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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Activist Saba launches board and management coup at seven London-listed investment trusts

An activist investor is hoping to seize control of seven underperforming London-listed investment trusts after urging shareholders on Wednesday to sack their respective boards. The trusts affected are Baillie Gifford US Growth, CQS Natural Resources Growth & Income, Edinburgh Worldwide, European Smaller Companies, Henderson Opportunities, Herald Investment Trust and Keystone Positive Change. Targeting trusts with big discounts to NAV is …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Equinox, formerly Indiabulls Real Estate, debuts under ‘Embassy’ banner

Live Mint

Bengaluru: Equinox India Developments Ltd, formerly Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd, has launched its first project in suburban Mumbai under the ‘Embassy’ brand name, after the company was recapitalized earlier this year, said a top company executive. IBREL was renamed as Equinox India, when Bengaluru-based developer Embassy Group, global asset manager Blackstone Real Estate Fund, UK-based investment firm Baillie Gifford & …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan adds Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize to his trophy shelf

New Indian Express

LONDON: Australian writer Richard Flanagan completed an unprecedented literary double on Tuesday, winning Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize a decade after being awarded the Booker Prize for fiction. Flanagan was awarded the 50,000 pound Baillie Gifford Prize for his genre-bending memoir “Question 7,” which combines autobiography, family history and the story of the development of the atomic bomb. Baillie Gifford …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Australian author Richard Flanagan wins $97,000 Baillie Gifford Prize but declines prize money

ABC

Australian author Richard Flanagan has won the prestigious Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, worth 50,000 British pounds, for his latest book, Question 7. But in his pre-recorded acceptance speech — the author is currently trekking through the Tasmanian wilderness — Flanagan said he had "delayed tak receipt of" the prize money until sponsor Baillie Gifford puts forward a plan to …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan adds Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize to his trophy shelf

Associated Press

LONDON — Australian writer Richard Flanagan completed an unprecedented literary double on Tuesday, winning Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize a decade after being awarded the Booker Prize for fiction. Flanagan was awarded the 50,000 pound Baillie Gifford Prize for his genre-bending memoir “Question 7,” which combines autobiography, family history and the story of the development of the atomic bomb. Baillie …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Wood carver Maud Baillie made 'world-class' craft furniture on remote Wedge Island 120 years ago

ABC

Port Lincoln's Bill Lakin fondly remembers his grandmother, Ma-ma, as a humble, frail lady in a wheelchair, who had scrapbooks of paintings and drawings. This week the Art Gallery of South Australia unveiled a glass cabinet Maud carved in 1905, at the age of 21, when she was living on remote Wedge Island, off the South Australian coast. Mr Gare …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Murdoch family up bid for Rightmove to £5.9bn

The Telegraph

The Murdoch family’s Australian property business has boosted its offer for Britain’s Rightmove in a deal worth nearly £5.9bn. The continued pursuit comes as News Corp, which owns REA, seeks to further diversify its business beyond media as patriarch Rupert Murdoch hands over the reins to his eldest son, Lachlan. Rightmove rejected the initial approach as “opportunistic” and some investors …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

UK woman defies age by skydiving at 102. Incredible video wins internet's heart

Hindustan Times

Do you believe the saying “Age is just a number”? The fearless centenarian, Manette Baillie, became Britain's oldest skydiver after completing the 7,000 foot,” Dailymail wrote as they posted a video of the woman. Smiling lightly, she says, “It was wonderful.” The man then goes, “Congratulations, you just jumped out of an aeroplane.” Take a look at the video of …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Are the eco-protesters intimidating the Hay Literary Festival doing more damage than good?

The Independent

How is your hay fever this year? If you’ve heard of Baillie Gifford at all it’s probably because they have, over the years, been extremely generous in funding festivals – in Hay, Cheltenham, Stratford, Henley and Edinburgh – as well as an eponymous prize for non-fiction. But, like Sudafed, Imodium and Jo Malone, Baillie Gifford is apparently not quite pure …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Edinburgh International Book Festival ends Baillie Gifford sponsorship

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Edinburgh International Book Festival has ended its 20-year funding …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Hay Festival drops sponsor after celebrities including Charlotte Church withdraw

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hay Festival has suspended its sponsorship with an investment management …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Hay Festival bows to pressure and cuts ties with sponsors over Israel links

The Telegraph

The campaign against Baillie Gifford has been run by Fossil Free Books, a group which claims that the firm has nearly £10 billion invested in companies with links to Israel’s defence, tech and cybersecurity industries. More than 600 writers and publishing industry professionals have signed a statement by the group which demands Baillie Gifford “divest from the fossil fuel industry …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Hay Festival row as Labour MP pulls out over sponsor’s links to Israel

The Telegraph

Hay Festival has become embroiled in a row as a Labour MP pulled out of the literary event over accusations its sponsor firm “profits from Israeli apartheid”. Dawn Butler, the MP for Brent Central, was due to speak at Hay-on-Wye later this month, but has decided to boycott the festival over its sponsorship links with investment management firm Baillie Gifford. …

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9 months ago

Indiabulls Real Estate to raise ₹3,911 cr via preferential allotment

Live Mint

Bengaluru: Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd. said its board has approved raising ₹3,911 crore through a preferential allotment from a group of investors, including Embassy Group, global asset manager Blackstone Real Estate Fund and UK-based investment firm Baillie Gifford & Co. Quant Active Fund, Poonawalla Finance, Yash Shares & Stock, Capri Global, Maybank, Micro Labs and Aalidhra are some of the …

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1 year, 1 month ago

10-year-old issues petition to Apple to change the ‘nerd’ emoji, Andrew Tate responds

Hindustan Times

Teddy Cottlel, from Oxfordshire, England, has issued a petition to Apple to change its ‘nerd’ emoji, which depicts a glasses-wearing grinning face with two front teeth sticking out. Alongside his teacher Lisa Baillie, Teddy began an online petition, titled, “No Nerd Emoji!” "They're making people think we're nerds and it's absolutely horrible,” told the 10-year-old to BBC. Therefore, alongside his …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Story of a devastating wildfire that reads ‘like a thriller’ wins Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize

Associated Press

LONDON — A book about a fire that ravaged a Canadian city and has been called a portent of climate chaos won Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize on Thursday. John Vaillant’s “Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World” was awarded the 50,000 pound Baillie Gifford Prize at a ceremony in London. The chair of the judging panel, Frederick …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Book detailing ‘harrowing’ impact of wildfires wins Baillie Gifford Prize

The Independent

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1 year, 2 months ago

Yousaf and deputy accused of misleading Holyrood over Covid WhatsApp messages

The Independent

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1 year, 2 months ago

Former SNP MP attempts comeback

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Former SNP MP Professor Stephen Gethins is looking to mount …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Our culture divides women into ‘lovely’ and bad girls – Russell Brand was part of it

The Independent

There were many details in the Dispatches special on Russell Brand that stuck in the mind – blow jobs, bottles of urine, bad taste prank calls. Following a similar trajectory, in 1989, Kylie Minogue left behind the Charlene from Neighbours reputation and the chirpy Stock Aitken and Waterman hits and began dating “bad boy” INXS lead singer Michael Hutchence – …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Russell Brand’s history of dating celebrities – and clashing with their loved ones

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

Andrew Sachs’ granddaughter speaks out on allegations against ex Russell Brand

The Independent

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1 year, 4 months ago

Authors walk out of Edinburgh Book Festival over alleged fossil fuel links

The Telegraph

Mid-way through the panel on Saturday, Ms Loach was asked about what actions people can take to help tackle the climate crisis. Drop Baillie Gifford.” In a video she later posted to social media, Ms Loach said: “I can’t actually in good faith continue just talking about these issues without doing something, especially given that the festival is “Baillie Gifford …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Greta Thunberg pulls out of Edinburgh Book Festival over ‘greenwashing’ row

The Telegraph

Baillie Gifford claimed its 2 per cent of investment in fossil fuel companies was well below the market average of 11 per cent. Ms Thunberg said: “As a climate activist I cannot attend an event which receives sponsorship from Baillie Gifford, who invest heavily in the fossil fuel industry. “Currently, 5 per cent of our clients’ money is invested in …

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Activist Saba launches board and management coup at seven London-listed investment trusts

Equinox, formerly Indiabulls Real Estate, debuts under ‘Embassy’ banner

Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan adds Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize to his trophy shelf

Australian author Richard Flanagan wins $97,000 Baillie Gifford Prize but declines prize money

Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan adds Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize to his trophy shelf

Wood carver Maud Baillie made 'world-class' craft furniture on remote Wedge Island 120 years ago

Murdoch family up bid for Rightmove to £5.9bn

UK woman defies age by skydiving at 102. Incredible video wins internet's heart

Are the eco-protesters intimidating the Hay Literary Festival doing more damage than good?

Edinburgh International Book Festival ends Baillie Gifford sponsorship

Hay Festival drops sponsor after celebrities including Charlotte Church withdraw

Hay Festival bows to pressure and cuts ties with sponsors over Israel links

Hay Festival row as Labour MP pulls out over sponsor’s links to Israel

Indiabulls Real Estate to raise ₹3,911 cr via preferential allotment

10-year-old issues petition to Apple to change the ‘nerd’ emoji, Andrew Tate responds

Story of a devastating wildfire that reads ‘like a thriller’ wins Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize

Book detailing ‘harrowing’ impact of wildfires wins Baillie Gifford Prize

Yousaf and deputy accused of misleading Holyrood over Covid WhatsApp messages

Former SNP MP attempts comeback

Our culture divides women into ‘lovely’ and bad girls – Russell Brand was part of it

Russell Brand’s history of dating celebrities – and clashing with their loved ones

Andrew Sachs’ granddaughter speaks out on allegations against ex Russell Brand

Authors walk out of Edinburgh Book Festival over alleged fossil fuel links

Greta Thunberg pulls out of Edinburgh Book Festival over ‘greenwashing’ row