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Tech billionaires have raised more than $300m to oppose the billionaire tax proposal.
Daiichi Life's Australian unit last week offered to buy the remaining 79.5% of Challenger at 11.80 Australian dollars per share.
Private equity growth investments in defense reached $4 billion in the first nine months of 2026, up from $500 million in 2024.
Peter de Putron has spent decades maintaining a low profile. But the scale of his interests is commanding new attention
SoftBank Group reportedly plans to invest $50 billion in Malaysia's technology sector, including artificial intelligence and data centers.
US Central Command says more than 3,000 commercial vessels have transited the Strait of Hormuz with its support.
The success of the UAE’s industrial strategy will ultimately be realised by the factories it builds, the high-skilled jobs it creates and the high-quality products it makes within the country. Seen in this light, the second iteration of the Make it with Adnoc Forum was yet another opportunity to connect government support with what local manufacturers actual
A former Deutsche Bank executive got into business with the kingpins of Russia’s shadow fleet. Then it all went south.
A push in Malaysia would expand SoftBank's reach in Southeast Asia, a region that is emerging as a key hub for AI infrastructure such as data centers.
Elon Musk said in an X post that SpaceX has closed $40 billion in debt financing to purchase GPUs.
Premier Chris Minns has made a pledge less than five months out from the state election to remove rail track bottlenecks and extend an electrified line.
The founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, who praised Netanyahu last week, said a government without the two ministers would send a message that Israel was "turning a new page."
Behind the sleek sunglasses and effortless glamour inextricably linked with the Ray-Ban name lies a messy family feud that is anything but stylish.
<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
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