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ByteDance to divest its popular short video app TikTok in the United States by early next year or face a ban. Here is what will likely happen next for TikTok. TikTok and its parent ByteDance sued in federal court to block a US law passed in April that would force ByteDance to divest of TikTok. It argued that the law would harm free speech.

The specialist investor in liquidations and illiquid securities has voluntarily offered to buy shares at 4p each, but said it reserved the right to not purchase any holdings with aggregate settlement amounts of less than 100,000 shares. Southey Capital said the tender will «provide an opportunity to holders facing a lack of access to exchanges or OTC counterparties an opportunity to realise liquidity before a potential full de-listing or blocking of transfers in electronic format». However, the board of Home REIT said it could not confirm the authenticity of the offer as it had not be...

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Debt-laden telecom company Vodafone Idea is in the spotlight after announcing that its board will consider a proposal to raise Rs 2,000 crore from Vodafone Group entities. This comes as Vodafone Group plans to sell a 3% stake in Indus Towers to clear its USD 101 million (approximately Rs 856 crore) debt and channel the remaining proceeds toward its Indian venture, Vodafone Idea. "… a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company is scheduled to be held on Monday, 9 December 2024, inter-alia, to consider proposal for raising of funds not exceeding Rs 2,000 crore, by way of issuance of equity shares and / or convertible securities on a preferential basis to one or more entities belonging to Vodafone Group," the company said in a filing.

Investigators are searching for clues that could help them identify the masked gunman who killed the leader of one of the largest U.S. health insurance companies on a Manhattan sidewalk, then disappeared into Central Park

President Yoon Suk Yeol faces an impeachment vote this Saturday after briefly imposing martial law in South Korea. AFP looks at how the dramatic events of the past few days unfolded in a country where democracy had been assumed to be firmly anchored — and what might happen next.

A U.S. Senate subcommittee has held a hearing to question the growing use of airline fees to charge passengers for things like early boarding and better seats

Vodafone Idea (Vi) has scheduled a board meeting on December 9 to consider upto a Rs 2,000 crore fundraise via issuance of equity shares and or convertible securities on a preferential basis to co-promoter, Vodafone Group Plc. The late night exchange filing came even as UK’s Vodafone announced plans earlier today to invest a portion of its residual 3% Indus Towers stake sale proceeds in Vodafone Idea (Vi) against fresh shares to help its Indian telecom joint venture with the Aditya Birla Group clear a portion of its old dues to Indus. “…a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company is scheduled on December 9, 2024, inter-alia, to consider a proposal for raising of funds not exceeding Rs 2,000 crore, by way of issuance of equity shares and / or convertible securities on a preferential basis to one or more entities belonging to Vodafone Group,” Vi said in a late evening exchange filing.

Indus Towers through a block deal and fully exiting the Indian tower company, which is now a Bharti Airtel subsidiary. “Vodafone Group Plc announces it has launched a placing of its remaining 79.2 million shares in Indus, and such shares, representing 3% of Indus' outstanding share capital through an accelerated book-build offering,” the British telco said in an official statement Wednesday.

President-elect Donald Trump is underscoring his intention to block the purchase of U.S. Steel by Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp., and he’s pledging to use tax incentives and tariffs to strengthen the iconic American steelmaker

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North Carolina legislative Republicans are closing in on enacting a measure that would erode powers of the incoming governor and other statewide Democratic officials who got elected last month

Tata Power shares will be in focus after the Delhi High Court sought responses from the Central government and other parties on a petition by Tata Power Company (TPC) challenging the coal ministry’s order reducing compensation for the deallocation of the Mandakini Coal Block in Odisha. The High Court instructed the ministry and others to maintain the status quo on the compensation order until December 4, the next hearing date.

Donald Trump said on Monday a series of tax incentives and tariffs will revive storied American firm U.S. Steel, as he reiterated his opposition to Nippon Steel's planned $15 billion purchase of the company. «I am totally against the once great and powerful U.S. Steel being bought by a foreign company, in this case Nippon Steel of Japan,» Trump wrote on his social-media platform Truth Social. «I will block this deal from happening. Buyer Beware!!!»

The Supreme Court will hear a vaping case on Monday, weighing federal regulators’ decisions blocking sweet vaping products after e-cigarette use spiked among kids

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s telecom regulator has tightened regulations to counter spam and unsolicited messages. One measure is mandating the traceability of commercial messages from senders.

Minecraft update, The Garden Awakens, is set to release on December 3, 2024. Mojang has packed this update with exciting features.

Elon Musk has again asked a US court to stop ChatGPT-maker OpenAI from converting into a for-profit enterprise, CNBC reported Saturday. Attorneys representing the billionaire and his AI startup, xAI, filed the injunction Friday, the financial news site reported. The injunction also requests that OpenAI be stopped from allegedly barring its investors from funding competing companies.

Pushpa 2’ has begun! The upcoming gangster drama is the much anticipated sequel to the 2021 blockbuster. Although the booking is available only in a limited number of states, response has been overwhelmingly positive so far. Advance bookings for Pushpa: The Rule have officially kicked off in four regions: Kerala, Gujarat, Punjab, and Delhi UT. Currently, only 40 shows are available across these locations. While ticket sales have started gradually, the initial response appears promising. As of 11 AM today, the film has garnered an advance booking gross of Rs 21.3K (excluding blocked seats), with approximately 123 tickets sold so far. It’s still early, and the buzz is yet to gain momentum.

Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurated 168 crib centres in the state for the dependent children of registered construction workers. During the program organised at the Chief Minister's Camp Office on Friday, he also distributed 60 computers, funded by CSR, to the Labor Department and Employees State Scheme Offices. According to an official statement, the Chief Minister flagged off a truck carrying tracksuits, shoes, and food items for 432 workers working on various projects in the Kedarnath area.