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  Virgin Trains cleared to launch cross-Channel Eurostar competitor
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) confirmed that Sir Richard Branson’s company would be granted access to the Temple Mills International depot in east London, the only UK facility suitable for maintaining Channel Tunnel trains. It would allows...
 
    
  NEC Shapes the Future of Digital Finance at Singapore FinTech Festival 2025
SINGAPORE, Oct. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — NEC returns to this year’s Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF 2025), marking the event’s 10th anniversary with innovations that empower secure, connected, and intelligent financial ecosystems. SFF is the...
 
    
  Princes Group prices London IPO at bottom end of range
Friday 31 October 2025 8:17 am Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn WhatsApp Share on WhatsApp Email Share on Email Princes produces tinned tuna for major supermarkets Shares in Princes Group made their...
 
    
  Who is Michael Brennan? Meet the 23-yo sensation who won the Bank of Utah Championship 2025
Michael Brennan is a PGA Tour Americas player who, playing on a sponsorship exemption, won on the PGA Tour. He was born on February 9, 2002, in Leesburg, Virginia, and played golf at the collegiate level while studying at Wake Forest University....
 
    
  Would Marx approve this year’s Nobel?
Innovation won the Economic Nobel this year. Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt were honored for a simple engine: invention plus incentives plus diffusion equals growth. Karl Marx would not quarrel with the mechanism; he would go...
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...
 
    
  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...
 
    
  Kachka discusses with UNIDO delegation strengthening cooperation in green industrial reconstruction of Ukraine
Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Taras Kachka discussed with the delegation of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) led by Deputy Director-General Yuko Yasunaga further...
 
    
  Anupam Kher pens heartfelt birthday wish for stepson Sikandar Kher
Anupam Kher extended warm birthday wishes to his stepson, Sikandar Kher, with a heartfelt message that read, “Love and prayers always.”He took to Instagram to share the wish along with a few pictures from a recent award ceremony featuring the...
 
    
  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...
 
    
  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...
 
    
  Post-Merger Lumen Capital Eyes Smaller Firms, Teams, and Partners
Lumen Capital Investors and Aument Capital Partners joined forces this year to create Lumen Capital Investors, headquartered in Singapore. In an interview with finews.asia, Wilfried Kofmehl, and Dominic Schacher share their post-merger insights...
 
    
  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...
 
    
  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,...
 
    
  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...
 
    
  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...
 
    
  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...
 
    
  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...