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Gafisa closes R$223m sale of Hotel Praia Ipanema to Glória Participações
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Gafisa closes R$223m sale of Hotel Praia Ipanema to Glória Participações

The distressed builder exits a prime Ipanema beachfront asset, clearing project liabilities and setting up an ultra-luxu...

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Casas Bahia Reports R$10.1 Billion Loss and Puts Judicial Recovery Back on the Table
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Casas Bahia Reports R$10.1 Billion Loss and Puts Judicial Recovery Back on the Table

Brazilian retailer posts an 18-fold increase in quarterly net loss, closes 298 stores and says formal debt restructuring...

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India’s New Push to See Economic Growth District by District
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India’s New Push to See Economic Growth District by District

A June district GDP framework and a Budget 2026-27 proposal to map City Economic Regions signal a more granular approach...

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TRAI's 5G Slicing Rules Should Test User Harm, Not PRB Use
Technology

TRAI's 5G Slicing Rules Should Test User Harm, Not PRB Use

TRAI wants to cap 5G network-slicing congestion with an 80% PRB threshold. The editorial argues that measuring radio res...

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India Inc Q1 beats early oil-led gloom with 21% revenue growth
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India Inc Q1 beats early oil-led gloom with 21% revenue growth

India Inc's Q1 revenue rose 21% and profit 14%, but oil marketing losses, weak IT and pharma's semaglutide shift hide st...

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Tata Trusts governance dispute clouds Tata Sons AGM and chairman succession
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Tata Trusts governance dispute clouds Tata Sons AGM and chairman succession

A Charity Commissioner order restricting Sir Ratan Tata Trust meetings threatens the quorum for Tata Sons' 108th AGM, pu...

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Police identify 40-year-old after 73-year-old shoved at East Coast coffee shop
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Police identify 40-year-old after 73-year-old shoved at East Coast coffee shop

Singapore police say they have identified a 40-year-old man in connection with the assault of a 73-year-old at 50 East C...

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One Dead, 50 Evacuated in Early-Morning Jurong East HDB Fire
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One Dead, 50 Evacuated in Early-Morning Jurong East HDB Fire

A 67-year-old man died and about 50 residents were evacuated after an early-morning fire broke out in a Jurong East HDB ...

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SATS Seeks Answers Over Changi Wheelchair Pay Claim for 11-Second Lateness
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SATS Seeks Answers Over Changi Wheelchair Pay Claim for 11-Second Lateness

A LinkedIn post says a Changi wheelchair assistant had $5 docked for being 11 seconds late. SATS is asking Aventa Servic...

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Indonesia Rescuers Search for Survivors After 7.7 Quake Off Flores Kills at Least 47
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Indonesia Rescuers Search for Survivors After 7.7 Quake Off Flores Kills at Least 47

A shallow 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Flores, killing at least 47 people and injuring 50, while aftershocks and ...

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A $4 Million Vending-Machine Pitch Ends in Bankruptcy for 40-Plus Investors
Personal Finance

A $4 Million Vending-Machine Pitch Ends in Bankruptcy for 40-Plus Investors

More than 40 investors lost up to S$4 million after Nozomii Vending collapsed, leaving creditors to face bankruptcy rule...

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China’s Durian Boom Turns Pingxiang Into a High-Stakes Border Trade Hub
Agriculture

China’s Durian Boom Turns Pingxiang Into a High-Stakes Border Trade Hub

China imported one million tonnes of durians in the first half of 2026, up 51.6%, reshaping small Guangxi border town Pi...

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Lodha Developers Puts ₹24,000 Crore Launch Pipeline Behind FY27 Sales Target
Real Estate

Lodha Developers Puts ₹24,000 Crore Launch Pipeline Behind FY27 Sales Target

The Mumbai-based developer plans 21 housing launches across MMR, Delhi-NCR, Pune and Bengaluru by March, including its f...

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Airtel Prepaid Reset Could Lift Monthly ARPU by Rs 4–12, Say Brokerages
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Airtel Prepaid Reset Could Lift Monthly ARPU by Rs 4–12, Say Brokerages

Bharti Airtel has scrapped four prepaid plans, forcing some Rs 299 subscribers toward Rs 349; brokerages see the selecti...

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India and China Play Out 2-2 Draw in Women's Hockey World Cup Opener
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India and China Play Out 2-2 Draw in Women's Hockey World Cup Opener

Navneet Kaur scores early but India are pegged back twice as Pool D rivals take a point each in Amstelveen.

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China Marks Ecology Day With Desertification Gains, Species Recovery and New Environmental Code
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China Marks Ecology Day With Desertification Gains, Species Recovery and New Environmental Code

Officials reported progress on the Three-North Shelterbelt, national parks and Inner Mongolia's clean-energy build-out, ...

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China Sets Tuesday Cremation for Former Premier Zhu Rongji
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China Sets Tuesday Cremation for Former Premier Zhu Rongji

State protocol includes flags at half-mast across China and at diplomatic missions after Zhu Rongji, premier from 1998 t...

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Xi Jinping's Qiushi Article Sets Out China's Disaster-Resilience Priorities
Politics

Xi Jinping's Qiushi Article Sets Out China's Disaster-Resilience Priorities

A forthcoming Qiushi article by Xi Jinping calls for higher infrastructure resilience, stronger early warnings and a shi...

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Wellbeing policies exist but fail in execution for 42% of employees: survey
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Wellbeing policies exist but fail in execution for 42% of employees: survey

A 1,884-employee survey finds formal workplace wellbeing policies often remain on paper, with always-on expectations the...

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Land, GST and FDI Predictability Are India's Real Test for 2047
Economy

Land, GST and FDI Predictability Are India's Real Test for 2047

Economists say land-record fixes, a predictable investment policy and completing GST and labour reform matter more than ...

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Public Sector Banks Meet in Delhi to Map Banking Roadmap for Viksit Bharat
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Public Sector Banks Meet in Delhi to Map Banking Roadmap for Viksit Bharat

A two-day DFS conclave brings together 125 PSB and PFI leaders to tackle deposit mobilisation, credit expansion, rural v...

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IIM Bangalore’s NSRCEL passes $7 billion in startup value as it pivots to AI and sector hubs
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IIM Bangalore’s NSRCEL passes $7 billion in startup value as it pivots to AI and sector hubs

The incubator claims 3,000 startups and 35,000 jobs; its next phase targets one million entrepreneurs through AI learnin...

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Solar Firms Seek Battery Storage and Policy Continuity for PM Surya Ghar Next Phase
Energy

Solar Firms Seek Battery Storage and Policy Continuity for PM Surya Ghar Next Phase

Consultations for the next phase of India's rooftop solar scheme focus on battery integration, differentiated subsidies ...

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Onewo H1 Profit Dips 2.1% as It Exits 139 Residential Projects and Cuts Developer Ties
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Onewo H1 Profit Dips 2.1% as It Exits 139 Residential Projects and Cuts Developer Ties

Revenue rose 5.4% to RMB19.11bn, the interim dividend was set at RMB0.711 a share, and management defended the pruning o...

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China High-End Baijiu Prices Rally as Nine of 11 Major Products Rise on August 16
Retail

China High-End Baijiu Prices Rally as Nine of 11 Major Products Rise on August 16

Feitian Moutai climbed to 1,787 yuan and Wuliangye Puwu hit a one-month high as nine of 11 tracked high-end baijiu produ...

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Iran Says It Has Struck a Temporary Hormuz Shipping Deal With Oman as US Claims Sovereignty
Politics

Iran Says It Has Struck a Temporary Hormuz Shipping Deal With Oman as US Claims Sovereignty

Tehran says new temporary corridors will run partly through Iranian waters for two to four months, while Washington keep...

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Weilong's Growth Slows as Vegetable Snacks Carry the Mix and Marketing Eats Margin
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Weilong's Growth Slows as Vegetable Snacks Carry the Mix and Marketing Eats Margin

Weilong's H1 revenue rose 6.7% and gross margin recovered, but operating profit fell 3.3% as branding spend absorbed gai...

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How Car and Driver's Used-Car Value Tool Prices Your Trade-In
Personal Finance

How Car and Driver's Used-Car Value Tool Prices Your Trade-In

The calculator uses the same Black Book data many dealers rely on to compare private-sale and trade-in values — and the ...

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Chevrolet's 1994 S-10 ZR2: A $30 Million Bet on Off-Road Image
Automotive

Chevrolet's 1994 S-10 ZR2: A $30 Million Bet on Off-Road Image

GM's ZR2 package put 31-inch tires on the S-10 and spent heavily to tame their compromises—mostly to sell an image, not ...

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Lincoln Continental Edges Cadillac Seville SLS in 1995 Luxury Sedan Duel
Automotive

Lincoln Continental Edges Cadillac Seville SLS in 1995 Luxury Sedan Duel

A June 1995 Car and Driver comparison put two 32-valve American V-8 sedans through snow and Kentucky back roads, with th...

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