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Lebanon – Circa June 2022: BP Retail Gas Station. BP and British Petroleum is a global British oil and gas company headquartered in London.

Shell is studying merits of BP deal as rival’s stock slumps

By Dinesh Nair, Vinicy Chan, and others

WOLFSBURG, GERMANY – MARCH 11: Oliver Blume, CEO of Volkswagen Group, speaks to the media to announce the company’s 2024 financial results at the Volkswagen annual press conference on March 11, 2025 in Wolfsburg, Germany. Volkswagen announced the company’s profits fell by 30.6% compared to 2023, citing higher costs and lower sales in China as contributing factors. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

VW CEO floats U.S. Audi production to skirt tariffs, FAZ reports

By Eyk Henning and Bloomberg

CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE – MAY 08: Peter Thiel speaks at The Cambridge Union on May 08, 2024 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. (Photo by Nordin Catic/Getty Images for The Cambridge Union)

Peter Thiel’s doping-friendly Olympics alternative—the Enhanced Games—is in talks to raise $300 million as it prepares its first edition

By Mark Bergen, Eyk Henning, and others

a sign in a cemetery points to a crematorium

Private-equity-backed firm buys up crematoriums and funeral homes to cash in on Europe’s aging population. ‘It’s an infrastructure play’

By Verena Sepp, Eyk Henning, and others

Jan Jenisch, chief executive officer of Holcim AG, during the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. The New Economy Forum is being organized by Bloomberg Media Group, a division of Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News. Photographer: Lionel Ng/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Amid U.S. construction boom, world’s largest cement maker will spin off North American business, seek $30B valuation: ‘Two independent champions’

By Allegra Catelli, Paula Doenecke, and others

COLOGNE, GERMANY – OCTOBER 09: Victoria Thomas seen wearing Birkenstock shoes and H&M pants on October 09, 2022 in Cologne, Germany. (Photo by Jeremy Moeller/Getty Images)

Birkenstock may soon file for an IPO showing its iconic sandals business is worth billions and that Wall Street’s appetite for new stocks is back

By Swetha Gopinath, Eyk Henning, and others

Sandals in the window display of a Birkenstock GmbH footwear store in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Birkenstock, the German company behind the iconic sandals worn by hippies and preppies alike, is in talks to be taken over by CVC Capital Partners, according to people familiar with the matter. Photographer: Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz—Bloomberg via Getty Images

Birkenstock owner mulls IPO at $6 billion-plus valuation—a step that would make Bernard Arnault even richer

By Eyk Henning, Chrystal Tse, and others

UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher

UBS to buy Credit Suisse for more than $3B in government-brokered deal aiming to restore confidence

By Marion Halftermeyer, Eyk Henning, and others

Ulrich Koerner, chief executive officer of Credit Suisse Group AG, during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, UK, on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Credit Suisse saw client inflows on Monday, as markets were thrown into turmoil after the collapse of multiple regional US banks, Koerner said. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Switzerland mulls nationalization of Credit Suisse as UBS’s $1 billion offer deemed too low

By Jan-Henrik Förster, Eyk Henning, and others

Ulrich Koerner, chief executive officer of Credit Suisse Group AG, during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, UK, on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Credit Suisse saw client inflows on Monday, as markets were thrown into turmoil after the collapse of multiple regional US banks, Koerner said. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images

UBS faces pushback after offering to buy Credit Suisse for $1 billion

By Jan-Henrik Förster, Eyk Henning, and others

PARIS, FRANCE – OCTOBER 02: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) Kanye West attends the Givenchy Womenswear Spring/Summer 2023 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on October 02, 2022 in Paris, France. (Photo by Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

Adidas finally cuts ties with Kanye West after rapper’s anti-Semitic remarks turned brand into lightning rod for criticism

By Aaron Kirchfeld, Tim Loh, and others

10 September 2022, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Baden-Baden: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) speaks at the 150th Baden-Baden Business Talks. Topics include climate protection and sustainability, innovation in Germany and Europe, and the future of the social market economy. Photo: Thomas Kienzle/dpa (Photo by Thomas Kienzle/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Scholz says Germany is prepared for Russian gas halt, doubters warn of bankruptcies, ‘unavoidable’ recession

By Eyk Henning and Bloomberg

The mega-yacht "Dilbar" lies completely shrouded in the Blohm+Voss Dock Elbe 17 in the harbor.

German authorities impound world’s largest superyacht in Hamburg

By Eyk Henning and Bloomberg

Peter Thiel, co-founder and chairman of Palantir Technologies Inc., speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. The billionaire entrepreneur was in Japan to unveil a $150 million, 50-50 joint venture with local financial services firm Sompo Holdings Inc. Palantir Technologies Japan Co. will target government and public sector customers, emphasizing health and cybersecurity initially. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Peter Thiel, Alan Howard, Richard Li invest in new crypto exchange Bullish

By Eyk Henning and Bloomberg

This picture taken on February 3, 2021 shows a 1957 Porsche 550A Spyder displayed at the Artcurial auction house in Paris two days ahead of the “Parisienne 2021” motorcars auction sell. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)

“The silver bullet”: Volkswagen is weighing an IPO for Porsche as it grapples with Tesla’s rise

By Christoph Rauwald, Eyk Henning, and others