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Demand for UK workers crashes in budget aftermath, REC survey shows
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Global advertising forecast to rise 9.5% in 2024, GroupM says
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At Gulf bitcoin gathering, Trump family and allies to bask in crypto industry's euphoria
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Extreme heat puts garment factory workers at risk, study shows
Omnicom and Interpublic nearing merger, WSJ reports
Date: December 8, 2024
(Reuters) - Advertising and marketing conglomerate Omnicom Group is in advanced talks to acquire Interpublic Group in an all-stock deal that is likely to value Interpublic at between $13 billion and $...
Syria's Assad and his family are in Moscow after Russia granted them asylum, say Russian news agencies
Date: December 8, 2024
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Syria's Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Russia and have been granted asylum by the Russian authorities, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday, citing a Kremlin...
Motor racing-Motorsport UK head concerned by FIA governance
Date: December 8, 2024
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Motorsport UK head David Richards has expressed concern for the future of Formula One's governing body ahead of a vote that would limit the powers of its audit and ethics...
Georgia's president says she talked with Trump, Macron about 'stolen election'
Date: December 7, 2024
By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia's President Salome Zourabichvili said she talked with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron about the parliamentary election...
UK's Starmer to push for stronger ties with UAE, Saudi Arabia in first Gulf visit
Date: December 7, 2024
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will begin a multi-day visit to the Gulf on Sunday, his first trip to the region since taking office, seeking stronger economic and defence ties...
Ant International sees robust growth across pillar businesses of payments, digitalisation, and inclusive financial services in 2024
Date: December 7, 2024
SINGAPORE, 6 December 2024 – With a series of organisational and strategic upgrades in 2024, Ant International, a leading global digital payment and financial technology provider, reported robust growth over the past year among all its four pillar businesses, Alipay+, Antom, WorldFirst and Embedded Finance. Alipay+ expanded its vibrant wallet-based payment and digtalisation space that...