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LONDON: Deliveroo said shares worth £50 million (US$69 million) would be earmarked for customers in its upcoming flotation, with the offer branded "Great food with a side of shares". The Amazon-backed food delivery firm announced plans on Thursday (Mar 4) to list in London, with a potential value ...

LONDON: Deliveroo said shares worth £50 million (US$69 million) would be earmarked for customers in its upcoming flotation, with the offer branded "Great food with a side of shares". The Amazon-backed food delivery firm announced plans on Thursday (Mar 4) to list in London, with a potential value ...

ROME: Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi's government is facing criticism for hiring consulting giant McKinsey to help it rewrite plans for spending the European Union funds aimed at rebuilding the economy. The government said on Saturday it had signed a €25,000 (US$30,000) contract with McKinsey ...

In a world where we are fed material based on algorithms, to be an exclusive part of an intimate community will always have a place in a crowded media landscape, says a media professor.

Longer-term inflation risks are skewed much more to the upside than markets or policymakers seem to realise, says Kenneth Rogoff.

While BTS and big labels look towards the future, questions arise about the sustainability of K-pop’s growth, says Steven Borowiec.

Venture investor Chamath Palihapitiya on Saturday confirmed in a tweet that he has freed up some capital by selling shares in Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc, for investing at scale without impacting his pace and strategic view.

WASHINGTON: The Senate on Saturday (Mar 6) passed President Joe Biden's US$1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan in a party-line vote after an all-night session that saw Democrats battling among themselves over jobless aid and the Republican minority failing in attempts to push through some three dozen ...

WASHINGTON: US Democrats were on track Saturday for a final vote on President Joe Biden's massive COVID-19 relief package after agreeing to scale back unemployment benefits, with passage increasingly likely in the evenly divided Senate. With the sun rising in Washington, bleary-eyed senators ...

A Russian intelligence agency and Chinese spies were behind cyberattacks on the European Medicines Agency (EMA) last year, Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant reported, citing sources close to the investigation into the breach.