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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed three alternative methods aimed at simplifying the Ethereum blockchain’s proof of stake design.

ChrysCapital is in final discussions to acquire a significant minority stake in New Delhi's Centre For Sight, valuing the eye hospitals chain at Rs 1,600 crore, said people aware of the development. Delhi-based ChrysCapital's proposed investment of Rs 800-1,000 crore (about $100 million) will give an exit to Mahindra Partners, the PE arm of Mahindra & Mahindra, which owns about 32% stake in the chain, they said.

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Shares in SoftBank Group Corp jumped 5% on Wednesday after the Japanese tech conglomerate said it would receive shares in telco T-Mobile US worth some $7.59 billion at no additional cost. Masayoshi Son's conglomerate said late on Tuesday it had told T-Mobile US to issue 48.75 million shares in common stock to it after conditions set out in an agreement made as part of the merger of SoftBank's U.S. telco Sprint and T-Mobile were met. The transaction bolsters the listed assets in SoftBank's portfolio, doubling its T-Mobile US stake to 7.64% from 3.75% currently, following the blockbuster listing of chip designer Arm in September. «This increases the proportion of listed, measurable equity in hand on (SoftBank Group's) balance sheet, and, even better, proportions of marginable equity relative to indebtedness,» Macquarie analyst Paul Golding wrote in a client note. SoftBank's shares have gained only around 14% year-to-date, compared with an almost 30% rise in the benchmark index.

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(Reuters) -British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe struck a long awaited deal on Sunday to buy a 25% stake in Manchester United (NYSE:MANU) and pledged to invest $300 million in the English Premier League soccer club to try to revive its fortunes.

Reuters report said on Sunday. In a statement, Manchester United said that Jim Ratcliffe provided an additional $300 million intended to enable future investment into Old Trafford, a football stadium in Greater Manchester. INEOS has agreed to the Board's request to assume authority for overseeing the football operations of the Club.

Independent Advisor Alliance has a fresh injection of capital as LPL Financial has taken a minority stake in the hybrid firm.

stake in IIFL Finance for Rs 1,198 crore through an open market transaction. Fairfax Group through its affiliate FIH Mauritius Investments Ltd have sold the shares of IIFL Finance Ltd.

IDBI Bank, Shipping Corp. of India Ltd, BEML Ltd and Container Corp. of India Ltd.

Troy AM was established in 2000 by CIO and founder Sebastian Lyon and the late Arnold Weinstock.

Mahindra Logistics Wednesday said it has decided to sell its entire stake in Transtech Logistics Pvt Ltd (TLPL). As per the share purchase agreement concluded Wednesday Mahindra Logistics will transfer 39.79% stake in TLPL to Amarnath Kalale, a promoter in the company, for a consideration of Rs 1,32,176.

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Tuesday said it cleared Nirma’s acquisition of majority shareholding of Glenmark Life Sciences Ltd. The combination relates to the acquisition of majority shareholding of Glenmark Life Sciences Limited by Nirma Ltd.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) — Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International, one of the banks in Europe most exposed to Russia, said on Tuesday that it will take a nearly 28% stake in Austrian construction group Strabag.

ZURICH (Reuters) -Cevian Capital has taken a 1.3% stake in UBS, worth around 1.2 billion euros ($1.31 billion), the activist investor group said on Tuesday.

promoter entities of Sapphire Foods, operator of KFC and Pizza Hut chains in India, sold shares worth 530 crore through block deals Monday. Sapphire Foods Mauritius divested 33.37 lakh shares, constituting 5.24% of the total equity capital, while Samara Capital Partners sold 4.49 lakh shares, equivalent to 0.71% of the total equity, at an average price of Rs 1,400 per share.

Edelweiss Financial Services on Monday said it has started the process of selling equity in its alternative asset management unit and plans to raise about 15 billion to 20 billion rupees ($180.69 million-$240.93 million) by a divesting 10%-20% stake. The company is receiving significant interest for the stake sale in Edelweiss Alternative Asset Management (EAAM), and the process is likely to be concluded in four to five months, Edelweiss said in a statement. The move to sell the stake will reduce the company's debt and improve its market value, it said. Edelweiss Financial Services' net debt amounted to 152.20 billion rupees as of September-end, the company said in an investor filing in November. EAAM's current assets under management stood at 500 billion rupees as of September-end and have grown at a compound annual growth rate of 31% since fiscal year 2017, Edelweiss said. Separately, Edelweiss said the Indian securities appeal court last week dismissed an appeal filed by its former unit, Nuvama Clearing Services, in relation to a case on the handling of client securities as a clearing agent. Nuvama Clearing has already earmarked 2.36 billion rupees with the clearing corporation of the stock exchange in relation to the case and will also explore legal options, Edelweiss said. Edelweiss Financial Services shares, which are up 121% so far this year, fell as much as 8.8% in early trade before trimming some losses. They last traded 1.8% lower at 74.90 rupees.

Adani Enterprises, Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's flagship firm, said on Saturday it had acquired a majority stake in news agency Indo-Asian News Service or IANS as the conglomerate tries to consolidate its media presence. The Adani group said in a statement that upon acquiring a 50.5% stake for 510,000 rupees ($6,140), it would assume full operational and management control of IANS. The news agency reported a revenue of over 118.6 million rupees in the 2022/23 financial year. Adani entered the media industry in March last year by acquiring Quintillion Business Media, which operates business and financial news digital media platform BQ Prime. Later in December 2022, it acquired almost a 65% stake in the broadcaster NDTV.

General Atlantic sold a nearly 10% stake in KFin Technologies through the open market on Friday, making a profit of Rs 851 crore. The private equity major sold 1,70,00,000 shares of the company at Rs 500.25 apiece, according to bulk deals data. Shares of KFin Technologies ended 3.2% down at Rs 514.75 on the NSE.

A joint venture that includes Blackstone Inc. and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has won a stake in a nearly US$17-billion portfolio of commercial-property loans from the failed Signature Bank.

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) on Friday announced that it has entered into a second strategic partnership with Mediterranean Shipping Company's (MSC) arm, Terminal Investment Limited (TiL), for the operation of Adani Ennore Container Terminal Pvt Ltd (AECTPL). Notably, TiL is an associate of MSC, the world’s largest container shipping line. The company through its subsidiary Mundi Ltd is set to acquire a 49 per cent in AECTPL from APSEZ for Rs 247 crore.