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Lower Manhattan’s office market is showing early signs of a revival as companies seek a less costly alternative to the prestigious skyscrapers of Midtown.

Every year, Americans send hundreds of billions of dollars of retirement savings to life insurers in return for annuities that promise a future income. It’s an industry built on trust and prudence.

UniCredit SpA has acquired a minority stake in German lending markets platform VC Trade as the Italian bank seeks to expand its digital capital markets capabilities in debt transactions.

Novartis saw a treatment for a rare muscle-wasting disease fail a late-stage study, the third clinical-trial setback in a week. The medicine was the centerpiece of Novartis’s $12 billion takeover of Avidity Biosciences and raises questions about the drugmaker’s growth prospects. Fabienne Kinzelmann

Rate hikes, elections, fiscal concerns threaten to upend markets.

Chancellor to take his first questions in parliament since replacing Rachel Reeves

"The Pulse With Francine Lacqua" is all about conversations with high profile guests in the beating heart of global business, economics, finance and politics. Based in London, we go wherever the story is, bringing you exclusive interviews and market-moving scoops. Today's guests: Jens Eisenschmidt,

“Protecting our nation from those who would do us harm is the first and most important responsibility of government.” That’s from the website of Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat. But it could be any lawmaker, or any president, Democrat or Republican. Almost all proclaim it, and by their o