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Meta shares jump on name-change news — but it’s a Canadian materials company, not Facebook

Shares in a relatively small Canadian materials company have been surging after some misguided investors apparently thought they were getting a deal on buying stock in the world’s largest social media company.Facebook’s new, rebranded Meta social network page is displayed on Oct. 28. When the social media giant changed its name recently, shares in a relatively…

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Ben Fogle shares joy as his young children go on expedition without him to gain ‘absolute independence’: ‘It’s up to them to stand or fall by their own mistakes’

Ben Fogle hopes his young children gain ‘resilience and resourcefulness’ as they head off on an expedition of their own. The adventurer, 47, waved off son Ludo, 11, and daughter Iona, 10 at the train station on Monday as they went to explore the Inner Hebrides for a week, and understandably he was ‘bursting with…

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