FTSE 100 Live: Gilt yields surge over Starmer fears; Intel, Pinterest shares rocket May 5, 2026 Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. Gilt yields have risen to their highest rate in nearly thirty years, as markets weigh up the prospect of an ousted Keir Starmer and lurch to a more left-wing government that might follow. The yield on 30-year government bonds rose 11 basis points on Tuesday [...]
Lectures in pubs are selling out. Sorry Michael Gove – experts are back May 5, 2026 Once shunned by a populace 'tired of experts', a new generation is embracing intellectualism with personal curriculums and lectures for leisure.
Kemi Badenoch interview: ‘I want an economic revolution’ May 5, 2026 Kemi Badenoch has told City AM she wants to deliver “an economic revolution” in the UK, based on lower taxes, less government intervention and “a mindset shift” that puts businesses and the City at the heart of the growth agenda. Speaking ahead of this week’s local elections, the Tory leader says she is developing policies [...]
RWS to acquire UK AI platform in £40m deal May 4, 2026 Global AI solutions company RWS Holdings has reached an agreement to acquire UK based AI company Obviously in a bumper £40m deal as it looks to pivot to become a “technology-first business”. AIM-listed RWS agreed to buy the AI platform for an initial cash offer of £16.5m, with an earn-out consideration of up to £23.5m, [...]
Kospi nears record 7,000 as Samsung family pay off huge inheritance tax bill May 4, 2026 South Korea’s Kospi breached the 6,900 mark for the first time on Monday, after a record rally in semiconductor stocks and the family behind tech giant Samsung paid off its inheritance tax bill. The index surged 5.1 per cent during Monday trading, closing 6,936.9 points, creeping closer to breaking the 7,000 mark after rallies by [...]
Aera Technology Introduces Agentic Reasoning for Enterprise Decisions, Moving from Situation to Action in One Conversation May 4, 2026 New capabilities deliver unified decision intelligence across the enterprise, accelerating real-time exploration, reasoning, and execution within a governed platform
UK carbon markets stand to get an AI boost May 4, 2026 The connection between AI growth and carbon market demand is one the UK is well positioned to act on, writes Chris Hayward.
Everlaw and Legora Partner to Create End-to-End AI Litigation Workflows May 4, 2026 Litigation teams will be able to access documents stored in Everlaw directly within Legora, enabling AI document review to AI output grounded in verified case evidence
OPAQUE Acquires Abu Dhabi-Developed Cryptographic AI Technology from TII, Extending Confidential AI Across the Full Lifecycle with Post-Quantum Protection May 4, 2026 New capabilities make it possible to safely deploy AI agents on the most sensitive and regulated data — with hardware-enforced, verifiable rules and cryptographic guarantees built to withstand quantum computing
Coty Partners With Pencil to Build End-to-End Gen AI Content System May 4, 2026 Coty, one of the world’s largest beauty companies, and Pencil, the world’s #1 generative AI marketing platform, today announced a partnership to put real-time, AI-powered content creation at the heart of Coty’s Consumer Beauty division. With a transformation and creative team led by sister company Jellyfish, Pencil’s end-to-end content platform will be embedded across Coty’s [...]