The Trump administration on Monday said it would slap 50% tariffs on some goods imported from Canada, in an effort to end what it sees as discriminatory trade practices by Ottawa against the U.S. automobile, dairy and alcohol industries.
Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have reportedly offered $60.50 per share to acquire PayPal, valuing the payments giant at more than $53 billion. Founded in 2009 by brothers Patrick and John Collison, Stripe built its business by challenging PayPal’s dominance in online payments. It is now attempting to acquire its former rival. If…
South East Water must pay £30.5m after supply interruptions hit thousands of its customers across Kent and Sussex. Water regulator Ofwat said this follows the conclusion of three investigations into the company’s repeated failures. The redress package will be paid for by the firm’s shareholders and not through customer bills. A spokesperson for the water…
Last year, Microsoft’s 13-inch Surface Laptop quickly became one of my favorite thin-and-light Windows notebooks. At $900, it was easy to recommend to anyone wanting MacBook Air–like build quality and battery life on Windows — I even convinced my sister to buy one on sale. But that was last year. This year, thanks to RAMageddon,…
Om Malik arrived in New York City in 1993 with no job, no contacts, and a few freelance assignments. His full name was Om Prakash Malik, and he had spent the previous years writing about music and movies for Indian magazines — bylines that a young Sree Sreenivasan, then a Columbia journalism professor, had noticed…
RIYADH: Startups in the Middle East and North Africa raised $1.7 billion across 242 funding rounds in the first half of 2026, as investors continued to deploy capital despite heightened geopolitical uncertainty, according to Wamda’s H1 2026 report. The figure represents an 18 percent decline from the $2.1 billion raised in the same period of…
The sale is a record for the Brazilian footballing great, but it is far from the most expensive piece of sporting memorabilia to be touted. Published On 17 Jul 202617 Jul 2026 The shirt worn by Brazil football icon Pele when he scored two goals to bring his team to victory in the World Cup…
