• hot takes from investment firms in the wake of Apple earnings

    Apple had a pretty good quarter despite China weakness, defying analysts' doom-and-gloom predictions. Here's what some of them think on the morning after. Apple's iPhone results may indicate China's buying higher-priced models Thursday saw Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Luca Maestri speak to investors and analysts in the post-results conference call for Q2 2024. For the quarter, Apple's revenue was down 4% from $94.8 billion one year ago to $90.7 billion, with an increased earnings per share...

  • Megan makes her mark as legal firm's first trainee

    Ralph Sayer, the Edinburgh-based solicitors and estate agents, has broken new ground with the recruitment of its first trainee. Napier University law graduate Megan Kane joins the firm on a two-year traineeship having recently attained her Diploma In Professional Legal Practice from Strathclyde University. As well as focusing on residential conveyancing during her time with the company, Megan will also have exposure to the expanding estate agency side of the business and also private client...

  • Donald Trump's Law Firm Doesn't Want to Represent Him Anymore

    A law firm wants to withdraw from representing Donald Trump, citing a breakdown in relations, court documents show.In a filing to a Manhattan court, the law firm—LaRocca, Hornik, Greenberg, Rosen, Kittridge, Carlin and McPartland—said there had been an "irreparable breakdown in the attorney-client relationship."The firm, which has represented Trump and his election campaign for several years, had been defending the former president in a lawsuit filed by A.J. Delgado, Trump's former senior...

  • UAE-backed firm drops its bid to buy the Telegraph

    RedBird IMI struck a deal with the Barclay family - long-time Telegraph proprietors - last year to take over the news group, which also includes The Spectator magazine.

  • Everton in talks with bankruptcy firm as 777 endures more issues

    Everton is now receiving financial advice as they deal with potential bankruptcy issues. The Premier League side has been receiving a series of significant loans from 777 Partners to help cover operating costs. The Toffees have received over $250 million in loans from the firm. These advances have occurred regularly since the American firm initially Everton is now receiving financial advice as they deal with potential bankruptcy issues. The Premier League side has been receiving a series of...

  • Oil firms to slash pump prices on April 30

    Oil firms are set to implement a rollback in pump prices on Tuesday, April 30.

  • Cybersecurity Firm Darktrace Accepts $5 Bn Takeover

    Cybersecurity firm Darktrace said Friday it had accepted a $5.3-billion takeover bid from US private equity firm Thoma Bravo, which highlighted the British group's "capability in artificial intelligence".The cash bid comes after Thoma Bravo expressed takeover interest two years ago."Darktrace is at the very cutting edge of cybersecurity technology, and we have long been admirers of its platform and capability in artificial intelligence," Thoma Bravo partner Andrew Almeida said in a...

  • Cybersecurity firm Darktrace accepts $5 billion takeover

    Cybersecurity firm Darktrace said Friday it had accepted a $5.3-billion takeover bid from US private equity firm Thoma Bravo, which highlighted the British group's capability in artificial intelligence .The cash bid comes after Thoma Bravo expressed takeover interest two years ago. Darktrace is at the very cutting edge of cybersecurity technology, and we have long been admirers of its platform and capability in artificial intelligence, Thoma Bravo partner Andrew Almeida said in a statement....

  • India Grants Marine Insurance Approval for Russian Firms

    By Rakesh Sharma and Julian Lee (Bloomberg) — India has granted marine insurance approval to four Russian firms, adding impetus to Moscow’s efforts to avoid the use of Western service providers.

  • US TikTok ban would be 'devastating', UK firms warn

    UK businesses using TikTok say they could see a significant drop in sales if the app is banned in the US.

  • Firm inflation data underscores budget balancing act

    An already-fraught economic backdrop for the Albanese government’s third federal budget has been complicated by hotter-than-expected inflation data. Consumers were slugged with price hikes for hard-to-avoid expenses such as rents, education fees, insurance and medical bills in the first three months of the year, latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows. On a […]

  • Why Roosters star Angus Crichton is firming to return for NSW Blues

    Was admitted to a psychiatric facility in France in 2022. Had an extended spell away from the game to focus on mental health. Is now in a purple patch of form again and ready to return to Origin