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UK ecommerce group THG is on course for a shareholder rebellion at its annual meeting this month over the reappointment of a longstanding non-executive director. Two shareholder advisory groups have urged investors to vote against the re-election of Iain McDonald to the board of the company, which sells nutrition and beauty products online through websites including Lookfantastic and Myprotein. Both Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis raised concerns about McDonald’s independence. McDonald joined the board of THG, formerly known as The Hut Group, in 2010 and currently sits on the remuneration, nomination and sustainability committees. He is also the founder and…

Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency, has recently experienced a bounce from the crucial support level of $26,000. This development has sparked speculation and inquiries about whether the sell-off in Bitcoin has ended. This significant rebound has influenced the market sentiment surrounding Bitcoin’s price trajectory. Traders and investors are now closely monitoring Bitcoin’s performance to determine if the recent bounce signals a reversal of the bearish trend or if further downward pressure awaits. In this Bitcoin price prediction analysis, we will delve into the factors affecting Bitcoin’s price movement and assess whether the sell-off phase is indeed over.Binance US Halts USD Deposits and Withdrawals, Urges Users…

CNN  —  The US believes that an attack drone manufacturing plant Russia is building with Iran’s help could be fully operational by early next year, National Security Council official John Kirby said on Friday. Iran is shipping equipment for the plant, as well as fully-built drones, to Russia via the Caspian Sea, US officials believe. Russia has purchased hundreds of drones from Iran since last summer and is using them extensively in the war in Ukraine. Kirby confirmed previous CNN reporting that Iran is using the Caspian Sea route to move drones, bullets and mortar shells to Russia, often using…

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Reports of Russian casualties as they ‘withdraw through their own minefields,’ per UK intel. Military progress on both sides of the conflict has been mixed in the last two days, the UK MoD said. This comes as Ukraine’s long-anticipated counteroffensive began this week. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app Russian military performance has been “mixed” in the last 48 hours of fighting, as there are an increasing number of reports of Russian casualties as they “withdraw through their own minefields,” according to…

Barclays is fighting to stem an exodus from its investment bank after around 30 of its bankers in the US quit to join rivals this year, departures which risk damaging the British lender’s ambitions to compete with larger Wall Street firms. Barclays’ human resources department has been warning bankers who leave the company not to try to poach their colleagues, according to people familiar with the matter. So far, Barclays has struggled to stop a steady flow of departures with more than half a dozen more managing directors leaving in recent weeks, including Michael Gingue and Sam Jackson, who are moving to…

So, this week in crypto we had, let’s see, the SEC. We had a lot of the SEC. The SEC was everywhere. The SEC woke up and chose violence. And the Cryptoverse responded. The week opened with the US SEC suing Binance and CZ, and the exchange saying it planned to fight ‘to the full extent of the law’. Binance then saw $700 million in Ethereum outflows amid the charges, and crypto prices crashed. Binance.US decided to remove over 100 trading pairs, the SEC filed an emergency motion seeking a temporary order freezing Binance.US’ assets, documents showed that Binance.US suffered a…

In his first two campaign stops since facing federal charges, Donald J. Trump on Saturday will begin publicly prosecuting the case against the prosecutors prosecuting him.Mr. Trump’s two speeches at the Georgia and North Carolina state G.O.P. conventions were planned before he was indicted on Thursday. The appearances on Saturday afternoon and evening will allow the former president to rally support before throngs of activists and elected officials as the most popular Republican in the country and the front-runner for the 2024 presidential nomination.Mr. Trump’s indictment, the details of which were unsealed on Friday by the Justice Department, has dominated…

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Samson Baxter, a web developer, tried ‘monk mode’ to get more done at work. At first he hated it, especially staying off social media, but then his productivity shot up. He eventually began to feel burned out again and too isolated from social interactions. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Samson Baxter, a UK-based 22-year-old web developer and owner of the art platform Fursonafy. It’s been edited for length and clarity.As a web…