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Indian-Origin CEO Hits BlackRock With "Breathtaking" $500-Million Fraud
BlackRock's private-credit investing arm and several major lenders are scrambling to recover more than $500 million lost in a loan fraud allegedly orchestrated by Indian-origin telecom executive Bankim Brahmbhatt.
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Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra Reportedly Outsold Galaxy S25 and S25+ Combined in Global Markets
Samsung’s latest Galaxy S25 series is said to be in high demand among consumers with the Galaxy S25 Ultra seeing the highest sales numbers. As per a financial services firm, the top-of-the-line handset outperformed both of its siblings, the Galaxy S25 and the Galaxy S25+, in terms of sales combined, despite commanding a considerably higher price ...
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Over 1,000 Flights Cancelled As Strike Hits German Airports
More than half a million people are facing travel disruption at German airports on Monday where a 24-hour strike has led to thousands of flight cancellations in a dispute about workers' pay.
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Powerful Winter Storm To Hit Half Of US With Snow, Ice And Strong Winds
A powerful winter storm began hammering the central United States on Saturday, with meteorologists warning that millions in the east of the country would face blizzard conditions, treacherous ice, frigid temperatures and severe travel disruptions.
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Rocksteady Studios Reportedly Hit With Layoffs After Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Sells Poorly
Rocksteady Studios has reportedly been hit with layoffs. The job cuts are said to have impacted the studio’s quality assurance (QA) department, with nearly half the team members laid off.
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Twitter Sued Again Over Severance Pay, Lawsuit Claims Company Owes at Least $500 Million to Ex-Workers
Twitter on Tuesday was hit with the second lawsuit this month to claim that it owes at least $500 million in severance pay to ex-workers, the latest in a series of cases arising from Elon Musk's acquisition of the social media company.
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Bitcoin Mining Surges to New Record, Profit Margins Decline as Ethereum Merge Frees Up Capacity
Bitcoin mining has hit a new record in the aftermath of the Ethereum Merge, the technical upgrade that replaced as many as one million powerful computers with Ether holders to validate transaction data encrypted by the network and reduce its carbon footprint by 99 percent. Meanwhile, mining difficulty, a measure of Bitcoin miners’ computing power...
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MacBook Air (2022) May Not Carry a Wide Range of Colours; Shipments Could Hit 7 Million in Second Half
Apple's new MacBook Air — aka MacBook Air (2022) — may not come with the rumoured wide range of colour options and instead carry four shades, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman and analyst at TF International Securities Ming-Chi Kuo have presumed. Separately, the new MacBook Air will hit up to the seven million shipments mark by the second half of 2022.
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Disney+ Grows to Nearly 138 Million Subscribers, Even as Profit Slips Despite Return to Parks
Disney reported net income of $470 million (about Rs. 3,645 crore) at the end of Q2 2022, just over half of the $912 million (about Rs. 7,075 crore) profit it made in Q2 2021. Disney+ gained 7.9 million subscribers to hit 137.7 million. When adding in subscriptions to Disney's streaming services Hulu and ESPN+, the overall number tops 205 million.
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Samsung's Reputation Hit as Prices Slashed at Home for Galaxy S22
Samsung Electronics' flagship Galaxy S22 smartphone has taken a battering from reports of hobbled performance and has seen carriers half its price at home in South Korea just weeks since its launch, hurting its image as an iPhone rival.
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Indian-Origin CEO Hits BlackRock With "Breathtaking" $500-Million Fraud
BlackRock's private-credit investing arm and several major lenders are scrambling to recover more than $500 million lost in a loan fraud allegedly orchestrated by Indian-origin telecom executive Bankim Brahmbhatt.
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Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra Reportedly Outsold Galaxy S25 and S25+ Combined in Global Markets
Samsung’s latest Galaxy S25 series is said to be in high demand among consumers with the Galaxy S25 Ultra seeing the highest sales numbers. As per a financial services firm, the top-of-the-line handset outperformed both of its siblings, the Galaxy S25 and the Galaxy S25+, in terms of sales combined, despite commanding a considerably higher price ...
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Over 1,000 Flights Cancelled As Strike Hits German Airports
More than half a million people are facing travel disruption at German airports on Monday where a 24-hour strike has led to thousands of flight cancellations in a dispute about workers' pay.
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Powerful Winter Storm To Hit Half Of US With Snow, Ice And Strong Winds
A powerful winter storm began hammering the central United States on Saturday, with meteorologists warning that millions in the east of the country would face blizzard conditions, treacherous ice, frigid temperatures and severe travel disruptions.
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Rocksteady Studios Reportedly Hit With Layoffs After Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Sells Poorly
Rocksteady Studios has reportedly been hit with layoffs. The job cuts are said to have impacted the studio’s quality assurance (QA) department, with nearly half the team members laid off.
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Twitter Sued Again Over Severance Pay, Lawsuit Claims Company Owes at Least $500 Million to Ex-Workers
Twitter on Tuesday was hit with the second lawsuit this month to claim that it owes at least $500 million in severance pay to ex-workers, the latest in a series of cases arising from Elon Musk's acquisition of the social media company.
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Bitcoin Mining Surges to New Record, Profit Margins Decline as Ethereum Merge Frees Up Capacity
Bitcoin mining has hit a new record in the aftermath of the Ethereum Merge, the technical upgrade that replaced as many as one million powerful computers with Ether holders to validate transaction data encrypted by the network and reduce its carbon footprint by 99 percent. Meanwhile, mining difficulty, a measure of Bitcoin miners’ computing power...
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MacBook Air (2022) May Not Carry a Wide Range of Colours; Shipments Could Hit 7 Million in Second Half
Apple's new MacBook Air — aka MacBook Air (2022) — may not come with the rumoured wide range of colour options and instead carry four shades, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman and analyst at TF International Securities Ming-Chi Kuo have presumed. Separately, the new MacBook Air will hit up to the seven million shipments mark by the second half of 2022.
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Disney+ Grows to Nearly 138 Million Subscribers, Even as Profit Slips Despite Return to Parks
Disney reported net income of $470 million (about Rs. 3,645 crore) at the end of Q2 2022, just over half of the $912 million (about Rs. 7,075 crore) profit it made in Q2 2021. Disney+ gained 7.9 million subscribers to hit 137.7 million. When adding in subscriptions to Disney's streaming services Hulu and ESPN+, the overall number tops 205 million.
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Samsung's Reputation Hit as Prices Slashed at Home for Galaxy S22
Samsung Electronics' flagship Galaxy S22 smartphone has taken a battering from reports of hobbled performance and has seen carriers half its price at home in South Korea just weeks since its launch, hurting its image as an iPhone rival.
