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Southwest Strikes a Truce With the Activist Hedge Fund Elliott

The airline will appoint six new directors to its board, avoiding a proxy fight with the activist investor Elliott Investment Management, one of its largest shareholders.

Business - The New York Times - October 25

Chancellor sets out new funding for extra NHS appointments

The government says it will invest £1.57bn in new equipment and buildings, in a bid to increase appointments.

Levellr raises funds for tools to manage Discord communities

Levellr has raised $1.75 million for its community management and insights tools used by companies to manage Discord communities.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 1

Trump wins tip scales for GOP on government funding

Republican electoral wins in both the presidential race and the Senate are changing the game on government funding, as Congress braces for a battle over federal spending when lawmakers return next ...

Politics - The Hill - 6 days ago

How Thames Water became a battleground for hedge funds

Rival groups of bondholders are vying to extend loans to the troubled UK utility

Business - Financial Times - 4 days ago

Fund manager Terry Smith’s pay falls to £28mn

Stockpicker’s investment firm Fundsmith weighed down by his decision to shun chipmaker Nvidia

Business - Financial Times - 3 days ago

Morning Report — Congress starts the funding sprint

In today’s issue: Congress is back in town. Lawmakers begin their lame-duck session today and are facing a Dec. 20 funding deadline ahead of the holidays and the swearing in of the 119th Congress ...

Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago

Pharmacies vote to cut opening hours in funding protest

Pharmacists in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to reduce opening hours and stop home deliveries.

EU governments struggle to fund green transition

Investors in Czech solar parks threaten to sue Prague over planned cuts to subsidies for photovoltaic installations

World - Financial Times - 22 hours ago

Britain’s bold plan to create super funds

The case for consolidating the UK’s sprawling pension arsenal is strong

Business - Financial Times - 9 hours ago

France’s richest family shaking up soccer with planned purchase of second-tier Paris FC

France’s richest family, the Arnaults of luxury empire LVMH, has announced the planned purchase of second-division soccer club Paris FC

Sports - ABC News - October 17

Yankees' bullpen blew Aaron Judge's signature moment, now New York must shake it off in Game 4 of ALCS

Yankees only need to play .500 ball the rest of the way to win AL pennant

Sports - CBS Sports - October 18

Cooper scores in his Bills debut and Allen shakes off a sluggish start in 34-10 rout of Titans

Amari Cooper scored the go-ahead touchdown in his debut with Buffalo and Josh Allen overcame a sluggish first half to throw two touchdown passes in his 100th career start to help the Bills rally ...

Sports - ABC News - October 20

Microsoft’s new AI agents set to shake up enterprise software, sparking new battle with Salesforce

Microsoft launches autonomous AI agents for Dynamics 365, challenging Salesforce's Agentforce in the race to dominate enterprise AI and reshape the future of work.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 21

New Starbucks boss to shake up ‘overly complex’ menu to win back customers

Brian Niccol aims to turn around coffee chain, which has reported falling sales, revenue and profits. The new boss of Starbucks has pledged to shake up its “overly complex menu” in an effort to ...

World - The Guardian - October 23

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