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<p>Billionaire American investor <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1780804">Bill Ackman</a> on Sunday said that Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich should not serve in Israel’s next government, saying the two far-right politicians had caused enormous damage to the country’s reputation.</p> <p>The public intervention by the prominent hedge fund manager, who

Audi's CEO defended the company's plans for a $4 billion plant in Georgia, calling it a business decision to grow sales and reduce exposure to U.S. tariffs.

Dubai Municipality has awarded four contracts worth Dh3 billion to expand the emirate’s stormwater drainage network, as part of a wider project aimed at increasing rainwater drainage capacity by 700 per cent by 2033. The project falls under the third phase of the Dh30 billion Tasreef programme and will involve constructing and extending 100km of main drainag

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Family stake in Germany’s most successful football club driven by passion as much as financial returns, Maximilian Viessmann says

A network of sessional kindergartens are warning the state’s minimum free kinder hours won’t work for some families, and will struggle to implement them without more funding.

After Donald Trump made the announcement at an election rally in Georgia, the German carmaker confirmed plans for a factory in the US state, but noted car production would only start early next decade.

Almost two-thirds of the deaths linked to high summer temperatures would not have happened without climate change, a study showed.

Discover how Nigerian billionaires like Aliko Dangote, Folorunso Alakija, and Tony Elumelu are investing in the country’s future through education and lite Read More: https://punchng.com/billionaires-investing-in-nigerias-future/

Victorian Labor has announced a new plan to slash emergency wait times at a dozen hospitals, following a flurry of opposition promises in the health space.

Jackson's path differs from Donald Trump's, and the 72-year-old healthcare magnate and investor brings a vastly different persona to his first campaign. Unlike Trump, who was born to wealth, Jackson spent his early years bouncing through foster homes before launching his first company as a young man.

It’s 30 minutes into a conversation about the ultra-wealthy pursuing longevity when Ted Chiang wants to clear up a misconception.

Tiny samples from asteroid Bennu are rewriting scientists' understanding of how our Solar System formed. New evidence suggests that Bennu was born where material from the inner and outer Solar System mixed, with Jupiter playing a surprising role in shaping its formation.

Voters are about to decide if the mega-rich among them should hand over billions of dollars to pay for improvements to healthcare.

Irish DJ Jazzy came up on the Dublin club scene and has worked with industry heavyweights like Calvin Harris.

U.S. special envoy Jared Kushner is denying allegations in an upcoming book by journalist Matthew Cole that he received more than $2 billion in slush funds from Middle East leaders. CBS News homeland security correspondent Nicole Sganga has the details.

The fortunes of data centre business NextDC took a massive dive this week when its massive expansion plans hit a power pole in suburban Melbourne.

The universe formed 13.8 billion years ago, so this far-traveled burst of radio waves can help scientists learn more about the early cosmos. However, researchers still aren't sure what produces these strange flashes

Meta got hit this week with its biggest fine yet, the latest in a mounting pile of court-ordered payments.

Jared Kushner is pushing back after a Vanity Fair report claimed that Dutch and Russian spies who hacked his phone found hundreds of millions of dollars in transfers to secret bank accounts in the United Arab Emirates and Israel.

An APC campaign spokesman, Alwan Hassan, has alleged that some ministers pay billions to get appointed and then seek to recoup the money after their appoin Read More: https://punchng.com/some-ministers-pay-billions-to-get-appointed-apc-campaign-spokesman/

Joao and Walter Moreira Salles are major donors to progressive and left-leaning congressional candidates.

Jio Platforms', India's largest ever, is being closely watched as a test of investor appetite for large listings at a time when AI-linked stocks are facing increased scrutiny.

Mark Zuckerberg has made a deal with Meta to help him pay a proposed billionaire tax that is on the ballot in California

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The project is expected to be the largest under Nippon Steel's commitment to invest $11 billion by 2028.

Frank O’Keeffe talks about EY’s new strategy, its plan to hit €1.3bn in revenues and the impact of AI on the firm

A newly launched stock class being offered was partially engineered to help Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg pay the "billionaire's tax," should the measure be voted into law.

As it continues to feel the squeeze on its broadband and pay-TV operations, Comcast executives said Thursday that the company will take a $1 billion charge for the current fourth quarter that will include layoffs as part of an ongoing revamp of its core connectivity business of broadband, pay-TV and wireless. The media giant flagged […]

Star and content power were in focus at the Paramount U.K. upfront event in central London.

OpenAI is close to finalizing a new funding round that is meant to be a bridge to its 2027 IPO, sources familiar with the matter tell CNBC.

Older Americans reported $2.1 billion in fraud losses of at least $100,000, accounting for 70% of the $3 billion lost overall, according to the FTC.

Elon Musk has invested $1 billion in the new Skydance, according to a report in Semafor, amid speculation by Wall Street, industry players and, yesterday, John Malone, that the world’s richest man and Tesla chief would step in to lend his friend Larry Ellison a hand. At a conference yesterday in New York, the former […]

Multiple new reports claim that the budget for Gears of War: E-Day was $500 million. Both Kotaku and Chris Dring of The Game Business reported today, with Kotaku's report saying the number does not include marketing costs. Jez Corden of Windows Central added that the $500 million figure is not wrong, but his own sources aren't able to say definitively if tha

President Donald Trump must sit for a deposition in his defamation lawsuit filed against the BBC, the judge overseeing the case ruled. “Engaging in discovery is burdensome, but is a burden we undertake, especially if we file a lawsuit,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Aytch Lett said at a hearing in the case Thursday, as reported […]

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The high court has ruled that irregularities made parts of the Department of Health’s multibillion-rand ARV tender unlawful, ordering the department to reconsider the awards within 120 days. Current suppliers must continue deliveries to prevent shortages while the department investigates possible bid collusion and corrects scoring errors.

Nigerian singer Mr. Eazi has expressed confidence that he could soon become Afrobeats’ first US dollar billionaire, a milestone he says could happen soon. Read More: https://punchng.com/mr-eazi-predicts-becoming-afrobeats-first-dollar-billionaire/

David Ellison's father, billionaire and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, has a history with Musk.

<p>Exclusive: Sasan Ghandehari’s partnership with religious foundation raises questions about past dealings with republic criticised by Nigel Farage</p><p>Nigel Farage’s newest billionaire donor was in business with a powerful Iranian religious foundation under the authority of the country’s supreme leader, raising questions about his past dealings with the

The UAE is to invest a further €15 billion ($16.8 billion) into Greece as part of a joint initiative between the nations The plan was unveiled on the sidelines of an official visit to the European country by Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed , Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, on Thursday. It builds on the joint investment initiative, which was launched in May 2022 with a

The president had agreed to sit for a deposition on Oct. 16, but it was canceled for what was described as a “matter of national importance.”

American farmers are struggling with high prices as the Iran war and the Trump administration's tariffs drive up costs. President Trump announced an $8 billion relief fund for farmers ahead of the midterm elections. Founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association John Boyd Jr. shares his thoughts.

Comcast is gearing up for significant job cuts in its cable and telecom business in the coming weeks, as the media conglomerate restructures ahead the expected spin-off of NBCUniversal in 2027. On the company’s third-quarter 2026 earning call, CFO Jason Armstrong said Comcast expects to take a restructuring charge of more than $1 billion in […]

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California's billionaire wealth tax, Proposition 40, looks like a close call based on recent polls. Here is what to know before Election Day on Nov. 3.

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has filed a suit with the Central Administrative Court demanding that Asia Era One Co, a consortium led by the Charoen Pokphand Group, pay 13.3 billion baht owed under the contract to build the long-stalled three-airport high-speed rail project.

Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta has been hit with the biggest fine in its history, ordered to pay more than $35 billion over lies about users' privacy.

<img style="float: right" src="https://i.ds.at/XekD4g/rs:fill:150:0/plain/lido-images/2026/06/10/04869244-6859-45d3-95ef-a501cb3ecc42.jpg">Obwohl die Sparquote heuer auf 8,4 Prozent sinkt, überspringt das Finanzvermögen die Billionengrenze. Trotz hoher Inflation sind die Haushalte in den vergangenen zehn Jahren wohlhabender geworden

The fund has a current value of around $2.3 trillion.