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Apollo Global Management Inc. (NYSE:APO) and Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd. led consortium have made a binding offer for Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.'s (NASDAQ:WBA) international arm, reported Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter. The source stated that the proposal values Boots at more than £5 billion ($6.3 billion). Walgreens is seeking a valuation of around £7…

The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) proposed minimum standards and requirements for electric vehicle (EV) charging projects funded under a $5 billion government program. The government sought 50% of all new vehicles sold to be electric or plug-in hybrid electric models and 500,000 new EV charging stations by 2030, which could serve as…

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) shares gave up the gains in premarket trading after China snubbed previous reports of the revival of the IPO of its fintech affiliate Ant Group Co. The news of revival reflected possible ease in China's domestic tech crackdown, Bloomberg reports. China had reportedly formed a team to reassess Ant's share…

United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) plans a year-round, nonstop service between San Francisco and Brisbane starting in October. Because of the airline's new collaboration with Virgin Australia, United customers will be able to conveniently connect to nearly 20 other cities within Australia from Brisbane. United's new Brisbane service will operate three times weekly…

AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) reportedly dropped the free HBO Max promotion from its Unlimited Elite plan for its new top-tier plan, "Unlimited Premium."  AT&T previously bundled HBO Max as a free "value-added" service since May 2020. It represented a critical go-to-market message over the last two years under AT&T's ownership of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc (NASDAQ:WBD). …

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) raised the quarterly cash dividend by 8% to $1.20 from $1.11 per share of common stock. The new dividend is payable on August 19, 2022, to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 20, 2022. "We intend to return substantially all ME&T free cash flow to shareholders…

Russia retaliated against U.S. sanctions by imposing its own on multiple prominent American CEOs, including BlackRock, Inc (NYSE:BLK), Delta Air Lines, Inc (NYSE:DAL), Netflix, Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX), and Comcast Corp (NASDAQ:CMCSA) Universal Pictures, the Wall Street Journal reports. The sanction included U.S. administration officials and former heads of other large U.S. corporations, and executives at rating firms operated by S&P Global…

Western Digital Corp (NASDAQ:WDC) had weighed strategic alternatives, including splitting its businesses focused on traditional hard drives for computers and flash memory. Western Digital settled with activist investor Elliott Management Corp calling for the $19 billion company to consider splitting into two, the Wall Street Journal reports. Previously Elliott disclosed a 6% stake in Western…

I still remember the shock when I first saw John Berger’s television series, Ways of Seeing, in 1972. In the years before Australia had colour television BBC art programs were often screened at the Art Gallery of NSW. (Previously the same venue had shown Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation).

Netflix, Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX), Walt Disney Company  (NYSE:DIS) ESPN, and Comcast Corp's (NASDAQ:CMCSA) NBCUniversal bid for a new streaming license for Formula 1, likely to begin in 2023, the TechCrunch reports. Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) Amazon Prime was also a part of the bid, the Insider reports. ESPN acknowledged their aggressive pursuit of renewal as Formula 1 weighed other options.…

Without modern luxuries like anaesthetics, surgery in the past was a bloody, violent and largely unsuccessful affair.