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Boots sold in £7bn deal to Canadian billionaire family
The sale of the High Street chain was announced on Wednesday.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by BBC Business
Justin Casse passed on the family training business over 4:30 a.m. wake-ups. Now he owns stakes in about 100 racehorses across six countries
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Casse built a global business spotting future champions—and learned that even the best judgment can’t guarantee a winning investment.
Key facts
- Reported by Fortune and published Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:02:25 UTC.
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Justin Casse passed on the family training business over 4:30 a.m. wake-ups. Now he owns stakes in about 100 racehorses across six countries
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WorldPingThe Guardian
Canada’s Weston family buys Boots for $8.9bn
Former Selfridges owners buy UK high street institution from long-term backer Stefano Pessina The Canadian family that once owned Selfridges department store has bought the UK pharmacy and beauty retailer Boots for $8.9bn (£6.74bn).
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Guardian
The Verge
WorldPingThe Verge
It appears .agent and .agi are about to be the hot new domains
For the first time in years, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - better known as ICANN - is accepting applications for new top-level domains. These are the suffixes at the end of all URLs, and you may know them as things like .com, .
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Verge
WorldPingThe Hindu
India’s stakes in the Global Pandemic Agreement
India’s leadership can help bridge the divides in global pandemic governance…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Hindu
WorldPingBBC News
Trump to speak to Putin about plague lab worker's death in Russia
Fears that the death may have been caused by pneumonic plague has prompted calls for more transparency from Russia.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by BBC News
WorldPingThe Guardian
Minister denies police brutality as student protests continue across France – Europe live, as it happened
Nearly 460 schools are affected by continuing protests today, just over a half of those that joined the ‘day of mobilisation’ yesterday We are getting reports of a knife attack at a vocational school in Ostrołęka, Poland, which left at least seven pe…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Guardian