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London-listed private equity investor Intermediate Capital Group has cut the ribbon on a rebooted auction for its Aussie transport and storage solutions business, SCF Containers, after swapping sell-side advisers earlier this year.

Mount Taranaki on the North Island in New Zealand and survived with minor injuries. Confirming the incident, the police said that the man survived because the spring weather softened the ice and the mountaineer landed in the snow. He was a member of the group that was climbing the Mountain Taranaki when he suddenly slipped and tumbled down.

Hotstar has scored record runs with viewership. Disney+ Hotstar today set a new record during the India and Pakistan's super 4 round match in Asia Cup with a peak concurrency of 2.8 crore viewers, according to industry sources. To achieve this feat, Disney + Hotstar beat its own 2019 World Cup record during the India vs New Zealand semi-final match, when MS Dhoni was tad short of getting into the crease to save his wicket and India's chances of moving into the finals. Disney Star, which operates Star Sports channels and Disney+ Hotstar OTT, is broadcasting the Asia Cup on TV and digital platforms. It also owns media rights for both platforms for the upcoming 50-overs ICC World Cup 2023 tournament. Arch cricket rivals India and Pakistan faced each other on September 3 in a group match in Asia Cup, but the match had to be suspended due to rains.

Alvarez & Marsal is making its mark in the professional services industry, pilfering another partner from one of the big four firms.

Kane Williamson will lead New Zealand at next month's one-day World Cup and Trent Boult will spearhead the pace attack but opener Finn Allen and fast bowler Adam Milne have missed out on the squad for India. Boult returned to action with three wickets in a 79-run defeat by England in Southampton on Sunday and was duly named in the 15-man squad to be led by Williamson, despite the batter's ongoing recovery from a long-term knee ligament injury. New Zealand were runners-up to hosts England at the 2019 tournament, losing a classic final at Lord's on boundary count after the teams could not be separated by a tie-breaking Super Over. Will Young beat out Allen for the opening batsman slot which has been contested since Martin Guptill's release last year. «We just felt that we looked through what the potential game-plan was looking like in India, looked at the grounds, and also looked at the form of the two players as well,» head coach Gary Stead told reporters. «We felt that Young was the right guy to go with.» Jimmy Neesham, who all but batted New Zealand to victory in the 2019 final, has also been included, despite joining Boult in opting out of his national contract last year. «I think you always have the need for all-rounders and I guess with Michael Bracewell dropping out, that also opened up an option for another all-rounder there,» Stead said of Neesham's selection. Boult, Williamson, Neesham, fast bowler Tim Southee and wicketkeeper batsman Tom Latham form a strong core of World Cup veterans but the squad also includes six players looking to make their debut at the 50-over tournament. Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips were selected in their first one-day World Cup squad, having featured in

Jawan," Shah Rukh Khan's latest action-packed thriller, has arrived on the big screen and is already making ripples in the Bollywood world. Early forecasts indicate that this movie feast will smash box office records, setting new standards for blockbuster debuts. Directed by the talented Atlee and featuring an ensemble cast that includes SRK, Nayanthara, and Vijay Sethupathi, «Jawan» had been riding a wave of sky-high expectations ever since its announcement.

There was no rest for Telstra’s bankers this weekend as they bunkered down to finalise a bid for Versent, the loss-making cybersecurity play on the market via Goldman Sachs.

Rugby World Cup 2023 is underway and there are four matches to be held on Saturday. After France defeated New Zealand 27-13 on Friday in Paris, all eyes are set on Saturday games. The battle for the Webb Ellis Cup will further escalate as more teams come to the ground and upset some of the old calculations and assumptions.

Paris | France overcame conceding sloppy tries at the start of each half to beat New Zealand 29-13 in an intense opening match of the Rugby World Cup on Friday, ending the All Blacks’ run of 31 straight wins in the pool stage.

Ahead of ICC Men's Cricket World Cup, former Indian cricket star Virender Sehwag has shared his dream ODI XI, comprising five exceptional players. Known for his aggressive style, Sehwag amassed 8273 runs and 15 centuries in 50-over cricket. He played a pivotal role in India's 2011 World Cup victory.

Meta's Twitter (now X) rival Threads has rolled out a «keyword search» feature to more countries, including India, on both mobile and web — which the company started testing in Australia and New Zealand last week. Along with India, the company rolled out the feature in Argentina, Mexico, the UK, and the US.

This is part of a series of commentaries and analyses that former Wallaby captain Simon Poidevin will write for the Financial Review during the Rugby World Cup in France.

₹75 crore in all languages in India. In terms of Box office collection for Day, Jawan has won the opening day collection as compared to Sunny Deol's Gadar 2 and Rajinikanth's Jailer. Speaking of Jawan reviews, fans called SRK's the film a blockbuster.

UK-based electric bus player Zenobe Energy is readying a push into the competitive grid-scale battery sector in Australia after raising about £870 million ($1.7 billion) from investors led by private equity giant KKR.

Jawan box office: Shah Rukh Khan's Jawan which released on 7 Sptember has not only scripted history in domestic market but also in international markets. Film Trade Analyst Taran Adarsh in a post on X has said that Jawan has created havoc in international markets on Day 1. Citing Exclusive data, he said that the film debuts at Number 1 spot in Australia and New Zealand while the film is on Number 3 in Germany.

Private equity giant KKR is gearing up for a run at a40 per cent stake in Queensland Airport Limited, the owner of airports in Gold Coast, Townsville, Mount Isa and Longreach, which is up for sale via Barrenjoey.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says his country is “becoming the voice of the Global South."

NEW DELHI : New Zealand firms are interested in exploring limited trade arrangements with India to expand cooperation in agriculture, dairy and horticulture, among others sectors, said representatives of Kiwi trade groups during a recent visit to Delhi. Bilateral talks on a free trade agreement stalled in 2015. “We have come up with a large delegation here (to Delhi) and it’s really around building partnerships," New Zealand trade and agriculture minister Damien O’Connor said during a visit to India in August.

U.S. News & World Report's annual Best Countries rankings. This marks Switzerland's second consecutive year at the pinnacle and its sixth time overall as the No.

The world’s leading crypto exchange by trading volume, Binance, has seen the departure of 10 key executives from various departments in the first nine months of 2023. While executive departures from a company are the norm based on their preset contractual obligations, the number of executives leaving Binance amid growing regulatory troubles has been a key talking point in the crypto community.

Fijian authorities say they are in the process of deporting six leaders of a South Korean religious sect that a decade ago moved hundreds of followers to Fiji and built a series of thriving businesses