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Capgemini acquires India-based WNS for $3.3 billion to boost AI business services
Firstpost
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July 7, 2025
France’s Capgemini has agreed to buy technology outsourcing firm WNS for $3.3 billion in cash to expand the range of AI tools it offers for companies, the IT services group said on Monday. The deal equips Capgemini to create a consulting business...
MLB GMs tell their best (and wildest) trade stories: 'I had to go in the basement of the bar where all the liquor is being stored'
ESPN United Kingdom
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From births to funerals -- and everywhere in between -- the job of a major league baseball general manager is never done. That is especially the case this time of year, when talks heat up in advance of the July 31 trade deadline. Calls and texts...
10 Ways the Global Trade Tensions Could Impact You
EHL Hospitality Insights
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July 7, 2025
Since early 2025, the U.S. president has been making good on a campaign promise that many observers expected to be watered down or scrapped. Market players are now left guessing whether the tariffs — which have reached as high as 145% on Chinese...
Why France’s crackdown on ultra-fast fashion matters for women
The New Feminist
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July 7, 2025
The French Senate has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a new bill to regulate ultra-fast fashion, marking what many campaigners see as a necessary and overdue pushback against a model of consumption that disproportionately harms women, not only...
Smaller offices, private spaces, more snacks: Here’s how companies are changing their workspaces to win the RTO wars
Fortune
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Good morning! The office has changed a lot over the past few years, and if there’s one person who’s had a front-row seat to that transformation, it’s Scott Salmirs. He’s served as the CEO of ABM Industries for 22 years, a 100-year-old office...
Armenia's foreign trade almost halves to $7.9 billion in 5 months of 2025
ARKA
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Armenia's foreign trade in January-May 2025 compared to the same period in 2024 slashed by 49% to $7,912,325.9 thousand, according to the National Statistical Service. YEREVAN, July 7. /ARKA/. Armenia's foreign trade in January-May 2025 compared...
France Slaps Chinese Fast-Fashion Giant Shein With $47M Fine In Blow To Post-Tariff Pivot Away From US
myMotherLode - California
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In May, EU regulators stated that Shein's sales tactics violated EU consumer protection rules and that the company could face fines if it didn't adjust its behavior. France has fined fast fashion e-tailer Shein (SHEIN) 40 million euros...
Drahi looks to raise €4bn from selling SFR’s assets to three French rivals
Mobile Europe
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July 7, 2025
Patrick Drahi, who controls the Altice Group, appears to be closer to breaking up Altice France, known as SFR in France, for sale to rivals Iliad (Free), Bouygues Telecom and Orange. This is according to BFM TV, the French broadcaster, which Drahi...
Two-Way Migrant Smuggling Network Busted in France and Spain, Europol Says
Homeland Security Today
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July 7, 2025
Europol supported the French National Police (Police Nationale/OLTIM Perpignan) and the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional/UCRIF Central) in dismantling an organised criminal network smuggling migrants of Algerian and Moroccan origin from...
US tariffs on European goods threaten to shake up world's largest trade relationship
KCCI 8 - Iowa
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July 7, 2025
The European Union expects to find out on Monday whether President Donald Trump will impose punishing tariffs on America’s largest trade partner in a move economists have warned would have repercussions for companies and consumers on both sides of...
France says China used embassies to undermine sales of French fighter jet
Yahoo Sports - Canada
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July 7, 2025
China deployed its embassies to spread doubts about the performance of French-made Rafale jets after they saw combat in India and Pakistan's clashes in May, French military and intelligence officials have concluded, implicating Beijing in an...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 10:08 a.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Pressure from Trump for trade deals before Wednesday deadline, but hints of more time for talks WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is stepping up pressure on trading partners to quickly make new deals before a Wednesday deadline when a tariff...
Five Belgian Banks Join EPI To Bring Wero To Even More European Customers
Financial IT
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“We are delighted to be working with EPI. Their solution fits seamlessly with our vision of putting ease of use and simplicity first. It will enable us to serve our customers even better with an accessible payment tool. It is a significant step...
PANG aircraft carrier program won’t be postponed says French MoD
Naval news
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July 7, 2025
A French parliamentary report published in early June floated the idea of postponing the construction of the next generation aircraft carrier (also known as PANG), but the Minister for the Armed Forces firmly opposed such an option and voiced his...
Red Bull or Ineos? Talk of Remco Evenepoel's early exit from Soudal-QuickStep resurfaces at Tour de France
Cyclingnews
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July 7, 2025
Remco Evenepoel could leave Soudal-QuickStep a year before the end of his contract and move to Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe for 2026, with more reports of transfer talks arising but also claims that any final deal will only be agreed after the Tour de...
'Certainly an organised gang' - Cofidis boss speaks out following mass theft of team's bikes at the Tour de France
Cyclingnews
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July 7, 2025
Up to €143,000 worth of Look team bikes were stolen from the Cofidis team workshop truck in the early hours of Sunday morning before stage 2 of the Tour de France. The theft of the 11 custom-painted Tour-edition Look 795 Blade RS bikes, which are...
France's Capgemini to buy outsourcing firm WNS for $3.3 billion
Yahoo Finance
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(Reuters) -French IT services firm Capgemini has agreed to buy technology outsourcing company WNS for a cash payment of $3.3 billion to capitalize on their Agentic AI offerings for companies seeking to transform their business processes. The price...
Texworld Paris expands global sourcing
Knitting Industry
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From 15 to 17 September 2025, Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris will return to the Paris-Le Bourget Exhibition Centre, gathering 1,300 textile and apparel manufacturers from over thirty countries. The 57th edition of the fair will once again...
Haiti - Economy : Strategic partnership between CFI and Business France
Haiti Libre
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July 7, 2025
Haiti - Economy : Strategic partnership between CFI and Business France 07/07/2025 08:41:20 The Investment Facilitation Center (CFI-Invest Haiti) has reached a new milestone in the implementation of its Economic Intelligence (EI) program. With...
US signals trade announcements imminent as deadline looms
Yahoo News
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By Susan Heavey, Doina Chiacu and Bart H. Meijer WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The United States will make several trade announcements in the next 48 hours, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday, adding that his inbox was full of...