PARIS, Oct 16 (Reuters) - More than one million tickets for the 2026 World Cup have been sold following the conclusion of the Visa pre-sales phase, world football's governing body FIFA said on Thursday. Fans from 212 countries and territories purchased tickets during the pre-sales period, which opened in mid-September, FIFA said in a statement. Demand was led by residents...

(Reuters) -The chair of the House Select Committee on China said Thursday that a licensing agreement for use of the TikTok algorithm as part of a deal by Chinese-based ByteDance to sell U.S. assets of the short video app would raise serious concerns. Representative John Moolenaar, a Republican, is waiting for briefing to get more details on the deal that...

11:42 AM EDT, 10/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Avanti Helium ( ARGYF ) said Thursday that it raised $375,000 in the second and final tranche of its non-brokered private placement of units, bringing the total raised to $1.54 million. The company issued 1.5 million units at $0.25 apiece for the second tranche. Each unit consists of one share and half a...

(Reuters) -The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission told Reuters that it was unclear whether the dozens of recent filings by asset managers to issue highly leveraged ETFs would be approved by the agency. Since the U.S. government shutdown began, the agency has received a large number of registration statements for ETFs seeking to offer 3x and 5x leveraged, equity-linked exposure,...