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Egyptian Swiss Group invests $25mln to expand pasta production over five years
Egyptian Swiss Group for Pasta, Milling and Concentrates announced plans to expand its production capacity over the next five years with total investments of $20-25m, aiming to achieve EGP 5bn in total sales by the end of 2025, including EGP 3bn...
 
    
  10 Countries With The Most Laid-Back Lifestyles, Experts Say
You know that feeling when you watch vacation videos from far-off places and wonder if people there really live differently? Well, turns out they do. Our preferred phrasing, life-work balance, emphasizes that life comes first, and work should...
 
    
  Sunderland Mean Business And Our Win Over Chelsea Proved It
Have you heard about Haway The Podcast, the official Roker Report Podcast? We’d love you to check it out and give it a listen! CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE! It’s been one of the most popular angles of the season so far as opposition supporters have...
 
    
  Rise of the ‘silver economy’ to reshape life offerings
Growing concentration of wealth in the over-65 age group will drive product innovation in the life sector, Swiss Re says in a new report. The rise of the “silver economy” will reshape life insurers’ core customer bases, with one-quarter of all...
 
    
  Business News | Oakridge Bachupally Welcomes Top US Universities for Student Engagement Fair
NewsVoir Bachupally (Telangana) [India], October 25: Oakridge International School, Bachupally, hosted a dynamic US University Fair today, bringing together representatives from some of the most prestigious American universities. The event offered...
 
    
  How to Study Abroad Without Draining Your Bank Account
Sophomore Jon Park (left), sophomore Adam Benyaich (middle) and sophomore Zach Greidanus (right) relax on the beach in Positano, Italy on Sept. 13. The group said they took a break from their studies to unwind by the water. Photo courtesy of Adam...
 
    
  Fifa, the little club that became a corporate beast
In various interviews with members of Fifa, the world governing body of football, Prof Alan Tomlinson has noticed a peculiar but telling reaction. Video:Inside the National Deputy Sports Editor Kevin Affleck speaks about the transfer talk, UAE...
 
    
  U.S., China tee up sweeping trade deal for Trump, Xi to finish
Top trade negotiators for the U.S. and China said they came to terms on a range of contentious points, setting the table for leaders Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to finalize a deal and ease trade tensions that have rattled global markets. After two...
 
    
  Switzerland explores sister-city partnership with Iraq’s Babylon
2025-10-24T19:10:10+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad On Friday, Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis discussed potential sister-city partnerships between Swiss municipalities and Babylon with Iraqi Foreign Minister...
 
    
  Swiss Bitcoin-Only App Relai Secures MiCA License in France
Swiss Bitcoin app Relai has become one of the first Bitcoin-only companies to receive regulatory approval under Europe’s landmark Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework. The Zurich-based firm announced today that it has been granted...
 
    
  Swiss President deflects questions about 2025 tariff deal with the US
Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter is more pessimistic that a U.S.-Swiss deal, which would slash tariffs, can be reached by 2025, and says that progress is up to U.S. President Donald Trump. In a Tages-Anzeiger newspaper interview on Friday,...
 
    
  Revealed: The tiny device police use to catch illegally fast e-bikes and e-scooters
If you thought that 60 mph (100 km/h) electric scooter was a good idea, you might want to think again. It’s getting easier than ever for police to catch illegally fast micromobility devices with simple roadside tests. Police in Zurich,...
 
    
  Switzerland’s right calls EU deal a colonial pact of subordination
Switzerland’s biggest party, the right-wing Swiss People’s Party (UDC/SVP), has denounced the government’s proposed package of new agreements with the European Union as a colonial treaty that would undermine the country’s sovereignty and direct...
 
    
  S&P 500 Steady on Mixed Tech Earnings, Fed Cautions and Expected Trump–Xi Meeting
US index futures steady while Europe trades lower ahead of the ECB rate decision. Tech earnings and Fed signals keep investors cautious, but sentiment remains broadly positive. Stronger US–China relations ease global tensions, supporting risk...
 
    
  Swiss Bank Sygnum to Launch Bitcoin-Backed Loan Platform With Multi-Sig Wallet Control
LUGANO, SWITZERLAND — Swiss digital asset bank Sygnum Bank has teamed up with bitcoin BTC$111,115.07 lending startup Debifi to launch what they say is the first bank-backed loan platform that doesn’t require borrowers to give up full control of...
 
    
  Hong Kong regulators gives heads up to LinkedIn users ahead of AI data training
Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog has asked LinkedIn users to review their privacy settings. According to reports, the professional networking giant is set to resume using its personal data to train generative AI models starting from next Monday. The...
 
    
  Global FMCG companies face disruption in Q2, upbeat about future growth
Multinational FMCG companies selling soap to soft drinks in the Indian market reported some impact on their sales in the September quarter from disruption owing to GST reforms, along with unusually heavy rains in parts of the country, but they see...
 
    
  This world-class UK share has smashed the FTSE 100 over 5 years and for once I’m not talking about Rolls-Royce
One UK share in my Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) has raced ahead of the FTSE 100 without attracting anything like the attention Rolls-Royce (LSE: RR) has commanded. It’s relative anonymity is hardly surprising. Rolls-Royce has had a...
 
    
  Swiss bank Sygnum partners with Debifi to launch multi-sig Bitcoin loan platform
Sygnum has partnered with Debifi to launch MultiSYG, a first-of-its-kind loan platform allowing borrowers to retain partial control of their Bitcoin collateral through a secure multi-sig wallet. Summary MultiSYG is designed for institutional and...
 
    
  Egyptian Swiss Group invests $25m to expand pasta production over five years
Egyptian Swiss Group for Pasta, Milling and Concentrates announced plans to expand its production capacity over the next five years with total investments of $20-25m, aiming to achieve EGP 5bn in total sales by the end of 2025, including EGP 3bn...