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What a weekend! After World Cup qualifying gave us plenty of drama over the past two weeks, Europe’s Big Five leagues kicked back into gear with a ton of talking points.In England, the time off clearly didn’t help Liverpool too much in terms of fixing what’s wrong, as they staggered to a 3-0 home defeat against Nottingham Forest that put the league champions in the bottom half of the table. Oh, and Arsenal put four past their north London rivals, Tottenham, to cement their position atop the Premier League.In Serie A, we got the delight of a Milan derby and…

On a cold November evening in Shanghai in 2020, the world’s largest IPO was abruptly canceled by Chinese regulators.It was Ant Group, the fintech affiliate of tech giant Alibaba. The company’s founder Jack Ma, one of China’s most famous billionaires, was under scrutiny for comments seemingly criticising the country’s financial regulators.  What followed was four years of pressure on Ma’s empire.Since the IPO cancelation, more than $400 billion has been wiped off Alibaba’s value, even with a more recent rally. In the months after the failed public listing, Ma retreated from the public eye and Alibaba, China’s biggest e-commerce player, looked down and out,…

John Williams, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, during a farewell symposium for former De Nederlandsche Bank NV President Klaas Knot at the central bank headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. Lina Selg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThis is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day:1. Cutting lossesThe stock market is coming off a rough week as investors mulled concerns about the state of the artificial intelligence trade and the economy. But stocks…

Pep Guardiola has apologised and said he feels “embarrassed and ashamed” for confronting a cameraman following Manchester City’s defeat at Newcastle on Saturday.City fell to their fourth loss in 12 Premier League matches to further dent their title hopes and Guardiola showed his frustration on the pitch afterwards, having an intense conversation with Newcastle captain Bruno Guimaraes and the officials. The Manchester City boss was also pictured lifting the headphone of a cameraman to speak in his ear, but said how he regretted the incident. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Highlights from the Premier League…

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has said Cole Palmer could return to action sooner than expected but still expects the playmaker to miss Sunday’s Premier League clash with Arsenal.Palmer was nearing full fitness after picking up a groin injury in September only to last week fracture his toe in a bizarre accident at home.The 23-year-old was then ruled out of Tuesday’s Champions League clash with Barcelona and Arsenal’s visit to Stamford Bridge but Maresca was upbeat about Palmer’s prognosis after the club created a specially-adapted boot for his left foot to aid recovery.”We don’t know when, but for sure it will…

When it comes to job interviews, there’s no such thing as an easy question, according to Madeline Mann, founder of career coaching business Self Made Millennial. “Tell me about yourself” seems like a simple prompt, but it’s “probably the one that people struggle with the most, because you can take it in so many different directions,” Mann says. The purpose of the question is typically to “just break the ice,” but that doesn’t mean job seekers shouldn’t take it seriously. Their answer will “set the tone” for the rest of the interview, she says. But sometimes people veer into personal…

Damircudic | E+ | Getty ImagesCash may seem like a safe parking space for your money. But holding too much can hurt savers over the long term — especially if it comes at the expense of owning stocks, the growth engine of a portfolio. “Cash can feel safe, but it doesn’t grow your wealth,” Gargi Chaudhuri, chief investment and portfolio strategist, Americas, at BlackRock, an asset manager, wrote this month in an investment commentary.Why? While cash is insulated from the whipsawing nature of stocks, it’s at risk due to a more insidious threat: inflation. More from Financial Advisor Playbook:Here’s a look…

Middlesbrough have announced the appointment of new boss Kim Hellberg to replace Rob Edwards, while Swansea have brought in Vitor Matos as their new head coach.Thirty-seven-year-old Hellberg is one of the most highly regarded young coaches from Scandinavia having led Hammarby for the last two years. He replaces Edwards, who contentiously left the Riverside Stadium for Wolves earlier this month. Twitter This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Twitter…

Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Novo Nordisk — Shares tumbled 10% after the Danish pharmaceutical company’s trial for Alzheimer’s disease failed to meet its main goal of slowing the disease’s progression. Tesla — CEO Elon Musk said on X that the company is close to finalizing its latest artificial-intelligence chip, A15, and is starting work on A16, sending the stock 2% higher. Musk said Tesla’s goal is to bring a new AI chip design to volume production every 12 months. Alphabet — The tech giant gained 3.5%. Alphabet was the only “Magnificent Seven” stock…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An energy company has received the final permit it needs from Maine to build a controversial hydropower transmission line project that promises to power hundreds of thousands of homes in Massachusetts.The project is slated to supply up to 1,200 megawatts of Canadian hydropower to the New England power grid. Maine voters rejected the project in a 2021 referendum after opponents ran a campaign alleging it would destroy woodlands in the state.A jury ruled in 2023 that developers had a constitutional right to proceed. Avangrid Inc., the power company behind the project, received the final permit it…