December 30, 2024
Investment

media lottery, Augusta’s investment, best viewing spot

By: Alan Bastable April 17, 2024 The 2024 Masters is behind us. Here are a few parting thoughts. getty images The 2024 Masters is behind us, but we’re not quite ready to let it go! To put a bow on the week that was, we asked our onsite reporters to look back on the tournament

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Multi-million pound Crossbasket Castle investment to bring 50 new jobs in Glasgow

The reopening of a luxury hotel in South Lanarkshire is set to bring 50 jobs to the area following a multi-million pound investment. Crossbasket Castle, a hotel on the outskirts of Glasgow, is looking to fill vacancies across the business, including reception, waiting, bar, kitchen staff and more. Following a £15m investment and major transformation,

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Stop Thinking Your Expensive Watch Is an Investment, Says Rolex Boss

Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. A Rolex Daytona. Jordan Hart/BI It’s a bad idea to view luxury watches like they’re investments, the CEO of Rolex said. “This sends the wrong message and is dangerous,” Jean-Frédéric Dufour told NZZ last week. Secondhand watch prices have tumbled since the

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Real Bedford win title days after US bitcoin investment

47 minutes ago Image source, Real Bedford FC Image caption, Ex-Forest Green Rovers player Rob Sinclair has now led Real Bedford to two successive promotions as manager Non-league Real Bedford have clinched a second successive title just days after receiving a $4.5m (about £3.6m) investment boost from the USA. The Pirates beat London Lions 2-0

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Pensions and investments firm Prosper creates 100 jobs in Cardiff

Fintech venture Prosper is setting up a back office operation in Cardiff, creating 100 new jobs, following its latest equity round. The start-up has secured a £520,000 equity investment from the Development Bank of Wales and a syndicate of 11 business angels, including the co-founder and former CEO of Admiral, Wales’ only FTSE 100 company.

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Midlands Engine Investment Fund I

The Midlands Engine Investment Fund I (MEIF), supported by the European Regional Development Fund, provided commercially focussed finance through Small Business Loans, Debt Finance, Proof of concept and Equity Finance funds. MEIF I was a collaboration between the British Business Bank and ten Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) in the West Midlands and East and South East Midlands,

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Morgan Stanley cuts dozens of investment banking jobs in Asia-Pacific, sources say

(Corrects the source of the M&A fees to LSEG, not company results, in paragraph 6) HONG KONG (Reuters) -Morgan Stanley is cutting at least 50 investment banking jobs in the Asia-Pacific region due to a deals slump, two sources with knowledge of the matter said. The layoffs affect around 13% of the Wall Street bank’s

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Blackstone to invest in Northumberland data centre

A Britishvolt gigafactory in Northumberland may be repurposed as a data centre, due to an investment from alternative asset manager, Blackstone. The BBC reported the Northumberland city council may exercise the buy-back option for the site, thanks to a £110 million ($137.1 million) investment from private equity firm Blackstone. This initial Blackstone investment is part

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£14,000 being lost to investment scams on average, says Barclays

People falling victim to investment scams are losing around £14,000 on average, data from Barclays indicates. The bank said victims of this type of fraud lost £14,313 on average last year, with younger adults aged 21 to 40 accounting for nearly half (48%) of reported investment scams. A common trick is to encourage people to

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Ukraine prime minister calls for more investment in war-torn country during Chicago stop of US visit

Ukraine Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has made multiple stops in Chicago aimed at drumming up investment and business in the war-torn country By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press April 16, 2024, 2:45 PM ET • 2 min read CHICAGO — Ukraine Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal kicked off a United States visit Tuesday with multiple stops in

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