3i Group, the listed private equity group, has picked bankers to sell the pet food manufacturer behind leading brands including Applaws. Sky News has learnt that 3i has appointed Harris Williams to handle an auction of MPM four years after it bought a controlling stake in the company. Based in Manchester, MPM was founded in
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There were two planned executions in the US on Thursday – one was halted over questions of the suspect’s guilt and the other went ahead after the death row inmate asked to be killed. The Texas Supreme Court stopped the scheduled execution of Robert Roberson, who was convicted of killing his two-year-old daughter in 2002.
ESPN News Services Oct 18, 2024, 12:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Shohei Ohtani hit a leadoff homer and scored four times, Mookie Betts also went deep and drove in four runs, and the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the New York Mets 10-2 on Thursday night for a 3-1 lead in their
Donald Trump has outdone himself. His rhetoric has long been extreme but, in campaign remarks as it heads towards a close, it’s more so. Consider the direct quotes from his “enemy within” interview on Fox News on 13 October. Asked about “bureaucrats undermining you” in a second term, he replied: “We have two enemies: we
The third floor room at the Casa Sur hotel where Liam Payne was staying is now sealed off with police tape. Hotel guests walk up and down the corridor but a police officer is on guard to ensure nobody interferes with what is still the scene of an active investigation. How and why did the
Lexus is giving you a massive new incentive to try out its all-electric luxury SUV. Through a new deal this month, Lexus is offering up to nearly $22,000 in lease cash on 2024 RZ models. The Lexus RZ 450e, the luxury brand’s first electric vehicle, went on sale in 2022. Lexus launched a new RZ
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures at the Bitcoin 2024 event in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., July 27, 2024. Kevin Wurm | Reuters Donald Trump’s crypto project, World Liberty Financial, published a 13-page document Thursday that described its mission and how tokens can be allocated, and that indicated that the Republican presidential
Harry Styles has paid tribute to his former bandmate Liam Payne saying his energy was “infectious” and the time spent together would be “among the most cherished years of my life”. The Watermelon Sugar popstar said in a post on Instagram on Thursday evening he was “truly devastated” by the death of Payne, with whom
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in a gun battle by Israeli troops seemingly unaware they had caught one of the country’s biggest foes. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said Sinwar, considered the mastermind of the 7 October attack just over a year ago, had been “eliminated” in southern Gaza on Wednesday. Warning: This story
Are 10,000 North Korean troops about the join Russia’s war in Ukraine? That is what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned during a trip to NATO headquarters in Brussels, calling any North Korean involvement “the first step to a world war”. He also revealed that “tactical personnel” as well as military officers from the totalitarian
Sir Keir Starmer will travel to Germany on Friday for talks with Joe Biden, Olaf Scholz and Emmanuel Macron on the situation in the Middle East. The leaders of the UK, the US, Germany and France will discuss the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in northern Gaza, where the UN has warned essential supplies for survival are
One Direction have put out a statement following the death of their former bandmate Liam Payne, saying they are “completely devastated”. In the statement, signed “Louis, Zayn, Niall and Harry”, the four stars say: “We’re completely devastated by the news of Liam’s passing. “In time, and when everyone is able to, there will be more
Prabhakar Raghavan, senior vice president at Google, speaks during the US Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. Julia Nikhinson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google is replacing Prabhakar Raghavan, the company’s search and ads boss, with longtime Google executive Nick Fox. The move was announced by Alphabet
A collection of bondholders in Thames Water are mobilising to protect their interests amid an intensifying battle to avert the company’s nationalisation. Sky News has learnt that Class B bondholders were notified on Thursday they would no longer be part of the same group as the Class A noteholders represented by Jefferies, the investment bank,
A close friend of Liam Payne has told Sky News that “nothing seemed out of the ordinary” in messages he sent to her just hours before his death on Wednesday. Jodie Richards, who taught the former One Direction star at her performing arts company, Pink Productions in Wolverhampton, said she thought the news that he’d
Rendering: ChargePoint ChargePoint (NYSE: CHPT) has just rolled out an affordable EV charging solution for fleets aiming to go electric without breaking the bank. The new CPF50 Level 2 charger is priced at $699, making it easier for fleet operators to electrify their vehicles with lower upfront costs. This solution is perfect for small businesses
Crude oil futures rose slightly Thursday after a four-day losing streak as fears of a supply disruption in the Middle East eased and a surplus looms over the market next year. Although Israel has held back from retaliating against Iran so far, the situation “could change at a moment’s notice,” said Aditya Saraswat, Middle East
The Israeli military says it is “checking the possibility” it has killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Sinwar has led Hamas within Gaza since 2017, having joined its ranks in the early 1980s. He is believed to be the mastermind of the 7 October attacks. The 62-year-old took over full leadership of Hamas after the killing
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have made a groundbreaking advancement in 3D printing active electronics without the need for traditional semiconductor materials. This breakthrough involves creating 3D-printed logic gates, fundamental components used in processing tasks within electronic devices. Instead of relying on conventional manufacturing processes, these logic gates were produced using standard
The Taurid Meteoroid Complex, once feared for possibly hiding large, civilisation-destroying asteroids, has been found to be less threatening than originally believed. Quanzhi Ye, an astronomer at the University of Maryland, and his team conducted an extensive survey using the Zwicky Transient Facility at California’s Palomar Observatory. Their findings suggest the risk of being struck