Freelance Niches with High Demand

The founder of CNN changed the news industry — and lived large along the wayView the full article

SoftBank-backed UK group says its first in-house semiconductor has drawn strong demandView the full article

Israeli forces have continued to hit targets in the south of the country but had not attacked Lebanese capital since April 8View the full article

Justice department says lawyers from elite Wall Street firms aided scheme with confidential transaction details View the full article

AirAsia orders 150 A220-300 airliners in big boost for Canadian manufacturing View the full article

Private equity firm seeks to securitise future revenue from well production to private credit investors View the full article

Testimony from billionaire’s confidante Shivon Zilis reveals wrangling over the future of the AI lab that led to lawsuitView the full article

HSBC did not lend to collapsed mortgage provider MFS. It took a $400mn hit anywayView the full article

The child sex offender’s former cellmate claims to have discovered the handwritten message View the full article

Iran is reviewing a Washington-backed peace proposal while The President says conflict will end if both sides strike agreementView the full article

Amending the text would be a sign of the country’s flexibility in an era of uncertaintyView the full article

Shortage of petrochemical inputs drives up prices of packaging for food and medical productsView the full article

The country accounts for a quarter of new EU jobs this decade — 70 per cent of them have gone to immigrantsView the full article

Waiting for outstanding opportunities has paid off but it is getting increasingly difficult View the full article

Industry posts 5% returns in April as stocks including Intel, Alphabet and AMD soarView the full article

More than 5,000 council seats are up for grabs in England, as parties also vie for control of the Scottish parliament and Welsh SeneddView the full article

Financiers at the Beverly Hills gathering brush aside concerns over Iran conflict and private market strainsView the full article

Offshore transactions worth nearly $10bn in first quarter as companies target foreign resources, consumer and manufacturing sectorsView the full article

Symbolic move indicates growing resistance to The President administration’s payments to stop such projectsView the full article

European Council president António Costa says bloc has Kyiv’s support for seeking to negotiate with Russian presidentView the full article

Also in today’s newsletter: a new company seeks to tackle the power constraints on European data centre growth View the full article

Washington says it launched strikes after Tehran attacked American destroyersView the full article

Simon Wright awarded A$35mn annual pay as energy markets drive bumper returns at ‘millionaires’ factory’ View the full article