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Football watchdog pitches up to Premier League clubs summit
Business

Football watchdog pitches up to Premier League clubs summit

The bosses of English football's new watchdog will next week pitch up to a summit of the game's most powerful clubs as they await the outcome of the probe into...

Mandelson told Epstein he was 'trying hard' to change bonus policy after payment to husband, files show
Business

Mandelson told Epstein he was 'trying hard' to change bonus policy after payment to husband, files show

Peter Mandelson told Jeffrey Epstein he was "trying hard" to change government policy on bankers' bonuses at his request, months after the convicted sex traffic...

Feds arrest 4, including Don Lemon and Minnesota journalist over church protest
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Feds arrest 4, including Don Lemon and Minnesota journalist over church protest

Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy awards, his attorney, Abbe Lowell, said in a statement posted on...

Trump taps Kevin Warsh to lead the Federal Reserve
Business

Trump taps Kevin Warsh to lead the Federal Reserve

Trump plans to nominate Kevin Warsh to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, when Jerome Powell's term expires in May. The president has been pushing the c...

Starmer bolsters business team with hiring of Evercore banker
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Starmer bolsters business team with hiring of Evercore banker

A senior City banker is joining Sir Keir Starmer’s business liaison team as Downing Street grapples with a string of industrial challenges, including the fate o...

Kalshi in court over 19 federal lawsuits. What's the future of prediction markets?
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Kalshi in court over 19 federal lawsuits. What's the future of prediction markets?

Apps that let people wager on current events have experienced explosive growth in Trump's second term. But one of the leading markets is tied up in lawsuits tha...

Trump thinks a weaker dollar is great for America. Is he right?
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Trump thinks a weaker dollar is great for America. Is he right?

The president said this week that the value of the dollar is "great" despite a sharp tumble since last year. That may be true for certain parts of the economy —...

Caregivers for the elderly could lose wage protections under Trump proposal
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Caregivers for the elderly could lose wage protections under Trump proposal

The Labor Department has proposed rescinding an Obama-era rule that gave home care workers the right to overtime pay and other wage protections. The administrat...

Fed holds interest rates steady, taking a pause from rate cuts to assess the economy
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Fed holds interest rates steady, taking a pause from rate cuts to assess the economy

The central bank cut rates at its three previous meetings in an effort to support the job market. But with inflation still elevated, the Fed is cautious about a...

KKR in talks to score with £2.4bn deal for Six Nations Rugby investor
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KKR in talks to score with £2.4bn deal for Six Nations Rugby investor

KKR, the American asset management behemoth, is in detailed talks about a multibillion pound deal to take a stake in the sports investment vehicle which owns st...

Mexican president says her country has paused oil shipments to Cuba
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Mexican president says her country has paused oil shipments to Cuba

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said the pause was part of general fluctuations in oil supplies and that it was a "sovereign decision" not made under pressu...

Ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter joins those calling for boycott of World Cup in U.S.
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Ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter joins those calling for boycott of World Cup in U.S.

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is backing a proposed fan boycott of World Cup matches in the United States because of the conduct of President Trump and his...

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