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  • The offices of global financial institutions, including Citigroup Inc., State Street Corp., Barclays Plc, HSBC Holdings Plc and the commercial office block No. 1 Canada Square, stand in the Canary Wharf financial, shopping and business district in London, U.K., on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. The European Union will consider about 40 equivalence decisions this year, determining how much equity, fixed-income and other investment banking business can remain in London and still serve EU clients. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    U.K. trade darling Stenn went from $900 million to insolvency in days

    By Donal Griffin, Lucca de Paoli, and others
  • Christmas shoppers outside the Selfridges department store on Oxford Street on 20th December 2023, in London, England.Companies

    London’s historic luxury department store, Selfridges, is hunting for cash following the implosion of its property titan co-owner

    By Libby Cherry, Lucca de Paoli, and others
  • Royal Courts of Justice

    An alleged gangster just applied to put a British bungalow billionaire into bankruptcy

    By Lucca de Paoli, Irene García Pérez, and others
  • LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 10: A view of the atmosphere during ASOS | Nordstrom After Dark at ASOS | Nordstrom at The Grove on November 10, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gonzalo Marroquin/Getty Images for Nordstrom)Lifestyle

    Online fashion retailer Asos, once a stock market darling, is in talks with lenders about hiring a restructuring expert

    By Sabah Meddings, Lucca de Paoli, and others
  • Police with riot shields prepare to enter mansionInternational

    Police just stormed the mansion of a Russian oligarch to arrest squatters flying a Ukraine flag

    By Lucca de Paoli and Bloomberg
  • Greesill collapses, applies for insolvency in the U.K.International

    In stunning collapse, SoftBank-backed lender Greensill files for U.K. insolvency

    By Lucca de Paoli, Luca Casiraghi, and others
  • Bill Gates has refocused his philanthropy efforts to focus on finding a coronavirus vaccine.Health

    Bill Gates’ coronavirus vaccine could be manufacturing at scale in a year

    By Hailey Waller, Lucca de Paoli, and others