Apollo Hospitals announced a new 100-bed oncology centre with a $64.9m investment. Credit: Alexander Steamaze / Shutterstock.com. Apollo Hospitals Enterprise (AHEL) in India has announced its plans to acquire International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) 31% equity stake in its retail healthcare subsidiary, Apollo Health and Lifestyle (AHLL). This move involves a Rs12.54bn ($142m) transaction, making Apollo…
The FOMO is real. Every year, Apple announces a new iPhone, and it can be very tempting to replace your existing model with this shiny new toy. The iPhone 17 lineup is pretty darn exciting. I’m intrigued by the iPhone Air for sure. I also wouldn’t mind that 8x optical zoom on the iPhone 17…
China on Monday accused Nvidia of violating the country’s antimonopoly laws and said it would step up scrutiny of the world’s top chipmaker, heightening tensions with Washington as the two countries meet for trade talks this week. Chinese regulators said they would carry out “further investigation” into Nvidia after a preliminary investigation found that the…
Kingston has been named as the second-best place in the UK to be born and to live in by The Times, using a new national index that ranks local authorities on quality-of-life standards. The Better Lives Index was developed by the International Longevity Centre (ILC), and it looked at nine key factors to determine the…
The president is pressuring NATO allies to stop purchasing oil from Russia, saying if they continue to do so, he’ll enact sanctions alongside them. Currently Turkey, Hungary, and Slovakia buy Russian oil, and others purchase Russian natural gas. Russia uses the profits to wage war in Ukraine. Now President Trump says NATO should also. Tariffs…
(Bloomberg) — Top Wall Street strategists said the record-setting US stock rally risks temporarily running out of steam after an expected Federal Reserve interest-rate cut this week. Strategists from Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Oppenheimer Asset Management warned that a more cautious tone may replace the bullish mood as investors focus instead on…
Gwyneth Paltrow may be phasing out Goop’s nine-year-old fashion line G. Label, but she has no intention of leaving the fashion game. On Sunday afternoon, in the middle of New York Fashion Week, she announced the launch of Gwyn, a new fashion line grounded in classic, wardrobe-building pieces, with a slightly more elevated sensibility than…
Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) surged in Hong Kong on Monday after JPMorgan Chase upgraded the stock, which extended a rebound for Chinese battery makers and inflated the premium of its Hong Kong shares over those that trade in Shenzhen. The US bank also predicted stronger demand for CATL’s energy storage systems. CATL’s Hong Kong shares…
Shutong Hao came to the US because she needed a new heart. When she was five years old, her family travelled from China to Los Angeles for a life-saving transplant. They later built a life in the suburbs north of Dallas, but Hao was often made to feel as if she didn’t belong. “I had…
A Democratic candidate for governor of California will be giving TikTok a go, but with a caveat: He’ll only post videos in Spanish. At least for now. Former Biden administration Health Secretary Xavier Becerra is embracing the popular short-video app to target Spanish-language users. His campaign and surveys note that Hispanic adults use TikTok in…