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Standard Chartered PLC Hit by US$2.7bn 1MDB Lawsuit as It Accelerates Capital, Green Finance and Digital-Asset Push – 24 November 2025

Standard Chartered PLC Hit by US$2.7bn 1MDB Lawsuit as It Accelerates Capital, Green Finance and Digital-Asset Push – 24 November 2025

On 24 November 2025, Standard Chartered PLC finds itself in a paradoxical position: facing a major legal challenge in Singapore linked to the 1MDB scandal, while simultaneously showcasing strength in capital, sustainability, and digital innovation across its key markets. From a US$2.7 billion lawsuit being allowed to proceed, to early compliance with Nigeria’s new capital rules, a Green Halal pilot in Malaysia, fresh digital‑asset initiatives in Hong Kong, and a new private‑banking leadership appointment in North Asia, the London‑listed lender is at the centre of multiple storylines that matter to investors and regulators alike. theasianbanker.com+4Reuters+4TheCable+4 Singapore court clears US$2.7 billion
24 November 2025
Octopus Energy Pink Friday 2025 Starts Today: How to Get Free Greggs, Cinema Tickets and Even an Electric Car

Octopus Energy Pink Friday 2025 Starts Today: How to Get Free Greggs, Cinema Tickets and Even an Electric Car

London, UK – 24 November 2025 Octopus Energy has kicked off its Pink Friday 2025 campaign today, turning the traditional Black Friday spending frenzy into a week‑plus of freebies, deep discounts on green tech and even an electric car giveaway for its loyalty members. The event runs from Monday 24 November to Tuesday 2 December 2025 and is open to eligible customers signed up to Octopus’s Octoplus rewards scheme. Octopus Energy+1 Local and national outlets – including the Liverpool Echo, Bristol Live/KentLive, money blogs and consumer sites – are all flagging the promotion as one of this week’s biggest cost‑of‑living
24 November 2025
JTC Plc News Today, 24 November 2025: Permira Takeover Drives Fresh Rule 8 Disclosures as JTC Private Office Wins Spear’s Award

JTC Plc News Today, 24 November 2025: Permira Takeover Drives Fresh Rule 8 Disclosures as JTC Private Office Wins Spear’s Award

London – 24 November 2025 JTC Plc, the Jersey‑based fund, corporate and private client services group, remains firmly in the spotlight today as its £2.3 billion takeover by Permira continues to generate intense market activity and regulatory disclosures. At the same time, JTC’s Private Office arm has been named “Family Office Service Provider of the Year” at the Spear’s Awards 2025, underscoring the firm’s growing profile among ultra‑high‑net‑worth families. Spears WMS+3TradingView+3Reuters+3 Key developments on 24 November 2025 Takeover latest: Permira’s £2.3 billion cash bid for JTC Plc Earlier this month, JTC agreed to a recommended cash acquisition by Papilio Bidco Limited, a company indirectly owned by funds
24 November 2025
BHP Group Ltd (ASX:BHP) Today: Share Price Moves, Anglo American Deal Collapse and China Iron Ore Dispute – 24 November 2025

BHP Group Ltd (ASX:BHP) Today: Share Price Moves, Anglo American Deal Collapse and China Iron Ore Dispute – 24 November 2025

BHP share price today: modest gain, big headlines BHP Group Ltd (ASX:BHP) finished Monday’s session at A$40.62, with intraday trading between about A$40.18 and A$40.89 on volumes close to 15 million shares. That puts the stock up roughly 0.6% on the day, in line with several market data providers and exchange reports. Investing By contrast, the S&P/ASX 200 rallied about 1.3% as investors bet on possible US Federal Reserve rate cuts, meaning BHP underperformed the broader market despite closing in positive territory. ABC On Wall Street, BHP’s US‑listed American Depositary Receipts (NYSE:BHP) were recently changing hands near US$53.08, up close
24 November 2025
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Synectics Extends Five-Year Stagecoach CCTV Framework as OptiBiotix Advances SweetBiotix Enzymatic Process

Synectics Extends Five-Year Stagecoach CCTV Framework as OptiBiotix Advances SweetBiotix Enzymatic Process

24 November 2025 – Yorkshire, UK – Two Yorkshire‑based AIM companies were in the spotlight today as Synectics plc and OptiBiotix Health plc announced fresh contract and technology milestones that speak to very different – but equally fast‑moving – markets: connected public transport and sugar‑free nutrition. Investegate+1 Synectics locks in five more years with Stagecoach Sheffield‑headquartered Synectics plc, a specialist in advanced security and surveillance systems, has signed a five‑year extension to its existing framework agreement with Stagecoach, one of the UK’s largest bus and coach operators. Investegate+2stagecoachbus.com+2 The renewal, announced via a Regulatory News Service (RNS) at 07:00 this
24 November 2025
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Novo Nordisk Stock Plunges After Alzheimer’s Drug Failure: NVO Price, News and Outlook Today (24 November 2025)

Novo Nordisk Stock Plunges After Alzheimer’s Drug Failure: NVO Price, News and Outlook Today (24 November 2025)

Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk is under intense pressure today after its high‑profile Alzheimer’s trials for semaglutide failed, sending the stock to multi‑year lows and capping a brutal year for NVO shareholders. Novo Nordisk stock today: how far has NVO fallen? Novo Nordisk’s Alzheimer’s setback is hitting the share price hard on Monday, 24 November 2025: Despite the sell‑off, Novo Nordisk still carries a market capitalisation in the $210–215 billion range, according to multiple data providers — down sharply from its 2024 peak, but still firmly in “mega‑cap” territory. Companies Market Cap+2MacroTrends+2 For investors, today’s move is less about short‑term
24 November 2025
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Rolls-Royce Holdings plc Today: Share Price Correction, Emirates Deal and India Power Push – 24 November 2025

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc Today: Share Price Correction, Emirates Deal and India Power Push – 24 November 2025

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (LSE: RR.) enters the week of 24 November 2025 in a very different mood from earlier this year. The share price has slipped into a technical correction after an explosive rally, yet the pipeline of civil aerospace, defence and power-systems news keeps getting stronger. Today’s headlines span a cooling but still-elevated valuation, a fresh maintenance partnership with Emirates for A380 engines, an aggressive localisation push in India—from battle tanks to data centres—and new UK defence and nuclear policies that could shape the group’s long‑term earnings power. Share price cools, but RR.L is still up almost 90% in
24 November 2025
British American Tobacco on 24 November 2025: Buybacks, Institutional Demand and Dividend Strength Keep BTI/BATS in Focus

British American Tobacco on 24 November 2025: Buybacks, Institutional Demand and Dividend Strength Keep BTI/BATS in Focus

LONDON — 24 November 2025 — British American Tobacco p.l.c. (BAT), traded as BATS in London and BTI in New York, stayed firmly on investors’ radar today as a new round of share buybacks, fresh institutional inflows and renewed attention on its hefty dividend confirmed how central the tobacco giant remains to income-focused portfolios. While no major trading update or profit warning hit the wires, a cluster of regulatory announcements and fund-flow data on 24 November paints a clear picture: BAT is still leaning heavily on buybacks and dividends to support shareholder returns as it navigates regulatory pressure and a leadership transition. Share buyback
24 November 2025
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Glencore Plc News Today (24 November 2025): Chuangxin Aluminum IPO, Copper Squeeze and Share Price Rally

Glencore Plc News Today (24 November 2025): Chuangxin Aluminum IPO, Copper Squeeze and Share Price Rally

Glencore Plc is back in the spotlight this Monday, 24 November 2025, as investors digest a string of developments spanning Chinese aluminum, stressed copper smelters, ESG scrutiny and a fresh bullish analyst note pointing to double‑digit upside. On the same day that Glencore appears as a cornerstone investor in a blockbuster Hong Kong IPO, its share price is outperforming the FTSE 100, while the company remains at the center of debates over government subsidies and the future of copper refining in Canada and Australia. Reuters+3ACN Newswire+3TradingView+3 Glencore share price today: outperforming a rising FTSE 100 By late morning in London, Glencore’s
24 November 2025
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Shell Plc News Today (24 November 2025): Share Price Slips as Analysts Turn Cautious, Buybacks Continue and Energy Transition Deals Deepen

Shell Plc News Today (24 November 2025): Share Price Slips as Analysts Turn Cautious, Buybacks Continue and Energy Transition Deals Deepen

Shell Plc (LON: SHEL, NYSE: SHEL) starts the week with a slightly softer share price but a packed news agenda, spanning analyst calls, aggressive buybacks, awards for UK energy security, Asian downstream negotiations and fresh milestones in low‑carbon power and e‑mobility. Below is a roundup and analysis of the most relevant Shell news and context for 24 November 2025. Shell share price today and fresh analyst call from Kepler Cheuvreux On the London Stock Exchange, Shell’s ordinary shares traded around 2,765p late morning on 24 November 2025, down roughly 0.7% on the day. Trustnet data show an open at 2,777p, an intraday high of 2,784p
24 November 2025
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Christmas Chaos Warning: UPS Strike Ballot and New UK ETA ‘No Permission, No Travel’ Rules Threaten Deliveries and Travel

Christmas Chaos Warning: UPS Strike Ballot and New UK ETA ‘No Permission, No Travel’ Rules Threaten Deliveries and Travel

24 November 2025 Families planning to visit the UK – and anyone relying on parcel deliveries for Christmas – are being urged to plan ahead as two major developments collide: the UK is formally moving to a strict “no permission, no travel” regime for visitors from 85 countries, and around 2,000 UPS workers are in the middle of a strike ballot that could disrupt festive deliveries across Britain. Gov UK to Enforce ‘No Permission, No Travel’ from February 2026 The UK government has confirmed that from 25 February 2026, most visa‑exempt visitors will not be allowed to board transport to
24 November 2025
Rachel Reeves’ 2025 Budget: £550 Pension Boost, £15bn Welfare Shake‑Up and New Tax Rises Explained

Rachel Reeves’ 2025 Budget: £550 Pension Boost, £15bn Welfare Shake‑Up and New Tax Rises Explained

London, Monday 24 November 2025 Chancellor Rachel Reeves is preparing a high‑stakes Budget on Wednesday that will combine an above‑inflation pay rise for pensioners, the scrapping of the two‑child benefit cap and a wider £15bn expansion of welfare – all funded by a fresh wave of tax rises hitting wealthier households and millions of workers. Sky News With the UK’s fiscal watchdog expected to downgrade growth forecasts and a £20bn hole in the public finances to fill, this second Labour Budget is being cast in Westminster as a “make‑or‑break” moment for both Reeves and Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Sky News
24 November 2025
Yoplait YOP Drinkable Yogurt Recall in Canada: Full List of Affected Products, Best-Before Dates and What Shoppers Should Do – November 24, 2025

Yoplait YOP Drinkable Yogurt Recall in Canada: Full List of Affected Products, Best-Before Dates and What Shoppers Should Do – November 24, 2025

Montreal / Ottawa – November 24, 2025 — Canadian parents and yogurt lovers are being urged to check their fridges after a nationwide recall of Yoplait brand YOP drinkable yogurt over fears that some bottles may contain small pieces of plastic. The recall, led by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), covers all flavours of 200 mL YOP drinkable yogurt, including several multi-pack formats, sold in grocery stores across the country. The recall has been classified as Class 1, CFIA’s most serious category, indicating a high risk that consuming the product could lead to serious health problems if the contamination
24 November 2025
Rolls-Royce Share Price on 24 November 2025: Moody’s Baa1 Upgrade, 3 Big Threats and Faster-Growing Rivals

Rolls-Royce Share Price on 24 November 2025: Moody’s Baa1 Upgrade, 3 Big Threats and Faster-Growing Rivals

Rolls-Royce Holdings has become one of the standout FTSE 100 stories of the last five years, but the narrative is getting more complicated. In the past two weeks the group has: Here’s how today’s news on 24 November 2025 fits together – and why some commentators think three big threats could still derail the Rolls-Royce share price, even after the Moody’s upgrade. Where the Rolls-Royce share price stands today On the US OTC market, Rolls-Royce’s RYCEY ADR closed today around $13.70, within a 52‑week trading range of roughly $6.72–$16.27 and implying a market cap of about $113bn. Investing.com Analysts tracked
24 November 2025
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American Signature, Value City Furniture Parent Files Chapter 11: Store Closures, WARN Layoffs and Holiday Sales Explained (Nov. 24, 2025)

American Signature, Value City Furniture Parent Files Chapter 11: Store Closures, WARN Layoffs and Holiday Sales Explained (Nov. 24, 2025)

Published: November 24, 2025 American Signature, Inc. — the Columbus-based, family-owned parent company of Value City Furniture and American Signature Furniture — has entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, marking one of the biggest collapses in the U.S. furniture sector this year. As of Monday, November 24, 2025, new details are emerging about the retailer’s court-supervised sale process, WARN layoff notices, creditor list and what all of this means for shoppers heading into the holiday season. What happened: American Signature files for Chapter 11 in Delaware American Signature announced that it has filed voluntary petitions for Chapter 11 relief in the
24 November 2025
OpenAI and Jony Ive’s ‘Elegantly Simple’ ChatGPT Device Heats Up as Apple Loses Dozens of Top Engineers

OpenAI and Jony Ive’s ‘Elegantly Simple’ ChatGPT Device Heats Up as Apple Loses Dozens of Top Engineers

Published: November 24, 2025 OpenAI’s long‑rumored hardware push with legendary Apple designer Jony Ive is no longer just vapor. On the same day that Sam Altman and Ive publicly teased “elegantly simple” AI devices already in prototype, multiple reports say OpenAI has poached more than 40 Apple hardware engineers in about a month — a talent raid that’s starting to look like a full‑blown front in the AI hardware war between OpenAI and Apple. India Today+3Axios+3The Times of India+3 A stealth AI device that’s “elegantly simple” — and nearly ready At Emerson Collective’s Demo Day ’25 in San Francisco last
24 November 2025
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Canada Stock Market Today: 12 Things to Know Before the TSX Opens on November 24, 2025

Canada Stock Market Today: 12 Things to Know Before the TSX Opens on November 24, 2025

As the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) gears up to open on Monday, November 24, 2025, investors are stepping into a market shaped by cooling inflation at home, soft consumer demand, a dovish shift from the U.S. Federal Reserve, and a busy slate of Canadian data and earnings. Below is a pre‑market rundown of what matters most for Canadian stocks today. All figures and events are based on information available as of early Monday and can change quickly once trading begins. 1. Where the TSX is starting the week Canada’s main benchmark, the S&P/TSX Composite Index, ended Friday up 0.9% at
24 November 2025
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Silver Price Today, 24 November 2025: XAG/USD Holds Near $50 per Ounce as Markets Weigh Fed’s Next Move

Silver Price Today, 24 November 2025: XAG/USD Holds Near $50 per Ounce as Markets Weigh Fed’s Next Move

Silver prices are starting the week on a firm but cautious footing, trading just above the psychologically important $50 per troy ounce level on Monday, 24 November 2025. Live spot quotes from major price providers show XAG/USD hovering around $50.1–$50.4 per ounce in early trading, reflecting a modest gain versus the previous session. baonghean.vn+2jmbullion.com+2 Over the past month, silver has climbed more than 7%, and it is still up roughly two‑thirds year‑on‑year, cementing its position as one of 2025’s standout major commodities. tradingeconomics.com At the same time, prices remain below October’s record peak near $54.47/oz, suggesting a market that is
24 November 2025
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Madeleine Poulin, Trailblazing Radio‑Canada Journalist and First Female Parliamentary Correspondent, Dies at 87

Madeleine Poulin, Trailblazing Radio‑Canada Journalist and First Female Parliamentary Correspondent, Dies at 87

Published November 24, 2025 Trailblazing Canadian journalist Madeleine Poulin, a pioneering on‑air presence at Radio‑Canada and the public broadcaster’s first female correspondent in both Ottawa and Paris, has died at the age of 87. Her family confirmed her death to Radio‑Canada on Sunday, November 23, a day after she passed away on Saturday, November 22. Since then, tributes have poured in across Quebec and now internationally, as outlets from La Presse, Radio‑Canada and Le Devoir to global publications like The Economic Times, TVA/Journal de Montréal and StartupNews revisit her remarkable career. m.economictimes.com As of today, no cause of death has
24 November 2025
Euronext Stock Market Today, 24 November 2025: European Shares Rebound on Fed Cut Hopes as Defence Stocks Slide

Euronext Stock Market Today, 24 November 2025: European Shares Rebound on Fed Cut Hopes as Defence Stocks Slide

European stock markets operated by Euronext opened the new week on a firmer footing on Monday, 24 November 2025, with financials and other cyclicals in demand while defence names came sharply under pressure. The session unfolded against a busy news backdrop for Euronext itself, including the formal welcome of the Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX) into the group and a new growth initiative targeting Europe’s aerospace and defence supply chain. Euronext+1 Euronext indices: modest gains after last week’s tech-driven wobble Trading across Euronext’s main markets — Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, Milan, Oslo and now Athens — was broadly positive through
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Stock Market Today

Data Center Stocks Surge Into the Weekend: Digital Realty, Equinix and Vertiv Set Up a Big Week Ahead

Data Center Stocks Surge Into the Weekend: Digital Realty, Equinix and Vertiv Set Up a Big Week Ahead

7 February 2026
Digital Realty, Equinix, and Vertiv shares surged Friday, with Vertiv up 10% and Digital Realty rising 4.1%, as investors rotated back into AI-linked data center stocks. The move followed Amazon’s $200 billion and Alphabet’s $175–185 billion 2026 capex targets. Digital Realty set 2026 core FFO guidance at $7.90 to $8.00 per share. Wall Street ended the week broadly higher, led by chipmakers.
Quantum computing stocks bounce hard: IonQ, Rigetti, D‑Wave rally as traders reset for a data-heavy week

Quantum computing stocks bounce hard: IonQ, Rigetti, D‑Wave rally as traders reset for a data-heavy week

7 February 2026
IonQ, Rigetti, D‑Wave, and Quantum Computing Inc shares surged 15–21 percent Friday, erasing losses from the previous session. The rebound followed a Wall Street rally that sent the Dow above 50,000 for the first time. IonQ remains under scrutiny after a short-seller report questioned its Pentagon contract revenue. Investors await delayed U.S. jobs and inflation data next week.
Defense and space stocks rally, but Trump’s buyback-dividend squeeze is the next test

Defense and space stocks rally, but Trump’s buyback-dividend squeeze is the next test

7 February 2026
U.S. space and defense stocks rose Friday, with sector ETFs gaining up to 4.8% and Lockheed Martin up 2.4%. Investors are awaiting a Pentagon list that could restrict buybacks and dividends at underperforming contractors under a Trump executive order. Companies named would have 15 days to submit remediation plans. Lockheed’s board approved a $3.45 per share dividend for Q1 2026.
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