The Task Force

The state of Missouri has sued Starbucks, claiming its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies have led to customers paying more and waiting longer for… Read More »State of Missouri sues Starbucks

The city of Hangzhou in southern China is one of the country’s leading technology hubs, and home to the groundbreaking artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek.… Read More »In China’s Silicon Valley, where the founder of DeepSeek keeps a low profile

The FTSE-100 consumer goods giant Unilever is closing in on a £230m deal to snap up Wild, a premium producer of refillable personal care products… Read More »Unilever goes Wild for £230m refillable cosmetics producer

Reports of “ghost broking”, scammers selling fake car insurance, have risen by 30% over the last five years, exclusive data obtained by Sky News reveals.… Read More »‘Ghost broking’: Reports of scammers selling fake car insurance rise by 30% over five years

Legal & General (L&G), the FTSE-100 insurance and asset management group, is preparing to kick off a search for a successor to chairman Sir John… Read More »L&G to kick off hunt for successor to Kingman

Purplebricks, the online estate agent owned by Sir Charles Dunstone, one of Britain’s most prolific entrepreneurs, has parachuted in an interim chief executive 18 months… Read More »Online estate agent Purplebricks rents Mitchell as interim chief

Let’s start with the simple bit: interest rates have been cut – down by another quarter percentage point to 4.5%. But what happens next? Not… Read More »Where do interest rates go from here?

An arms race for artificial intelligence (AI) supremacy, triggered by recent panic over Chinese chatbot DeepSeek, risks amplifying the existential dangers of superintelligence, according to… Read More »‘Godfather’ of AI warns arms race risks amplifying dangers of ‘superhuman’ systems

Sir Jim Ratcliffe is hoisting a ‘for sale’ sign over the business he set up during the COVID-19 crisis to distribute hand sanitisers to medical… Read More »Billionaire Ratcliffe plots sale of Ineos Hygienics arm

KKR, one of the world’s biggest private equity investors, is advancing plans to play a crucial role in a rescue of Britain’s biggest water supplier.… Read More »Investment giant KKR advances plan for Thames Water rescue bid