HSBC Holdings announced a plan to privatise its Hang Seng Bank subsidiary, drawing the curtains on half a century of the unit’s publicly traded status in an unexpected move to simplify its structure amid worsening real estate loans in Hong Kong. The London-based bank would buy all outstanding Hang Seng Bank shares for HK$155 each…
LAHORE: The Punjab government has reached an agreement with the private sector to procure wheat from farmers at the rate of Rs3,500 per maund, abruptly abandoning its market-reform rhetoric. The decision was taken during a high-level meeting chaired by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif to review the province’s wheat policy and crop procurement framework….
Pubs and bars in England and Wales could see extended opening hours as the government launches a fast-track a review on “outdated” licensing rules. The plans could make it easier for venues to serve food outside and host more live music, in a bid to “remove unnecessary barriers”. Pub landlords and local communities will be…
Context windows of AI models, which indicate the ability of a model to “remember” information, have increased over time. However, researchers have suggested new ways to increase long-term memory of AI models, as they often can’t hold context over several sessions. Nineteen-year-old founder Dhravya Shah is attempting to solve problems in this area by building…
Millions of households in England will have to pay even higher water bills than had previously been announced, after five water companies appealed to the UK’s competition regulator. The companies – Anglian, Northumbrian, Southern, Wessex and South East – had appeals to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) accepted, giving them permission to raise bills…
Jeremy Fowler Close Jeremy Fowler senior NFL national reporter Jeremy Fowler is a senior national NFL writer for ESPN, covering the entire league including breaking news. Jeremy also contributes to SportsCenter both as a studio analyst and a sideline reporter covering for NFL games. He is an Orlando, Florida native who joined ESPN in 2014…
Jamie Lee Curtis, Maude Apatow, Tessa Thompson, Dede Gardner, Gabrielle Nadig,Mara Brock Akil and Regina King are among the leading ladies who will be celebrated at this year’s WIF Honors ceremony. The event, which will take place Nov. 6 at the Beverly Hilton and be hosted by Atsuko Okatsuka, will be themed“Unity,” highlighting that a…
As Japan prepares to swear in its first female prime minister, old ghosts of the past are threatening to haunt her leadership. Sanae Takaichi’s hard-edged views on history and national identity have stirred anxieties from Seoul to Beijing, even though analysts believe the former security minister’s stance may be tempered by the realities of fragile…
Discord, a messaging platform popular with gamers, says official ID photos of around 70,000 users have potentially been leaked after a cyber-attack. The platform, which has more than 200 million users worldwide, says hackers had targeted a firm that helped to verify the ages of its users but the Discord platform itself was not breached….
PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman believes that the federal government has effectively become a minority administration following the ongoing political friction between the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and its coalition partner, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). Speaking to the media in Peshawar on Wednesday, Fazl refrained from giving an immediate reaction…
