
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news Yet another company has been picked off London’s stock exchange this morning: DCC Energy has agreed to a £5.75bn takeover by private equity investors KKR and Energy Capital Partners . Shareholders in the FTSE 100 energy distributor will receive £65.25 per share in cash, a proposed final dividend of 147.22p per share, and a potential payment of up to £1.25 per share if DCC can sell its technology unit for at least $800 million. Whilst

Former rugby star Daniel Adongo allegedly overstayed visa but supporters say he needed mental health help A former rugby star who became the first Kenyan to play in the NFL , was deported in June for a visa overstay and multiple arrests, according to federal immigration authorities. Daniel Adongo, 37, spent two seasons as a linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts, playing twice, and was cut in 2015 after facing domestic violence allegations. His visa expired in 2016, but he remained in the US, a p

The restaurant chain announced Julie Masino will step down in August.

Man and woman pronounced dead at Fistral beach in Newquay after large emergency response Two people have died after being pulled from the sea off a popular surfing beach in the Cornish resort of Newquay. A man and a woman were pronounced dead at Fistral Beach after a large emergency response involving coastguards, a rescue helicopter, an RNLI lifeboat, paramedics and police. Continue reading...

Team to return for euphoric homecoming after winning all-Ireland men’s final against Kerry, ending decades of defeat The hex is broken, dispelled, banished, and a story that bewitched Ireland for decades has ended in fairytale: Mayo are all-Ireland champions. Seventy-five years after a supposed curse condemned its Gaelic men’s football team to endless defeat , the county prevailed and uncorked a wave of emotion that engulfed even its rivals. Continue reading...

Fox News · 1d ago
We are so back. For those wondering why Par Talk disappeared over the last month, the best weekly golf column on the Internet took a sabbatical as I went on paternity leave. In late June, I went from being just a boy dad to now a member of the girl dad gang and a father of two under four. Life is busy, but oh so good. Some things happened in the golf world while we were on our brief hiatus. Ryan Fox won The Open , Bryson DeChambeau stomped on some grass, Scottie Scheffler continues to be the bes

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Kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart says there's still a chance Nancy Guthrie can be returned home safely in a new interview 25 weeks after the 84-year-old's suspected abduction from her home in the Catalina Foothills of Tucson, Arizona. "I want to remind people that there isn't a body, so there is still reason to have hope that she is alive and that we shouldn't give up until we find her," the 38-year-old told E! News in an interview published Friday. She said she hopes that investigators have

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Federal wildlife authorities are investigating after a video appeared to show a person kicking a protected sea lion at a beach in California. A spokesperson for the federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) confirmed an investigation into the case but declined to provide additional details on Sunday. The video appears to show a person throwing kicks at the sea lion at La Jolla Cove in San Diego as at least one other person can be heard laughing in the background. The person