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777 Partners LLC is weighing an investment in Everton FC, a person with knowledge of the matter said, as more American buyers circle England’s top football clubs.

A counter-offer by Italy’s state-backed lender for Telecom Italia SpA’s landline network — the carrier’s core asset — will be aimed at topping a previous bid from KKR & Co. bid, according to people familiar with the matter.

DoorDash Inc. shares jumped Friday morning after an optimistic earnings report that showed resilient demand for pricey takeout even amid a cost-of-living squeeze. The company also said its president would be stepping down as part of a slate of executive changes.

European banks are keeping the vast majority of the benefit from rising interest rates to themselves, helping to drive profits in the industry to decade highs.

Ghana, which faces an imminent threat of defaulting on one of its eurobonds, said private foreign creditors may have to accept less favorable terms than bilateral lenders in the country’s $30 billion debt restructuring.

Qatari investors are readying a roughly £5 billion ($6 billion) opening bid for Manchester United Plc, people with knowledge of the matter said, ahead of what’s expected to be a fierce bidding war for the English football giant.

One of the European Central Bank’s most senior officials said that investors risk underestimating the persistence of inflation, and the response needed to bring it under control.

Finland’s parliament is moving ahead with the domestic process to ratify the Nordic country’s accession to NATO, even as approval from Turkey and Hungary has yet to be received.

Credit Suisse Group AG named Neil Hosie to lead the bank’s global equities team, amid ongoing management turnover and restructuring at the investment bank unit.