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Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland stores sell out of Belfast author’s Man Booker novel as eager fans snap up book
belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Bookshop chain Waterstones has sold out of a Man Booker Prize-winning novel written by a Belfast-born author in all of its stores across Northern …
World War I
Unwritten: Conflict in a dugout grave | First World War Centenary
1914.org
DAY 77 Rowena Roberts Unwritten: Conflict in a dugout grave 100 days 100 lives 100 words My dear Nellie. I linger for eternity on My final thoughts. The …
Business
$2.5 billion Sequoia-backed Utah startup which promises to make 'brands into religions' just filed to go public
Business Insider - Becky Peterson
• Qualtrics, a Utah-based startup, filed to go public on Friday. • The startup, which is backed by venture capital firms Sequoia and Accel, was last valued at $2.5 billion. • The IPO is being led by Morgan
Cleveland
Sagrada Familia gets building licence 136 years after work began
The Guardian - Sam Jones in Madrid
More than a century after its first stone was laid and 92 years after its famously ascetic architect was fatally struck by a tram, the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is finally getting its paperwork in A
Government Bonds
Auto-Ex Gains Ground in Fixed Income
marketsmedia.com
The buy side has been increasingly turning to automated execution in fixed income as shown by an increase in volumes for Tradeweb’s automated …
Frankfurt Stock Exchange
HSBC Global AM launches “first” A-shares ETF
funds-europe.com - By Nick Fitzpatrick
The first Ucits-regulated exchange-traded fund (ETF) to track the inclusion of domestic Chinese A-shares in MSCI global indices has been launched in …
Fidelity Investments
Fidelity launches cryptocurrency custody
funds-europe.com - By Nick Fitzpatrick
Fidelity International has launched a company to provide custody of digital assets – known more commonly as cryptocurrencies - for institutional …
Business Intelligence
JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon makes his biggest bet on Silicon Valley with new 'fintech campus'
CNBC - Ari Levy
Jamie Dimon has never been shy about his envy for Silicon Valley. The CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase frequently travels west to meet with venture …
'To represent your country is just good fun' - England prepare for Amputee World Cup
bbc.co.uk
With the Amputee Football World Cup set to begin on 27 October in Mexico, how do the England team fancy their chances? If you've been inspired to try football, visit the Get Inspired guide to find out
Game of Thrones
Sean Bean’s greatest TV roles
denofgeek.com - SimonR
Sean Bean’s greatest TV rolesFrom Sharpe to Game Of Thrones and beyond…SponsoredOct 19, 2018
Indian Army
Why half a million people from Punjab enlisted to fight for Britain in World War I
Quartz - Santanu Das
Let us start with a scene of farewell. A son touches the feet of his mother as we see soldiers embark on the train to the front. The elderly father looks on as the mother wipes away her tears with her
Armed Forces
Invictus Games 2018: Armed forces event created by Prince Harry returns in Sydney
bbc.co.uk
"Anything is possible - if you have the will," said the Duke of Sussex. "I wanted to find a way for veterans to be a beacon of light." The Invictus Games was set up by Prince Harry to give recovering forces
Finance
To beat Bloomberg, Symphony is letting banks’ bots talk with each other
Quartz - Oliver Staley
For almost 40 years, Bloomberg has been an unescapable fact of life in the financial world. Older than the internet, Bloomberg terminals provided instant messaging for traders before the rest of the world
Harvard Business School
Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver
lonesomereader.com - Eric Karl Anderson
When Barbara Kingsolver’s excellent previous novel “Flight Behaviour” was published I remember her describing in an interview how she couldn’t …
Startups
These are the tech start-ups worth billions that are expected to go public next year
CNBC - Lauren Feiner
2019 is shaping up to be a potentially big year for massive tech IPOs, with valuations that could reach as high as $100 billion or more. Ride-hailing …
European Central Bank
UK not heading for derivatives cliff edge after Brexit, say EU officials
cityam.com - August Graham
European officials have said there will be no cliff-edge drop for derivatives markets if Britain leaves the EU without a deal. Olivier Guersent, an …
Blockchain in capital markets: benefits and challenges
bobsguide.com
Blockchain, or Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), is one of the most hyped new branches of digital tech in recent history. Invented as the …
Stock Markets
Goldman CEO Solomon says part of October's market sell-off driven by programmatic trading
hitc.com - CNBC
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said Thursday that he believes part of October's steep stock sell-off was the result of programmatic trading.
Bank of England
The High Cost of High Finance
project-syndicate.org - Howard Davies
LONDON – As the United Kingdom’s Brexit negotiations stumble on, other European countries are using the period of uncertainty about the future …
News (Wales)
'Goosebumps' for Invictus Games captain Mark 'Dot' Perkins
bbc.co.uk
Serviceman Mark "Dot" Perkins was seriously injured in Kenya 18 years ago when his vehicle rolled over after spinning out of control on oil. He survived but two of his colleagues died.The accident brought
Remembrance Day
Almost | First World War Centenary
1914.org
DAY 76 Sam Knowles Almost 100 days 100 lives 100 words Out of the autumn sky, no warning. A shell shreds the silence. The shell ends George’s war, his …
Culture
'Melmoth' Bears Witness To Our Worst, Loneliest Moments
NPR - Annalisa Quinn
Sarah Perry's new novel, Melmoth, opens with an imperative: "Look!" The object of our gazes is Helen Franklin, 42, "small, insignificant, having about her an air ... of self-punishment, of self-hatred,
Man Booker Prize
Malachi O'Doherty: Anna Burns may be the first Northern Ireland winner of the Man Booker Prize, but the province has always
belfasttelegraph.co.uk
In one sense, it is an enormous honour that a Belfast writer, Anna Burns, has won the Man Booker Prize for her novel, Milkman. An equally creditable …
Business
Fintech companies are quietly shaking up the banking industry — and big payments companies should be scared
Business Insider - Madeline Shi
• Traditional banks tend to shrug off threats from fintech upstarts, but new research has found that these newcomers are quietly shaking up the banking industry.• These new entrants have accumulated to
Business
Mysterious big data company Palantir is reportedly looking at an IPO — and could see a valuation of $41 billion
Business Insider - Becky Peterson
• Palantir, a secretive data analytics company cofounded by Peter Thiel, is in talks about going public in 2019, according to the Wall Street Journal. • Bankers have reportedly valued the company as high
Goldman Sachs
Banking analysts think Goldman Sachs has no chance of meeting its revenue goals
efinancialcareers.com
Remember those revenue goals Harvey Schwartz laid out in his growth plan for Goldman Sachs this time last year? Those plans where he said Goldman was …
Wall Street
Goldman Sachs invests in BitGo
finextra.com
Goldman Sachs and an investment firm set up by billionaire Michael Novogratz have invested in BitGo,...
Cryptocurrency
A new form of cryptocurrency promises to defy financial gravity
The Economist
TO GET AN idea of just how volatile cryptocurrencies are, compare them with the stockmarket. Bitcoin, the biggest one, moves as much against the …
Allianz
Allianz’s integrated ESG assets reach €116 billion
funds-europe.com - By Romil Patel
Integrated environmental, social and governance (ESG) assets managed by Allianz Global Investors have reached €116 billion. As ESG becomes a central …

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🇬🇧 Meet the legends competing for Team UK at the 2018 Invictus Games. 🇬🇧 https://t.co/6kkxln9KUX

Northern Ireland stores sell out of Belfast author’s Man Booker novel as eager fans snap up book

Unwritten: Conflict in a dugout grave | First World War Centenary

$2.5 billion Sequoia-backed Utah startup which promises to make 'brands into religions' just filed to go public

Sagrada Familia gets building licence 136 years after work began

Auto-Ex Gains Ground in Fixed Income

HSBC Global AM launches “first” A-shares ETF

Fidelity launches cryptocurrency custody

JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon makes his biggest bet on Silicon Valley with new 'fintech campus'

'To represent your country is just good fun' - England prepare for Amputee World Cup

Sean Bean’s greatest TV roles

Why half a million people from Punjab enlisted to fight for Britain in World War I

Invictus Games 2018: Armed forces event created by Prince Harry returns in Sydney

To beat Bloomberg, Symphony is letting banks’ bots talk with each other

Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver

These are the tech start-ups worth billions that are expected to go public next year

UK not heading for derivatives cliff edge after Brexit, say EU officials

Blockchain in capital markets: benefits and challenges

Goldman CEO Solomon says part of October's market sell-off driven by programmatic trading

The High Cost of High Finance

'Goosebumps' for Invictus Games captain Mark 'Dot' Perkins

Almost | First World War Centenary

'Melmoth' Bears Witness To Our Worst, Loneliest Moments

Malachi O'Doherty: Anna Burns may be the first Northern Ireland winner of the Man Booker Prize, but the province has always

Fintech companies are quietly shaking up the banking industry — and big payments companies should be scared

Mysterious big data company Palantir is reportedly looking at an IPO — and could see a valuation of $41 billion

Banking analysts think Goldman Sachs has no chance of meeting its revenue goals

Goldman Sachs invests in BitGo

A new form of cryptocurrency promises to defy financial gravity

Allianz’s integrated ESG assets reach €116 billion