CUPERTINO: Apple saved the best for last at its biggest launch event of the year Wednesday, unveiling the foldable iPhone Duo alongside the iPhone 18 Pro, AirPods 5 and Apple Watch Series 12. CEO John Ternus made his event debut, introducing…
MELBOURNE: St Barbara Limited has signed a binding agreement to sell its remaining interest in the New Simberi Gold Project to Lingbao Gold Group in a deal worth about A$453 million ($410 million cash plus a $43 million repayment), the company announced Thursday….
MELBOURNE: Eagers Automotive Limited announced Thursday it has entered a non-binding agreement to acquire a 50% interest in the Zagame Automotive Group, forming a joint venture with founder Bobby Zagame. The deal, announced to the ASX Limited Market Announcements Office, would combine one…
Alphabet’s Google will invest at least €13 billion ($15.1 billion) in artificial intelligence infrastructure in Finland over the next two years, it said on Wednesday, calling it the company’s single largest investment in Europe. Finland has become a magnet for data centres…
AMSTERDAM: Gimv Anchor Investments has acquired a stake in Batenburg Techniek, a leading Dutch provider of industrial electrification and automation solutions, the companies announced Wednesday. The Rotterdam-based company, which reported €342 million in revenue in 2025 and employs more than 1,300 people, will retain…
HOUSTON: PowerTransitions, an independent power producer focused on redeveloping legacy energy facilities, said Monday it has acquired the 1,242-megawatt Roseton Generating Facility from a subsidiary of Castleton Commodities International LLC. The natural gas-fired plant, which has supplied power into NYISO Zone G since…
CONROE: Sapphire Gas Solutions, a distributed energy infrastructure provider, has acquired assets from Spectrum LNG, including an operating liquefied natural gas facility in Arizona and a site for future development in Oklahoma, the company announced Monday. The acquisition includes the Desert Gas…
NEW YORK: Chime, the financial technology company that has become America’s most popular banking app, said Monday it has agreed to acquire its longtime banking partner Stride Bank for $590 million in cash, a move that will give the company direct control over…
BRUSSELS: Campine NV, a Belgian metals recycling and specialty chemicals company listed on Euronext Brussels, has signed an agreement to acquire Flamaway Group, a Belgian producer of flame retardant mixtures with operations in Belgium, the United Kingdom and China. The deal, scheduled to…
SYDNEY: Rio Tinto has agreed to acquire the Aurukun Bauxite Project in Western Cape York, Queensland, from a joint venture between London-listed Glencore and Mitsubishi Development, a company spokesperson said Tuesday. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal remains subject to Queensland…
LONDON: Gem Resources Plc, a natural resources company listed on the London Stock Exchange, announced on Monday that it has signed a conditional agreement to acquire a gold processing operation in Colombia, marking its entry into the South American country’s mining sector. The…
LONDON: Greenland Energy Company has reached an agreement on indicative terms to acquire London-listed 80 Mile plc in an all-share transaction valuing the target company’s existing issued share capital at £61.48 million, the companies announced Monday. Under the proposed terms, 80 Mile shareholders would…