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Emissions from private jets are skyrocketing. Monitoring them is about to get much harder
Carbon dioxide emissions from private jets have increased by 46% in the last five years, according to a study published Thursday in the…
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Yangzijiang Shipbuilding bags US$11.6 billion worth of order wins in year to date
MARITIME vessel maker Yangzijiang Shipbuilding said that it has secured US$11.6 billion of order wins in the year to date. This exceeds…
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US CEOs fired more quickly over low stock prices this year, report says
US COMPANIES with lagging stock prices are now quicker to blame management and fire their top executive, but the process of finding a…
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Buffett keeps cutting Apple stake, with value down 60% this year
BERKSHIRE Hathaway’s continued sales of Apple shares in the third quarter left the conglomerate’s stake at a fraction of its size at the…
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In Ohtani's Dodger blue hometown, a shrine to his baseball talent, and humanity
OSHU, Japan — Seems Hair and Spa in Oshu, a city in northern Japan, is crammed full with Dodgers memorabilia, but owner Hironobu Kanno is…
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BYD Q3 revenue rises 24% year on year to 201.1 billion yuan, eclipses Tesla for first time
BYD notched up another win over Tesla on Wednesday (Oct 30), reporting quarterly revenue that beat Elon Musk’s carmaker for the first time…
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'Bob's Burgers' actor Jay Johnston sentenced to a year in prison for role in Jan. 6
WASHINGTON — An actor known for his roles in the television comedies “Bob’s Burgers” and “Arrested Development” was sentenced on Monday to…
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'Bob's Burgers' actor Jay Johnston gets 1 year in prison for Jan. 6 riot
Jay Johnston, an actor known for voicing the character Jimmy Pesto on the animated series Bob's Burgers, received a one-year jail sentence…
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Lulu Retail seeks to raise up to 5.27 billion dirhams in UAE’s biggest IPO this year
LULU Retail Holdings, which runs one of the Middle East’s biggest hypermarket chains, said on Monday (Oct 28) it aims to raise up to 5.27…
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$1.80 dinners and budget clothes? The spread of frugality is hurting China's economy
TAIPEI, Taiwan — China’s 1.4 billion consumers once spent with enough abandon to help drive the global economy. Now one of the hottest…
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Syngenta seeks US$3 billion ESG loan, Asia’s biggest this year
AGROCHEMICALS giant Syngenta Group is seeking a US$3 billion sustainability-linked loan, in what would be Asia’s largest US dollar…
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Cigna resumes merger discussions with Humana after talks ended last year
CIGNA Group has revived efforts to combine with its smaller rival Humana after merger talks fell apart late last year, according to…
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Israel’s killing of Hamas’ leader is a harsh blow, but hardly fatal. What happens now?
The killing by Israeli forces of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar leaves the Palestinian militant group wounded, but hardly a spent force,…
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FTC adopts 'click to cancel' rule to make it easier to end subscriptions, mirroring California law
The Federal Trade Commission continued its crackdown on businesses that deceptively market and sell subscription services, adopting a rule…
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Delhi sees 55% spike in malaria cases this year so far, no deaths recorded
The MCD data also highlighted that Delhi registered 2,003 dengue cases in October last year, with 485 infections in only five days until…
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Judge approves Fisker bankruptcy plan favored by car owners
Fisker Inc. will wind down operations under a bankruptcy plan approved Friday that should allow car owners to drive their cars for years —…
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Facing skepticism, Elon Musk unveils prototype for driverless robotaxi
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk presented a lofty vision for the future Thursday night, unveiling prototypes of a self-driving taxi and…
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AMD sees next AI chip in mass production later this year
ADVANCED Micro Devices (AMD) said on Thursday (Oct 10) it plans to start mass production of a new version of its artificial intelligence…
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Four new polio cases reported in Pakistan, tally rises to 32 this year
The recommendations included strengthening routine immunisation to ensure that children receive all vaccinations. A second mass…
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Sonos tries to get its groove back after upsetting loyal customers
Heath Evans really needed his Sonos speakers to work. He and his wife counted on one of the three wireless devices he owned to play…
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Since the year pandemic hit, average daily UPI transactions up over 8x
1 min read Last Updated : Oct 02 2024 | 11:28 PM IST Average daily transactions on India’s unified payments interface (UPI) surged over…
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OpenAI sees US$11.6 billion revenue next year, offers Thrive chance to invest again in 2025
THRIVE Capital is investing more than US$1 billion of OpenAI’s current US$6.5 billion fundraising round, and it has a sweetener no other…
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Column: Desperate for good news about climate change? Consider the pace of clean energy growth
Climate change has been viewed almost universally as a burden, a hot potato to be passed from country to country at annual climate change…
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Southern California's hottest commercial real estate market is for tenants that aren't human
Where Wilshire Boulevard begins in downtown Los Angeles, thousands of miles of undersea fiber-optic cables disappear into an…