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Half of the Premier League’s 20 clubs have sponsorship or advertising deals with unlicensed gambling companies that could be illegal next year under plans being developed by the government.
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Wall Street closed lower on Monday, dragged down by retail and communications stocks. Concerns around overvaluation of AI-related stocks and rising oil prices because of continued Middle East tensions weighed on investo…
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The rollout of renewable energy in Catalonia continues to move forward at a slow pace, despite the urgent need to electrify the region’s economy and industry. However, although renewable energy’s share of the electricit…
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Ozon Bank (a subsidiary of the Ozon marketplace) has launched a pilot program to offer auto loans. The project is currently available to a select group of customers, the bank told Interfax.
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European banks are doing much better than they used to. Their profitability has caught up with that of US banks since the pandemic, and cost-to-income ratios in the EU are now better than in the United States. Asset qua…
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The boss of one of the UK’s biggest chip companies has claimed AI will be able to find a cure for cancer “in our lifetime”.
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France Football magazine has named the nominees for the Johan Cruyff Trophy—an award presented annually to the best soccer coach. The winner will be announced on October 26 at the Ballon d’Or awards ceremony, which will…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold an international phone call today “early in the afternoon,” according to presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov.
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The Catalan Government will raise the spending cap for the 2027 budget to 43,191 million euros, representing a 4.9% increase over the previous year—about 2,000 million more. The figure is expected to be approved this Tu…
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David Roberts is not in an optimistic mood. The chair of Coventry-based Evtec may preside over a business with 900 highly skilled employees, multiple sites and precision machinery, but the outlook for the manufacturer a…
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The hedge fund billionaire Chris Rokos is poised to leave the UK, the latest in a string of high-profile exits among Britain’s super-rich.
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In partnership with DWP, firms such as John Lewis and M&S plan to offer 18- to 24-year-olds placements of two to four weeks
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While the UK and Italy are making progress, France and Germany’s joint venture came to nothing, and the prospect of more countries pulling together seems way off
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Counter-measures covering several sectors come after Trump announced 50% tariffs on Canadian goods
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The chair of the UK government’s “moonshot” science and technology research unit has been forced to stand down after taking a job with the San Francisco AI firm Anthropic, after warnings from senior MPs that the move cr…
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Jaguar Land Rover has announced thousands of job cuts in a “body blow for workers” as it grapples with tough trading conditions, Donald Trump’s tariff wars and the fallout from a cyber-attack.
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The chancellor may have thought about shifting the venue of his first major speech this morning.
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Since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran on February 28, jet fuel prices in the U.S. have more than doubled. According to data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the year-to-date percent change …
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The UK retailer Next has overturned a 2024 court ruling forcing it to pay its shop staff the same higher basic pay rates as its warehouse workers under equal pay rules.
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French vineyards hit by severe drought and heatwaves are expected to report a 30-year low in wine production after the country’s hottest ever recorded summer, according to the agriculture ministry.
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John Healey has said boosting economic growth will be his defining mission as chancellor as he warned Labour had to “be honest” about the need to control public spending at next month’s budget.
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Grindr will pay £26m to settle a lawsuit brought by thousands of users in the UK who allege that the US dating app shared highly sensitive personal information, including in some cases their HIV status, with advertising…
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Britain’s biggest private hospital operator has agreed to a £1bn takeover by a hedge fund manager known as “the Rottweiler” for his aggressive business tactics.
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Iran’s joint military command said the Strait of Hormuz remained closed and warned that regional oil, gas, electricity and economic infrastructure would be targeted if the United States carried out President Donald Trum…