AM Best Affirms Credit Ratings of Bank of China Group Insurance Company Limited

HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) of Bank of China Group Insurance Company Limited (BOCG Insurance) (Hong Kong). The outlook...

Teekay (TK) Q3 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

Image source: The Motley Fool. Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, at 11 a.m. ET President and Chief Executive Officer — Kenneth Hvid Chief Financial Officer — Brody Speers Vice President, Finance and Corporate Development — Brian Hamilton Director of...

EFG London Jazz Festival 2025: Gigs To Book Now Before They Sell Out

Guitarist Bill Frisell will headline at the EFG London Jazz Festival 2025 Getty Images From 14–23 November 2025, London will come alive with ten days of boundary-pushing jazz during the EFG London Jazz Festival, now in its 33rd year. Artists from...

Book Review: Trans-Himalayan Ultra-Walkathon - The First Women

Across the Himalaya First Traverse by Women Author: Vineeta Muni Publisher: Neem Tree Publishing House, 1st Edition, June 2025 Pages: 282 Sketches: Colour and B and W: 38 Photographs: Colour 84 Maps: 19 Journeys, proverbially, begin with a single...

Judd Apatow’s favorite reads include the ‘best book ever written about comedy’

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Bottled water tycoon once again becomes China's richest person

BEIJING Chinese bottled water giant Nongfu Spring’s founder and CEO, Zhong Shanshan, has become the richest person in China once again this year with a fortune of $74.5 billion, according to the research institute Hurun. Zhong topped Hurun’s rich...

L&T Q2 Preview: PAT may rise 16% YoY on healthy order book, execution

Engineering major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is expected to deliver a strong performance in the second quarter (Q2FY26), with consolidated revenue and profit likely to post double-digit growth on the back of robust execution and a healthy order book....

Cólofon's Francisco Brito on Pamphlets, Cape Verde, and the Rare Book Trade in Portugal

Describe a typical day for you: There is no typical day in this business. The only times when there’s a certain routine are when I’m preparing catalogues. During those weeks, my days are spent selecting, studying, and cataloguing the books that...

Indian communists visit China

Between September 23-30, a six-person delegation from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM), India’s biggest communist party, led by General Secretary MA Baby, visited China. Besides Beijing, the delegation visited the provinces of Hubei...

Guizhou's Spicy and Sour Flavor as the Bridge Meets Thailand

The culinary documentary Feast of Guizhou unlocks Thai audiences with a "Cultural Key" Guizhou, China - Media OutReach Newswire - 28 October 2025 - When Thai Michelin two-star chef Chumpol ventured into the underground caves of Libo, Guizhou,...

The rot at the heart of Europe

It is all about attitude and aptitude. Joel Mokyr, an economic historian and one of the recipients of this year’s Nobel Prize, writes in his 2016 book, A Culture of Growth: “The drivers of technological progress and eventually economic performance...

WHAT’S ON: A list of PQB community events, week of Nov. 2, 2025

NOV. 3 Canadian Federation of University Women Parksville Qualicum: General meeting with guest speaker Jane McCormick, member of Moms Stop the Harm, 7 p.m., Qualicum Beach Civic Centre. NOV. 4 Parksville and District Rock and Gem Club: General...

Karan Mahesh Receives 2025 Rising Star Award Asia Pacific

Singapore - The International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC), in partnership with the Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP) awarded Karan Mahesh, Senior Sales – South & Southeast Asia, STR CoStar, with the Rising Star Award...

Boulder County author signings, book sales and literary events for the next month

• Jackson Crawford will speak about and sign his new book “The Poetic Edda” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net. • Anne Da Vigo will speak about her book “Night Flight” at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Longmont Library;...

Letters to the editor - November 3, 2025

In pursuit of dignity Josephine Vella of Birkirkara writes: Politics is not inherently dirty as it is often referred to. It is the type of persons who enter politics, bringing with them their own immoral practices and corrupt deals, that cause the...

Growth in MSME book to drive TMB’s loan growth, says MD

Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB) aims to clock 14% loan growth by the end of the current financial year, led by expansion in its micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) portfolio, managing director and chief executive officer Salee S. Nair told...

The US Navy helicopter and fighter jet crash over South China Sea

On Sunday, October 26, a US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet and an MH-60R “Sea Hawk” helicopter crashed over the South China Sea. This is stated in a message from the US Pacific Fleet on the social network X. Babel employs over 20 people....

Japanese Sedans That Should Qualify As Sports Cars, Even Though They Aren't

Admittedly, they probably can't quite match a sports car in terms of dynamics. They aren't blessed with sleek coupe silhouettes. However, these relatively affordable sedans combine the practicality of four doors with relatively sharp handling for...

Elise Stefanik’s new book exposes ‘moral rot’ and ‘poisoned’ Ivy Leagues that fueled Mamdani’s rise

WASHINGTON — Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) has revealed she’s publishing a book exposing the “far-left indoctrination, division, and moral rot” at Ivy League universities, as she draws a direct line from elite campus culture to the rise of Zohran...

Japan's Video Game Rankings, October 13-19

Pokémon Legends: Z-A Switch version debuts at #1, Switch 2 version at #2 Japan's Game Ranking: October 13-19 Rank System Title Publisher Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 1 NSw Pokémon Legends: Z-A Nintendo October 16 872,552 872,552 2 NSw 2...