4,400 Rebukes Later, ICE Detentions Roll On as Courts Push Back

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4,400 Rebukes Later, ICE Detentions Roll On as Courts Push Back

Across the United States, a quiet tug-of-war is unfolding between the judiciary and the executive branch — and the numbers are staggering. Since October, federal judges have ruled more than 4,400 times that detentions carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement were unlawful. Yet the detentions continue. The rulings represent one of the most …

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Digital Guardrails: U.S. Supreme Court Turns to Software for Conflict Checks

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Digital Guardrails: U.S. Supreme Court Turns to Software for Conflict Checks

The marble corridors of the Supreme Court of the United States are getting a quiet technological upgrade. In a move aimed at tightening ethical oversight, the Court has introduced new software designed to flag potential conflicts of interest before cases are heard. The system, developed internally by court technology teams, will automatically compare details about …

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Private Equity Storms the Pitch as IPL Becomes Cricket’s Hottest Asset

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Private Equity Storms the Pitch as IPL Becomes Cricket’s Hottest Asset

In boardrooms from New York to Zurich, the conversation has shifted from tech unicorns to T20 fireworks. The gravitational pull? The Indian Premier League. What began as a high-octane cricket spectacle has matured into a serious financial heavyweight. The IPL’s enterprise value has climbed to an estimated $18.5 billion, placing it among the most valuable …

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Stake Pulls in $31m to Power Borderless Property Investing

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Stake Pulls in $31m to Power Borderless Property Investing

Dubai’s proptech scene just clocked another milestone. Homegrown digital real estate platform Stake has secured $31 million in a Series B round, pushing its total capital raised to $58 million and sharpening its ambitions well beyond the UAE. The latest round was led by Emirates NBD, with backing from heavyweight investors including Mubadala Investment Company, …

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Gulf Bourses Step Back as Hormuz Drills and Diplomacy Cast a Long Shadow

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Gulf Bourses Step Back as Hormuz Drills and Diplomacy Cast a Long Shadow

Caution crept across Middle Eastern trading floors on Tuesday, as investors weighed the optics of diplomacy in Europe against military manoeuvres in one of the world’s most sensitive waterways. In Saudi Arabia, the main index at the Saudi Stock Exchange slid 0.9%, reflecting a mood that was more guarded than panicked. Banking heavyweight Al Rajhi …

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Kuwait’s Trolley IPO Rings Up $2.87bn in Orders, Forces Upsize

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Kuwait’s Trolley IPO Rings Up $2.87bn in Orders, Forces Upsize

Kuwait’s supermarket chain Trolley didn’t just test investor appetite — it filled the cart to the brim. The company’s market debut drew a staggering $2.87 billion in demand, prompting an increase in the size of the offering before the books even cooled. What began as a 30% stake sale was expanded to 35%, lifting the …

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Power Tower Company Sets Sights on Tadawul Debut

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Power Tower Company Sets Sights on Tadawul Debut

Saudi Arabia’s Power Tower Company is preparing to step into the public markets, unveiling plans for an initial public offering and a listing on the main market of Saudi Exchange (Tadawul). The move signals a new chapter for the company, known for its work in power transmission networks, substations, and renewable energy infrastructure—sectors that sit …

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Abu Dhabi Capital Fuels Breadfast’s IPO Ambitions with $50 Million Boost

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Abu Dhabi Capital Fuels Breadfast’s IPO Ambitions with $50 Million Boost

Abu Dhabi’s sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company has placed a calculated bet on Egypt’s fast-scaling grocery disruptor Breadfast, joining a $50 million pre-Series C funding round that signals bigger ambitions ahead. The Cairo-based startup, which began life in 2017 delivering fresh loaves to doorsteps, has since reinvented itself as a multi-service digital marketplace. Today, Breadfast’s …

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Goldman’s Legal Chief Steps Down as Epstein Emails Surface

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Goldman’s Legal Chief Steps Down as Epstein Emails Surface

A powerful voice inside Goldman Sachs has gone quiet. Kathryn Ruemmler, the Wall Street giant’s chief legal officer and one of its most senior executives, has resigned after newly disclosed U.S. Justice Department records revealed her past interactions with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The documents detail years of communication between Ruemmler and Epstein, stretching …

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Trump Scraps Federal Vehicle Emissions Bedrock, Igniting Regulatory Crosswinds

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Trump Scraps Federal Vehicle Emissions Bedrock, Igniting Regulatory Crosswinds

In a move billed as the most sweeping rollback of environmental oversight in decades, U.S. President Donald Trump has dismantled the legal pillar that allowed Washington to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks. At the heart of the shift is the repeal of the 2009 “endangerment finding,” a scientific determination that greenhouse gases …

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