Glencore to slash debt by $10bn

Dividend to be shelved and stake in agricultural arm to be sold

Mitsui Sumitomo in talks to buy UK's Amlin

Wave of takeovers reshapes insurance sector

Cameron fights to contain EU rebellion

Tory eurosceptics threaten to vote with Labour on referendum bill

Uber raises $1bn for Chinese unit

Ride-hailing app ramps up battle with local rival Didi Kuaidi

Stormont crisis deepens over ‘IRA murder’

DUP suspends participation in power-sharing executive

Bank tax predicted to raise at least £12bn

Industry claims amount will be double what Treasury has forecasted

Subprime bonds are back — with a new name

Yield-hungry investors ready to endorse ‘non-prime’ lending

EU banks warned on capital shortfalls

JPMorgan report says regulation raises prospect of €26bn gap

Human decisions blamed for market rout

Discretionary managers, not esoteric robot traders, sold stocks

Taubman boutique jumps straight to IPO

Advice firm PJT to combine with Blackstone’s advisory businesses

China’s Haitong eyes more foreign deals

Focus sharpens on Europe and US after takeover of Portuguese bank

Comment & Analysis

Microsoft chairman backs Nadella’s shift

Group looks to create more open culture after Steve Ballmer

A more progressive manifesto for Labour

Party’s electability rests on getting to grips with the digital economy, writes Matthew Taylor

Markets left guessing on Fed rates move

August’s equivocal US jobs report failed to give investors a steer

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