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As the summer box office closes at an all-time high, theaters across North America are aiming to keep audiences engaged by spending $2.7 billion over the past two years on upgrades and innovations. The exhibition chains are investing big in amenities such as premium large formats and expanded food and beverage services, according to Cinema […]
The U.S. announced plans for up to $200 billion in South Korean investment, though Seoul has yet to finalize the participation in the Alaska LNG project.
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin is committing $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University, a "historic" gift that includes $2 billion to establish a new Miami campus.
The French government will sell a record amount of bonds to investors next year as it faces a surge in Covid-era debt due for redemption and needing to be refinanced, the public debt management office said on Tuesday amid mounting concern about France's surging public deficit and borrowing rates.
The investment puts Canada on course to become a leading LNG exporter as global supply disruptions sharpen focus on energy security.
In a bid to cut its reliance on foreign tech, India tries to catch up with China and the U.S. by readying an investment of $25 billion in Deep Tech startups.
Samsung Electronics and its five affiliates are investing $1 billion in KKR-launched Helix as the group expands its push into global AI infrastructure.
Trump's announcement with Mesabi Metallics comes as Americans' souring views of the economy are poised to shape the upcoming midterm election.
The lists included U.S. imports of toys, sports equipment and Christmas decorations, while U.S. farm products appeared on the list of Chinese imports.
Scientists studying ancient Australian rocks uncovered more than 12,000 fossils from some of the oldest known eukaryotes on Earth. These early complex cells lived in settings ranging from coastal mudflats to the open sea, but only where oxygen was available. Oxygen-free environments contained simpler microbes instead. The findings strengthen the idea that oxygen played a crucial role in the emergence of complex life.
Scientists have found that a famous 2-billion-year-old chemical signature, once thought to record a massive global change in Earth’s carbon cycle, may instead have been produced by local magma, hydrocarbons, and methane-eating microbes. The discovery raises new questions about what was really happening as oxygen transformed the young planet.
A federal jury awarded Taction Technology more than $5.7 billion after finding Apple infringed claims from two haptics patents. Apple plans to appeal.
Universal’s global box office has crossed $5 billion for the third time in the studio’s history. The studio is also the first to reach this milestone in 2026. With this week’s grosses, Universal-distributed films have tallied $1.788 billion domestically and $3.218 billion internationally to date. That massive box office haul is fueled by global blockbusters […]
European Union countries have agreed to release €6.6 billion from a fund meant to reimburse member states that have provided arms to Ukraine, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Friday. At least seven people were killed in Russian strikes on Kyiv earlier in the day, according to local authorities.
Island faces an increasingly competitive cybersecurity market fueled by demand for agentic Ai defenses
Spending on video content in seven major markets across Asia is expected to climb to $15.1 billion in 2026, according to Media Partners Asia’s “Asia Video Content Dynamics 2026” report. Streaming and local film account for nearly all new spending as television budgets shrink. The study covers India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and […]
Gaza’s $2.45bn recovery plan spans housing, health and 4G, but Israeli pullout and Hamas’s disarmament remain unclear.
Tekever is one of a number of European defense tech startups raising sizable rounds amid a rearmament campaign from countries in the region.
Royal Caribbean has been trying to diversify beyond cruises and become a leader overall in vacations.
The US recalled a billion products off the market in just six months.
