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Koos Bekker's Newt estate encompasses luxury hotels, pubs and high street business, with local concerns including floodingWhen South African billionaire Koos Bekker bought an old country estate in a sleepy corner of Somerset to turn it into a luxury hotel, residents thought it was a sign their area was on the up.Walking through his peaceful manicured gardens, which feature a maze of apple trees twisted into perfect shapes using the espalier method, it's easy to feel that all is well in this quiet, picturesque pocket of England. Continue reading......

Volkswagen AG and Gotion High-Tech Co. plan to invest €3.22 billion ($3.7 billion) in battery facilities in Europe and North Africa as they push to set up an electric-vehicle supply chain outside China....

On this episode of Stock Movers: - Nvidia (NVDA) shares are up after the board of the leader in AI chips authorized an additional $150 billion under the company's existing share-repurchase program. The move increases the total remaining amount authorized to $235 billion. - Australia's Northern Star Resources Ltd. rejected a takeover approach from South African rival Gold Fields Ltd. that could have created the second-largest gold miner, saying the A$38.7 billion ($27.1 billion) cash-and-shares offer undervalued its business. - Roblox (RBLX) was cut to underperform from hold at Jefferies, which said the stock's 30% rally since the gaming company's second-quarter results in July reflects an overly optimistic view of bookings for the next 12 months. (Source: Bloomberg)...

Volkswagen Group and its Chinese partner Gotion High-tech have stepped up a gear in tapping global demand for electric vehicle (EV) batteries with plans to invest a combined €3.22 billion (US$3.66 billion) to set up three production lines in Europe and North Africa. The factories, to be jointly owned by the German marque and China's fourth-largest EV battery maker, would be capable of delivering 37.5 gigawatt hours (GWh) of lithium-ion battery capacity and 100,000 metric tons of cathode......

Ativion (formerly known as 'Impero') publishes its interim report for Q2 2026 The Group has today, the 28[th] of August 2026, published its Q2 2026 unaudited trading figures for the Impala Bidco Limited group, which can be viewed on the Group's website www.ativion.com. For further information, please contact:  Jason Tomlinson, CEO Telephone: +443301281155 Email: jtomlinson@ativion.com Information:  This information is information that Impala Bidco Ltd is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication,...

Ativion (formerly known as 'Impero') publishes its interim report for Q2 2026 The Group has today, the 28[th] of August 2026, published its Q2 2026 unaudited trading figures for the Impala Bidco Limited group, which can be viewed on the Group's website www.ativion.com. For further information, please contact:  Jason Tomlinson, CEO Telephone: +443301281155 Email: jtomlinson@ativion.com Information:  This information is information that Impala Bidco Ltd is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication,...

By 2050, The World's Most-Populous Cities Will All Be In Africa Or Asia Across 150 years, familiar urban giants rise, fall, and give way to a new generation of megacities. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Gabriel Cohen, ranks the 15 most populous cities worldwide from 1950 to 2100 using population estimates from the European Commission's JRC via Our World in Data. City boundaries were consistently defined based on satellite imagery and population data. The Transatlantic Era Tokyo led the 1950 ranking with 12.6 million people, followed by New York with 9.3 million. The Big Apple was not the only massive Western city at the time. Of the 15 most populous cities in 1950, over half were found in either Europe or the Americas. This included London (7.9 million), Moscow (5.5 million), and Paris (5.4 million). The table below ranks the 15 most populous cities in 1950: RankCityPopulation in 1950 (Millions)Region 1?? Tokyo12.6Asia 2?? New York City9.3North America 3?? Os...

A fruit long left to rot could become a new source of income for Ghana's cashew farmers....

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JOHANNESBURG and BENGALURU, India, July 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Infosys Finacle, part of EdgeVerve Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infosys (NSE: INFY) (BSE: INFY) (NYSE: INFY), today announced that Investec, a leading international bank and wealth manager, has selected the Finacle......

FORT MILL, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SUNB, LSE: SUNB) (“the company”), a leader in the equipment rental industry, today announced that Ekta Singh-Bushell has been appointed to the company's Board of Directors as a non-executive director, effective August 1, 2026. Ms. Singh-Bushell brings extensive public board and executive leadership experience across finance, audit, technology, business transformation and cybersecurity. She currently serves on the boards of directors of ChargePoint, Inc. and Lesaka Technologies Inc., where she holds multiple committee roles. In addition, she is a founding board member of Women's Health Access Matters and chairs the finance committee. She previously served as a director for Cisco Systems, Inc., TTEC Holdings, Inc., Designer Brands, Inc. and Datatec Limited. “We are fortunate to add Ekta's breadth of experience across finance, technology and cybersecurity to our Board of Directors,” said Paul Walker, chairman of Sunbelt Rental...

Halbleiter - Cicor veräussert seine Produktionsstätte in Tunesien mit rund 90 Mitarbeitenden für einen Kaufpreis von 1,3 Millionen Euro zuzüglich üblicher Anpassungen....

Technip Energies (EPA: TE) has secured a contract worth more than $1.15bn for the Coral Norte floating LNG project offshore Mozambique, a major step in the development of one of Africa's largest gas provinces....

As drone attacks become increasingly common across the Sahel, Nigerian startup Terra Industries is expanding into Ghana and scaling production of drone and counter-drone systems. Backed by $34 million from investors including Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale and Lux Capital, the company aims to produce tens of thousands of systems over the coming years as governments across the region bolster their defenses. (Source: Bloomberg)...

Global industrial-technology group CSG has secured two major contracts for the supply of mechanical and electronic fuzes for large-calibre ammunition, with a total value in the high tens of millions of euros. The components were ordered by two European customers from NATO member countries. The production of the electronic fuzes will also involve Fuchs Electronics Europe, a new business to be established between CSG and South Africa's Reunert in Slovakia. These are long-term contracts, with deliveries set to begin this year....

Ativion (formerly known as 'Impero') publishes its interim report for Q1 2026 The Group has today, the 29[th] of May 2026, published its Q1 2026 unaudited trading figures for the Impala Bidco Limited group, which can be viewed on the Group's website www.ativion.com. For further information, please contact:  Jason Tomlinson, CEO Telephone: +443301281155 Email: jtomlinson@ativion.com Information:  This information is information that Impala Bidco Ltd is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication,...

Industrial-technology group CSG and Reunert have entered into an agreement to establish a new business focused on the production of electronic fuzes for large-calibre ammunition in Slovakia to be named Fuchs Electronics Europe. The new business will be owned 51% by Reunert and 49% by CSG. Through its investment in Fuchs Electronics Europe, CSG will become one of the few manufacturers of electronic fuzes within the European Union....

Schneider Electric Chairman Jean-Pascal Tricoire discusses how geopolitical tensions are reshaping global energy production, the growth potential across the African continent, and the role of energy efficiency and AI in powering the continent's future. He speaks with Bloomberg TV's Jennifer Zabasajja at the Africa CEO Forum in Kigali. (Source: Bloomberg)...

Appian Capital Advisory, a leading mining-focused private equity firm, has acquired a copper project in Namibia as it looks to boost output of a metal that's expected to experience rapid demand growth....

The US tech firm, UAE partner G42 and the Kenyan government appear at an impasse...