Swedish buyout firm EQT is taking British testing-and-certification giant Intertek private — a wager that the quiet business of verifying quality is worth billions.

The consulting giant is buying its way deeper into cybersecurity — a sign of how valuable defending critical systems has become.

One of private equity’s biggest names just walked away from a software company it bought for $6.4 billion — a stark lesson in how debt-fuelled buyouts can unravel.

New chair, same rate — for now. The Federal Reserve left borrowing costs unchanged, but its own forecasts suggest the next move could be up, not down.

Two arch-rivals are heading for the public markets through the same two banks — and the arrangement is already testing how Wall Street polices its own conflicts of interest.

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