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Meloni targets banks and insurers to raise €3.5bn to plug Italian budget

Rome approves proposals targeting deferred tax payments and stock options in financial sector

World - Financial Times - October 15

Harris launches media blitz in bid to regain momentum against Trump

Vice-president starts with pitch to Black voters after top Democrats express concern about campaign

Business - Financial Times - October 16

FirstFT: Musk backs Trump election bid with $75mn donation

Also in today’s newsletter, luxury shares fall after poor LVMH results and Boeing raises new capital

World - Financial Times - October 16

Imran Khan uni chancellor bid rejected, says adviser

Mr Khan applied for the role from prison in Pakistan, where he has been for over a year.

NBCUniversal to Stream Local Sports on Peacock, in Bid for Cord-Cutters

Regional channels carrying the Golden State Warriors, Boston Celtics and other teams are to be made available on the streaming service.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 16

The Musk-led group driving millions to Trump’s White House bid

Also in today’s newsletter, shamelessness in American politics and Kamala Harris’s appearance on Fox News

World - Financial Times - October 17

Uber has discussed a bid for travel booking company Expedia

Uber has discussed a potential bid for the travel booking company Expedia, CNBC confirmed.

Business - CNBC - October 17

Casey leads McCormick by 9 points in Pennsylvania Senate reelection bid: Poll

Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey (D) is leading by 9 points in his Senate reelection bid against Republican challenger David McCormick, a new survey found. The UMass Lowell/YouGov poll found Casey ...

Politics - The Hill - October 17

David Lammy, U.K. Foreign Secretary, Visits China in Bid to Reset Relations

David Lammy is set to meet China’s foreign minister in Beijing on Friday, in a trip the British government said would acknowledge “areas of contention as well as areas for cooperation.”

World - The New York Times - October 18

Barca chief says club rejected $270M Yamal bid

Barcelona president Joan Laporta claims the club turned down an offer worth $270 million (€250M) for forward Lamine Yamal in the summer.

Sports - ESPN - October 18

Metals trader IXM bids to become China’s answer to Glencore

Chief executive Kenny Ives reshapes CMOC-owned firm and expands into lithium trading

World - Financial Times - October 18

Malaysia to revamp gasoline subsidies and raise taxes in a bid to narrow deficit

Malaysia will introduce new taxes and revamp gasoline, education and healthcare subsidies next year as part of aggressive reforms to narrow the country's fiscal deficit

World - ABC News - October 18

Lee: Cruz, Scott need more help in reelection bids

Senate Steering Committee Chair Mike Lee (R-Utah) is calling for GOP political funding groups to spend more of their resources into Texas and Florida to help embattled conservative Sens. Ted Cruz ...

Politics - The Hill - October 18

Prosecutors Urge Judge Not to Dismiss Bribery Charge Against Eric Adams

Mayor Eric Adams has asked a judge to drop one of five counts against him and to discipline prosecutors, whom he has accused of improperly leaking information to the news media.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 19

Top BBVA shareholder sells out over Sabadell hostile bid

GQG Partners, which also holds stakes in Commerzbank and CaixaBank, sold shares during the summer

Business - Financial Times - October 20

Europe markets watchdog bids to become EU’s version of SEC

Verena Ross calls for more centralised powers in response to appetite for stronger capital markets and investment in bloc

World - Financial Times - October 21

France takes stake in Sanofi unit as part of €16bn sale to CD&R

Deal for consumer health arm faced political furore over ceding controlling stake to US private equity group

Business - Financial Times - October 21

Liz Cheney hits Harris campaign trail in bid for Republican battleground voters

Vice President Kamala Harris is courting disaffected Republican voters by hitting the trail with Liz Cheney in the crucial blue wall states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. Nancy Cordes has ...

House arrest considered as alternative to jail in bid to ease prisons crisis

Major review of sentencing announced as 1,100 inmates are freed in latest phase of early release scheme

World - Financial Times - October 22

Trudeau to slash Canada’s migrant numbers in bid to shore up his government

High living and housing costs prompted public backlash to progressive immigration schemes

Business - Financial Times - October 24

Legal bid for Ecuador forest to be recognised as song co-creator

Petition to Ecuador’s copyright office is first legal attempt to recognise an ecosystem’s moral authorship. A forest in Ecuador could be recognised as the co-creator of a song under a ...

World - The Guardian - October 25

Carlyle drops bid for Thyssenkrupp defence unit over Berlin indecision

US firm faced government reluctance over private equity involvement in German naval vessel maker

Business - Financial Times - October 25

Fever ax Sides despite Clark stardom, playoff bid

The Fever have fired coach Christie Sides after two seasons. Sides presided over Caitlin Clark's historic rookie season and led the team to its first postseason appearance since 2016.

Sports - ESPN - 5 days ago

Belarus commission approves Lukashenko's 7th term bid but rejects opposition candidates

The national elections commission in Belarus has registered an initiative group for authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko to seek a seventh term in office, but rejected the attempts of two ...

World - ABC News - 3 days ago

Saudi Arabia World Cup bid report accused of ‘whitewashing’ rights abuses

Law firm AS&H Clifford Chance failed to include alleged abuse of migrant workers in assessment for Fifa 2034 bid, say rights groups. A report by the Saudi arm of a global law firm on Saudi Arabia’s ...

World - The Guardian - Yesterday

Alito denies Cornel West bid for intervention in Pennsylvania ballot access dispute

As the Nov. 5 election draws near, the Supreme Court has been asked to intervene in a growing number of disputes.

Politics - CBS News - Yesterday

Boeing union backs sweetened contract offer that could end strike, sets vote for Monday

The unionized machinists walked off the job on Sept. 13, halting most of Boeing's aircraft production.

Business - CNBC - 6 hours ago

Boeing raises pay offer in bid to end seven-week strike

The union representing more than 30,000 striking workers endorsed the offer and will hold a ballot on Monday.

Rebekah Vardy launches appeal bid against latest Rooney ruling

Last month a judge ruled in favour of Mrs Rooney in a dispute about the legal costs Mrs Vardy must pay.

Michael Jordan’s Fast-Track NASCAR Discovery Bid Rejected

In an early but narrow victory for NASCAR as it defends an antitrust lawsuit brought by Michael Jordan-owned 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports, a federal judge Thursday denied the race teams’ ...

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 10 hours ago

Khalife: Prison escape a bid to get put in high security unit

The alleged Iranian spy tells court he attached a sling made of trousers to the bottom of a lorry.

Supreme Court rejects RNC bid to stop provisional option for some Pennsylvanians

The Supreme Court on Friday said it won’t block Pennsylvanians whose mail votes are voided for technical reasons from voting provisionally at their polling place on Election Day, rejecting a ...

Politics - The Hill - 2 hours ago

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