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Citizens gather to purchase and scratch instant lottery tickets at a lottery ticket booth on June 21, 2026 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesBEIJING — China’s consumer spending slowdown persisted in June, with growth during one of the country’s largest online shopping festivals weakening sharply from a year earlier. Total online sales during the annual “618” shopping event from May 13 to June 18 grew by 4% from a year earlier, a sharp drop from the 15.2% growth recorded during the festival last year, retail data firm Syntun said late Monday.The figures…
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That is apparently what happened last week. Rocket Lab had another launch on its schedule for a commercial customer last week, but the company announced a postponement last Tuesday “to conduct additional checkouts,” without offering any additional details. Safety notices began to appear on aviation and maritime websites a couple of days later, just hours before the launch window for Victus Haze opened on Friday. The launch time, estimated to be approximately 6:20 am EDT (10:20 UTC) on Friday, was set to coincide with the passage of the orbit of one of True Anomaly’s satellites over New Zealand. True Anomaly’s…
On June 23, 2016, Britons headed to the polls to vote on whether to stay in the European Union.A shock result emerged overnight: the electorate had voted to leave the bloc by 52% to 48%. The pound tanked. London’s FTSE 100 tumbled. Then-Prime Minister David Cameron — who had called the referendum and led the campaign for the Remain vote — resigned.Since then, the U.K. haggled for a deal, as Cameron’s successor, Theresa May, failed to pass a proposal three times before stepping down. Brexit was eventually delivered by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2020. The Brexit campaign promised to “take…
Crowds walk through midtown Manhattan on Oct. 16, 2025 in New York City.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesThe annual global deal value of mergers and acquisitions is on track to reach $4 trillion in 2026, making it the strongest year since 2021, thanks to bigger megadeals fueled by the ongoing AI demand surge, according to a PwC report. M&A transactions above $5 billion have contributed almost half of total global deal value so far this year, PwC said. It expects a 40% year-on-year rise in deal values from megadeals in 2026 if the current pace continues. “2026 is the year M&A…
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Trump’s NHTSA more aligned with Musk In 2023, Tesla recalled more than 2 million vehicles—every car with Autopilot—after regulators found the carmaker had not deployed the feature in a way that required drivers to remain attentive. That recall followed a 2021 NHTSA investigation into crashes and fatalities involving the technology. Since then, Tesla CEO Elon Musk spearheaded the Department of Government Efficiency efforts that gutted NHTSA of staff with expertise in evaluating AV safety. Then, shortly after that team shrank, Tesla’s Full Self-Driving system (FSD) got worse. Alarming reports of Tesla FSD failing sparked a new NHTSA probe last October,…
Two senior party figures are considering bids in order to ensure the next leader’s policy ideas are tested in a race. Source link
MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA – 2022/09/20: A man checks his phone near the Cred logo during the Global Fintech Fest in Mumbai. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesIndian fintech startup Cred will raise $900 million in a funding round led by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta— but has lost its founder and chief executive, Kunal Shah, to WhatsApp.The startup, where Meta will soon become a minority investor, was valued at over $4 billion in its latest funding round, the Indian firm said in a press release on Monday. These funds will be used to “accelerate growth, build institutional muscle, and extend its…
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