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Timeframe: 30th July – 5th August 2021 Contributors: Mansib Khan, Musarrat Sarwar Chowdhury, Sabyasachi Karmaker, and Farhan Uddin Ahmed. 1. Economics & Business Messi joins PSG: Argentina star now officially in Paris Last week, Lionel Messi left FC Barcelona after financial rules imposed by Spain’s La Liga made it fiscally impossible for the troubled club […]

Timeframe: 30th July – 5th August 2021 Contributors: Sabyasachi Karmaker, Musarrat Sarwar Chowdhury, and Farhan Uddin Ahmed. 1. Economics & Business Reliance Retail in talks to buy Subway India for $200-250 mn Reliance Retail, owned by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, appears to be eyeing the India franchise of the world’s largest single-brand restaurant chain, Subway. The

Timeframe: 23rd July – 29th July 2021 Contributors: Sabyasachi Karmaker, Musarrat Sarwar Chowdhury, and Farhan Uddin Ahmed. 1. Economics & Business Cannabis is part of the future, says tobacco giant The UK’s largest tobacco firm, British American Tobacco, says it sees cannabis as part of its future as it strives to shift away from selling

Timeframe: 16th July – 22nd July 2021 Contributors: Sabyasachi Karmaker, Musarrat Sarwar Chowdhury, Mansib Khan, and Farhan Uddin Ahmed. 1. Economics & Business Seagate-led Northern Ireland consortium wins £42m grant The Northern Ireland consortium, which specializes in nanotechnology, has received £42 million from the government to develop new technologies for medical devices, communications, and data

Timeframe: 9th July – 15th July 2021 Contributors: Sabyasachi Karmaker, Musarrat Sarwar Chowdhury, Mansib Khan, and Farhan Uddin Ahmed. 1. Economics & Business Zomato is raising $1.3 billion in India’s biggest IPO of the year Zomato, a food delivery startup, plans to raise $1.3 billion in an initial public offering in Mumbai this week, according

Timeframe: 2nd July – 8th July 2021 Contributors: Sabyasachi Karmaker, Musarrat Sarwar Chowdhury, Mansib Khan, and Farhan Uddin Ahmed. 1. Economics & Business Jeff Bezos steps down as Amazon CEO as retailer starts new chapter Amazon founder Jeff Bezos stepped down as CEO on Monday, handing over the reins as the company navigates the challenges

Timeframe: 26th June – 1st July 2021 Contributors: Sabyasachi Karmaker, Musarrat Sarwar Chowdhury, Mansib Khan, and Farhan Uddin Ahmed. 1. Economics & Business Gap to close all stores across UK and Ireland and move online-only Gap will close all 81 of its stores in the United Kingdom and Ireland by the end of September and

Timeframe: 19th June – 25th June 2021 Contributors: Sabyasachi Karmaker, Musarrat Sarwar Chowdhury, Farhan Uddin Ahmed, and Mahin Abrar Rahman. 1. Economics & Business Microsoft rises to join Apple in exclusive $2 Trillion Club Microsoft has officially entered the most elite of clubs: corporations with a market value exceeding $2 trillion. The tech giant is

Timeframe: 11th June – 18th June 2021 Contributors: Sabyasachi Karmaker, Musarrat Sarwar Chowdhury, Farhan Uddin Ahmed, and Mahin Abrar Rahman. 1. Economics & Business US and Europe end Airbus-Boeing dispute as they eye threat from China The United States and the European Union have settled a long-running trade battle over Airbus and Boeing subsidies, a

Timeframe: 5th June – 10th June 2021 Contributors: Sabyasachi Karmaker, Musarrat Sarwar Chowdhury, Farhan Uddin Ahmed, and Mahin Abrar Rahman. 1. Economics & Business Facebook extends its work-at-home policy to most employees Facebook Inc. is providing most of its employees the option of working from home or going to work at least half of the