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The retailers, television stations, brewers and betting houses that make up capitalism’s starting XI are an ageing and injury-prone lot. For some, this could even be their last tournament. (Unsplash)
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Tournament of losers | Business News

Money, it is often said, has ruined football. Staging the men’s World Cup mostly in America, a country that has produced so many great businessmen…

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On June 15th Fox took a big step into the streaming business, with the surprise announcement that it had agreed to acquire Roku, (Unsplash)
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Fox, Roku and the next phase of the streaming wars

One of the main winners of the streaming wars, Hollywood’s years-long content-spending free-for-all, has turned out to be a non-combatant. While companies such as Disney…

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The National Stock Exchange has filed draft papers for its long-awaited IPO, which could become the largest public issue in India. (REUTERS)
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NSE’s ₹30,000 crore IPO explained: Why it matters and what investors should know

India’s largest stock exchange, the National Stock Exchange (NSE), has taken a major step towards its long-awaited stock market debut by filing draft papers for…

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If you’re regularly gaming, then the Redmi Turbo 5 has a distinct advantage. (Vishal Mathur | HT Picture)
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Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 5 is remarkably close to value perfection

Quite how Xiaomi has managed to retain such powerful specs at these prices, is worth a certain degree of admiration. This is particularly true as…

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OpenAI Chief Research Officer Mark Chen said Shazeer would be the company’s lead for AI architecture research (REUTERS)
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Star Google researcher joins OpenAI in coup for ChatGPT creator

One of Google’s most prominent researchers is leaving for rival OpenAI, dealing a setback to Alphabet Inc. in a multibillion-dollar race to build the world’s…

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Based on indicative grey market prices of at least  ₹2,000, the IPO is expected to value NSE at approximately  ₹29,780 crore (over $3 billion), with a valuation of over  ₹5 trillion. (REUTERS)
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Biggest public offering in India: NSE to file for IPO at nearly ₹30,000 crore; LIC to stay put

The National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE) on Wednesday night filed its draft red herring prospectus with the market regulator for what could be…

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Jaguar Land Rover Defender 90 is pictured at a steep track during a demo at the Frankfurt Motor Show. (REUTERS File)
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Why did Tata Motors shares fall nearly 8% today? JLR outlook spooks investors

Shares of Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd (TMPV) fell around eight per cent on Wednesday, making it one of the worst-performing stocks on the benchmark…

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The Snap AI glasses called SPECS. (Official image)
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Not designed to replace the world: Evan Spiegel underlines Snap’s SPECS premise

Smart eyewear, though it remains debatable whether they’d prefer to be called ‘AI glasses’, is poised to become the next category tech companies have a…

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Sundar Pichai’s address, Amazon’s influence, and Meta being Meta

Cognitive warmup. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet and Google, went to deliver the 2026 Commencement Address at Stanford University. If I am to look beyond…

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GM quit Europe in 2017, selling chronically loss-making Opel to Groupe PSA, now part of Stellantis. (Reuters)
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America’s carmakers cannot escape Chinese EVs for ever

The Art Deco skyscrapers of downtown Detroit, built when money flooded into “Motor City” in the 1920s, attest to the early years of America’s long…

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