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BT Group and Verizon will combine international enterprise operations into a 50:50 joint venture serving 3,000+ customers in 180+ countries; deal expected in 2027.
Lockheed Martin says a seven-year U.S. award could fund up to $35 billion to ramp THAAD interceptor production — but it’s an undefinitized contract.
DOE has offered a conditional commitment of up to $17.5B to finance long‑lead equipment purchases for as many as 10 Westinghouse AP1000 reactors, aiming to speed builds.
DOJ, EPA and West Virginia settled with Chemours in a federal consent decree requiring more than $450M in penalties, controls and drinking-water measures for PFAS releases.
Kadokawa CEO Takeshi Natsuno survived a shareholder vote, but activist Oasis raised its stake to become the largest shareholder and will keep pressing over FromSoftware profits.
The ECB and Iceland’s central bank agreed to add the króna to the Eurosystem’s instant-payments platform TIPS from 2028, extending multicurrency settlement.
iRhythm reported that data was exfiltrated from third‑party business applications; its devices and clinical systems were not affected, and the investigation is ongoing.
SunZia’s 3,650 MW wind project in New Mexico began commercial operations, paired with a 550-mile HVDC line to send about 3,000 MW to western markets.
In late May, workers won votes and contracts across retail, entertainment, health care, public sector and timber — from REI to Netflix Animation.
ECB will send a sector-wide 'dear CEO' letter urging banks to strengthen operational resilience as AI adoption rises and cyber risks intensify.
The SEC proposed on May 29 to rescind its 2024 climate-disclosure rule, shifting the fight from court defense to rulemaking and public comment.
FTC sued Amare Global and three individuals, alleging the MLM falsely promoted supplements as treating depression, anxiety and ADHD in children and misled recruits about earnings.
FTC will let Ascension buy AmSurg only if it sells seven ambulatory surgery centers across five U.S. metro areas to preserve local competition.
STB accepted Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern’s revised merger filing for consideration but put the review and environmental study on hold, seeking more info by July 27.
Massachusetts has certified the App Drivers Union as the statewide bargaining representative for about 70,000 Uber and Lyft drivers under a 2024 law.
Singapore police charged ex-Hodlnaut CEO Zhu Juntao with six fraud counts, accusing him of misleading users about the company’s TerraUSD exposure after UST’s 2022 collapse.
A tentative eight-year contract for roughly 25,000–27,000 New York hotel workers would boost wages, add paid parental leave, AI protections and housing funds.
A bipartisan coalition of 34 state attorneys general asks a federal judge to force Live Nation to divest Ticketmaster and select amphitheaters.
U.S., Boeing and Lockheed set a seven-year framework to triple PAC-3 MSE seeker production, easing a key supply-chain bottleneck for Patriot interceptors.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren requested OCC charter applications and legal analyses, arguing crypto trust charters let firms perform bank-like activities beyond legal limits.