Britain Financial News
29.03 / 12:43
Aviat
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BAY
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UK Navy ships to undergo maintenance at L&T Shipbuilding's Tamil Nadu facility
Royal Fleet Auxiliary, have arrived at Larsen and Toubro's Shipbuilding facility at Kattupalli near here for scheduled maintenance activities. RFA 'Argus' and RFA 'Lyme Bay' arrived at the shipyard located in Ennore, North of Chennai for 'Assisted Maintenance Period' and Self Maintenance Period", respectively, a press release from L&T Shipbuilding said on Friday.
29.03 / 10:27
Google
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Matthews
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'Oppenheimer' director Christopher Nolan to get British Knighthood, wife Emma Thomas to receive Damehood
Rishi Sunak that also included Conservative politicians and tech industry leaders. According to The Royal Family website, kinghthoods or the damehoods are among the highest honours in the United Kingdom.
29.03 / 08:55
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Where in Europe are people investing in crypto the most?
Crypto, the buzzword in the world of finance. There are currently around 31 million users of these digital assets in Europe, according to estimations from cryptocurrency payment gateway TripleA.
29.03 / 04:31
shooting
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Podcasts
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cricket
Sporting
‘Cricket itself takes a backseat during IPL’, says Indian spinner R Ashwin
cricket itself takes a backseat with players finding it hard to juggle between training and advertising shoots, PTI reported. Speaking about the meteoric rise of the IPL since its inception in 2008 on the Club Prairie Fire podcast, R Ashwin said, “As a youngster coming into the IPL, I was only looking to learn from the big stars, I did not think about how the IPL would look 10 years down the line." “I can say that having been in the IPL for so many seasons, the IPL is huge. Sometimes I wonder if IPL is even cricket because the sport takes a backstage (during IPL)," the premier spinner said.
29.03 / 04:19
UPS
Citi
Football
Boardwalk
2020
reports
Sporting
Why was 'Welcome to Wrexham' Season 3 delayed? Know new release date and other details
'Welcome to Wrexham' Season 3 will be delayed. FX announced Thursday that the third installment of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney's football drama will now be released on May 2, reports 'Collider'. 'Welcome to Wrexham' Season 3 was originally scheduled to be released on April 18, but it was pushed and FX did not give a reason. The sports documentary series narrates the struggle of Reynolds and McElhenney and depicts how they navigate their ownership of the world’s third-oldest professional soccer club in the northern Welsh city of Wrexham. In a statement issued Thursday, FX said, «In 2020, Rob and Ryan teamed up to purchase the 5th tier Red Dragons in the hopes of turning the Club into an underdog story the whole world could root for.»
29.03 / 01:01
Target
Digital
Aware
Platform
Sustainability
reports
International
Al Gore firm, CapitaLand eye Radiance acquisition
NEW DELHI : Former US vice-president Al Gore-headed Generation Investment Management’s Just Climate LLP, and Singapore’s CapitaLand Investment Ltd are among entities exploring an acquisition of Radiance Renewables Pvt. Ltd, two people aware of the development said. The sale of the Eversource Capital-backed company, which operates in the commercial and industrial (C&I) segment, may attract a potential equity value of about $300 million, the people said.
28.03 / 23:13
Rise of Crypto Titans: USA and Russia Set to Dominate Blockchain World by 2027
Russia and the USA are expected to take the lead in crypto adoption, according to a new report published on Statista called Digital Assets: Market Data & Analysis.
28.03 / 21:57
28.03 / 21:57
Hollywood
UPS
Progressive
Actor
Celebrity
reports
Owning Wrexham is hitting Ryan Reynolds in the wallet. Club owes its celebrity owners more than $11M
Owning a soccer club is hitting Ryan Reynolds in the wallet
28.03 / 16:13
Platform
Action
President
rights
Traffic
Baltimore bridge collapse: Netizens slam 'racist' cartoon on cargo ship Dali's Indian crew
Dali moments before impact," the Foxford Comics’cartoon was captioned on microblogging platform X (formerly known as Twitter). The cartoon also has the audio of people swearing at each other in a strong Indian English accent. But these cartoons were far from reality, The Singapore-flagged ship 'Dali' had actually suffered a "power issue" and issued a distress call moments before the crash, officials said.
28.03 / 15:41
28.03 / 13:33
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IPO
students
Universities
reports
Kolkata-based Crizac Limited files draft papers with SEBI for ₹1,000 crore IPO
₹2 each, totaling up to ₹1,000 crore by the promoter selling shareholders. This offer for sale includes up to ₹841 crore worth of equity shares by Pinky Agarwal and up to ₹159 crore by Manish Agarwal, along with a reserved portion for eligible employees to subscribe. Also read: FY24 Market Review: Nifty Midcap and Smallcap surged over 60%; check best-performing stocks The offering proceeds via the book-building method.
28.03 / 12:49
CEO
Home REIT offloads a further 63 properties for £6.1m
In a stock exchange notice today (28 March), the trust said the gross proceeds represented 1.8% of its portfolio by value, based on Jones Lang LaSalle's (JLL) August 2023 draft valuation. The gross proceeds from the sales were 7.7% below the drafted August 2023 values. The majority of the properties sold are below portfolio average lot size, the trust said, noting that this may cause a «greater percentage variation» when comparing sale price to the August draft valuation. AEW Europe CEO Wilkinson: We are 'halfway through' Home REIT's stabilisation phase AEW UK Investment Management...
28.03 / 12:37
UPS
Quadrigacx
Rolex
show
Courts
Investigations
B.C. steps up probe of Quadriga co-founder's hoard of gold bars, a Rolex and cash
Provincial officials in Canada are trying to force the surviving co-founder of defunct crypto exchange QuadrigaCX to explain how he came by a cash hoard, 45 gold bars and jewelry including a diamond-studded Rolex.
28.03 / 10:13
markets
Digital
Bitcoin news
ETF
security
Bitcoin
Bitcoin Price Prediction as BTC Dips Below $70,000 – Time to Buy?
Amid fluctuating markets, Bitcoin dips below $70,000, spotlighting debates on its future price. U.S. and U.K. sanctions against Gaza Now’s crypto operations underscore ongoing regulatory scrutiny, possibly influencing Bitcoin’s trajectory.
28.03 / 10:13
Quadrigacx
Crypto Crime
Canadian Authorities Question QuadrigaCX Co-Founder on Source of Funds
Canadian authorities have filed a third “unexplained wealth order” application with the British Columbia Supreme Court targeting the co-founder of QuadrigaCX Michael Patryn to explain how assets were acquired.
28.03 / 10:13
Advertising
UK
financial conduct authority
UK Watchdog Clarifies Rules for Memes and Finfluencers in Social Media Promotions
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on Tuesday issued new guidelines for financial services promotions on social media. These apply to formats like memes, reels, and gaming streams, highlighting the need for fairness and avoiding any misleading information.
28.03 / 10:13
hamas
Crypto Addresses
Hamas-linked Crypto Addresses of Gaza Now Jointly Sanctioned by US, UK
Both the US and the UK foreign sanctions bodies have targeted online media outlet Gaza Now for aiding Hamas fundraise $21,000 in crypto.
28.03 / 08:29
Provident
economy
show
diving
Revised GDP figures confirm UK economy fell into a recession last year
Revised estimates of quarterly GDP, which use additional data to provide a more precise indication of economic growth, showed that the economy shrank by 0.3% in the last three months of 2023, in line with the earlier estimate. Q3's 0.1% fall remained unchanged, confirming a technical recession, which is described as two consecutive quarters of negative growth. Deep Dive: UK economy shows signs of rebound but long-term growth outlook remains 'unspectacular' A large contributor to the technical recession seen in the final six months of 2023 was the sharp rise in interest rates from t...
28.03 / 06:41
Blockchain
Ethereum
Digital
Maxim
Polygon
security
Staking
Laser Digital Introduces Polygon Fund with Liquid Staking for Institutional Clients
Laser Digital – the crypto-focused subsidiary of Japanese asset manager Nomura – has launched an institutionally focused liquid staking fund on Polygon in collaboration with TruFin.
28.03 / 05:15
President
prevention
Courts
rights
Nirav Modi’s luxury apartment in London likely to be sold for ₹55 crore; UK court clears sale
₹55 crore (£5.25 million) or more. The apartment, held by a trust, is now allowed to be sold after a March 27 high court ruling in the UK. Trident Trust Company (Singapore) was the claimant in the case, which had representations from the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
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