BLOOMBERG Michael Klein, the CEO-designate of Credit Suisse Group AG’s investment-banking spin off, may struggle to realise his dream of building a new CS First Boston as the Swiss lender nears a forced sale to UBS Group AG. UBS is showing little appetite for Credit Suisse’s investment banking business as part of a government-brokered takeover, putting plans to legally and …

BLOOMBERG Google announced a raft of new artificial intelligence (AI) – powered features for customers of its cloud-computing business, as the technology giant jostles for dominance in the burgeoning field with rivals such as Microsoft Corp. and startup OpenAI. As Silicon Valley buzzes about so-called generative AI — software that can create images, text and video based on user prompts …

BLOOMBERG Markus Duesmann, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Audi, flew to China last week to tackle a problem that’s indicative of the challenges facing Germany: how to compete with its biggest trading partner on new technology. The head of the German luxury brand went to visit Audi’s Chinese joint venture (JV) partners — China FAW Group Co. and SAIC …