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Microsoft's $69 billion deal to buy "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard was legal under competition law, in their latest attempt to stop the deal. Microsoft closed the deal, originally proposed in January 2022 as the biggest acquisition in the history of the gaming industry, on Oct. 13 of this year after obtaining the approval of British regulators.

Richard Teng, the newly appointed CEO of Binance, has faced a challenging debut during his first public interview. 

LONDON, Dec 6 (Reuters) — British businesses and households are coping so far with higher interest rates but there are risks ahead for the financial sector from higher borrowing costs and changes to the way banks fund themselves, the Bank of England said.

Over a five-year horizon, 44% of fund managers said Information Technology would be the top performing sector.

The inflows follow six months of net selling for equity funds, which lost £4.5bn between May and October 2023.

Big crowds and big emotions were on the menu as British Columbia’s biggest stadium prepared to play farewell host to one of the country’s most iconic athletes.

LONDON (Reuters) -British American Tobacco said it would take a hit of around $31.5 billion as it writes down the value of some U.S. cigarette brands, acknowledging on Wednesday that its traditional market has no long term future.

Nifty recorded a new all-time high daily in December, the 50-stock index was still not among the top-performing global indices in November, falling behind benchmark indices in developed markets viz US, UK, Japan, France, Switzerland and Germany. Among the emerging markets, Nifty was behind Taiwan, Korea, Brazil, and South Africa while remaining ahead of China. Nifty rose 5.5% in November, witnessing a turnaround after hitting a low of 18,989.15 on November 1, led by gains in auto, healthcare, and realty stocks.

North Korea's Kim Jong Un's satellite snaps White House, Pentagon As per United Nations data, the average number of children being born in North Korea by a mother stood at 1.8 as of 2023 amid an extended fall in birth in recent decades. The figure remains higher than North Korea's neighbours which are also witnessing a downward trend.

Winter Session of Parliament, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present a statement, in both English and Hindi, outlining the Supplementary Demands for Grants, 2023-24 in the Rajya Sabha. As reported by ANI, “Discussion on short duration notice on the 'Economic Situation in the country', raised by Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien on 5th December to be continued today in the Rajya Sabha." Also Read: Winter session 2023: Discussion to be raised on ‘economic situation in the country’ Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sumer Solanki and Biju Janata Dal MP Niranjan Bishi will present a copy, available in both English and Hindi, of the Study Visit Report conducted by the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to Havelock Island, Port Blair, Mahabalipuram, and Mumbai from August 24, 2023, to August 29, 2023, to the Rajya Sabha.

Mineral fuels, inorganic chemicals, compounds of precious metals and iron and steel are India's top exports to Oman while oil, fertilisers and plastics are the top imports. Officials said that the negotiations will be fast tracked and the pact could be on similar lines as the one with the UAE. India's exports to Oman in April-September FY24 were $2 billion and imports were $2.1 billion. «Discussions have started and the agreement would be a comprehensive one,» said an official.

In a submission to the World Trade Organization, they said that diagnostics and therapeutics are «essential tools for a comprehensive approach to fight the pandemic, that it is not over». The submission, made on behalf of 65 WTO members on Monday, came after the US refrained from taking sides in extending the waiver, which is applicable to Covid-19 vaccines only. For almost two years, India, South Africa and 80 other WTO members have sought a response for future pandemics through exceptions in the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement but the ministerial outcome of 2022 (MC12) only covered Covid-19 vaccines, with the US delaying an outcome on therapeutics and diagnostics. «The MC12 Decision on the TRIPS agreement is extended mutatis mutandis for the production and supply of Covid-19 therapeutics and diagnostics,» India and others said in the draft decision text on Monday. They asked the WTO to promptly respond to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the challenge of inequitable access to therapeutics and diagnostics, and «respond to the criticism that the decision on vaccines came too little too late». Extension of the policy tools to therapeutics and diagnostics will result in a holistic approach to enable developing countries to address those intellectual property (IP) barriers that prevent the expansion and diversification of production and increase accessibility to crucial life-saving Covid-19 tools, they said. As per the draft text, «omitting these vital tools» will deter the effectiveness of the decision that aims timely and affordable access to effective vaccines against the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The submission assumes significance as last week, the UK, the EU, the US,

ROME (Reuters) -Lamborghini has reached a deal with unions to introduce a four-day week for its production workers, the labour associations and the company said on Tuesday, as more manufacturing groups re-consider the structure of the work week for their employees.

The English Premier League has sold its domestic TV rights for 6.7 billion pounds for the next four-year cycle

Prince Harry is challenging the British government's decision to strip him of his security detail after he gave up his status as a working member of the royal family and moved to the United States

France’s National Assembly has unanimously approved a bill to ban single-use, disposable electronic cigarettes, in an attempt to protect young people drawn to their flavors and mitigate the environmental impacts of the disposable products known as “puf...

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Both trusts had until 6 December to state whether they have a firm intention to make an offer, or announce they do not intend to make an offer.

The Article 8 fund will be managed by George Cooke, Montanaro's head of fund management.

Investors in trusts returned to a familiar favourite in Scottish Mortgage, which reclaimed the head of the rankings after being knocked into second place last month by City of London

Paul Martin, UK head of retail at KPMG, said the 'limping' sales growth so close to Christmas was evidence the cost of living crisis was taking its toll on spending.