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☆ UK listing shakeup requires double dose of hope
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Neil Unmack | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The Financial Conduct Authority isn’t the only watchdog to water down its listing rules, but it has more reasons than most to up its game. The UK prides itself on being a financial hub, but accounted for just 5% of global IPOs between 2015 and 2020. That’s why the FCA is proposing to replace a fiddly two-tier system of standard and “premium” listing rules with a single class. CONTEXT NEWSThe UK Financial Conduct Authority on May 2 published a series of proposals designed to encourage companies to list in the UK. The new framework would remove many investor protections currently required under the premium listing category.

☆ I increased a property's value by $78,000 with DIY renovations that cost under $2,000. See the before-and-after pictures, plus how I stayed on budget.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Salina Jivani | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

A friend asked for Juliff's help to refresh her London apartment on a tight budget of under $2,000. Here's how she increased the home's value by $78,000, as told to Salina Jivani. During this time, my husband and I decided to sell our apartment in London and purchase anotherOur apartment sold in January 2021, but our purchase fell through. Upon hearing our dilemma, a close friend reached out to another person in her network who had an empty apartment in London. Once the remodeling was over, my friend got the apartment appraisedThe real-estate agency valued the home at $78,000 more than before.

☆ The 8-year-old daughter of a Vladimir Putin ally is listed as the owner of a multimillion-dollar apartment in one of London's most exclusive areas
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Vladimir Gruzdev is a Vladimir Putin ally whose net worth was estimated to be $900 million in 2021. His 8-year-old daughter owns a London apartment that could be worth $5 million to $10 million today. Vladimir Gruzdev made his name as a grocery-store tycoon before starting a career in politics, which won him special recognition by Putin in 2010. The apartment was purchased for £2.3 million in 2000 through a company based in the Cayman Islands, where the tax rate is 0%. One property-valuation website suggests it could be worth over $10 million, but its actual value on the open market is unclear.

☆ Property documents for a London apartment suggest wanted 'crypto-queen' is alive after allegedly vanishing in 2017 with $4 billion from investors
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Wanted fugitive Ruja Ignatova hasn't been seen since October 2017. A recent property listing hints that Ignatova is alive and still on the run, reports say. Bulgarian-born Ignatova, 42, is wanted by the FBI for allegedly scamming investors out of $4 billion between 2014 and 2016 in a Ponzi scheme using her now-defunct company OneCoin. In October 2017, she vanished until documents related to a penthouse apartment in London seemingly pointed to her whereabouts, the New York Post reported. "It suggests she is still alive, and there are documents out there somewhere which contain vital clues as to her recent whereabouts," Bartlett said.

☆ An actor who stuck thousands of headshots around New York and London has been signed up by an agent
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Medhi Hamadouchi found an agent after sticking thousands of headshots around New York and London. "All the stars aligned in this case," Hamadouchi's new agent Paul Byram told Insider. "All the stars aligned in this case and we are all very happy with the outcome," Paul Byram told Insider. Earlier this month, Hamadouchi redoubled his efforts with 5,000 headshots stuck on walls in places such as Oxford Circus Tube station. Local authorities asked him to stop fly-posting, Hamadouchi told Variety — and he once fled from someone he thought was a council officer.

☆ UK's Co-op profit tanks 84% on supply chain snags, inflationary costs
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Signs are displayed outside of a branch of a Co-operative food store in north London April 17, 2014. REUTERS/Neil Hall (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD)Sept 29 (Reuters) - Britain's Co-operative Group (42TE.L) reported a sharp drop in its interim profit on Thursday, as the supermarkets-to-funerals provider continued to face supply chain snags, and higher wage and energy costs, amid rising inflation. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterHigher energy and wage inflation increased costs in the first half of the year for the company, despite attempts to cut costs in order to offset some external headwinds. The company also posted a slump of 84% in its first-half profit before tax to 7 million pounds ($7.54 million). ($1 = 0.9274 pounds)Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Radhika Anilkumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich and Uttaresh.VOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Invest in homes in Argentina, England, and more for as little as $100 via these fractional-ownership startups
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Two startups that allow Americans to buy shares of overseas properties break down the process. Now Americans are showing more interest in Europe and other — relatively — cheaper spots abroad to buy pieds-à-terre and investment properties. Take Housie and Flyway, new startups that embrace a growing trend in real-estate investing: fractional ownership. HousieRight now, for a minimum of $100, users can buy shares of properties and receive dividends quarterly depending on how well the property does on the short-term market. Still in the preliminary stages, Flyway has sold some shares but the homes have yet to be rented out.

☆ Rushdie's stabbing highlights divisions in Iranian society
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-14 | by ( Parisa Hafezi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

But hardline state media outlets have celebrated it with headlines like "Satan has been blinded". "Through the fatwa, the Iranian regime is responsible for the attack on Salman Rushdie. Washington has charged an Iranian with plotting to murder Bolton, a national security adviser to Trump. Those comments echoed praise for the attacker in other hardline Iranian media on Saturday. read more"I hope you die," tweeted Iranian Mohammad, using the trending hashtag #SalmanRushdie in Farsi.

☆ Читатели Daily Mail: Паркинсон у Путина? Да «президент» Байден вообще не поймет, о чем речь, когда узнает, что его выбрали! (Daily Mail) — «Междуречье – terriтория доверия
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-07 | by ( Delta Petrol | Буфетьев Арнольдий | Valeriu Reniţă | ) mejdurecie.md time to read: +4 min

Да «президент» Байден вообще не поймет, о чем речь, когда узнает, что его выбрали! (Daily Mail)Премудрый экс-профессор МГИМО Соловей вызвал оживление в бульварной прессе, когда сообщил о том, что Путин будто бы захворал болезнью Паркинсона. Кремль опроверг слухи, что Владимир Путин планирует уйти с поста президента России в январе на фоне спекуляций о его недугах. HiJabHouseДа «президент» Байден вообще не поймет, о чем речь, когда узнает, что его выбрали. Следующий президент России может оказаться совсем резким и бескомпромиссным, и только тогда мы и поймем, каким славным парнем был Путин.

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