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Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs as bank’s bosses hail AI productivity advances

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-22T08:40:42+00:00

Equating to the loss of 5% of its 93,000 global staff, job cuts come as bank announces jump in quarterly profitsBusiness live – latest updatesBarclays is cutting 5,000 jobs as part of wider cost-cutting plans that its bosses say are being driven by advances in AI.The job cuts will mean losing about 5% of the bank’s 93,000 global staff, with executives confirming they had already cut 1,000 workers since the start of the year. Continue reading...

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French borrowing costs overtake US amid budget turmoil

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-22T08:40:36+00:00

France’s bond market hit by another bout of selling as country recovers from weekend protestsBusiness live – latest updatesFrench borrowing costs continued to rise on Thursday, as investors fret that France’s government is struggling to pass a federal budget after public protests gripped the country.France’s bond market was hit with another bout of selling, with the difference between French and German 10-year borrowing costs – a metric for the risk premium attached to French debt – rising to its highest level in almost 15 years. Continue reading...

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Restoring degraded landscapes can help improve rural income: WRI India

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-22T08:33:43+00:00

Almost of half of India’s agricultural soils have poor soil health and low soil organic carbon impacting agricultural productivity, says Ruchika Singh, Executive Programme Director - Food, Land and Water, WRI India

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Indian national killed in Saudi airport attack, 2 others injured

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-22T08:29:07+00:00

The Indian Embassy in Riyadh said it is in touch with Saudi authorities and awaiting further details about the incident, which took place on Wednesday.

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Russian strikes hit Kyiv after Witkoff meets Putin

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-10-22T08:18:39+00:00

Ukraine says 'appeasement' will not end war as Russian attacks kill 1, injure 22 in its capital.

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Sensex, Nifty struggle to rise in choppy trade; 432 stocks hit 52-week lows

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-22T08:16:03+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty recovered partially from their opening lows by midday on Thursday but remained firmly in the red for a third consecutive session, weighed down by surging crude oil prices, geopolitical uncertainty and broad-based selling across sectors.

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VOC Port’s international container terminal gets ‘green terminal’ tag

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-22T08:14:59+00:00

VOC Port’s Tuticorin terminal becomes India’s first fully electrified “green” operations hub, with the pilot methanol, green hydrogen, and wind projects alongside a major capacity-boosting outer harbour investment.

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Руководители медиакомпаний спрогнозировали замедление роста рынка в 2027 году

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-10-22T08:11:57+00:00

Большинство крупнейших медиакомпаний (65%) ожидают роста выручки по итогам 2026 г. Это следует из данных исследования «Ведомостей», подготовленного к конференции «Медиабизнес», в котором приняло участие 38 ключевых игроков контентной индустрии России. У 27% респондентов, согласно собственным прогнозам компаний, она останется на уровне 2025 г., у 8% упадет. Результаты исследования журналистов отдела «Медиа» «Ведомостей» представил в четверг, 22 октября, на конференции «Медиабизнес» гендиректор делового издания Игнатий Павлов.

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Баланова объяснила логику M&A-сделок «Национальной медиа группы»

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-10-22T08:07:48+00:00

M&A-сделки позволяют «Национальной медиа группе» (НМГ) добиваться достижения стратегической цели – лидерства на рынке информации и развлечений. Об этом заявила гендиректор НМГ Светлана Баланова, выступая в четверг, 22 октября, на конференции «Медиабизнес» делового издания «Ведомости». В рамках сделок холдинг в первую очередь покупает «время и компетенции», пояснила она.

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ICAR-CIFT to support GI tagging of traditional Andaman fish products

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-22T08:07:27+00:00

Under the first agreement, ICAR-CIFT will support GI tagging for two traditional fish products—Chilled Andaman Coral Trout (Dollar Fish) and Nicobari Thoharango, a smoked and dried fish product

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Орнітологи відстежили шлях українських лелек в Африці: що вдалось дізнатися

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-10-22T08:07:00+00:00

Шляхи лелек на прізвисько Бой та Хартбіт проходять через різноманітні природні зони Африки. Науковці назвали кінцевий пункт їхнього перельоту.

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Sapphire Foods posts best revenue growth in four years, stock slides

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-22T08:03:56+00:00

The adjusted profit before tax turned positive at ₹120 million against a loss of ₹43 million in Q2 FY26, though reported PBT remained marginally negative at -₹6 million

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Chancellor to pitch budget at wealth creators – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-22T08:03:18+00:00

John Healey is expected to cut red tape requirements, particularly for smaller businessesGood morning. A week today John Healey, the chancellor, will be doing a media round defending the budget he is presenting on Wednesday next week. Ahead of that, he has given an interview to Patrick Maguire from the Times. As you would expect, there is no real detail in it about the measures he will be presenting to MPs. But the big picture message is very clear – and quite surprising, coming from a chancellor serving a PM who in some respects is steering left compared to his predecessor. Healey says that h

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Chancellor accepts Labour has put a ‘lot of pressure’ on business and that helping wealth creators will be budget aim – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-22T08:03:18+00:00

John Healey is expected to cut red tape requirements, particularly for smaller businessesGood morning. A week today John Healey, the chancellor, will be doing a media round defending the budget he is presenting on Wednesday next week. Ahead of that, he has given an interview to Patrick Maguire from the Times. As you would expect, there is no real detail in it about the measures he will be presenting to MPs. But the big picture message is very clear – and quite surprising, coming from a chancellor serving a PM who in some respects is steering left compared to his predecessor. Healey says that h

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Chancellor accepts Labour has put a ‘lot of pressure’ on business and says helping entrepreneurs will be a budget priority – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-22T08:03:18+00:00

John Healey is expected to cut red tape requirements, particularly for smaller businessesGood morning. A week today John Healey, the chancellor, will be doing a media round defending the budget he is presenting on Wednesday next week. Ahead of that, he has given an interview to Patrick Maguire from the Times. As you would expect, there is no real detail in it about the measures he will be presenting to MPs. But the big picture message is very clear – and quite surprising, coming from a chancellor serving a PM who in some respects is steering left compared to his predecessor. Healey says that h

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Can Russia broker a new US-Iran deal?

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-10-22T08:00:48+00:00

Russia’s nuclear expertise, close ties with Tehran and negotiation experience could give Moscow an edge as a mediator.

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West End to get another lesson from The History Boys two decades on

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-22T08:00:10+00:00

Nation’s favourite play makes London comeback amid renewed debate about future of humanities teachingThe History Boys is to return to the West End for the first time in two decades, with a warning from its director of an “almost terminal decline” in humanities teaching in state schools.Nicholas Hytner, who directed Alan Bennett’s play at the National Theatre and its 2006 film adaptation, said the themes of education, history and the value of literature for its own sake felt especially relevant amid renewed debate about what schools should teach. Continue reading...

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