(Bloomberg) — The wave of bank acquisitions washing over Southern Europe has reached Portugal. On Friday, Lone Star agreed to sell its 75% stake in the country’s fourth-largest lender, Novo Banco SA, to the French banking group BPCE SA in what would be the biggest euro area cross-border takeover in the sector in a decade.
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New Delhi: With a strong rabi harvest expected, the government on Thursday decided to reimpose a 10% import duty on chana (bengal gram). The move marks an end to the duty-free import regime that was in place since May last year to ease domestic shortages and stabilize prices. The decision comes at a time when
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(Bloomberg) — While President Donald Trump weighs whether to join Israel’s assault on Iran, foreign policy veterans and analysts argue that a negotiated settlement, not bombs nor commandos, is the only way to eliminate the threat of Tehran gaining a nuclear weapon. “I don’t believe there’s a lasting military solution to the Iranian nuclear problem,”
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(Bloomberg) — Javier Milei, Argentina’s brash, libertarian president, is (mostly) OK with the nickname pundits have given him: “el loco,” or “the madman.” But he’s quick to point out that what separates a madman from a genius are results. And as he returns to Davos a year after he shook up the crowd there by
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Senior officials from the US and Russia are meeting next week in Saudi Arabia to pave the way for a potential leaders’ summit as soon as the end of the month to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter. Details of the meeting and the list of attendees are
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This move is part of a broader transformation as the company strengthens its position in India’s internet economy. Over the past two years, Zomato has transitioned from a private venture to a public-market company, cementing its place in the digital business landscape. Read this | What’s in a new name? A strategic shift or a
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The Viral Fever, or TVF, known for hit shows like Panchayat and Aspirants, is expanding into Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, and Bengali content while also making its theatrical debut with a Hindi movie called Vvan–Force of the Forest. Having launched regional language shows such as Sivarapalli (in Telugu) and Shanti Kranti (in Marathi), TVF has identified
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A New Zealand parliamentary committee has recommended suspending three Māori Members of Parliament for performing a protest haka during a parliamentary sitting last year. The haka, a traditional Māori group dance, was initiated by opposition MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke after she was asked whether her party supported a controversial bill aimed at redefining the country’s founding
Accenture Plc. on Friday said Fortune 500 companies unnerved by global conflicts and tariff wars are holding back technology spending, prompting it to issue a muted guidance for the current quarter. The subdued guidance rattled investors, with shares of the world’s largest information technology outsourcer trading 7.6% at $283 at 8:30pm Indian time. The guidance
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Protests over immigration raids that began in Los Angeles continued to spread across the US as President Donald Trump escalated his crackdown by unleashing new federal powers. Los Angeles remained the epicenter of the demonstrations, which have triggered roughly 600 arrests since the weekend and led to clashes with law enforcement. The downtown area at
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