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Permira is frontrunner to acquire $150-200M stake in Cloudnine Hospitals from True North, edging out TPG. Deal downsized after West Asia acquisition dropped.
Invesco reopens existing SIPs in three international funds from Aug 18, but new registrations stay closed. The move follows an industry-wide freeze on overseas fund investments.
DefiLlama said it delayed its app launch after Apple ignored months of trademark complaints against fake versions. The team had to prove a scam app could drain funds before Apple acted.
Booking's fintech chief Daniel Marovitz on why AI adoption is faster than any prior tech cycle, and why the platform that finishes the trip owns the journey.
Maharashtra warns Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn, Tiger Shroff over surrogate Vimal ads. State FDA says ads promote banned pan masala. Actors have 15 days to respond.
BlackRock's IBIT drove $55.5M of $56.2M in Bitcoin ETF outflows on Aug 14. Three-day total hits $248M. Ether and Solana ETFs saw zero flows.
Stablecoin card spending reached $18B by late 2025, a 15-fold jump from 2023, as 42% of holders want to make major purchases. Most would use linked debit cards or banking apps.
Aditya Halwasiya bought 45 lakh shares of Baazar Style Retail for ₹163 crore in a block deal, sending the stock to a 5% upper circuit at ₹384.
Marks & Spencer revives St Michael label with a 26-piece luxury streetwear capsule from Aries, priced £10 to £120, to court younger shoppers and resale interest.
Strait of Hormuz shipping plunged to five vessels Saturday, down from 31 a week earlier, as the U.S.-Iran ceasefire expires Monday with no negotiations underway.
Chainalysis sues ICE over a $94.6M sole-source contract awarded to rival TRM Labs. The dispute could reshape how federal agencies award blockchain analytics contracts.
A trader turned $9,700 into $282,000 by front-running CZ's Marscoin burns. CZ shut the wallet, moving his BNB to Giggle Academy to end the memecoin frenzy.
Retail sales rose just 0.6% in July, missing forecasts, while urban investment contracted 6.7% year to date. The deepening slowdown adds pressure on Beijing to expand stimulus.
Kpler data shows just five vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, compared with 31 the prior week. Iran refuses talks. IEA cuts demand forecasts while LNG supply tightens.
Anthropic's IPO valuation uses a 2028 revenue forecast of $190-200 billion, with bankers applying multiples seen at Palantir and Cloudflare, sources said.
Bank of Baroda economist hits back at doves who strip food and fuel from India's CPI to make the rate-cut case. Consumers see 7.7%, official Q1 print 3.9%.
Hotel Chocolat closed a London store and deployed emergency cooling after 38C heat threatened its chocolate stock. Mars-owned chain now faces broader retail disruption as UK footfall dropped 3.8% in July.
SanDisk perpetual open interest hit $1.73B, the largest among stock perps, 1.86 times SpaceX's $928M SPCX, according to data cited by Wu Blockchain.
Fed minutes, a White House crypto meeting, and Japan CPI converge on a market already fragile. Bitcoin near $63K with liquidations elevated and the Fear & Greed Index at 38.
Mesoblast has treated all 350 patients in its sham-controlled MSB-DR004 back pain trial; cell therapy topline data are scheduled for mid-2027.
Binance shared crypto donation data with Russia's FSB, leading to a terrorism financing charge over about $6,500. The case raises exchange privacy questions.
Crocs unveiled Niles, a six-foot crocodile mascot born from its 2002 shoe silhouette, a bet on owned brand IP and storytelling ahead of its 2027 anniversary.
Poonawalla resigned July 30; the party refused. He reposted the letter Aug. 17, citing finances and personal strain, and will keep backing Modi and the BJP.
James Hardie's 4.22x sales multiple beats its 4.14x five-year norm; Reece's 1.49% yield tops a 1.06% average. Rask Media: rough starting points, not signals.
One-year Origo expectations have edged higher but remain low ahead of Thursday's Riksbank decision. EUR/SEK above 11.00 as US retail sales miss shapes rate path.
Binance reclaims Bitcoin futures crown from CME as the basis trade unwind shifts $4.5 billion in notional value. A structural shift or a cyclical pause?
The European Commission will decide whether two entities can issue the same stablecoin under MiCA. The ruling could fragment liquidity or weaken consumer protections across the EU.
Europe's MiCA review pits the ECB against Parliament over whether global stablecoins like USDC can remain fungible across borders. The answer determines the future of dollar coins in the EU.
Dhoot Transmission listed at a 38% premium on the NSE, Molbio Diagnostics at 21.4%. Analysts flagged execution risks but maintained positive long-term views.
Malta's financial regulator warned against Distributex, an unregistered crypto marketing firm with physical offices and recruitment events, flagging features of pyramid schemes.