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PIF Explores Fresh Capital Push as Newcastle Eyes Billion-Pound Stadium Leap

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Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is sounding out potential investors for a minority stake in Newcastle United as the club weighs one of the biggest infrastructure decisions in its modern history — whether to overhaul St James’ Park or build an entirely new home. People familiar with the discussions said the sovereign wealth fund is …

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UAE’s New Digital Banking Challenger Clears First Regulatory Hurdle

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Mal.ai has secured in-principle approval from the Central Bank of the UAE to move ahead with plans for a licensed banking operation in the Emirates, giving fresh momentum to the country’s fast-growing digital finance sector. The preliminary clearance follows what the company described as an extensive regulatory review process and pushes Mal Group closer to …

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COPAD’s Market Debut Tilts Toward Investor Exit as TCV Prepares to Cash Out

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Egyptian drugmaker COPAD Pharma is reshaping the blueprint for its planned stock market debut, with the upcoming offering now expected to serve largely as an exit window for existing shareholders rather than a pure capital-raising exercise. At the center of that shift is Tanmiya Capital Ventures (TCV), the private equity investor holding a 21% stake …

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Fifth Circuit’s Conservative Crusade Keeps Colliding With America’s Highest Court

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The ideological tug-of-war inside the U.S. judiciary is no longer confined to the Supreme Court. Increasingly, some of the fiercest legal battles are emerging from the federal appeals court seated in New Orleans — the powerful 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — whose rulings have repeatedly tested the limits of even the Supreme Court’s …

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Judge Lets Key Evidence Stand in Luigi Mangione Murder Case, But Tosses Part of Backpack Search

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A New York courtroom delivered a split ruling Monday in the case against Luigi Mangione, the 28-year-old charged with the fatal shooting of Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel in late 2024. Justice Gregory Carro refused to block prosecutors from presenting what they describe as the murder weapon, along with a notebook allegedly containing violent …

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Jury Hits Takeda Over Amitiza Deal, Opening Door to Multi-Billion Dollar Antitrust Blow

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A federal jury in Boston has delivered a costly verdict against Japanese drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, concluding that the company used an unlawful strategy to keep cheaper versions of its constipation medicine Amitiza off the U.S. market for years. The panel found Takeda responsible for roughly $885 million in damages after siding with wholesalers, insurers, …

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Trump DOJ Drops Adani Prosecution as Conglomerate Signals Massive US Expansion

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The legal cloud hanging over Indian billionaire Gautam Adani began to lift dramatically on Monday after the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump moved to shut down criminal fraud proceedings tied to the Adani empire, while also resolving a separate sanctions-related investigation involving one of the group’s flagship firms. The decision marks a sharp reversal …

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Supreme Court Takes Up Battle Over Whether Campus Employees Can Sue Under Title IX

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The legal reach of Title IX is heading back under the spotlight after the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a closely watched dispute over whether university employees can directly sue schools for sex discrimination under the landmark education law. The case arrives from Georgia, where two former university employees — ex-Georgia Tech women’s basketball …

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Trump Ends IRS Battle as White House Unveils $1.8 Billion “Anti-Weaponization” Fund

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The Trump administration has shut the door on one of the most unusual legal fights in recent American political history — by settling Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service through the creation of a massive federal compensation fund aimed at alleged victims of political targeting. Under the agreement announced Monday, the Justice Department …

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Jury Sinks Musk’s Case Against OpenAI, Clearing Runway for Potential Mega IPO

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Elon Musk’s courtroom offensive against OpenAI ended in defeat Monday after a California federal jury rejected his claims that the company abandoned its founding mission and misled him during its early years. The decision arrived quickly. After a trial stretching nearly three weeks and packed with accusations of betrayal, greed and deception, jurors deliberated for …

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