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It appears Rugby Australia’s funding efforts have progressed well into the second half.

The quarter-finals of the 2023 Rugby World Cup are an incredible match-up between teams of the northern and southern hemispheres in every game this weekend.

Earth Defense Force 6 is set to make its debut on PS5, PS4, and PC via Steam in the western market in the spring of 2024. While the latest installment in D3Publisher's well-established Earth Defense Force series has been available in Japan for over a year, it is now poised for its release in Western regions. Earth Defense Force 6 initially launched on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 in Japan on August 25, 2022. As previously confirmed, Clouded Leopard Entertainment will bring the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 versions with English language support to the Asian market in 2024. The game introduces a fresh storyline, marking the return of familiar classes like Ranger, Air Raider, Wing Diver, and Fencer, along with an array of new missions and weaponry. Earth Defense Force 6 unfolds two years after the events of the previous game, where humanity emerged victorious against the invading alien race known as the Primers. Despite this victory, some Primers managed to survive, leading to ongoing conflicts between the two factions on the remnants of Earth. These clashes persist as the planet has suffered the loss of 90% of its population. In the past, D3Publisher released Earth Defense Force 5 digitally on the PS4 in the West in December 2018, following its Japanese launch in December 2017. The game became available on PC through Steam in July 2019. PQube also released a physical edition of Earth Defense Force 5 for PlayStation 4 in North America and Europe in September 2020. Additionally, D3Publisher is in the process of developing Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2, a sequel to the Earth Defense Force: World Brothers spinoff game, which will be available for PS5, PS4, and Switch.

London | The debate on nuclear power is a “distraction” from solar, which is about to tip into exponential growth that will sweep aside all other energy sources, say Australia’s much-garlanded pair of leading solar inventors.

Oxford | Fortescue boss Andrew Forrest’s evangelical green mission has taken him in some unlikely directions. But possibly none has been more unexpected than his emergence as a mogul of global motorsports.

Bitcoin (BTC) faced a 4.9% correction in the four days following the failure to break the $28,000 resistance on Oct. 8, and derivatives metrics show fear is dominating sentiment in the market, but will it be enough to shake Bitcoin price from its current range?

Allworth Financial announced that John Bunch will succeed co-founders Scott Hanson and Pat McClain as the wealth management firm’s chief executive.

Britain’s financial regulator has fined the American former chief executive of Barclays, Jes Staley, 1.8 million pounds — about $2.2 million — and banned him from holding senior financial roles for misleading it over the nature of his relationship with...

Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has been given a suspended prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to a fraud charge over his failure to declare millions of dollars held in a trust in Singapore

A British judge has ruled in favor of Richard Branson’s Virgin group in its lawsuit against a U.S. train company over a licensing agreement

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Swiss private equity firm EQT Partners’ dealmakers are redirecting their energies to the debt financing for VetPartners, now that they’ve fended off rival bidders with their winning $1.4 billion bid. 

Stock markets in the Asia-Pacific region and Europe saw gains on Thursday. This uptick was attributed to the United Kingdom’s economic recovery, China’s recent stimulus measures and expectations surrounding the United States Consumer Price Index.

(Reuters) — The U.S. health regulator on Thursday blocked the sale of six flavored e-cigarette products by British American Tobacco (NYSE:BTI) (BAT (LON:BATS))-owned R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company under its Vuse Alto brand.

There was also feedback on whether non-UCITS funds might be rebranded to help rationalise the regime, and if so, how best to do this.

UKIM discretionary funds under management grew 0.6% over the quarter, with positive net flows driven by the firm’s MPS platform.

Industry commentators have said the Federal Reserve's job is not done yet, given the stubbornly high inflation rate.

The scheme meeting and vote has been delayed to 13 December 2023.

Alex Funk (pictured) is chief investment officer of Schroder Investment Solutions.

LONDON — Former Barclays CEO Jes Staley on Thursday was fined and banned from holding any position of influence in the U.K. financial services industry for misleading the regulator over his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

LONDON (Reuters) — Viasat said it expects to recover less than 10% of the planned throughput on ViaSat-3 F1, its satellite that malfunctioned during deployment in July, but it was confident it could meet the needs of its customers without replacing it.