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WASHINGTON (AP) — The cost of the Iran war to American taxpayers has grown to $47.1 billion, according to a new estimate the Pentagon has provided to Congress. The fallout from the conflict has become a key issue in the midterm elections and could increase as President Donald Trump leaves open the possibility of renewed hostilities.

Speaking at the press curtain raiser of the the Bharat Renewable Energy Summit & Expo (2026), Mr. Sarangi mentioned that India had secured private investment of $64 billion in the sector.

It’s a striking and historic show of unity from a notoriously hard-to-organize donor class, a POLITICO analysis shows.

The Iran war looms over the midterm elections as costs mount and gas prices squeeze voters' wallets. CBS News' Weijia Jiang has more on this, plus Lana Zak reports on races in Iowa.

Healey presented his first budget as Chancellor, and reiterated the UK's support of Ukraine on Wednesday.

Wendy's has endured a tough two-year stretch as diners eat out less often.

British finance minister John Healey has announced support to help households through the "global economic storms" with subsidies for energy bills and a freeze in fuel duty for drivers in the first budget plan of Prime Minister Andy Burnham's government.

The numbers involved seem ludicrous, but the principle is interesting

A chip factory being built by Elon Musk's Tesla and SpaceX is in Texas's 10th District, where his PAC's former lawyer Chris Gober is the GOP U.S. House nominee.

The parent of Times Car operator Times Mobility announced it plans to report a one-time loss of ¥5.5 billion over a personal data leak.

A selection of new crime titles reflect the current worries of the world, from right-wing media to data centres.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 — Malaysia will still face billions of ringgit in losses from the 1Malaysia Development Berha...

UBS reported a third quarter pretax profit of almost $3.6 billion.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 — The total fuel subsidy savings for this year will be finalised by year-end, taking into acc...

The war with Iran has cost the U.S. military at least $47.1 billion as of mid-October, according to a new estimate from U.S. Central Command obtained by CBS News.

The listing furthers Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani's plan to turn Jio's parent Reliance Industries from an oil-and-chemicals conglomerate into an "everything company" spanning consumer and technology.

Trump's statement comes as a report from The Hill revealed that the costs of the Iran conflict have ballooned to $47 billion.

A reshuffle impacting more than 700 stocks is expected to trigger around $60 billion of passive trading at Thursday's close.

Massive note conversions reveal the true extent of Amazon's ownership in Anthropic.

Authorities have been urging lenders such as Kyoto Financial to phase out the practice of cross-shareholdings to improve corporate governance.

The estimate through Oct. 16 shows that bombs, missiles and other munitions accounted for more than 60 percent of expenses.

FBI agents raided a Beverly Hills mansion as part of an investigation into Eric Swalwell. The former California representative dropped out of the governor's race in April and gave up his seat in Congress following sexual assault and misconduct allegations from a former staffer and three other women. CBS News investigative reporter Josh Boswell has more.

According to Peacock, “Crystal Lake” is its fourth-most-watched scripted original series of all time. The “Friday the 13th” prequel series was watched for 1.3 billion minutes in its first 11 days of streaming. Divided by the series’ 398-minute runtime, that comes out to a total of 3.3 million estimated views. But in terms of overall […]

When attorneys general from across the US announced a $17 billion settlement with Meta this summer, the sum was unprecedented. But a ruling last week by a New Mexico judge blew that number out of the water. The judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion to resolve claims that Meta misled users around the 2018 […]

What's $3 billion to a trillion-dollar company?

Dubai has approved a plan to transform 48 urban centres, which is expected to boost property values in the areas by Dh20 billion ($5.45 billion) by 2040. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, chaired a meeting of the Executive Council of Dubai on Tuesday, which approved three policies. The council a

The latest Silicon Valley billionaire club is a $333 million political ad machine that is heavily engaged in next week’s elections.

Thai authorities have seized and frozen assets worth 35.8 billion baht in their ongoing investigation into an alleged international money-laundering network linked to South African businessman Benjamin Mauerberger and Cambodia-born entrepreneur Yim Leak.

Never underestimate the unbridled love for yelling hoorah before gunning down the same generic bad guy every year.

"It's causing a lot of people to run who I don't want to be running," native Californian Palmer Luckey said. "But I'm planning on staying in California. I'm going to keep fighting it."

The Call of Duty franchise has now exceeded $40 billion in lifetime franchise revenue, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has confirmed. She shared this milestone following the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 on October 23. "Congrats to the team. And to the players, thank you for being with us," Sharma wrote. Sharma did not, however, share any insights into how M

<p>An Indian court has ordered the takedown of an online documentary posted by Hotmail co-founder Sabeer Bhatia accusing Prime ​Minister Narendra Modi and billionaire Gautam Adani of cronyism, after Adani Enterprises sued, calling it defamatory.</p> <p>Adani’s flagship firm, Adani ‌Enterprises, told the high court in the eastern city of Kolkata that the docu

Scientists have created one of the largest and most detailed simulations of the early universe ever made, offering an extraordinary new glimpse into the cosmos shortly after the Big Bang. Called Lumina, the groundbreaking simulation recreates the universe’s first 2 billion years, showing how dark matter, gas, and radiation interacted to give rise to the earl

Meta on Monday announced plans to raise a total of $95 billion to support its investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure.

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Apollo Global Management has invested more than $1 billion in Mubadala Capital as it aims to boost the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund's expansion in North America, Apollo's chief executive has said. The investment, which gives New York-based Apollo less than a 10 per cent stake in Mubadala Capital, is part of its strategy to partner with "other like-minded

Another of the UK's biggest banks has posted billions in profits in part thanks to higher interest rates.

HSBC announced its third-quarter earnings on Tuesday.

The staggering fortunes of Anthropic’s seven co-founders have been revealed as the company heads to Wall Street. They have pledged to give most of it away.

Anthropic has filed paperwork for an initial public offering that could be one of the biggest in history. The co-founders have outlined both the benefits and the risks of AI in their pitch to potential investors.