous for his quips

India to investigate US allegations of foiled Sikh assassination plot

US Supreme Court to weigh challenge to SEC’s in-house courts

ExxonMobil makes U-turn on monitoring its methane emissions

Argentina’s Milei says he had ‘very comfortable’ meeting with Biden aides

Panama to shut major copper mine after court ruling

Google adverts appear on sanctioned sites, according to report

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How China is tearing down Islam

Thousands of mosques have been altered or destroyed as Beijing’s suppression of Islamic culture spreads

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The CEO. Property boss David Sleath gives warehouses the hard sell

Europe’s business schools target Africa’s entrepreneurs

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Technology

Google DeepMind researchers use AI tool to find 2mn new materials

Work shows power of AI to improve real-world technology in fields from renewable energy to advanced computation

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