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Bill To Outlaw Trade In Dog Meat Passed By The Parliament Of South Korea

South Korea's parliament passed a bill on Tuesday to ban the consumption and sale of dog meat, outlawing the contentious centuries-old practice amid increased support for animal welfare. ...

The Two Priciest Cities In The World Are Singapore And Zurich

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has announced that Singapore and Zurich were tied for the most expensive cities in the world this year, followed by Geneva, New York, and Hong Kong....

Pocket wallets vs. smartphones: Can we replace cash with digital currencies?

The more than a decade-long history of cryptocurrency has clearly demonstrated that the world is keen on the new form of money. The crypto frenzy has even prompted leading central banks to work on...

Parental Alerts Mark New Front in Teen Online Safety as Britain Considers Social Media Curbs

Ellison-Backed Paramount Skydance Outmaneuvers Netflix in Warner Deal as Market Rewards Streaming Discipline

Washington Explores Digital Gateway to Counter Foreign Content Controls

Targeted Energy Channel Opens as Washington Permits Venezuelan Oil Resale to Cuba’s Private Sector

Nintendo’s ¥300 Billion Share Reshuffle Signals Governance Shift as Kyoto Lenders Trim Stakes

Netflix Reasserts Capital Discipline as Warner Exit Sharpens Streaming Leadership

Profit Strength Meets Capital Discipline Debate as Nvidia’s Beat Fails to Ignite Shares

Strategic Capital Convergence Powers OpenAI’s $110 Billion Raise as Cloud and Chip Giants Deepen AI Stakes

Succession Under Fire: How Iran Engineered Continuity for a Moment of Maximum Shock

End of an Era in Tehran: How Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Three-Decade Grip on Iran Finally Unraveled

Companies

Palantir Shares Leaps On The 2023 Profit Prediction And Need For AI

With a gamble on "unlike anything we have seen" demand in its new artificial intelligence platform, Palantir Technologies announced that it anticipates making money every quarter in 2023. This news sent its shares up about 20% in extended trading. The new generative AI platform, which uses...

Amazon Will Give Customers $10 To Pick Up Products In Order To Reduce Delivery Expenses

Amazon.com is giving customers $10 to pick up a product rather than have it mailed to a home address, as the e-commerce behemoth joins other retailers in slashing costs for home delivery and returns amid sluggish consumer demand. Amazon has emailed an unknown number of Prime members in...

HSBC Foils Significant Investor's Plot To Break Up Bank

During a sometimes contentious annual general meeting, HSBC resisted an attempt by its largest shareholder to split up the firm. Ping An, a Chinese insurer, has been attempting to divide the bank for more than a year. It failed to get the support of any other large shareholder on...

Apple's Earnings Send Shares Soaring To A Nine-Month High

Apple's stock rose over 5% on Friday, reaching a nine-month high and on course for its greatest one-day rise since November, as the iPhone maker's quarterly earnings reassured investors concerned about a possible recession. The jump in Apple shares boosted optimism on Wall Street, helping...

Following A Short Seller Report, Carl Icahn's Investment Empire Suffers A $6 Billion Loss In One Day

As a result of a negative report from short seller Hindenburg Research, shares of Carl Icahn's holding firm fell even further on Wednesday, causing the valuation decrease since the short seller attacked it to reach more than $6 billion. Icahn Enterprises LP (IEP) was charged on Tuesday by...

Indian Airline Go First Declares Bankruptcy And Attributes It To Its Pratt & Whitney Engines

Cash-strapped Go First, an Indian airline, declared bankruptcy on Tuesday, blaming the grounding of about half of its fleet on "faulty" Pratt & Whitney engines. The move emphasises the strong rivalry in a sector dominated by IndiGo and the recent merger of Air India and Vistara under...

According To NPR, Its Twitter Account Could Be Reassigned, Musk Has Warned

Elon Musk, the founder of Twitter, has "threatened" to transfer National Public Radio's Twitter account to a different business, the American broadcaster claimed on Tuesday. NPR said that Musk said he would give another company or individual control of the network's primary account, which...

BlackBerry Will Reconsider Strategic Alternatives For Its Business

The Canadian technology giant BlackBerry announced on Monday that it will evaluate its strategic options, which could include the potential separation of one or more of its divisions. The company's US-listed shares increased by close to 11% in after-bell trade. Pager manufacturer...

IBM Will Halt Hiring And Utilise AI To Replace 7,800 Positions

CEO of International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) Arvind Krishna stated that the company anticipates pausing hiring for positions that it believes artificial intelligence could replace in the upcoming years. CEO of International Business Machines Corp. Arvind Krishna stated that the...

Amazon's Warning About Its Cloud Business Frightens The Market

Investors are concerned that growth in the profitable cloud business of Amazon.com Inc. is slowing. As a result of Amazon's cloud division showing its worst quarterly growth since the company started separating the unit's sales in 2015, shares dropped by about 4% on Friday. If...

Exxon And Chevron Disagree Over How To Handle Increasing Cash Hoards

Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp., the two biggest U.S. oil firms, are raking in cash from booming oil and gas operations, but they disagree on what to do next. On Friday, the pair reported first-quarter earnings that far exceeded Wall Street expectations. Analysts anticipate that Exxon...

Google Parent Company Reports Slight Ad Sales Growth And Announces Stock Buybacks

As demand for cloud services increased and ad sales performed better than anticipated, Alphabet Inc. said on Tuesday that it would repurchase $70 billion worth of stock and reported first-quarter profit and revenue beyond projections. Investors applauded the buyback plan, driving shares of...

Lifestyle

Bill To Outlaw Trade In Dog Meat Passed By The Parliament Of South Korea

The Two Priciest Cities In The World Are Singapore And Zurich

Pocket wallets vs. smartphones: Can we replace cash with digital currencies?

Parental Alerts Mark New Front in Teen Online Safety as Britain Considers Social Media Curbs

Ellison-Backed Paramount Skydance Outmaneuvers Netflix in Warner Deal as Market Rewards Streaming Discipline

Washington Explores Digital Gateway to Counter Foreign Content Controls

Targeted Energy Channel Opens as Washington Permits Venezuelan Oil Resale to Cuba’s Private Sector

Nintendo’s ¥300 Billion Share Reshuffle Signals Governance Shift as Kyoto Lenders Trim Stakes

Netflix Reasserts Capital Discipline as Warner Exit Sharpens Streaming Leadership

Profit Strength Meets Capital Discipline Debate as Nvidia’s Beat Fails to Ignite Shares

Strategic Capital Convergence Powers OpenAI’s $110 Billion Raise as Cloud and Chip Giants Deepen AI Stakes

Succession Under Fire: How Iran Engineered Continuity for a Moment of Maximum Shock

End of an Era in Tehran: How Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Three-Decade Grip on Iran Finally Unraveled

Palantir Shares Leaps On The 2023 Profit Prediction And Need For AI

Amazon Will Give Customers $10 To Pick Up Products In Order To Reduce Delivery Expenses

HSBC Foils Significant Investor's Plot To Break Up Bank

Apple's Earnings Send Shares Soaring To A Nine-Month High

Following A Short Seller Report, Carl Icahn's Investment Empire Suffers A $6 Billion Loss In One Day

Indian Airline Go First Declares Bankruptcy And Attributes It To Its Pratt & Whitney Engines

According To NPR, Its Twitter Account Could Be Reassigned, Musk Has Warned

BlackBerry Will Reconsider Strategic Alternatives For Its Business

IBM Will Halt Hiring And Utilise AI To Replace 7,800 Positions

Amazon's Warning About Its Cloud Business Frightens The Market

Exxon And Chevron Disagree Over How To Handle Increasing Cash Hoards

Google Parent Company Reports Slight Ad Sales Growth And Announces Stock Buybacks

World

End of an Era in Tehran: How Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Three-Decade Grip on Iran Finally Unraveled

Succession Under Fire: How Iran Engineered Continuity for a Moment of Maximum Shock

White House Lifts Global Import Levy to 15% as Legal Setback Reshapes U.S. Trade Strategy

Sanctions Relief and Enrichment Rights Anchor Tehran’s Conditional Offer in Renewed Nuclear Diplomacy

Executive Fury and Strategic Reset: Trump Escalates Trade Offensive After Supreme Court Rebuke

People

Fiscal Signals and Social Engineering Shape China’s New Push to Reverse Demographic Decline

Reagan’s Enduring Shadow: How an Old Conservative Ideal Still Defines and Challenges Trump’s Presidency

South Korean Workers Recount Ordeal After U.S. Immigration Raid on Hyundai Plant

Federal Judge Likely to Stand Guard Over Fed’s Independence in Cook Dispute

When Allies Turned Adversaries: The Dramatic Implosion of the Trump–Musk Alliance