(Reuters) – The White House is in talks with billionaire Elon Musk about setting up SpaceX’s satellite internet service Starlink in Iran, CNN reported on Friday, citing officials familiar with the matter. The satellite-based broadband service could help Iranians circumvent the regime’s restrictions on accessing the internet and certain social […]
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Soccer-Northern Ireland sack Baraclough after dismal Nations League campaign
(Reuters) – Ian Baraclough has been sacked as Northern Ireland manager, the Irish Football Association said on Friday, the team’s dismal run of results during his tenure that culminated in a disappointing Nations League campaign. Northern Ireland won only four of their 22 competitive games under Baraclough, who replaced Michael […]
Soccer-Liverpool’s Klopp expects to be on bench against Forest despite FA charge
(Reuters) – Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp expects to be in the dugout at Nottingham Forest on Saturday despite being charged by the Football Association (FA) for his outburst at an assistant referee during last weekend’s win against Manchester City. Klopp was shown a red card for confronting the official after […]
EU proposes matching UK move to boost ‘dark’ share trading, documents show
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – A curb on “dark” or off-exchange trading of shares in the European Union should be completely removed to compete better with Britain, EU documents seen by Reuters showed on Friday. The documents set out the latest compromises among EU states on reforming the bloc’s […]
Music star Taylor Swift releases new album ‘Midnights’
(Reuters) – U.S. music superstar Taylor Swift released her 10th studio album “Midnights” on Friday, as well as additional tracks made during the record making process. The 32-year-old singer-songwriter describes the 13-track record “as a collage of intensity, highs and lows and ebbs and flows”. With the post on her […]
Snap crashes, drags peers, as dire forecast sparks ad growth fears
(Reuters) – Shares of Snap Inc sank about 25% before the bell on Friday, after the owner of photo messaging app Snapchat forecast zero revenue growth for the current quarter, triggering a slide in other social media stocks dependent on advertising revenue. YouTube-parent Alphabet Inc, Facebook-parent Meta Platform Inc, Pinterest […]
JPMorgan picks Deutsche Bank’s Sheppard for UK investment banking
By Pamela Barbaglia LONDON (Reuters) – JPMorgan has hired one of Deutsche Bank’s most senior dealmakers, Richard Sheppard, to strengthen its UK investment banking business and help British companies navigate the challenges caused by market turmoil and rising energy costs. Sheppard will join the Wall Street bank in November as […]
Orix plans to invest about $2 billion in Toshiba – Nikkei Business
TOKYO (Reuters) – Orix Corp plans to invest about 300 billion yen ($2 billion) in Toshiba, Nikkei business reported on Friday. A consortium led by private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) and including Orix and Chubu Electric Power Co Inc was granted preferred bidder status by Toshiba in a […]
BMW production chief sees improved margins as supply chains stabilise
By Victoria Waldersee and Christina Amann LEIPZIG (Reuters) -BMW production chief Milan Nedeljkovic expects stabilising supply chains to lead to a clear improvement in profitability next year, he said in an interview at the carmaker’s Leipzig plant in Germany. From a production perspective, Nedeljkovic said he did not expect margins […]
Cricket-Ireland dump Windies from T20 World Cup, reach Super 12’s
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Paul Stirling smashed a glittering half-century as Ireland eliminated twice champions West Indies from the T20 World Cup and advanced to the Super 12 phase with a nine-wicket thrashing in Hobart on Friday. The burly redhead’s unbeaten 66 from 48 balls helped Ireland mow down a modest […]