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‘Hyatt targets five-fold India expansion in five years’

Hyatt Hotels expects to quintuple its India footprint over the next five years, its chief executive said on Friday, as the United States hotel operator bets on a surge in domestic travel and rising consumer spending in the world’s most populous nation

‘Meta signs multi-billion-dollar deal to rent Google AI chips’

Meta Platforms has signed a multi-billion Dollar deal to rent artificial intelligence chips from Google to develop new AI models, The Information reported on Thursday, citing a person involved in the talks

Panoro Energy seeks new Equatorial assets after buying Kosmos stake

Africa-focused Panoro Energy will take part in Equatorial Guinea’s oil and gas auction in April

Rand strengthens slightly ahead of month end data

South African Rand edged up in early trade on Friday

Apple seeks dismissal of fraud lawsuit over Siri AI, Epic injunction

Apple urged a federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action claiming it defrauded shareholders twice, by overstating the artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities of its Siri voice assistant and falsely representing its compliance with an injunction governing commissions on app sales.

AfDB secures record-breaking $2 bln bond as investor demand surges

The African Development Bank has successfully issued a new $2 billion five‑year global benchmark bond, achieving the largest orderbook in its history and the tightest spread to United States (US) Treasuries ever secured by the Bank.