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UBS loses crown as continental Europe’s most valuable bank to Santander newsthirst.

A Santander office building in London. Luke MacGregor | Bloomberg via Getty Images Spanish lender Banco Santander has eclipsed Swiss giant UBS as continental Europe’s largest bank by market capitalization, as U.S. tariffs ripple through the region’s bruised banking sector. UBS — whose share took a deep tumble after the April 2 announcement of U.S….

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Trump administration threatens Harvard with foreign student ban newsthirst.

Getty Images Harvard President Alan Garber has flatly rejected the White House’s sweeping list of demands The US government has threatened to ban Harvard University from enrolling foreign students, after the institution said it would not bow to demands from Donald Trump’s administration. The White House has demanded the oldest university in the US make…

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Polish parcel locker network InPost buys UK delivery firm Yodel for £106m | Couriers/delivery industry newsthirst.

The UK parcel delivery company Yodel has been snapped up by the Polish parcel locker firm InPost in a £106m deal that will create the third-largest independent delivery business serving online retailers in Britain. The takeover will expand InPost’s footprint in the UK, taking its market share from 2% to 8%. It comes only months…

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Mishal Husain criticises ‘bombastic’ presenting after BBC departure | Mishal Husain newsthirst.

The journalist Mishal Husain has said “personality-focused journalism doesn’t have to be bombastic”, after concerns that the BBC Radio 4 Today programme has shifted focus to be more editorialised. The former BBC broadcaster, 52, has moved to front a new interview series as the editor-at-large of Bloomberg Weekend Edition. She spoke to British Vogue about…

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TSMC first-quarter profit tops estimates, rising 60%, but Trump trade policy threatens growth newsthirst.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on April 16, 2025. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company on Thursday beat profit expectations for the first quarter, thanks to a continued surge in demand for AI chips. Here are TSMC’s first-quarter results versus LSEG consensus estimates: Revenue: $839.25 billion New…

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