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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.

Visa said it has signed a co-brand agreement with Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate. The co-branded cards are set to attract as many as 40 crore travellers and users via the benefits of retail, airports, and online travel services that it aims to bring to the table. «This partnership will give the payments giant access to 400 million customers through Adani’s airports and online travel services,» said Visa's CEO Ryan McInerney in a conference call with analysts.Adani group at present runs seven airports in India.

Toy maker Mattel is renewing its licensing deal with Warner Bros

(Reuters) -UPS has reached a tentative five-year labor deal with the Teamsters Union that represents about 340,000 U.S. workers at the parcel delivery firm, the company said, sending its shares up 2.3% on Tuesday.

Apollo has snapped up a minority stake in PetSmart, nearly a decade after it first tried to acquire the US pet chain.

Adobe's $20 billion bid for cloud-based designer platform Figma will face a full-scale EU antitrust investigation following EU regulators' preliminary review, people familiar with the matter said on Monday. The move underscores antitrust watchdogs' wariness of tech deals where bigger companies may acquire rival start-ups to shut them down.

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PARIS (Reuters) — Luxury giant LVMH unveiled on Monday a deal to sponsor next year's Olympic Games in Paris with top fashion brands Louis Vuitton and Dior, Moet Hennessy champagne and spirits labels and jeweller Chaumet, which will design medals for the event.

NSA Ajit Doval on Monday participated in the 'Friends of BRICS' meeting in Johannesburg on the sidelines of the Brics NSA meet and called for collective efforts to deal with cyber risks involving terrorists and radicals. At the meeting, the issue of cybersecurity was discussed at length, ET has learnt. In addition to Brics, the following 'Friends of Brics' countries participated — Belarus, Burundi, Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kazakhstan and Cuba.

Mumbai: Struggling edtech platform Byju’s and its lenders have reached a consensus on restructuring its $1.2 billion term loan B. According to a joint statement by Byju’s and its lenders, the proposed amendment, that will be effective before 3 August, seeks to address loan acceleration, end all litigation, and prevent any further enforcement actions. A person in the know, seeking anonymity, said Byju’s is willing to revise the coupon, or interest payment, upwards in line with the lenders’ demands.

The U.N. chief has urged Russia to resume the internationally brokered deal so that grain can be shipped from Ukraine's Black Sea ports during the war

Migrants in Tunisia’s port city of Sfax who are aiming to make Europe their new home are now sharing the burden and the blame for escalating tensions deeply tinged with racism amid the fears of European leaders who are trying to stanch the numbers of p...

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biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences for an additional five years, including renewal and expansion of Cognizant's services, for a total expected value of $800 million. Under the agreement, the NASDAQ-listed IT firm will manage Gilead’s global IT infrastructure, platforms, applications and advanced analytics, and lead initiatives to accelerate its digital transformation.

Following this, L'Equipe in France reported that PSG's owners from Qatar are open to accepting the proposal, which would shatter the current world transfer record for a football player. However, for the deal to materialize, they must convince Mbappe to switch teams. It is speculated that Al-Hilal is prepared to offer Mbappe an astounding €700 million ($776 million) for a single season, after which he would be free to join Real Madrid. This extraordinary sum would amount to a staggering €1 billion ($1.1 billion) in total, surpassing Lionel Messi's previous record for the highest-paid sports contract, Forbes reported citing CBS Sports' James Benge. Apart from Real Madrid and Al-Hilal, Spanish giant Barcelona, top English clubs like Manchester United, Chelsea, Tottenham and Italian side Inter Milan have shown keen interest in signing the French world cup winner, as per reports. Back in 2017, PSG set the current world transfer record when they activated Neymar's release clause at FC Barcelona, paying an eye-watering €222 million ($246 million). Mbappe's move to PSG in the same year had to be managed through a loan due to Financial Fair Play restrictions, as the club had already expended an enormous fee to secure Neymar's services. Subsequently, in the following year, Mbappe joined PSG permanently from Monaco for a total arrangement of €145 million ($160 million), with an additional €35 million ($39 million) in add-ons, making him the most expensive teenager in football history.

Russian wheat export prices jumped last week along with global prices after Russia's withdrawal from the Black Sea grain deal and amid restrictions on navigation in the Kerch Strait, analysts said. Last Monday Russia pulled out of the U.N.-backed deal that allowed the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine's grain, after saying for months that conditions for its extension had not been fulfilled. The passage of cargo ships through the Kerch Strait was closed from July 16 to 20, sources told Reuters.

ITC Ltd was looking to spin-off its hospitality division had been floating around for a while, and on Monday the conglomerate announced the development. The hotels division of the diversified conglomerate will be demerged under a scheme of arrangement with stakes in the new company allotted proportionately. That is, ITC as the flagship company will hold around 40% in the new entity, and the remaining 60% will be allotted to shareholders in proportion to their current shareholdings in ITC.

Nirmala Sitharaman informed Parliament on Monday that instructions were given to banks, asking them to deal with sensitivity. «I have heard complaints how very mercilessly the paying back has been followed by some banks whether they are public sector banks or private sector banks,» Sitharaman said in Lok Sabha during the Question Hour. «The government has through the RBI also instruct(ed) such banks (that) such harsh steps should not be taken and they should approach this whole matter with humanity and sensitivity in mind.

TVS Supply Chain Solutions (TVS SCS) has secured a business deal from the iconic Centrica plc – an FTSE100 company and UK’s leading energy services and solutions company that also operates British Gas — for their supply chain transformation, according to a person aware of the development. This deal worth Rs 2,000 crore is for a period of seven years plus option years.

India’s semiconductor ambitions got a big push on ... moreIndia’s semiconductor ambitions got a big push on Thursday .

Foxtel chief executive Patrick Delany can exhale a little. The pay TV company struck a deal last week with ESPN to continue as the local go-to broadcaster for top sport played in the United States.