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Jury rejects Elon Musk’s lawsuit, sides with OpenAI in bitter feud over AI future
A federal jury sided with OpenAI and its top executives on Monday in a feud with Elon Musk, who accused them of betraying a shared vision…
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EBay rejects GameStop's $56-billion takeover offer
California online marketplace EBay said Tuesday its board rejected GameStop’s unsolicited $56-billion takeover offer. The proposal was…
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S'pore Court Rejects Bid to Declare 97-Year-Old Businessman Mentally Incapable Over Plans to Marry Mistress
A Singapore court has dismissed an application by a man seeking to have his 97-year-old father declared mentally incapable after the…
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Malaysian Central Bank rejects using ringgit to help exports
Malaysia’s central bank said strong growth and ongoing reforms would provide support for the ringgit, ruling out using the currency to…
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Sasseur Reit rejects Xi’an mall offer from sponsor, targets South-east Asia for growth
Manager notes proposed acquisition will result in material dilution of DPU and NAV per unit, based on reasonable funding costs assumption…
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UBS rejects proposed Swiss bank rules, moots less costly alternatives
The lender warns the proposal would add huge costs and threaten the continuation of its successful business model UBS on Monday (Jan 12)…
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Warner Bros rejects revised Paramount bid as risky leveraged buyout
Warner Bros Discovery’s board has unanimously turned down Paramount Skydance’s latest attempt to acquire the studio, saying its revised…
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Warner Bros rejects revised Paramount bid, sticks with Netflix
The offer hinges on ‘extraordinary amount of debt financing’ that heightens risk of closing, the board tells shareholders Warner Bros…
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French court rejects Shein suspension
A FRENCH court on Friday rejected the state’s request to suspend Shein’s site in France as “disproportionate” after the Asian e-commerce…
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Warner Bros Discovery board rejects rival bid from Paramount
Warner Bros Discovery’s board rejected Paramount Skydance’s US$108.4 billion hostile bid on Wednesday (Dec 17), saying it failed to…
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Directors at beverage distributor Ascent Bridge quit, citing governance lapses; board rejects claims
A requisition for an extraordinary general meeting to oust these directors has been withdrawn A boardroom battle at Ascent Bridge has…
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Seatrium rejects ‘wrongful termination’ of US$475 million contract, receives notice of arbitration
The deal is for the construction of a wind turbine installation vessel at a US offshore wind farm Seatrium on Wednesday (Oct 22) said that…
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Singapore firm rejects US$1 billion Sri Lankan pollution damages
X-Press Feeders has operated the MV X-Press Pearl that sank off Colombo Port in June 2021 after a fire, believed to have been caused by a…
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High Court rejects Hin Leong-linked firm’s bid to halt payout of ship sale proceeds
The collapsed oil trading giant’s shipping subsidiary fails in its second attempt to halt distribution from vessel sales to rival…
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Reverend Rejects 'Hero Status' for Charlie Kirk; Says Death Cannot Erase Controversial Legacy
Reverend Dr. Howard-John Wesley from the Alfred Street Baptist Church, DC, has stirred a controversy after he opposed providing "hero…
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Apple rejects Musk claim of App Store bias
APPLE on Thursday rejected Elon Musk’s claim that its digital App Store favours OpenAI’s ChatGPT over his company’s Grok and other rival…
Business
Who is Matt Dietke? Mark Zukerberg Hires AI Prodigy with $250M Deal After He Rejects Initial Deal
US technology giant Meta, which is on a hiring spree of highly talented AI researchers, has lured one more AI prodigy, Matt Deitke, in an…
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Standard Chartered faces US$2.7 billion lawsuit over alleged role in 1MDB fraud; bank ‘emphatically rejects’ claims
Liquidators seeking to recoup misappropriated funds from Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) have…
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UNRWA chief rejects Israeli accusations of agency's links to Hamas
The head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has accused Israel of making…
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Syria says it rejects ‘foreign intervention’ after Israeli strikes
Syrian authorities have decried “foreign intervention” in Syrian affairs after Israel launched air attacks on a town near Damascus where…
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Reports: Hamas rejects latest ceasefire proposal
Hamas has rejected the latest Israeli proposal for the release of the remaining hostages and a new ceasefire because it does not include…
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Moscow rejects Kiev's claims over Chinese troops fighting for Russia
Moscow on Thursday dismissed claims from Kiev that Chinese nationals are fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine. "This is not the…
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US judge rejects J&J’s US$10 billion baby powder settlement
A US bankruptcy judge on Monday rejected Johnson & Johnson’s US$10 billion proposal to end lawsuits alleging that its baby powder and…
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OpenAI's board rejects bid from Elon Musk-led group
The feud between Elon Musk and rival Sam Altman took a new turn on Friday when OpenAI’s board rejected a $97.4-billion offer by an…