Royal Bank of Scotland has begun discussions with regulators about launching a special share buyback to speed up its privatisation after the completion of Bank of England stress tests in December.

Minneapolis police have turned over the investigation into an alleged sexual assault by Chinese billionaire Liu Qiangdon to local prosecutors, marking the latest development in a case that has riveted China.

Having become accustomed to blazing up, shares in pot stock Tilray are now, well, blazing down, and eyeing their biggest one-day loss since listing in July.

The boss of Aston Martin is in line for more than £22m in company shares over the next four years, as the luxury carmaker he revived comes to the stock market.

Mubadala reported a Dh10.9bn ($2.9bn) profit in the first half of the year on the back of strong performances from the Abu Dhabi investment company’s public equities portfolio and its petroleum and petrochemicals operations.

Shares in Under Armour are getting pumped on Thursday after the sportswear maker issued an update on its restructuring plan and lifted the bottom end of its full year adjusted earnings guidance.

Eurozone consumer confidence fell sharply in September to hit its lowest level in more than a year, in the latest sign of lingering weakness in the region’s economy.

Germany’s most senior central banker has indicated Berlin’s scepticism on Chinese investment in German companies is exaggerated, calling on lawmakers to remain open to acquisitions that comply with international rules.

Some of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges have hit back after the New York attorney-general’s office published a report saying the sector was rife with conflicts of interest and did not do enough to prevent market manipulation and protect investors. 

A French court has rejected rogue trader Jérôme Kerviel’s request for a retrial in a case that caused a multibillion-euro loss to Société Générale, drawing a line under an episode that shook up the bank in 2008.

Sterling climbed to a ten-week high on Thursday, helped by US dollar weakness and optimism about progress on a Brexit deal at an EU leaders summit.

The chair of the Treasury Committee has written to the boss of upstart fintech Cashplus for details about an IT failure that left many customers without access to their accounts or able to make payments.

Following four months of decline, data on Thursday showed that sales of previously owned homes in the US were unchanged in August as buyers continue to grapple with rising home prices and tight inventory.

Poland’s president, Andrzej Duda, has sworn in a batch of new Supreme Court judges, in the latest sign of the Polish government’s determination to complete a contested judicial overhaul as quickly as possible.

US stocks kicked off Thursday with a bang, with the S&P 500 and Dow both hitting fresh intraday record highs as trade fears appeared to ease and Treasury yields climbed.

Donald Tusk has called October the “moment of truth” for the EU and UK to agree a Brexit withdrawal agreement, while warning that parts of Theresa May’s Chequers agreement “would not work” for the EU.

London taxi drivers have launched a legal challenge to the decision to grant Uber a probationary licence to operate in the UK capital, claiming that the ruling should be overturned because of potential conflict of interest.

The Pensions Regulator has reported a 100 per cent increase in the use of its powers to force employers to comply with their workplace pension duties.

The World Anti-Doping Agency has lifted sporting sanctions on Russia, the first step in allowing the country’s athletes to return to international events such as the Olympic Games.

South Africa’s central bank kept interest rates on hold on Thursday at its latest policy meeting and presented a gloomier outlook for growth and inflation.

The dollar is getting a rough ride on the foreign exchange market, dropping to its lowest level in more than two months against the euro and coming unstuck against other major currencies.

Vodafone has said it will have 1,000 5G sites by 2020 after the telecoms company detailed its plans to roll out the faster mobile phone technology outside of urban areas.

US president Donald Trump blasted Opec on Twitter on Thursday, demanding the oil cartel “get prices down now!” in his first broadside against the crude producers group since July.

Deutsche Bank has poached data specialist David Gleason from JPMorgan Chase in an attempt to better monetise the lender’s vast store of client and transaction data.