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ITV has secured the rights to broadcast the Oscars ceremony in the UK, thanks to a newly inked multi-year deal with Disney Entertainment. The Oscars will now find their home on ITV1 and the streaming platform ITVX.

Out here in the far reaches of the American empire, it’s always gratifying and more than a little thrilling when people in the imperial capital take notice of us. Last week, the New York Times’ Ross Douthat wrote about wokeness in the Anglosphere and though he started with how James Bond has gone woke in the latest Bond novel (“On His Majesty’s Secret Service,” written not by Ian Fleming, who died in 1964, but by one Charlie Higson), the subject of woke Canada entered soon enough.

Asset manager Franklin Templeton applied with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on Sept. 12 to launch a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). 

As Canada continues to grapple with a housing crisis, the conversation is increasingly turning to international students coming into the country.

The ETF tracks the FTSE IdealRatings Investment Grade index, incorporating over 150 Shariah standards.

West re-joined Invesco in 2014 after leaving in 2003.

The strong flows into equity funds marked a turnaround from two consecutive months of net outflows in May (£992m) and June (£1.2bn).

Also Read: Barclays names new CEO, COO amid top management reshuffle in India The recent job cut has come at a time when the company is also planning to cull about 5% of client-facing staff in the trading division as well some dealmakers globally. Also Read: Gautam Adani’s go-to bankers at Barclays turn cautious after Hindenburg “We continue to review and adapt our operations based on the ways customers are choosing to interact with us," a Barclays spokesperson said. “These changes will enable greater collaboration across our teams, allowing us to continue to improve service for customers and clients." Last week, the bank was in discussion with Unite about its plans to streamline UK operations.

Pramod Sawant on Tuesday said Mughals, British and other rulers failed to wipe out the Sanatan Dharma from the country in the past, but eradicating it is now the agenda of the INDIA alliance, and hence Hindus need to wake up and show the opposition bloc its place. Referring to Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin's remark calling for eradication of Sanatan Dharma, and blaming it for promoting division and discrimination among people, he said the statement was a «planned» one. Addressing a press conference at Gwalior, around 430 km from here, Sawant also said the 'one nation, one election' will ensure that the country develops at a faster pace as imposition of the model of conduct due to frequent elections creates hurdles in development at present. When asked about the use of the name 'Bharat' during the G20 summit, the Goa CM said the name Bharat is already there in the Constitution and it is already being used everywhere since Independence. «The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) changed its name to INDIA alliance, which is actually new wine in an old bottle.

As we move into September, financial markets are gearing up for potentially higher volatility after a relatively calm holiday season.

Infosys has announced a multi-year digital transformation deal with Denmark-based STARK Group, a business-to-business (B2B) distributor of building materials. The transformation will also involve leveraging Infosys' artificial intelligence (AI) suite of services Topaz. The size and tenure of the deal was not publicly disclosed. As part of this collaboration, Infosys and STARK Group will establish a data centre in Denmark, which will serve as the foundation to drive tech advancements in the collaboration and provide services to STARK Group’s offices across Europe.

(Reuters) — Passenger traffic at Spain's Aena airports exceeded pre-pandemic levels for an eighth consecutive month in August, while traffic in other European terminals still lagged.

(Reuters) — TikTok has officially rolled out its e-commerce business in the United States after months of testing, according to a blog post on Tuesday, as its Chinese-owner ByteDance looks to capitalize on the popularity of the social media app.

Luno, a crypto exchange owned by Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group (DCG), plans to stop certain UK clients from trading crypto due to regulatory changes that are coming into effect.

Shuntaro Shimizu (pictured) joins AVI after three years at Bain & Company.

The rise in the unemployment rate was in line with market expectations.

Gavin Ward joined Carmignac in September 2023 from Invesco, where he had worked since 2014 and most recently as head of discretionary clients.

The measure fell to 12.2% for the four weeks to 3 September 2023.

inflation data for August and industrial production data for July, scheduled to be revealed later today. Global cues were also weak as investors shifted focus to US inflation data on Wednesday and monetary policy meetings of the European Central Bank on Thursday and of the US Fed next Wednesday. European markets were mixed when the Sensex closed.

Investing.com -- U.S. stock futures decline after a spike in Tesla's (NASDAQ:TSLA) shares bolsters equities on Monday, as traders look ahead to the release of major economic data later in the week. Elsewhere, British chip designer Arm will reportedly stop taking orders for its much-anticipated initial public offering a day early due to solid investor demand, while Disney and Charter Communications reach a distribution deal to end a TV blackout that threatened to leave millions of households unable to tune in to the first «Monday Night Football» game of the season.

Monzo, the $4.5 billion digital challenger bank, launched a feature that lets users make investments —marking its first foray into the massive financial investment market.