Hedge fund proposes £1bn buyout of UK’s biggest private hospital operator
Shares in Spire Healthcare jump after approach from Toscafund, founded by City figure known as ‘the Rottweiler’Business live – latest updatesThe board...
Labor accused of ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’ for axing $760m research program to fund other science measures
Researchers say budget decision to cut commercialisation program to fund the CSIRO and other science initiatives undermines the government’s own prior...
Investors Don’t Fund Your Startup — They Fund the Narrative in Their Heads. Here’s How to Control It.
Investors don't evaluate companies from scratch; they rely on fast pattern recognition. If your company gets categorized wrong early, it can quietly k...
Powerful US utilities secretly fund ‘grassroots’ groups to sway cities away from switch to public power
As communities push for publicly owned electricity, private utilities may be deploying dark money and local front groups to stop themThe utility indus...
Robinhood’s venture fund IPO attracted 150,000+ retail investors, CEO says
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says more than 150,000 retail investors joined the fintech’s new venture fund, which offers exposure to private tech companie...
Partial US government shutdown ends after Congress votes to fund DHS
Congress advances Homeland Security funding after Republicans used procedural tool to pass up to $75bn for ICE and border patrolSign up for the Breaki...
BMW i Ventures has a new $300M fund and AI is riding shotgun
BMW i Ventures is interested in startups working on agentic AI and physical AI, as well as industrial software, advanced materials, and manufacturing ...
Australia moves to tax Meta, Google and TikTok to fund newsrooms
Australia is proposing to tax Meta, Google and TikTok a proportion of their revenue to pay for news reporters. The government intends to introduce the...
Senate Republicans advance $140bn plan to fund Trump immigration crackdown amid DHS shutdown
Bill clears 50–48 vote to boost ICE and CBP funding as Democrats oppose and shutdown continuesUS politics live – latest updatesSign up for the Breakin...
Senate GOP is kickstarting budget reconciliation to fund ICE. Here's how that works.
After a historic partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, Congressional Republicans are looking to a budgetary tool called reconciliat...
Esther and Anne Wojcicki back new healthcare accelerator, fund
Mary Minno launches early-stage startup accelerator program, Treehub, and an early-stage firm, AI Health Fund, aimed at backing startups working at th...
Esther and Anne Wojcicki join new healthcare accelerator, fund
Mary Minno launches early-stage startup accelerator program, Treehub, and an early-stage firm, AI Health Fund, aimed at backing startups working at th...
Australia news live: NDIS savings to fund better aged care including showers, minister says; fourth man charged over alleged Baghsarian kidnapping murder
Labor says cuts to disability scheme mean elderly will get more help. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podc...
