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Bain Capital Eyes Domino’s Pizza Enterprises in Potential $4 Billion Takeover

Oct 28, 2025 02:04 am UTC| Business

Private equity powerhouse Bain Capital is reportedly in early discussions to acquire all or part of Dominos Pizza Enterprises (ASX:DMP), according to the Australian Financial Review (AFR). Sources familiar with the talks...

U.S. Judge Decertifies Apple App Store Monopoly Class Action

Oct 28, 2025 02:02 am UTC| Business Technology Law

A federal judge has decertified a long-running class action lawsuit against Apple, marking a major win for the tech giant in a case that alleged it monopolized the iPhone app market. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez...

EQT Makes A$5.25 Billion Takeover Offer for AUB Group Amid Insurance Sector M&A Surge

Oct 28, 2025 02:00 am UTC| Business

Swedish private equity giant EQT has made a takeover bid for Australias AUB Group, valuing the insurance brokerage firm at approximately A$5.25 billion (US$3.41 billion). Under the proposal, EQT is offering A$45 per AUB...

Hyundai E&C Secures Landmark U.S. Nuclear Power Contract, Shares Surge Over 11%

Oct 27, 2025 06:08 am UTC| Business

Hyundai Engineering Construction (Hyundai EC) shares soared on Monday after reports revealed that the South Korean construction giant secured its first major nuclear power contract in the United States. The company signed...

Toyota Global Production Surges 11% in September as U.S. Demand Drives Growth

Oct 27, 2025 05:57 am UTC| Business

Toyota Motor Corp. reported a significant 11% increase in global vehicle production for September, marking the fourth consecutive month of growth. The worlds largest automaker continues to see strong performance in key...

SK Hynix Hits Record High as It Unveils AI-Focused NAND Memory Strategy

Oct 27, 2025 05:55 am UTC| Technology Business

SK Hynix Inc (KS:000660) shares surged nearly 4% to an all-time high of 537,000 won on Monday after the South Korean chipmaker announced its next-generation memory roadmap targeting the booming artificial intelligence...

Baidu Shares Surge on Ark Invest Purchases and Global Robotaxi Expansion

Oct 27, 2025 05:44 am UTC| Business

Baidu Inc (HK:9888) saw its shares soar more than 5% to HK$124.30 in Hong Kong trading on Monday, hitting a near two-week high. The rally was fueled by renewed investor optimism surrounding the companys autonomous driving...

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Economy

RBI Clamps Down on Rupee NDF Activity, Banks Face Steeper Losses

Indian banks are bracing for heightened uncertainty after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) tightened its grip on currency markets, barring lenders from offering rupee non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) to both resident and...

Oil Prices Surge Over $5 as Trump Vows to Continue Iran Strikes

Global oil prices jumped sharply on Thursday after President Donald Trump declared that the United States would press forward with military strikes against Iran, stopping short of outlining any concrete timeline or exit...

Trump's Iran War Speech Sparks Market Anxiety Over Extended Conflict

President Donald Trump addressed the nation Wednesday evening, declaring that U.S. military operations against Iran were nearing their core objectives but warned that intensive strikes would continue for another two to...

Trump Threatens Escalation Against Iran, Warns of Infrastructure Strikes

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that the United States would significantly intensify its military operations against Iran within the next two to three weeks, while warning of devastating strikes on the countrys...

Asian Stocks Drop as Trump Signals Iran War Escalation

Asian equity markets retreated sharply on Thursday, erasing earlier gains as U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to intensify military operations against Iran within the next two to three weeks. The remarks sent...

Politics

Federal Judge Rules CBP Violated Warrantless Arrest Order During Sacramento Immigration Sweep

A federal judge in California has found that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials violated a prior court order when they conducted a warrantless immigration sweep at a Sacramento Home Depot parking lot. U.S....

Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen Killed in Suspected Domestic Violence Incident

Nancy Metayer Bowen, the 38-year-old vice mayor of Coral Springs, Florida, was fatally shot at her home on Wednesday in what authorities are investigating as a domestic violence homicide. Her husband, Stephen Bowen, 40,...

Trump Administration Plans 100% Tariffs on Pharmaceutical Imports

The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to impose tariffs as high as 100% on pharmaceutical imports, according to a Financial Times report citing sources familiar with the matter. The levies could be...

Trump Defends U.S.-Israel War on Iran in Prime-Time Address as Public Support Wanes

President Donald Trump took to prime-time television Wednesday night to defend the ongoing U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran, now entering its second month. In a 19-minute White House address, Trump claimed...

Trump Claims Iran Sought Ceasefire as Middle East War Escalates

Tensions in the Middle East reached a new flashpoint this week as U.S. President Donald Trump publicly claimed that a senior Iranian official requested a ceasefire, a statement Tehran swiftly and firmly rejected. The...

Science

NASA Artemis II: First Crewed Moon Mission Since Apollo Takes Four Astronauts on 10-Day Lunar Journey

NASAs Artemis II mission launched Wednesday, marking humanitys return to crewed lunar exploration for the first time since the Apollo era. Carrying four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft, this historic 10-day mission...

NASA's Artemis II Mission: First Crewed Lunar Journey Since Apollo

NASA's Artemis II Crew Arrives in Florida for Historic Moon Mission

The four astronauts chosen for NASAs Artemis II mission have touched down at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the beginning of final launch preparations for the first crewed lunar journey in over 50 years. NASA...

SpaceX Pivots Toward Moon City as Musk Reframes Long-Term Space Vision

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has revealed a significant shift in the companys near-term space exploration strategy, announcing that SpaceX is now prioritizing the development of a self-growing city on the Moon rather than focusing...

SpaceX Prioritizes Moon Mission Before Mars as Starship Development Accelerates

Elon Musks SpaceX is shifting its near-term space exploration strategy, choosing to prioritize a return to the Moon before pursuing missions to Mars, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report citing sources familiar...

Technology

SpaceX Eyes Historic IPO at $1.75 Trillion Valuation

Elon Musks aerospace giant SpaceX has quietly filed a confidential IPO registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to Bloomberg News sources familiar with the matter. The move signals that the...

Annie Altman Amends Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

Annie Altman has filed an amended civil lawsuit against her brother, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, accusing him of sexually abusing her over a span of nearly a decade. The amended complaint was submitted Wednesday in St. Louis...

TSMC Japan's Second Fab to Produce 3nm Chips by 2028

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the worlds leading contract chipmaker, has confirmed plans to begin equipment installation and mass production of 3-nanometre wafers at its second fabrication plant in...

Apple Turns 50: From Garage Startup to AI Crossroads

In early 1976, engineer Steve Wozniak finished designing a computer circuit board he planned to share with fellow hobbyists at a local California tech club. His friend Steve Jobs recognized a commercial opportunity, and...

Rubio Directs U.S. Diplomats to Use X and Military Psyops to Counter Foreign Propaganda

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has instructed American diplomats to leverage social media platform X and collaborate with Pentagon psychological operations units as part of a broader strategy to combat foreign...