David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs, speaks during the Reuters NEXT conference, in New York City, U.S., December 10, 2024. Mike Segar | Reuters Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon says there’s an end in sight to the multi-year IPO drought. “It’s going to pick up,” Solomon said on Wednesday, in an on-stage interview with Cisco…
The UK’s blue-chip stock index hit a record high on Friday, as rising hopes of interest rate cuts this year drove down government borrowing costs. Almost every share on the FTSE 100 rose on Friday, as a fall in the value of the pound boosted multinational companies listed in London and propelled the index above…
The unemployment rate increased in December, while job creation also rose strongly, in a sign of a resilient labour market that creates uncertainty over an expected interest rate cut next month. Australia’s jobless rate lifted to 4% in December, the Australian Bureau of Statistics data revealed on Thursday. At the same time, there were 56,300…
Children with special education needs and disabilities (Send) have been victims of a “vicious downward spiral” of declining support over the past decade, pushing more families into crisis, said the former children’s commissioner for England as she urged the government to take action. Anne Longfield, the founder of the Centre for Young Lives, said the…
Rare cannon allegedly smuggled out of Irish waters by a gang of British treasure hunters and acquired for a knockdown price by a Tower of London official were at the centre of a decades-long dispute between British and Irish officials, according to newly released records. Irish officials made extensive efforts to convince UK authorities to…
A Canadian Pacific Railway Co. locomotive pulls a train at the Port of Vancouver in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Canadian Labor Minister Steven MacKinnon has invoked federal powers to end work stoppages at the ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert and Montreal, ordering binding and final arbitration…
The Queensland premier, David Crisafulli, has said his government intends to make “many more” changes to the state’s hardline youth justice laws, after the arrest of a 13-year-old accused of stabbing a supermarket worker. Police alleged the boy attacked the woman with a knife at the Yamanto shopping centre in Ipswich, south-west of Brisbane, on…
Diwali cheer has taken over Bollywood, with stars sharing festive moments on social media. Actors Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor, and their little bundle of joy, Raha, were spotted out on a family outing, with Raha’s adorable antics winning hearts. Also read: Alia Bhatt reveals she makes up stories about Ranbir Kapoor, Shaheen Bhatt for Raha:…
Elon Musk was sued in a proposed class action on Tuesday by registered voters who signed his petition to support the constitution for a chance to win his $1m-a-day giveaway, and now claim it was a fraud. The complaint, filed by Arizona resident Jacqueline McAferty in federal court, said Musk and his America Pac organization…
The bald eagle is now officially the national bird of the US, after President Joe Biden signed a law on Christmas Eve bestowing the honour upon the white-headed and yellow-beaked bird of prey. The bird has been a national emblem in the US for years, appearing on the Great Seal of the US – used…
