U.S. HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY NOEM: PURCHASING MORE BUILDINGS IN CHICAGO TO OPERATE OUT OF
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VIDEO SHOWS: EUROPEAN CLUB ASSOCIATION PRESS CONFERENCE RESENDING WITH FULL SHOTLIST, SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: ROME, ITALY (OCTOBER 9, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. DELEGATES WALK INTO PRESS CONFERENCE 2. NEW EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CLUBS (EFC) LOGO 3. GENERAL ASSEMBLY SIGN 4. PRESS CONFERENCE 5. NASSER AL-KHELAIFI, EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CLUBS (EFC) CHAIRMAN, TALKING 6. DELEGATES ON STAGE 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NASSER AL-KHELAIFI, EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CLUBS (EFC) CHAIRMAN, TALKING ABOUT BARCELONA REJOINING THE EFC, SAYING: So this is the nation, we are one family, all of us. We want everybody to come back, the truth. Everybody, when you ask me about Real Madrid, also, so I didn't skip from Real Madrid, but the truth, we want all of them to come back. This is their family, their home. So we don't need any other competition. We have the best club competition today (Champions League) and with the new format, even better. So that's what we want, and that's hopefully what they, at least Barcelona, want today. And let's see what can happen next." 8. DELEGATES ON STAGE 9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NASSER AL-KHELAIFI, EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CLUBS (EFC) CHAIRMAN, TALKING ABOUT THE REBRANDING, SAYING: "It's more than just changing the name, the brand. It is about football. You know, European football clubs today, the football is in the middle of our name, middle of our logo. That's what we love, what we do every day and we are passionate about football. This is actually a focus on football and gives the vision we have to focus on the sport itself." 10. PRESS 11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) JAN-CHRISTIAN DREESEN, EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CLUBS (EFC) VICE-CHAIR, TALKING ABOUT CLUBS PLAYING LEAGUE MATCHES ABROAD, SAYING: "Well, I do have a clear idea where to play our obliged league matches and this is at the home where we do have our fundament. Because we play for the fans, we play for the fans abroad, but we play also for the fans at home, and so I think it's a good idea to play the league matches at home and not abroad. I know that for UEFA this was a difficult situation, and so for them it's not easy, because UEFA also wants to protect the club competitions, and it can't be in our interest that we do our league matches abroad. And yes, we want to expand, but we can expand with this big new international club competitions, Club World Cup, or with the UEFA club competitions and as well with our friendlies. I think this should be our idea and this is what we are aiming for." 12. DELEGATES ON STAGE 13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NASSER AL-KHELAIFI, EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CLUBS (EFC) CHAIRMAN, TALKING ABOUT PLAYER WORKLOAD, SAYING: "If you ask the players, most of the players, do you want to play one match every week or two matches every week? They will say two matches every week. Can they do it? It's a different story, different question, right? They don't want to train, trust me. The fans want to watch also them playing. But of course, everything we try to develop, everything we try to improve, calendar, one of them, yes, we need to look at the calendar. There is something that needs to improve in the calendar definitely. Yes, we need to protect the players, we need to protect the players, the clubs, the leagues, the national teams. So we all, we have the same vision, the same idea actually with everyone." 14. PRESS CONFERENCE 15. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NASSER AL-KHELAIFI, EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CLUBS (EFC) CHAIRMAN, TALKING ABOUT PLAYING INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS IN THE EUROPEAN WINTER, SAYING: "As I said we shouldn't be scared of changes, but what the change Is, is it for better? So we need to analyze and study everything, and then we should look at it, definitely. But it's a very difficult position today, you say this is better or the other option is better. So I think we should really study all the options that we have. There's something that needs to change, yes, definitely, you know. But I mean, as clubs, as national teams, as confederations, with all the respect to everybody, that we sit at the table and look at it, the players, coaches. You know, earlier I said the coaches, the players, they are the ones on the pitch. They are the ones working every day. So we need to have also their opinion." 16. EFC LOGO 17. END OF PRESS CONFERENCE 18. AL-KHELAIFI WITH OTHER DELEGATES STORY: TO FOLLOW
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Oct 9 (Reuters) – MetaTerra Holdings: * METATERRA ENTERS FORMAL DISCUSSIONS TO INTEGRATE MIRACLE PAY AT ROMANIA’S NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PROJECT
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By John Biju and Kavya Balaraman (Reuters) -Gold prices eased on Thursday as some investors booked profits, but remained above $4,000 per ounce, as expectations of U.S. interest-rate cuts and persistent global uncertainties drove demand for the safe-haven asset. Silver, spurred by momentum in the gold market, strong investment demand and an ongoing supply deficit, breached the psychological barrier of $50 per ounce for the first time. Spot gold fell 0.5% to $4,019.30 per ounce, by 1207 pm ET (1607 GMT). U.S. gold futures for December delivery fell 0.9% to $4,035.30. "Speculators are taking some gold chips off the table as the Gaza ceasefire takes effect since it reduces the temperature in a historically volatile region," said Tai Wong, an independent metals trader. Israel and Hamas signed an agreement on Thursday to cease fire, the first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump's initiative to end the war in Gaza. "Overall, though, the faith in this trade is largely undiminished. However, this rally has been so rapid that no real support comes in until $3,850," Wong said. Bullion surged past $4,000 per ounce for the first time on Wednesday, reaching a record high of $4,059.05. The non-yielding asset, which is traditionally considered a hedge during geopolitical and economic uncertainty, has gained more than 54% this year. Its rally has been fueled by geopolitical tension, robust central bank buying, rising ETF inflows, expectations of U.S. rate cuts, and tariff-related economic uncertainties. Minutes of the U.S. central bank's September meeting, released on Wednesday, showed Federal Reserve officials agreed that risks to the U.S. job market were high enough to warrant a rate cut, but remained wary amid stubborn inflation. The Fed resumed its rate-cutting cycle in September, lowering the benchmark rate by 25 basis points. Traders are now pricing in a 25 basis point cut in October with another in December, with a 95% and 80% chance, respectively. [FEDWATCH] Silver was 2.6% higher at $50.13 per ounce. The price of the metal has risen more than 69% this year, driven by the same macroeconomic forces fueling gold's rally and tight supply conditions in the spot market. "Silver is playing a bit of catch up at this point, moving more aggressively to the upside than gold in recent sessions," said David Meger, director of metals trading at High Ridge Futures. Platinum eased 0.2% to $1,659.10 and palladium rose 1.8% to $1,476.24. (Reporting by Anushree Mukherjee, Kavya Balaraman and John Biju in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur, Kirsten Donovan)
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(Reuters) -Latin American e-commerce firm MercadoLibre will test the waters for online pharmaceutical sales through its newly acquired drugstore in Brazil, the company's local head said on Thursday, a first step in entering the country's multi-billion-dollar online medicine market. In a call with journalists, executive Fernando Lunes added the firm is also talking with Brazilian authorities to update the country's regulation for the pharmaceutical sector, which, according to him, creates operational challenges. (Reporting by Michael Susin; Writing by Fernando Cardoso; Editing by Kylie Madry)
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* France's Michelin slides on softer Q3 sales forecasts * Portugal's EDP Renovaveis up after Jefferies upgrade * Ferrari shares stumble spoils electric vehicle tech launch (Updates with closing levels) By Shashwat Chauhan and Amir Orusov Oct 9 (Reuters) – European stocks fell on Thursday, dragged lower by steep losses in HSBC and Ferrari, knocking the STOXX off its record perch as investors kept a wary eye on France's deepening political turmoil. The pan-European STOXX 600 closed 0.4% lower, coming off its record high hit in the last session. Ferrari shares skidded to their worst single-day drop on record, closing at their lowest since April, as underwhelming long-term financial targets dulled investor enthusiasm and stole the spotlight from the luxury Italian carmaker's electric debut. Auto stocks logged their worst daily performance since March, with Michelin also adding to the blow. The French tire maker was off 3.8% after saying its third-quarter sales volumes would decline compared to the previous year. Shares of HSBC dropped 5.4%, the biggest drag on the STOXX, after the British lender said it plans to buy out minority shareholders in its Hang Seng Bank subsidiary in a deal worth around $13.6 billion. "There are obviously concerns about the timing and the variation of the deal," said Ipek Ozkardeskaya, senior market analyst at Swissquote Bank. Lloyds Banking Group shed 3.3% after the lender said it would likely need to set aside more cash to cover the cost of compensating motor finance customers in a probe. EYES ON FRANCE Investors kept a close watch on France as President Emmanuel Macron hunted for his sixth prime minister in less than two years, hoping the next pick could navigate a budget through a crisis-hit legislature. French assets were rattled earlier this week after Sebastien Lecornu, France's fifth prime minister in two years, tendered his and his government's resignation just hours after announcing the cabinet line-up. The regional blue-chip index gave up early gains to close 0.2% lower. Still, the benchmark remains one of the laggards in 2025, up about 9.2% compared to double-digit percent gains in other top nations. On the macro front, European Central Bank policymakers concluded last month that their toolkit remains strong enough to handle shifts in the euro zone's inflation outlook, allowing them to hold steady until the picture clears, minutes from the September 10–11 meeting showed. The central bank kept rates unchanged and struck a cautiously optimistic tone on the economy, signaling that any further easing would require a high bar – even as U.S. tariffs continue to cloud the horizon. Back to stocks, Germany's Gerresheimer slumped 18.2% after the packaging and medical equipment maker cut its annual outlook. EDP Renovaveis gained 1.4% after Jefferies upgraded its rating on the Portuguese wind energy producer to "buy" from "hold". (Reporting by Shashwat Chauhan and Pranav Kashyap in Bengaluru and Amir Orusov in Gdansk; editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips, Mrigank Dhaniwala and Mark Heinrich)
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VIDEO SHOWS: BROOKLYN NETS AND PHOENIX SUNS’ TRAINING SESSIONS AHEAD OF NBA PRESEASON GAMES IN MACAU / SOUNDBITES FROM SUN PLAYERS, DEVIN BOOKER, AND HEAD COACH, JORDAN OTT/ SOUNDBITES FROM NETS PLAYERS CAM THOMAS, EGOR DEMIN, AND, ZENG FANBO RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: MACAU, CHINA (OCTOBER 9, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. VARIOUS OF BROOKLYN NETS OPENING TRAINING SESSION 2. BROOKLYN NETS PLAYER MICHAEL PORTER JR. SHOOTING DURING TRAINING 3. TRAINING SESSION ONGOING 4. BROOKLYN NETS PLAYER ZENG FANBO ON COURT 5. BROOKLYN NETS PLAYER EGOR DEMIN ON COURT 6. BROOKLYN NETS PLAYER E. J. LIDDELL SITTING AND DRINKING WATER 7. BROOKLYN NETS PLAYER ZIAIRE WILLIAMS ON COURT 8. BROOKLYN NETS PLAYER TERANCE MANN SHOOTING 9. BROOKLYN NETS PLAYER CAM THOMAS SHOOTING 10. BALLS GOING INTO THE BASKET 11. ZENG SHOOTING 12. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BROOKLYN NETS PLAYER, CAM THOMAS, SAYING: “Oh yeah, definitely. Always open to doing that. New opportunities always, you know, come up as part of anything. So it's definitely good to see that and see that it's coming back and see how big, you know, the NBA is here. So I definitely like to see, you know, us, you know, venture out here more. So it's been cool.” 13. SIGNAGE ON COURT READING (Chinese): “NBA China 2025” 14. TRAINING SESSION ONGOING 15. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BROOKLYN NETS PLAYER, EGOR DEMIN, SAYING: "I think it's great. As I know it, it's the eighth time in China, right,? The NBA? And I mean, I think that's a huge event. No matter where the NBA goes, but especially in China, because of the community here and because how much you guys and the whole (of) Asia love basketball, I think that's really important for the NBA and for China.” 16. BROOKLYN NETS HEAD COACH JORDI FERNANDEZ SPEAKING TO PLAYERS 17. PLAYERS BREAKING HUDDLE 18. PRESS CONFERENCE WITH BROOKLYN NETS PLAYER ZENG FANBO IN PROGRESS 19. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BROOKLYN NETS PLAYER, ZENG FANBO, SAYING: “I feel blessed, you know, to be a part of this family. Since I was a kid, I was watching on the TV. Right now, it's like a dream come true for me. For me, I'll just enjoy the whole thing, enjoy with my family on the weekend, enjoy a better game. If I got a chance to play, I'll enjoy every single six seconds I get on the court. So I feel blessed.” 20. SCREEN SHOWING BROOKLYN NETS AND PHOENIX SUNS LOGOS 21. PHOENIX SUNS’ PLAYERS LISTENING TO HEAD COACH JORDAN OTT SPEAKING 22. PHOENIX SUNS’ PLAYER DEVIN BOOKER SITTING 23. PLAYERS SITTING 24. PHOENIX SUNS’ PLAYER DEVIN BOOKER ARRIVING AT PRESS CONFERENCE 25. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PHOENIX SUNS PLAYER, DEVIN BOOKER, SAYING: “I think it's super important. Obviously, you know, we have a big fan base out here in China. We have Chinese players in the NBA and, you know, I think basketball without borders is super important, being here on their homeland and letting them see us play in person. You know, I think for the youth and, you know, the next generation of Chinese players, getting this experience on their land will just, you know, open up their inspiration and, you know, make them feel they have a chance.” 26. TRAINING IN PROGRESS 27. PHOENIX SUNS PLAYER MARK WILLIAMS WARMING UP 28. BOOKER WARMING UP 29. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PHOENIX SUNS PLAYER, DEVIN BOOKER, SAYING: “Yeah, I know it is. Like I said, coming here once before and, you know, getting the experience and, you know, just seeing the reaction, seeing, you know, their faces light up, you know, just upon our arrival. So, you know, it's super important for us, super important for the league to be here in person and doing this.” 30. SIGN ON BOARD READING (Chinese): “NBA China 2025” 31. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PHOENIX SUNS PLAYER, DEVIN BOOKER, SAYING: “I mean, that was last summer. This past summer was too long for my liking without being in the playoffs. So, you know, I'm eager to get back to it. You know, I'm excited. Obviously, we've had some changes with the roster. We've had some changes with the coaches. You know, so I think it's a big responsibility for me to just be a leader, continue being a leader, and get everybody on the same page so we can start this thing off the right way.” 32. PHOENIX SUNS’ HEAD COACH JORDAN OTT SITTING DOWN AT PRESS CONFERENCE 33. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PHOENIX SUNS’ HEAD COACH, JORDAN OTT, SAYING: “Yeah, I think just us as the Phoenix Suns being one of those teams to come here, you know, we know that it's an incredible honour and opportunity for us to be here in the country, on this stage with our group. You know, we're early in this training camp, early in the preseason. It's only our second game, second game together, coming here to a place where, you know, many of us have not been. So yeah, just the time together, the flight over, it's a time for some of our team bonding and then us to get out here in front of these fans. We're really excited.” 34. TRAINING ONGOING 35. VARIOUS OF DIGITAL BOARD READING (Chinese): “NBA China 2025” STORY: The Brooklyn Nets take on the Phoenix Suns in Macau on Friday (October 10) and Sunday (October 12) as the National Basketball Association (NBA) returns to China for the first time since a controversial parting of ways in 2019. The NBA's six-year absence followed a firestorm of controversy around comments made six years ago by the Houston Rockets' then general manager Daryl Morey, who posted a message on social media in support of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests. In the aftermath, Beijing suspended the broadcast of NBA games, prompting corporate sponsors to flee and the league to suffer what it described at the time as dramatic financial consequences. The Suns' four-time NBA All-Star Devin Booker welcomed the return as an opportunity to reconnect with the league's passionate fans in a country where an estimated 300 million people play basketball. "Obviously, we have a big fan base out here in China. We have Chinese players in the NBA and I think basketball without borders is super important," Booker told Reuters on Thursday. "Just seeing the (fans') reaction, seeing their faces light up upon our arrival, it's super important for the league to be here in person and doing this," added the 28-year-old two-time Olympic gold medallist. The NBA also announced a multi-year partnership with Alibaba ahead of the preseason games in Macau with the Chinese technology giant, whose chairman Joseph Tsai has owned the Nets since 2019, set to provide artificial intelligence and cloud computing services to the league. The Nets and Suns will meet at the Sands Macau Venetian Arena with the games accompanied by a five-day free-to-enter music, fashion and technology exhibition showcasing the NBA brand. Shaquille O'Neal is among NBA celebrities attending the event, the league said. Sands owner, the U.S. billionaire Adelson family, also own the Texas-based NBA team, the Dallas Mavericks. The casino operator announced its collaboration with the NBA in December 2024 and said it wanted to bring elite basketball directly to Chinese fans. (Production: Joyce Zhou, Conal Quinn)
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Oct 9 (Reuters) – Phoenix Education Partners' shares rose 18.8% in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Thursday, valuing the University of Phoenix-owner at $1.35 billion. (Reporting by Ateev Bhandari in Bengaluru; Editing by Leroy Leo)
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By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil prices edged slightly lower on Thursday after Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas signed an agreement to cease fire in Gaza. Brent crude futures were down 36 cents, or 0.6%, at $65.88 a barrel at 11:42 a.m. ET (1542 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was down 30 cents, or 0.5%, at $62.25. Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas signed an agreement on Thursday to cease fire and free Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, in the first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump's initiative to end the war in Gaza. Under the ceasefire deal, fighting will cease, Israel will partially withdraw from Gaza, and Hamas will free all remaining hostages it captured in the attack that precipitated the war, in exchange for hundreds of prisoners held by Israel. "Crude futures are in a corrective phase as the Israel/Hamas conflict looks to be ending," said Dennis Kissler, senior vice president of trading at BOK Financial. 'WIDE-RANGING' IMPLICATIONS FOR OIL MARKETS "The peace agreement is a major breakthrough in recent Middle Eastern history – its implications for oil markets could be wide-ranging, from the possibility of a decrease in the Houthis' attacks in the Red Sea to an increase in the likelihood of a nuclear deal with Iran…" Rystad Energy's Chief Economist Claudio Galimberti said in a note. The OPEC+ group, made up of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies, agreed on Sunday to a November output hike that was smaller than market expectations, easing oversupply concerns. Prices had gained around 1% on Wednesday to reach a one-week high after investors viewed stalled progress on a Ukraine peace deal as a sign that sanctions against Russia, the world's second-largest oil exporter, would continue for some time. Meanwhile, total weekly U.S. petroleum products supplied, a proxy for U.S. oil consumption, rose last week to 21.99 million barrels per day, the most since December 2022, according to a report from the Energy Information Administration on Wednesday. (Reporting by Stephanie Kelly in London, Florence Tan in Singapore and Georgina McCartney in Houston. Editing by Mark Potter, Jane Merriman, Nick Zieminski, William Maclean)
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By Haripriya Suresh and Sai Ishwarbharath B BENGALURU (Reuters) -Tata Consultancy Services, India's top software-services exporter, beat second-quarter revenue estimates on Thursday, aided by strength in its banking, financial services and insurance segment, and said it expects better growth in the second half of the fiscal year. The results boosted optimism around the country's $283 billion IT sector, which has been dealing with cautious client spending amid economic uncertainties, especially in North America, its largest market. "If there are no more tariff-related surprises, Indian IT should slowly recover from this quarter," Centrum Broking analyst Piyush Pandey told Reuters, noting that TCS' revenue and operating margins were above expectations. TCS CEO K Krithivasan told analysts that the number of projects getting deferred or paused has reduced compared to the preceding quarter. "We have had better growth compared to Q1. Macros have not changed much, but our deep engagement with clients, AI solutions – all of this gives confidence that we will improve the growth momentum compared to the first half," he said. Sales in the September quarter rose 2.4% to 657.99 billion rupees ($7.4 billion), beating analysts' average estimate of 650.86 billion rupees, according to data compiled by LSEG. Revenue at its core banking, financial services and insurance segment, which accounts for about a third of the company's business, rose 1%, while revenue from its consumer, healthcare and manufacturing verticals fell 2.9%, 2.2% and 1.1%, respectively. Profit rose 1.4% to 120.75 billion rupees, but missed analysts' average estimate of 126.29 billion rupees, hurt by 11.35 billion rupees in severance costs. In July, TCS announced its plans to shed 2% of its workforce in fiscal 2026, affecting about 12,200 middle and senior management jobs. The company's employee count fell by 19,755 sequentially, the steepest-ever decline in a quarter. TCS's total order bookings stood at $10 billion during the second quarter, versus $9.4 billion in the first quarter and $8.6 billion in the year-ago period, bringing some cheer to the sector that has been facing many challenges, including a proposed 25% tax on outsourcing payments and an H-1B visa crackdown that is expected to upend the industry's playbook. The company also said it would set up a new business entity to build AI infrastructure, including a 1 GW data centre in India, over a period of five to seven years. "When functional, 1GW in capacity will make TCS among the Top-5 data center operators in India and will possibly entail capex of US $5bn," analysts at Jefferies said. ($1 = 88.7910 Indian rupees) (Reporting by Haripriya Suresh and Sai Ishwarbharath B; Editing by Sonia Cheema, Mrigank Dhaniwala, Dhanya Skariachan and Shinjini Ganguli)
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