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Aides to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor worked with convicted sex offender on planned agreement with US investment bank

Jay Lefkowitz also invited sex offender to son’s bar mitzvah two years after his prison release, emails say

Private banker quietly became sex offender’s money manager in his final years

Well-timed short bets make group led by Bian Ximing a big winner after recent precious metals sell-off

All-cash transaction values deal at $7.5bn including debt

Lawmakers Kevin Cramer and Mark Warner to introduce legislation to fund US Export-Import Bank

Consumer group is under pressure to slim down following tumultuous period

CEO Paolo Ardoino downplays the scale of $185bn stablecoin group’s capital raise

UK lender’s move to expand its institutional unit would include expanding its US office

Unencrypted European communications are being targeted by Moscow

The state department has pushed for close scrutiny before approving export licences

Banking committee Democrats threaten to delay appointment until justice department halts probes into Powell and Cook

Former UK business secretary used talking points in conversations with US official about financial crisis measures

Shareholders will challenge oil major over ‘undisciplined capital allocation’

Telefónica and Liberty Global are leading a takeover of Netomnia in a deal to close gap with BT’s Openreach

Resources at $500bn company are being redirected from long-term research towards improving the flagship chatbot

Kurt Björklund is the latest addition to the growing list of wealthy financiers to have left the country

European forces would be dispatched and backed by US military in case of repeated Russian violations