WASHINGTON: The global economy is facing significant headwinds as growth is projected to slow to 2.3% in 2025, the weakest pace since 2008 outside of outright recessions, according to the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report released Wednesday. The slowdown is driven…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has introduced a new tax targeting multinational digital companies with significant user bases in the country but little to no physical presence, marking a major shift in how foreign tech firms are taxed. The Digital Presence Proceeds Tax Act,…
NEW YORK: Brown & Brown (BRO.N) announced Tuesday it will acquire rival Risk Strategies and its parent company, Accession Risk Management, in a $9.83 billion deal, expanding its capabilities in property and casualty insurance as well as employee benefits. The acquisition is…
LONDON: Wayve and Uber Technologies Inc. announced plans Tuesday to develop and test Level 4 autonomous vehicles on public roads in London, marking the largest market where Uber has proposed such a pilot. The collaboration combines Wayve’s AI-driven autonomous vehicle platform…
LONDON: Oxford Instruments plc, a leading provider of high technology products and services to industry and scientific research communities, today announced that it has entered into a binding agreement to sell its quantum-focused business Oxford Instruments NanoScience to Quantum Design,…
U.S. data center operator Vantage Data Centers has secured €720 million ($821.4 million) in Europe’s first euro-denominated asset-backed securitization (ABS) deal involving data center assets, the company announced Tuesday. The transaction, backed by four of Vantage’s German facilities—two in Berlin…
HANOI: VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund (VOF), a London-listed closed-end fund managed by VinaCapital, has sold its stake in Tam Tri Medical Joint Stock Company (TTMC), Vietnam’s leading private healthcare network, to a prominent healthcare-focused private equity firm in South and Southeast Asia….
LONDON: Lords Group Trading, one of the UK’s largest specialist distributors of building materials, has acquired the trade and assets of CMO Group Limited (CMO), the UK’s largest online-only retailer of construction products following a CMO pre-pack administration process. The acquisition…
LOS ANGELES: Warner Bros. Discovery announced Monday it will separate into two independent, publicly traded companies in a tax-free transaction aimed at maximizing growth potential for its streaming and studio division and its global networks business. The move, expected to be completed by…
OXFORD: IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), a leader in quantum computing, announced Monday it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Oxford Ionics in a deal valued at $1.075 billion, combining cash and stock to accelerate the development of high-performance quantum systems. The transaction…
PARIS: L’Oréal Group announced Monday that it has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in British skincare brand Medik8, which will join its Luxe Division. According to a statement, Private equity firm Inflexion will retain a minority stake in Medik8, while…
TORONTO: Galantas Gold Corporation (TSX-V & AIM: GAL; OTCQB: GALKF) has signed a binding term sheet with Ocean Partners UK Limited to form a joint venture for the high-grade Omagh Gold Project in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, the company announced….