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Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has deepened its relationship with PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL), the company announced Wednesday, with the integration of PayPal's Pay Later solution in the U.S., UK, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain.

₹132 crore ($16.10 million) from ₹119 crore a year earlier, said the Indian unit of UK's GSK Plc. “GSK's vaccines business has now demonstrated a sequential Q-o-Q increase and maintained leadership in the private self-pay market," the drugmaker said in a statement. Its revenue from operations at the Augmentin antibiotic maker rose 2.2% to ₹762 crore.

LONDON — NatWest Group CEO Alison Rose resigned after a media storm over the termination of Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage's bank account by sister lender Coutts.

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Binance has withdrawn its cryptocurrency custody license application in Germany. The exchange confirmed its withdrawal to Cointelegraph on July 26, nearly a month after reports of rejections from The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).

Joe Lewis, renowned as the owner of the prestigious Tottenham Hotspur soccer club in London, now faces serious legal troubles in the United States. Federal prosecutors in New York have levelled charges of insider trading against the 86-year-old mogul. The indictment alleges that Lewis disclosed confidential information from companies in which he held substantial investments to his inner circle, including personal pilots, assistants, and romantic partners. As the founder of investment firm Tavistock Group, Lewis is accused of committing 16 counts of securities fraud and three counts of conspiracy, spanning a period from 2013 to 2021. With a staggering net worth of $6.1 billion, according to Forbes magazine, Lewis' reputation as a high-profile billionaire magnate has been tarnished by these grave allegations. As the legal proceedings unfold, the outcome remains uncertain, and Lewis's financial empire and soccer club ownership could potentially be impacted.

The IMF said the improvement was a result of 'stronger-than-expected consumption and investment from the confidence effects of falling energy prices'.

Senior executives at some of the UK's biggest banks risk losing their jobs if they de-bank customers because of their political views, the City minister has warned.

Natwest Group Chief Executive Dame Alison Rose has resigned over the Nigel Farage controversy. A political row erupted after Coutts Bank, which is part of NatWest Group, closed the account of the ex-leader of the United Kingdom Independent Party saying that his deposit came below the minimum threshold required. In a statement issued Wednesday, NatWest Group chairman Sir Howard Davies said that the board and Rose have agreed with mutual consent that she should step down. He also said that it is in the interest of customers and the bank that Dame Alison Rose continued as the chief executive. But Rose admitted committing a «serious error of judgment». Reacting to the resignation, Nigel Farage said that it had taken a long time for Dame Alison Rose to reign and anyone at a junior level would have been out of the door. He also said that the first rule of banking is client confidentiality and the bank has violated this. Dame Alison was under pressure from the Chancellor, other senior ministers, and the Prime Minister’s Office after the BBC reported that there were significant concerns over the conduct of the chief executive. The government owns 39% shares of the bank. The ex-leader of the United Kingdom Independent Party told in the first week of July that the bank has closed down his account without giving him the reason. The BBC reported that the bank had closed the account because Farage no longer met the financial threshold of the Coutts. Farage came out with a document showing his suitability to hold an account with the bank. The bank has said in its 40-page document that Farage was ‘xenophobic and racist’ and questioned the reputational risk of having him as a client.

British billionaire Joe Lewis, the owner of the Tottenham Hotspur soccer club in London, has been charged with insider trading in the US. 

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has posted a 1% uptick in average profit per equity partner, reaching nearly £2.1m amid a tough market for top law firms.

The pan-Arab news network Al Jazeera has condemned a recent decision by Egyptian authorities to brand some of its journalists as terrorists

NatWest, one of Britain’s biggest banks, says its chief executive has left her job after discussing personal details of a client — the populist politician Nigel Farage — with a journalist

Cryptocurrency is deemed property capable of being held on trust, Judge Philip Jeyaretnam of the High Court of Singapore decided in a ruling on July 25. The Judge said he didn’t see any difference between crypto, fiat money or shells, as long as all those objects, physical or not, share value, created by mutual faith in it. 

The UK Government has announced the opening of the second ballot for the Young Professional Scheme, inviting Indian citizens aged 18-30 to apply. The deadline for applications is July 27, 1:30 pm (IST), as stated by the British High Commission in India.

Bajaj Auto share price is hovering around its all-time high level of ₹4,995 on Wednesday after the company reported an 42% year-on-year rise in its net profit for the fiscal's first quarter ended June (Q1FY24) to ₹1,664.77 crore, on Tuesday. Bajaj Auto share price opened at ₹4,874 apiece on BSE. Bajaj Auto stock touched intraday high of ₹4883.70 and low of ₹4842.70.

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