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Global Value of Music Copyright Doubles In a Decade, Reaching $47.2 Billion

Even as overall value has reached new record heights, growth has slowed year over year, according to an annual study by economist Will Page.

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India's Parliament approves bill to open civil nuclear power sector to private firms

India’s Parliament has approved new legislation to open the civil nuclear power sector to private companies

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Coding-for-Preschoolers Firm Files Bankruptcy After Covid Boom

An education company that helps children as young as three learn to code filed for bankruptcy, blaming an expansion strategy that outpaced its ability to turn a profit.

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Trump media group agrees $6bn merger with Google-backed fusion energy company

Trump Media & Technology Group’s shares rise 37% after deal with TAE Technologies

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Trump Media to Combine With TAE to Build Nuclear Fusion Business

Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. and TAE Technologies Inc. agreed to combine in an all-stock transaction valued at more than $6 billion.

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Saudia Arabia’s STC commits to five-year network upgrade programme with Ericsson

Five-year framework agreement focuses on cloud-native networks, AI-driven operations and advanced 5G capabilities as the operator aligns infrastructure investment with Vision 2030 goals

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Angola Gets $753 Million US, South Africa Loans for Lobito Rail

Angola secured $753 million in financing to speed up development of the Lobito rail corridor, ending months of delays tied to talks over government guarantees.

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UK financial watchdog to increase scrutiny of home and travel insurers

FCA responds to super-complaint from Which? amid concerns over poor customer service

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Sleep Cots and Graham Crackers at Elon Musk’s Child Care Program

Mr. Musk has ambitions to remake education, but his latest effort to open an elementary school in Texas appears to have faltered.

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Ares Backs Dubai Multifamily Office in Gulf Private Credit Push

Ares Management is providing a $100 million facility to Dubai-based multifamily office Patrimium, as global finance firms step up their pursuit of private credit opportunities in the Gulf region.

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Bulgarian tender awards more than 4 GWh of energy storage capacity across 31 projects

Bulgaria’s second standalone energy storage procurement exercise of 2025, worth close to BGN 229 million ($137.2 million), received a lot of interest and there are 30 project proposals included in a reserve list, the government said.

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CF Benchmarks views bitcoin as portfolio staple, projects $1.4 million price target by 2035

The index provider applies capital market models to bitcoin, arguing institutional adoption supports long-term valuations and structured portfolio allocation.

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Trump Media to Merge With Nuclear Fusion Company in Deal Worth Over $6 Billion

Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social, announced a merger agreement with nuclear-fusion company TAE Technologies in an all-stock deal valued at more than $6 billion. Upon closing, shareholders of each company will own approximately 50% of the combined company on a fully …

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US activist investor urges Whitbread review after budget tax changes

Corvex says Premier Inn owner should rethink strategy as company braces for business rate changes next yearBusiness live – latest updatesThe owner of Premier Inn is facing calls from an American activist investor to rethink its business strategy, just weeks after the company warned the budget would …

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David Zaslav Could Make So Much Money Out of Messing Up Warner Bros.

No matter which megacorp emerges as the studio's new owner, the Warner Bros. Discovery boss will likely rake in hundreds of millions.

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BP turns to outsider Meg O’Neill to simplify sprawling empire

Woodside Energy boss who clashed with climate campaigners in Australia is taking one of the industry’s toughest jobs

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UN distances itself from International Women’s Day website winning corporate partnerships

Sainsbury’s, Barclays and University College London have all drawn on themes created by IWD site run by London business with no link to UNNobody owns International Women’s Day, but if you asked the 193 countries, countless businesses and NGOs that mark it each year, they would probably agree it has …

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