Private equity firms EQT AB, PAI Partners and Stone Point have been shortlisted in the bidding for German insurance brokerage Global Group, people familiar with the matter said.

Recent takeovers of public utilities by BlackRock Inc. and Blackstone Inc. are drawing scrutiny from Democratic US senators, who are asking the firms to show whether they’re profiting from rising energy demands at consumers’ expense.

Federal Reserve officials are poised to cut interest rates again next week, but any benefit to the economy is likely to take much longer to show up than normal and may be blunted by factors that monetary policy can’t control.

How worried should the US be about private credit? Already this year, more than 1 in 10 private credit borrowers are deferring cash interest payments and at least 45 firms have been taken over by their lenders, the most in six years. Pools of private credit loans managed by BlackRock Inc. and Blue Owl Capital Inc. are showing signs of distress.

Hours after Brian Thompson was fatally shot in New York City on Dec. 4, 2024, Luigi Mangione had a ticket for a bus that arrived in Pittsburgh just before midnight, according to evidence recovered by police when he was arrested days later.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced on Thursday a legislative agenda that would place more safeguards around artificial intelligence, especially in areas such as data privacy, consumer protection and the protection of minors.