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Retail traders getting their first bite at Arm Holdings' highly anticipated public offering when the British chip designer begins trading this week should beware: individual investors often get burned when they jump on hot listings. Arm's goal of raising around $5 billion in New York in what might be the biggest IPO of 2023 follows other major listings in recent years whose returns have mostly disappointed. Since Arm, owned by Japan's SoftBank Group's, is not well-known among consumers, it is focusing its IPO marketing efforts on institutional investors, people familiar with the deal said.

China's foreign influence operations, it would represent a sensational case of infiltration. A 28-year-old British man who worked as a researcher deep inside Britain's Parliament was arrested in March on suspicion of working for the Chinese government. The man, who denies being a spy, worked with prominent lawmakers on China policy, raising fears of possible security breaches and widening a rift within the governing Conservative Party over how London should engage with an increasingly assertive Beijing. «The Chinese are infiltrating across the board; they go for anything and everything,» said Steve Tsang, director of the SOAS China Institute in London.

Hydrogen is a losing bet for investors interested in making money in the foreseeable future, according to Barry Norris, the founder and chief investment officer of UK hedge fund Argonaut Capital Partners.

Zodia Custody, a company that helps large institutions store their crypto, launched in Singapore on Tuesday in a bid to tap into the country's rapidly growing digital asset market.

BMW has announced plans to transform its Mini factory in Oxford, England, to produce nothing but electric vehicles

The fashion designer who created the wedding dress of Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, is stepping down as creative director at Alexander McQueen after two decades at the brand, luxury group Kering said

International aid groups have mobilized in Morocco where a 6.8 magnitude earthquake Friday night has killed 2,681 and injured more than 2,500

French President Emmanuel Macron witnessed the signature of a deal to facilitate loans to Bangladesh aimed at infrastructure development, as well as a letter of intent to provide the South Asian country with an earth observation satellite system

Wilderness" is set to debut on Amazon Prime Video at the end of the week. This show, starring Jenna Coleman and Oliver Jackson-Cohen, takes a closer look at a seemingly perfect marriage. Adapted from B.E. Jones' book of the same name, it's a story you won't want to miss.

NEW DELHI : India and the UK have launched an infrastructure financing bridge to plan and implement major infrastructure projects, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday. The two countries have also agreed to conduct investment negotiations in parallel with the goods negotiations to conclude their free trade agreement (FTA) talks.

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In his new role, Walker will also join LSE’s board, subject to regulatory approval, and continue to report to Julia Hoggett, CEO of LSE.

Calvin Harris and Vick Hope are now husband and wife. The disc jockey, producer and singer got married to his radio host girlfriend in a lavish, Glastonbury-themed wedding on September 9, 2023. The wedding took place at Hulne Priory in Alnwick, Northumberland in England. The couple, who got engaged in May 2022, decided to tie the knot in September 2023. According to the Mirror UK, Nile Rodgers and Chic performed at their wedding reception, beginning their set with Luther Vandross' 1981 song Never Too Much and going on to perform songy of Madonna, Beyoncé, Pharrell Williams and David Bowie. The last song was their own 1979 hit Good Times, as reported by The Sun. The wedding was luxurious and beautiful, and there was a Glastonbury-themed after-party. In keeping with the theme, there were food stands with burgers, pizzas and Nigerian dishes, and tents as accommodation for the guests. The celebrity guests included AJ Odudu, Scott Mills, the BBC Radio's Vernon Kay, and Vick Hope's co-presenter Jordan North. The Sun reports that the wedding vows of Calvin Harris and Vick Hope were “really emotional”. A source told the tabloid that the couple’s vows were “really emotional and the marriage ceremony included poems like Ernest Hemmingway’s If There’s Empty Spaces In Your Heart and Lori Eberhai’s Devoted”. Calvin Harris told Vick Hope, “I promise to be your teammate, best friend and companion for life.” In August 2023, Vick Hope had shared about her hen do on her Instagram Stories. The radio host had adorned a white feathered mini dress, with Chanel earrings and light makeup, and her hair tied up. Calvin Harris and Vick Hope are yet to share the wedding pictures on social media.

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global market, domestic benchmark indices ended in the green for the sixth day in a row, each one gaining nearly 3%. The dollar, Treasury yields, and US stock futures all declined as speculation mounted that the US Federal Reserve will decide to leave interest rates unchanged at its September meeting. While the Sensex closed, major European markets such as the UK's FTSE, France's CAC, and Germany's DAX traded with large losses.

LONDON (Reuters) -Shares in London-listed drugmaker AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN) fell more than 4% on Monday, sliding to their lowest since July 19.

Montenegro’s “Laziest Citizen” has entered its 20th day, completely shattering the previous record.The initial field of 21 competitors has been whittled down to just seven, as residents of the resort village of Brezna, Montenegro take to doing little more than lying around on makeshift beds on the ground.This year’s competition started three weeks ago, in mid-August. It was first held 12 years ago, organizer Mico Blagojevic told Kosova Press, as a satirical way to poke fun of the myth that Montenegrins are “lazy.”Dubravka Aleksic, one of this year’s competitors, held the previous record for staying in bed for 117 hours in 2021.But, now, that record has been blown to smithereens as the lie-in enters its third week.

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday alleged that members of the opposition INDIA alliance want to erase the Sanatan Hindu religion which withstood such attempts made in the past by Mughal rulers, the British and the Portuguese. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader's remarks came amid a political row after Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, who belongs to DMK, blamed Sanatan Dharma for promoting division and discrimination among people and called for its eradication. Also, DMK leader A Raja had likened Sanatan Dharma to diseases like leprosy and HIV which had social stigma. «Mughal rulers like Babar, the British and the Portuguese, who came to Goa with the agenda of forced conversion, had tried to eradicate the Sanatan Hindu religion, but all of them failed.

Instacart on Monday submitted an updated filing for its upcoming initial public offering, saying it is looking to raise up to $616 million of fresh capital alongside existing shareholders.

pharmaceutical industry may be spending $50bn a year on AI to speed up drug development. Most of the buzz revolves around AIs trained on biological data that could improve the hit-and-miss process of drug discovery. Drugs can take a decade to emerge, cost billions of dollars and succeed only 10% of the time.