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With California facing an expected $68-billion budget deficit, Gov. Gavin Newsom is seeking “major reforms” to pull funding from a costly plan next year to begin raising the statewide minimum wage for healthcare workers to $25 an…

Portuguese soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is facing a $US1 billion lawsuit over his role in promoting non-fungible-tokens (NFTs) from cryptocurrency exchange Binance.NFTs are digital assets with unique identifiers that indicate…

Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, is expected to pay fines totalling $US4.3 billion ($6.6 billion) and its chief is planning to step down, a US media report said on Tuesday.In a deal with US authorities that could allow…

A major left-wing dark money network raised more than $1 billion in 2022 and funneled millions into liberal causes across the country, recently published tax documents reveal. Arabella Advisors, a for-profit venture run by Clinton…

Over one million international students contributed $40.1 billion to the U.S. economy in the 2022-2023 academic year, marking a significant 19 percent increase compared to the previous academic year, according to data from NAFSA:…

Edwin Castro, the fortunate Californian who pocketed a $2 billion Powerball Jackpot, has further fuelled his automotive passion by acquiring two vintage Porsches. First reported by The Daily Mail, this splurge is just the latest in his…

The city of San Francisco is in the process of constructing a downtown-area railroad extension that is estimated to cost in excess of $4 billion per mile of tunnel, The San Francisco Standard reported. The extension, known as The Portal,…

India's data science education market is expected to grow 57.5 per cent to USD 1.391 billion (about Rs 11,569 crore) by 2028, according to a study. The size of the sector in 2023 was USD 204.23 million (about Rs 1,698 crore)…

Rising for the second consecutive week, India’s forex kitty jumped USD 3.553 billion to USD 599.529 billion for the week ended May 12, the RBI said on Friday. The overall reserves had jumped by USD 7.196 billion to USD 595.976 billion for…

Britain announced $1.26 billion (£1 billion) of investment for its semiconductor sector on Friday in a long-awaited strategy that aims to strengthen the domestic industry and chip supply chains.The strategy focuses on Britain's role in…