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On 6 August it was announced that Apollo Global Management had been successful with its offer to buy easyJetfor £5.7 billion ($7.6 billion). The company had outbid rival bidder Castlelake Investments to take control of the UK-based low-cost carrier, the latter eventually walking away from the process.   

Tether (USDT-USD), the crypto platform, is on a gold-buying spree, having acquired 27 metric tons of the precious metal (GC=F) so far in 2026. So why is the crypto giant piling into gold—and what does the move say about its strategy? Scott Melker breaks it down

Chances are good that there is a Visa (NYSE: V) credit or debit card in your wallet. That’s because it counts 5 billion cards in circulation around the world. The payments juggernaut has a presence in more than 200 countries and territories, with trillions of dollars processed each quarter