EU set to water down landmark AI act after Big Tech pressure
Commission proposes pauses to provisions in digital rule book
Commission proposes pauses to provisions in digital rule book

Earnings hint at growth trajectory despite increases in capital spending

Overly onerous regulation could leave Europe as an also-ran after the US and China

Executives face choice between cutting returns to shareholders, raiding reserves or tapping the markets

How much AI is the market willing to finance?

Can Brussels balance its desire to set the guardrails for tech with its need to attract investment?

Document formalising last month’s deal delayed by squabbles over language on ‘non-tariff barriers’, the bloc’s officials say