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AkzoNobel and Axalta to merge, creating US$25 billion paint giant
Under the merger, AkzoNobel shareholders will receive a US$2.5 billion dividend payout Dulux paintmaker AkzoNobel said on Tuesday (Nov 18)…
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Global mining giant BHP is found liable in Brazil’s worst environmental disaster
A London judge ruled Friday that global mining company BHP Group is liable in Brazil’s worst environmental disaster when a dam collapse a…
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‘This is the right time to retire’: Walmart CEO Doug McMillon steps down. Retail giant names new boss
There’s a new sheriff in Bentonville. Today, Walmart announced that John Furner will become the company’s new CEO and president, effective…
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Saudi oil giant Aramco reports $26.9 billion profit in third quarter, beating expectations
Saudi oil giant Aramco reported Tuesday a $26.9 billion profit in the third quarter, down slightly from last year as global energy prices…
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Apple suppliers Qorvo and Skyworks to merge, creating a $22 billion chip giant
Apple suppliers Skyworks Solutions and Qorvo will merge in a cash-and-stock deal to create a radio chip company with an enterprise value…
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Intel CEO Tan Lip-Bu pledges to ‘refocus’ chip giant on AI, foundry
Intel chief executive officer Tan Lip-Bu said he is working to “refocus” the beleaguered chip company on engineering after its struggles…
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Sunseap founder’s firm teams up with Chinese nuclear giant on Indonesian solar import project
Frank Phuan’s Equator Renewables Asia is set to import clean power from the Riau Islands into Singapore Equator Renewables Asia – a new…
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China scraps platinum tax break for state-owned giant
Currently, China Platinum is the only entity allowed to import the metal without paying a 13% VAT China will phase out a long-standing…
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Genomics giant Illumina to boost Singapore headcount by 25%, doubles down on local R&D
US-based company is developing next-generation sequencers, using AI models in the Republic to speed up diagnostics and lower healthcare…
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This Chinese schoolyard uses giant Lego blocks to let kids endlessly redesign their playground
I can’t think of anything better than assembling Lego blocks. Except assembling gigantic Lego that I can actually walk, jump, and nap on.…
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Walmart and Sam’s Club will let you shop directly with ChatGPT as retail giant announces deal with OpenAI
America’s largest brick-and-mortar retailer is partnering with the country’s most prominent AI firm in the clearest signal yet that…
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The women taking tech giant Meta to task after their baby loss
Hayley ComptonEast Midlands investigations What does my baby look like at six weeks? When's my due date? When should I book my first…
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BYD: Chinese EV giant sees UK sales soar by 880%
Chinese car making giant BYD says the UK has become its biggest market outside China, after its sales there surged by 880% in September…
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China’s mining giant Zijin tops US$100 billion in value to near BHP, Rio Tinto
China’s Zijin Mining Group is worth more than US$100 billion at the market close for the first time, after a decade-long growth push…
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Trump Welcomed to the UK With Giant Photo of Him and Jeffrey Epstein
Trump is essentially filing this lawsuit on the grounds that the Times ’coverage isn’t kind enough to him. The 85-page lawsuit…
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Exclusive: A giant ‘AI Institute’ is coming to West Palm Beach. Yes, West Palm Beach
Enterprise technology company ServiceNow is expected to announce plans today to build an AI-focused office in West Palm Beach, Florida, as…
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Here’s How Much Money Trump Is Wasting on Giant Banners of His Face
An oversight report by Schiff reveals that the Department of Health and Human Services also plans to exhibit political banners on its…
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Saudi oil giant Aramco raises US$3 billion from Islamic bonds
Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest oil company, raised US$3 billion from a sale of Islamic bonds, a term sheet showed on Thursday (Sep 11),…
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Chinese tech giant Alibaba aims to fill Nvidia void with its new AI chip
China’s Alibaba has developed a new chip that is more versatile than its older chips and is meant to serve a broader range of AI inference…
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In Finland, this giant battery is helping heat apartments and offices—using sand
A small town in Finland is experimenting with a new type of infrastructure: the world’s largest sand battery. The battery—a 42-foot-tall,…
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China tech giant JD.Com unit, two other firms plan US$1 billion Singapore Reit
[SINGAPORE/HONG KONG] The property investment arm of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.Com and two other firms plan to launch a Singapore-based…
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Trump Pulls From Dictator Playbook and Hangs Giant Banner of His Face
“I think I’m going to be filing a lawsuit pretty soon and I think we’re going to be very successful in it. We’re going to be filing it…
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Evergrande: Chinese property giant delisted after spectacular fall
Peter Hoskins Business reporter, BBC News Chinese property giant Evergrande's shares were taken off the Hong Kong stock market on Monday…
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Intel shares jump as Softbank to buy $2bn stake in chip giant
Intel shares have jumped after Japanese technology investment giant Softbank said it is buying a $2bn (£1.5bn) stake in the US computer…