UK businesses stuck in reverse in October, PMIs show
LONDON Britain's businesses reported another decline in activity this month and cost pressures have cooled further, a survey
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Jamie Dimon and other top bankers visit Saudi Arabia as Israel-Hamas war rages
JPMorgan (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon and Citigroup's (C) Jane Fraser are among a raft of bankers attending Saudi Arabia's annual investment conference Tuesday as Wall Street's top names try to look beyond risks that the Israel-Hamas war could widen into a regional conflict.
1970-01-01 08:00
The Rock waxwork museum working on 'urgent' skin tone fix
Paris's Grevin museum promises to address concerns over the skin tone of its life-sized figure.
1970-01-01 08:00
Britney Spears ‘dropped jaws’ with her audition for The Notebook
Britney Spears revealed she was "glad" to have lost the lead role in The Notebook to Rachel McAdams, prompting casting director Matthew Barry to share her audition tape with The Daily Mail. In the two-minute long video, Spears says, whilst her eyes well up with tears, "I prayed for you to die in the war, really. Well, not die. I would have felt completely horrible if you would've died. But I kinda didn't want you to be alive anymore because I couldn't bear the thought of you being with somebody else, or of us never seeing each other again. So I gotta go, okay?" Barry told The Daily Mail the pop star "wasn't just good, she was phenomenal." "It was a tough decision," he continued, reflecting on Spears' audition. "Britney blew us all away. Our jaws were on the floor. I was blown away. Absolutely blown away. She brought her A-game that day." Since the sharing of Spears' audition, people have praised her acting but ultimately agreed that it should have been McAdams that got the part. "Love Britney down and she looked adorable but Rachel McAdams was just born for the role", the top comment under the tape read: "I mean [obviously] Rachel is perfect in this role, but I'm actually really impressed with [Britney's] audition", wrote another. This sentiment was prevalent throughout the reactions to Spears' tape. "Rachel was perfect and iconic for the role. HOWEVER... seeing this I now understand why Britney was considered for the role", one user shared. It seems Spears agrees that role should have gone to McAdams, writing in her upcoming memoir The Woman in Me "Even though it would have been fun to reconnect with Ryan Gosling after our time on The Mickey Mouse Club, I'm glad I didn't do it," she writes. "If I had, instead of working on my album 'In the Zone' I'd have been acting like a 1940s heiress day and night." Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter How to join the indy100's free WhatsApp channel Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
1970-01-01 08:00
Australia central bank sees risks on inflation, will not hesitate on rates
SYDNEY Australia's top central banker on Tuesday warned there were risks inflation would prove more stubborn than expected
1970-01-01 08:00
Football transfer rumours: Man Utd scrap January plans; Liverpool consider Phillips
Tuesday's roundup of transfer rumours includes Man Utd's January plans, Liverpool eyeing Kalvin Phillips, Jadon Sancho's next club, Jamal Musiala's preferred destination and more.
1970-01-01 08:00
Two elderly hostages freed by Hamas, but families ache for others held
Some of the first images of freed hostage Yocheved Lifshitz show the frail 85-year-old grandmother walking to a waiting ambulance, more than two weeks after she was snatched by Hamas militants from her home in kibbutz Nir Oz.
1970-01-01 08:00
Swedish Landlord Heimstaden Sees Stabilizing Property Values
Heimstaden Bostad AB, one of Europe’s biggest residential landlords, says property valuations are now showing signs of stabilization
1970-01-01 08:00
Barclays Flags Cost Cuts as Traders Miss, UK Guidance Drops
Barclays Plc is planning to cut costs after the banking giant’s trading division missed estimates in the third
1970-01-01 08:00
Puma Earnings Beat Estimates on Strong Demand for Sneakers
Puma SE reported earnings that narrowly beat analysts’ estimates amid strong demand for sneakers in Europe and a
1970-01-01 08:00
Novartis Lifts Outlook After Shedding Sandoz Generics
Novartis AG raised its profit forecast for a third time in the drugmaker’s first report after spinning off
1970-01-01 08:00
Goldman, Citigroup Drop Off Investcorp Capital’s Abu Dhabi IPO
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Citigroup Inc. have dropped off the planned Abu Dhabi initial public offering of
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