Advisory fees from US and European mergers and acquisitions so far this year have overtaken those made in the whole of last year.

Fees for advising on this year's announced US M&A deals have reached $10bn (€8.3bn), compared with $9.7bn in 2004 according to Thomson Financial, the data provider.

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The hedge-fund founder is asking triple what he paid for the Bali-inspired Manalapan estate in 2017.

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The U.S. private-equity firm said t decided not to begin a tender offer for the Japanese software company after consulting with Fuji Soft founder Hiroshi Nozawa.

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The Chinese technology giant has begun tests to integrate homegrown startup DeepSeek’s AI model into its Weixin messaging app.

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