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Despite Web3’s challenging journey in recent years, funding for the sector bounced back in the first quarter this year. It marks the first increase since the final quarter of 2021, a Crunchbase report published Thursday showed.

UK government has said as Indian negotiators are in London this week to continue discussions with their British counterparts. During a debate in the House of Lords this week, UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron was addressing questions from British peers on the current state of freedom of religion or belief in India. The recent restructuring of the BBC to create a new Indian-owned entity in order to comply with the country's foreign direct investment (FDI) rules was flagged by Liberal Democrat peer Lord Jeremy Purvis, who questioned the level of market access being offered to India in the field of media, data and telecoms as part of the FTA negotiations. «My understanding of where we are with the trade deal is that good market access has been offered on both sides, but not quite enough yet to secure a deal. It is important with such trade deals, as you only really get one proper shot at it, to make sure that it is a good enough deal that will be welcomed by industry leaders here in the UK as offering real market access,» said Lord Cameron.

Concord, a music rights investor, has agreed to buy Hipgnosis Songs Fund Ltd. in a deal that values the song catalog company at about $1.4 billion. 

man who set fire to two men as they left mosques in Britain last year was sentenced to indefinite detention in hospital, Britain's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Wednesday. Mohammed Abbkr was found guilty of attempting to murder two elderly men in separate incidents as they walked home, one from a mosque in London in February and another in Birmingham, central England, in March.

A plan by Britain’s government to introduce a landmark smoking ban that aims to stop young people from ever smoking has cleared its first hurdle in Parliament despite vocal opposition from within Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party

When Lily-Rose Bury got a job on German bank Berenberg's graduate programme in London in October 2021, she said she was «delighted» and «thankful.»

Graham Ambrose is a managing director in Goldman Sachs' equity franchise sales team in London. As of today, he has also come out as a fitness influencer, although he's been building up to it for a while.

In a stock exchange notice today (16 April), the fashion retailer announced a package of measures including its intention to delist from the London Stock Exchange, commence an equity raise of up to £10m and restructure its UK property estate and retail cost base. SSGA delists five ETFs from European exchanges to concentrate liquidity The firm said the measures are required to «return to a more stable footing, accelerate its turnaround plan and drive it towards a viable and sustainable future». Each measure will be «inter-conditional» upon the others, requiring each to be approved for ...

TEL AVIV—Israel’s military has long followed a clear policy: When enemies hit us, we strike back so hard they won’t do it again. That deterrence is no longer working. Iran, after launching a massive missile-and-drone attack on Israel over the weekend, is threatening to strike again if Israel retaliates.

At a party last Thursday for Salman Rushdie’s new memoir “Knife," there were none of the usual stacks of books for guests. Graydon Carter, who was hosting the party with his digital publication Air Mail, had received his copy only that morning and hadn’t read it yet. Rushdie’s literary agent, Andrew Wylie, let a reporter hold the hardcover for a few seconds.

The cost of betting on further dollar gains in the options market rose to the highest since November as the US economy’s resilience drives demand for the currency.

Shares have skidded in Europe and Asia following a slump on Wall Street after a report showed American shoppers spent more at retailers last month than expected

The coffee that picked you up this morning is 600,000 years old

₹43.3 crore during its five-day theatrical run. Released on April 11, the film clashed with Ajay Devgn's “Maidaan". According to film industry tracker Sacnilk's estimates, "Bade Miyan Chote Miyan" earned ₹2.5 crore net on its fifth day, marking a 72.38 percent drop in collection.

Bell spent over ten years at Aegon, where she was the manager of the Aegon US Equity Pension fund, co-manager of the Aegon Technology Pension fund and support manager for the Aegon Global Equity Market Neutral fund. Before joining Aegon, she spent five years as an investment analyst at Bailie Gifford. Veteran AXA IM equity income manager to retire after 22 years She will work on the development of the firm's flagship Global Best Ideas Equity strategy across all channels, effectively immediately. Bell will be based in London and report to head of global equity management, Gerrit Smi...

Bade Miyan Chote Miyan" is estimated to have earned around ₹9.00 crore in India on its fourth day of release, according to Sacnilk. Additionally, as per the latest report, the film has now crossed ₹ 40 crore at the box office.

The U.S. and U.K. will begin restricting the trade of new Russian-origin metals — including aluminum, copper and nickel — on global metal exchanges and in derivatives trading

Bade Miyan Chote Miyan Box Office Collection Day 3: The Bollywood film “Bade Miyan Chote Miyan" starring Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff was released on April 11 on the occasion of Eid 2024, clashing with Ajay Devgn's “Maidaan". The collection surged over the third day, promising big numbers for the first-weekend collection. Ali Abbas Zafar's directorial film garnered ₹31.75 crore net during its three-day run in theatres, as per the early estimates by industry tracker Sacnilk.

Civil War" has attract eye balls through its plot and now spoilers are out. «Civil War» ending scene showed the events taking place at Oval Office in the White House. In the final scene of «Civil War,» tension reaches its peak as rebels confront the president in the Oval Office. Joel, a persistent journalist, seizes the opportunity to finally secure an interview with the elusive leader. With guns pointed at them, Joel frantically requests a quote, to which the president responds, pleading for his life. With dark humor, Joel accepts the chilling remark as his quote, insurgent shoot the commander in chief.

Vis Raghavan may not have been the most popular person at JPMorgan, but he had his chums there. And now that he's gone to Citi, people at JPMorgan are wondering who might join him.

So, a female banker islosing her job for having an affair with a junior colleague? It's the kind of salacious revelation that grabs attention, but men in banking have affairs with female juniors all the time. And male bankers and traders almost never lose their jobs: it's the young women who get forced out.