Cybercriminals are taking greater risks by hitting high-profile targets to get bigger payoffs and boost their online reputational clout, cybersecurity experts said, after a weekend hack crippled airport check-in systems across Europe and stranded thousands of passengers.

President Trump will sign an executive order this week that declares that the TikTok deal will satisfy requirements set out in a 2024 law, a White House official said. The US is confident that China has approved the deal and does not plan further talks with Beijing about its details reut.rs/4gztcK5

In the alleged scheme, Tom Homan promised immigration-related government contracts when he joined the Trump administration in exchange for the money.

Spanish bank BBVA said on Monday it had raised its bid for smaller rival Sabadell by 10% to 17 billion euros ($19.95 billion), as part of its attempt to create the country's second-biggest bank by assets.

Saks Global, parent of upscale department store chain Saks Fifth Avenue, said it has begun a process to explore selling a minority stake in luxury retailer Bergdorf Goodman to help reduce debt, a spokesperson told Reuters on Monday.

International lottery operator Allwyn International will acquire a 62% stake in American fantasy sports operator PrizePicks for an initial cash consideration of $1.6 billion, helping Allwyn to expand its footprint in the lucrative U.S. gaming market.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has fully exited Chinese automaker BYD , a filing showed, ending a 17-year investment that grew over 20-fold in value in that period.

The U.S. on Monday imposed sanctions on the wife of the Brazilian judge who presided over the criminal case of right-wing former President Jair Bolsonaro, as a months-long showdown between the Trump administration and the Brazilian government deepens.

Nevada reaches first settlement with RealPage in rental pricing cases

Bayer Chief Executive Bill Anderson said the company is making "remarkable progress" in overcoming longstanding challenges, including a weak drug development pipeline, after an internal management overhaul.

The Trump administration asked SCOTUS to allow it to block the issuance of passports that reflect the gender identities of transgender and nonbinary Americans. Subscribe to The Daily Docket: reut.rs/3YVLopB

The ODP Corporation , which owns office supply retailers Office Depot and OfficeMax, agreed to be taken private by an affiliate of Atlas Holdings for approximately $1 billion, the companies said on Monday.

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order later this week that declares that a deal to divest TikTok's U.S. operations from its Chinese owner Bytedance will meet requirements set out in a 2024 law, a White House official said on Monday.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration's bid to strip 19 states and D.C. of food stamp funding, ruling that states can't be forced to hand over recipient data due to federal privacy laws reut.rs/4gxAKgy

Bayer has started the third phase of human testing of an experimental stem cell therapy for Parkinson's disease, with future results potentially underpinning a request for regulatory approval, the company said on Monday.

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) plans to launch schizophrenia drug Cobenfy in the UK next year at a price matching its U.S. list price, it said on Monday.

Swiss drugmaker Roche signalled its ambition to join Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk at the top of the booming weight-loss market on Monday, as it advanced one of its experimental obesity drugs into a late-stage trial.

Strive said on Monday it will acquire Semler Scientific in an all-stock deal valued at about $1.34 billion, as the bitcoin-treasury company backed by former Republican U.S. presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy moves to expand its cryptocurrency holdings.

India's information technology sector will have to overhaul a decades-old strategy.

K&L Gates will consolidate its Beijing office into its Shanghai outpost, but will continue serving Chinese clients from Shanghai, Hong Kong, and other Asian offices, a spokesperson for the firm said on September 19 reut.rs/4gxwyNz

The Trump administration's proposed $100,000 fee for new H-1B visas widely used by tech firms to hire foreign talent could deal a blow to the sector that relies heavily on skilled workers from India and China.

In a memo, the Department of Defense said journalists who publish unauthorized sensitive material could have their press credentials revoked.

International rules prohibit airline pilots older than 65 from flying international flights, and many countries, including the United States, apply the same rule domestically as well.

Amazon will face a ten-day jury trial on the FTC’s claims that it designed its Prime sign-up process to trick users into signing up and make it hard for them to cancel. Subscribe to The Daily Docket: reut.rs/3YVLopB

Technology executives and investors said the new fees could add millions of dollars in costs for companies and disproportionately hurt startups, which may not be able to afford visas as part of their strategy.

Gold prices hit a record $3,728 per troy ounce on Monday, extending a rally that has boosted them twofold since late 2022. Demand is expected to remain robust for some time due to a mix of factors.

A US judge dismissed a proposed class action that accused Philip Morris and its subsidiary Swedish Match of overcharging consumers for Zyn, ruling that plaintiffs failed to show that the $16 billion acquisition harmed competition in the ‘modern oral nicotine’ pouch market reut.rs/46zPAhZ

T-Mobile said on Monday insider Srinivasan Gopalan would take over as CEO from Mike Sievert on November 1, marking a leadership transition as the telecom company works to defend its 5G lead in a saturated U.S. wireless market.

Vistra CEO James Burke stands to receive about $340 million for helping lift the Texas-based utility from the ashes of bankruptcy nearly a decade ago to become the hottest power producer in the United States.

Spirit Airlines' unions warned members of further pain as the budget carrier steps up cost-cutting efforts in its second bankruptcy filing in a year, according to memos, after a previous restructuring failed to resolve challenges reut.rs/4nITaxh

European equity markets are drawing fresh interest from global investors, as resilient returns and cheaper valuations offer a compelling case for diversification beyond Wall Street.

Oracle on Monday named insiders Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia as co-CEOs, replacing Safra Catz, who was named vice chair of the board after 11 years at the helm.

Neptune Insurance said on Monday it was targeting a valuation of up to $2.76 billion in its U.S. initial public offering, as the IPO market continues to run hot.

A federal judge in Virginia will consider proposals by the DOJ to make Alphabet's Google sell off part of its advertising technology business to remedy its monopolies in the tools used by online publishers to sell ads. Subscribe to The Daily Docket: reut.rs/3YVLopB

Compass will buy rival brokerage Anywhere Real Estate in an all-stock deal valued at $4.2 billion, the companies said on Monday.

Luigi Mangione's lawyers urged a federal judge in New York on Saturday to block prosecutors from seeking the death penalty for their client, who is charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Saturday warned California, New York and Illinois, so-called sanctuary states, to cooperate with the government in deporting undocumented immigrants released from prison after serving time for crimes.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had appointed his former attorney Lindsey Halligan to be U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, hours after pressuring his attorney general to more aggressively pursue his political enemies.

Trump is trying to close a final deal to keep the popular platform from closing.

CVS Health's Aetna insurance arm will expand a nascent program pairing members in its privately run Medicare plans with nurses - an effort the company says will reduce hospital readmissions, which are costly and can be detrimental to patient health.

A federal judge on Monday will consider a request by Danish offshore wind developer Orsted to restart work on the nearly finished Revolution Wind project, which President Donald Trump's administration halted last month.

Alphabet's Google will seek to avoid a forced sale of part of its online advertising business in its latest face-off with U.S. antitrust enforcers at a trial starting on Monday in Alexandria, Virginia.

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U.S. law firm K&L Gates will close its office in Beijing, marking the latest major U.S. law firm to scale back in China amid geopolitical and market headwinds reut.rs/4gxwyNz

A U.S. judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration from stripping 19 mostly Democratic-led states and Washington, D.C., of food stamp benefits funding unless the states hand over data on millions of people who receive them

The State Bar of California has tapped a senior court policy official as its next leader as it looks to shore up its finances, appease critical lawmakers and recover from a botched bar exam rollout that had sparked its previous executive director's resignation in July reut.rs/46ysUyE

Philip Morris International and its subsidiary Swedish Match persuaded a U.S. judge to dismiss a proposed class action accusing them of overcharging consumers for Zyn, their popular tobacco-free nicotine pouches @mikescarcella.bsky.social reut.rs/46zPAhZ

Column: I just got a payout from Facebook's $725 million settlement. Could it really be this easy? @jgreenejenna.bsky.social reut.rs/3VmdPuS

Glock must face a lawsuit filed by the city of Chicago over claims it knowingly sells pistols that can be easily converted into illegal machine guns often used in criminal activity, an Illinois state court judge said reut.rs/4nflXJZ

Billionaire Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink plans to launch a trial in October aimed at helping people with speech impairments translate their thoughts into text, the company’s president said.