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Investing.com — Seven & i Holdings stock rose 4.0% to ¥2,086.5 on Friday following a report that the 7-Eleven parent is nearing a deal to purchase a stake in Żabka Group, Poland’s leading convenience store chain. The Nikkei reported that the potential transaction expected to amount to several hundred billion yen, with the move framed as a strategic push to accelerate Seven & i’s European expansion, a region where the company has historically lagged behind its more mature markets in Japan and North America. The Żabka development builds on a broader wave of positive corporate newsflow around Seven & i.…

Metaplant America is already considered the most heavily automated automotive factory in the United States. The facility has more than 850 robots unloading auto parts, stamping out steel components, putting together car frames, and installing car doors, according to IEEE Spectrum. It also uses 300 automated guided vehicles to carry auto parts to the appropriate work stations while avoiding human workers. Boston Dynamic’s famed four-legged robot, Spot, has also been deployed onsite to perform “exterior quality inspection” at Metaplant America’s weld shop. During a July 2026 visit to the facility, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter described seeing the Spot “robotic dogs…

Signage for SBI Funds Management Ltd. at a news conference in Mumbai, India, on Thursday, July 9, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesIndia’s biggest public market offering this year, SBI Fund Management, has garnered bids worth 2.97 trillion rupees ($30.7 billion), underscoring the liquidity available in the market ahead of the much larger issues anticipated in 2026.SBI Fund Management, which is a joint venture between State Bank of India and Europe’s Amundi Group, was in the market to raise 97.9 billion rupees ($1 billion). Its initial public offering was oversubscribed 41.6 times, owing to an enthusiastic response from institutional…

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It’s further noted that any CSAM uncovered by xAI is reported to NCMEC. In its complaint, xAI claimed that Harwood alone is responsible for his outputs because he “flagrantly violated” xAI’s rules and “went to great lengths to circumvent” Grok’s “technological safeguards.” Harwood allegedly did this by relying on “misleading prompts,” xAI said. And Harwood also failed to police himself once he saw that he could generate illegal content, xAI argued. In the complaint, xAI alleged that Harwood should have known that he was banned from using Grok after the first time he relied on the chatbot to make illegal…

A 7-Eleven convenience store’s front is pictured in Los Angeles, California, November 20, 2024. Etienne Laurent | Afp | Getty ImagesSeven & i Holdings Co. shares gained over 4% Friday after a Nikkei report said the 7-Eleven parent was nearing a deal to buy a stake in Polish convenience giant Zabka Group.The potential transaction, expected to be worth several hundred billion yen, underscores Seven & i’s strategy to expand its overseas convenience store business by entering the Eastern European market, the Nikkei reported.Zabka Group, established in 1998, has more than 10,000 franchise-operated stores in Poland selling hot snacks and groceries. Shares…

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The agency also fined 21 HP resellers 35.2 million rupees (about $365,335). In a separate order, the CCI said that WhatsApp records showed that HP and 16 of its Tier-2 reseller partners operated “in a collusive arrangement” and that the messages show the companies engaging in “bid rigging, including cover bidding, price fixation, and customer allocation during 2017–2020.” HP India played a central role, the regulator said. Per the order, HP India said that high printing supply prices led some resellers to threaten to “shift to low-cost counterfeit products to compete on price.” “HP India was commercially forced into a…

Sir Keir Starmer received a standing ovation from his party and other MPs after giving his final answer at his last Prime Minister’s Questions. “To all those in the gallery, whose lives have been changed or improved by this Labour government, and all across the country who struggle to be seen or heard, you are the reason I came into politics,” Starmer said during his final statement.”To my wife and children, I love you. Goodbye,” the PM said, before several MPs stood up and clapped for Starmer as he went to shake the Speaker of the House of Commons’ hand.Andy…

Oil tankers and cargo vessels remain anchored off Port Sultan Qaboos on June 21, 2026 in Muscat, Oman. Elke Scholiers | Getty ImagesOil prices rose Friday as investors weighed escalating tensions between the United States and Iran after Tehran vowed to target regional infrastructure if President Donald Trump followed through on threats to strike the country’s key facilities. U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures for August delivery rose 1.32% to $80.09 per barrel. September futures for international benchmark Brent advanced 1.33% to $85.35 per barrel.In an interview with Fox News on Tuesday, Trump said U.S. forces would target Iran’s infrastructure next week…