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Amazon Raises India Bet to $48 Billion on AI and Cloud After Jassy Meets Modi

New Delhi, June 26 -- an additional $13 billion for India's artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure by 2030, lifting its total pledged spending in the country to $48 billion over the coming f... Read More


Sweepstakes Casinos Flee Indiana and Iowa Ahead of Simultaneous July Bans

New Delhi, June 26 -- INDIANAPOLIS - Six months into 2026, sweepstakes casinos have lost seven states. Six days from now, Indiana becomes the eighth. Operators are not waiting for the deadline - McLuc... Read More


SkyCity Adelaide Agrees AU$21M Fine Over AML Failures as Shares Jump 14 Percent

New Delhi, June 26 -- ADELAIDE - When South Australia's gambling regulator announced last Thursday that it had reached an in-principle settlement with SkyCity Adelaide, agreeing to a AU$21 million fin... Read More


Xbox Prices Rise for a Third Time in a Year as Microsoft's Stock Slumps to a Three-Year Low

New Delhi, June 26 -- REDMOND - Starting August 1, the price of an Xbox goes up again, for the third time in roughly fourteen months. Microsoft will charge $100 more for its 512-gigabyte console and $... Read More


Merck KGaA to Pay $11.3 Billion for Bio-Techne in Life Sciences Tools Bet

New Delhi, June 26 -- DARMSTADT - Bio-Techne Corp. TECH shareholders collected the largest single-day premium in the company's history on Thursday, when Merck KGaA MKGAF agreed to pay $73 a share in c... Read More


Supreme Court Shields Bayer From Roundup Cancer Suits in 7-2 Ruling, Shares Surge 16%

New Delhi, June 26 -- WASHINGTON - John Durnell spent roughly two decades using Roundup on his property and developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma. A Missouri jury concluded he was owed $1.25 million. The Sup... Read More


Apple Raises MacBook and iPad Prices as AI Data Centers Drain the Memory Market

New Delhi, June 26 -- CUPERTINO, California - The MacBook Air that sold for $1,099 on Wednesday costs $1,299 today. The 14-inch MacBook Pro jumped $300 to $1,999. The Mac Studio climbed $500 to $2,499... Read More


India Won't Activate US Trade Deal Without Guaranteed Tariff Edge Over Asian Rivals

New Delhi, June 26 -- LONDON - The agreement exists. Both governments know what it says. Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, speaking Thursday at the India Global Forum's UK-India Week 2026 conference in ... Read More


Louisiana Casinos Hit $246M in May as Bally's Baton Rouge Posts 591% Surge

New Delhi, June 26 -- BATON ROUGE - When Bally's Baton Rouge opened its permanent land casino in December after years squeezed into a temporary riverboat facility, Louisiana's gaming regulators expect... Read More


Oracle Cut 21,000 Jobs and Named the Cause: Its Own AI

New Delhi, June 25 -- AUSTIN - Somewhere inside Oracle's workforce this year, one in eight jobs disappeared. The people who held them did not lose their places to a competitor, a recession, or a faile... Read More