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The top stories and transfer rumours from Monday’s newspapers…THE SUN Brendan Rodgers is Nottingham Forest’s top target when they make their move for a new boss.Steve Parish is keen on Spanish right-sided Villarreal forward Yeremy Pino, 22 as one of the Crystal Palace replacements for Eberechi Eze.DAILY MIRROR Graham Potter’s job at West Ham is safe for now, but the ex-Brighton boss needs to improve results soon if he wants to remain in his role at the London Stadium. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Graham Potter gave a spiky response when asked if it was…

The Euronext trading exchange building in La Defense business district, west of Paris, on April 7, 2025.Thomas Samson | Afp | Getty ImagesEuropean markets were lower to start the new trading week Monday as investors assessed the economic outlook after hopes of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut were boosted Friday.The pan-European Stoxx 600 was last down by 0.2%, with regional indexes largely trading in negative territory. Germany’s DAX dipped by 0.2%, paring back earlier losses throughout the day, while France’s CAC 40 was last down by around 0.6%. U.K. markets were closed for a public holiday.Investors on Monday closely…

Keurig Dr Pepper will acquire Dutch coffee and tea company JDE Peet’s in a roughly $18 billion deal that could give a boost to the U.S. giant’s struggling coffee business, the two companies said Monday.Shares of Keurig Dr Pepper fell roughly 8% in early trading. The deal was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.Keurig Dr Pepper will pay JDE Peet’s shareholders 31.85 euros ($37.3) per share in cash, representing a 33% premium on the Dutch’s firm’s 90-day volume-weighted average stock price, which represents a total equity purchase of 15.7 billion euros ($18.4 billion). JDE Peet’s will, meanwhile, pay out…

It’s Monday, and another week of NWSL action is in the books, which means it’s time for ESPN’s Power Rankings.Who’s climbing the table? Who’s in free fall? Our writers studied the action from across Matchday 17 to come up with this week’s order of all 14 teams in the league. Let’s dive in.Previous ranking: 1Next match: Saturday, Aug. 30 vs. NC Courage, 7.30 p.m. ETThe Current continue to take care of business as far and away the league’s hottest team, scoring in the first minute of a 2-0 victory over the Portland Thorns. Temwa Chawinga got free to add a…

China’s stock market has been rallying to multiyear highs as trade tensions with the U.S. have eased for now. Fueling the bull run are ordinary Chinese households, flush with record savings and a fear of missing out. Mainland China’s benchmark CSI 300 is up nearly 22% since its April 7 low, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s rollout of “reciprocal tariffs,” on April 2. The index on Friday closed at its highest since July 2022. Total Chinese household savings currently stand at more than 160 trillion yuan ($22 trillion), a record high, according to HSBC. That is more than a third…

Casarsaguru | E+ | Getty ImagesMillions of workers left their jobs during the “Great Resignation” of the Covid-19 pandemic, but economic insecurity and uncertainty have once more turned the tides of the labor market toward the “Great Stay.”Economists coined the term to refer to fewer employees leaving jobs, and fewer employers hiring or firing new workers.”We had this ‘Great Resignation’ just a couple of years ago,” Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP, told CNBC. But now, “workers aren’t going anywhere,” she noted.”They’ve got their dream job, which is probably partly at home, maybe with a big salary pickup … And what…

The Merlion statue in the central business district of Singapore, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSingapore’s inflation cooled to a lower-than-expected 0.6% in July, as the city-state braced for slower growth later this year.This was lower than the 0.7% expected by economists polled by Reuters, and was also below the 0.8% seen in June.Core inflation — which strips out prices of private transport and accommodation — dipped to 0.5%, lower than the 0.6% forecast by the Reuters poll.The Monetary Authority of Singapore said a fall in retail and other goods prices led to cooler inflation, as…

A worker assembles a Peugeot 3008 compact sport-utility vehicle (SUV) on the production line at a plant operated by Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroen Automobile Ltd., the joint venture between Dongfeng Motor Corp. and PSA Peugeot Citroen, in Wuhan, China.Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesShares in China’s Dongfeng Motor Group skyrocketed to hit their highest level since 2017 as they resumed trading Monday, after the company’s parent announced on Friday plans to take the automaker private.Dongfeng Motor Group’s Hong Kong-listed stock surged 69%, before paring gains to trade at over 57% higher, with Reuters reporting the take-private deal values the company at…

In June, my children and I flew from Singapore to Texas to visit family.Several weeks later, we met up with my husband in New York City. Then I flew, solo, back to Asia, later followed by my husband. Eventually the kids returned with a set of grandparents in tow.All in, our summer trip took seven separate bookings to pull off — a twisted mix of one-way tickets and return trips — sometimes among people on the same flight.But the flexibility needed to avoid this booking ordeal, which took half a day to execute, is not only possible — it exists…

NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 12: Logos for Chinese electric car company NIO are displayed at a trading post on the floor of the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), September 12, 2018 in New York City. The Shanghai-based electric car company opened for trading at $6 per share. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe Hong Kong-listed shares of Chinese electric carmaker Nio surged as much as 14.84% Monday, extending its gains for the seventh consecutive session.The rally comes after the company unveiled its latest ES8 SUV on Aug. 21.…