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  • Properties in Punjab: CM orders monitoring of illegal possession cases – Business Recorder

    1. Properties in Punjab: CM orders monitoring of illegal possession cases  Business Recorder
    2. 36 encroached properties restored to widows  The Express Tribune
    3. Punjab to enforce property protection ordinance in Rawalpindi  Dawn
    4. ‘Submit application, get…

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  • A rough and historically atypical November for U.S. stocks

    A rough and historically atypical November for U.S. stocks

    Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., Nov. 26, 2025.

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    The U.S. stock market was closed Thursday stateside for Thanksgiving Day and will reopen on Friday until 1 p.m. ET.

    With approximately just 3 hours of trading left for the month, major U.S. indexes are looking to end November in the red, based on CNBC calculations.

    As of Wednesday's close, the S&P 500 was down 0.4% month to date, the Dow Jones Industrial Average 0.29% lower during the same period and the Nasdaq Composite retreating 2.15%, vastly underperforming its siblings as technology stocks stumbled in November.

    Unless there's a huge jump in stocks during the shortened trading session on Friday stateside — which might not be an unequivocally positive move since it would raise more questions about the market's sustainability — that means the indexes are on track to snap their winning streaks. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average have risen in the past six months, and the Nasdaq Composite seven.

    It will also mark a divergence from the historical norm. The S&P 500 has advanced an average of 1.8% in November since 1950, according to the Stock Trader's Almanac. And in the year following a U.S. presidential election, it typically rises 1.6%.

    But it's not been a typical post-presidential election year. It's hard to see the market, in the coming months, or even years, moving according to any historical trajectory.

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    U.S. futures are mostly flat Thursday night. The stock market was closed during the day for the Thanksgiving break in the U.S. Europe's Stoxx 600 inched up 0.14%, rebounding from earlier losses.

    Alibaba's AI glasses go on sale. The Quark AI Glasses come in two variants that cost 1,899 Chinese yuan ($268) and 3,799 yuan, less than Meta's $799 Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, signaling Alibaba's competitive entry into the consumer AI market.

    Apple files a case against India's antitrust body. The Competition Commission of India is investigating complaints about Apple's in-app purchase policies, and could fine the company based on its global turnover — which means a potential $38 billion penalty.

    Russia is ready for 'serious' discussions for peace. The U.S.-led framework "can be the basis for future agreements," Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, as translated by Reuters. He added that the U.S. seemed to take Moscow's position "into account."

    [PRO] Bank of America doesn't see much upside for 2026. The S&P 500 should rise by a single-digit percentage point, a slowdown from recent years because one supporting factor will be shrinking, said a strategist from the bank.

    And finally...

    An operator works at the data centre of French company OVHcloud in Roubaix, northern France on April 3, 2025.

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    Europe's slow and steady approach to AI could be its edge

    It's unlikely that Europe will lead in building facilities for AI hyperscalers or for the training of AI — that race is considered all but won — but the general consensus is that it could excel in smaller, cloud-focused and connectivity-style facilities.

    Europe has "a lot of constraints, but, actually, the more difficult something is to replicate, the more long-term value what you've got has," said Seb Dooley, senior fund manager at Principal Asset Management.

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  • Nintendo Acquires Bandai Namco Studios Singapore To Boost Its Global Development Power

    Nintendo Acquires Bandai Namco Studios Singapore To Boost Its Global Development Power

    Nintendo is expanding its development footprint in a major way, confirming that it will acquire Bandai Namco Studios Singapore and bring the team under a new name, Nintendo Studios Singapore. The move is set to strengthen Nintendo’s long-term…

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  • Astronomers Found a Star That Makes No Sense : ScienceAlert

    Astronomers Found a Star That Makes No Sense : ScienceAlert

    Studying the light from stars tells us their temperature, composition, age, and evolutionary state.

    But the red giant companion to Gaia BH2, a black hole system discovered in 2023, tells a contradictory story that doesn’t make sense until you…

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  • Google CEO: Vibe Coding Is Making Tech ‘Exciting Again’

    Google CEO: Vibe Coding Is Making Tech ‘Exciting Again’

    The internet helped unknown writers turn blogging into a career. YouTube did the same for content creation. Now, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai believes vibe coding will similarly make new careers more…

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  • LG Chem plans to sell LG Energy Solution stake for shareholder returns

    LG Chem plans to sell LG Energy Solution stake for shareholder returns

    SEOUL, Nov 28 (Reuters) – South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd (051910.KS), opens new tab said on Friday it plans to lower its stake in subsidiary LG Energy Solution (373220.KS), opens new tab to about 70% from around 80%, in a bid to improve long-term finance and boost shareholder returns, according to a company filing.

    Shares of LG Chem fell 2.9% in Seoul trading, while LG Energy Solution’s stock plunged 6%.

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    LG Chem maintained its earlier target of offering a 30% dividend payout to shareholders in the future when the firm achieves a return-on-equity ratio of at least 10%.

    President Lee Jae Myung is pushing publicly listed companies to resolve the so-called “Korea Discount”, which refers to a tendency for local companies to have lower valuations than global peers due to factors such as low dividend payouts, and the dominance of opaque conglomerates known as chaebols.

    In October, LG Chem also faced a push from London-based hedge fund Palliser Capital in October, which blamed a heavy discount in stock valuation and “a lack of trust” in governance and poor capital allocation.

    Reporting by Heejin Kim and Hyunjoo Jin
    Editing by Ed Davies

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  • Core inflation in Japan's capital brings BOJ closer to a rate hike – Reuters

    1. Core inflation in Japan’s capital brings BOJ closer to a rate hike  Reuters
    2. Bank of Japan rate hike case backed by strong exports and elevated inflation  ING Think
    3. Japan’s core inflation in October rises to a 3-month high, supporting the case for rate hikes  CNBC
    4. Core consumer prices in Japan’s capital rise 2.8% yr/yr in November By Reuters  Investing.com
    5. USD/JPY outlook: Tokyo inflation keeps December BOJ hike in play  FOREX.com

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  • Fujitsu builds platform for NSK to create environmental value throughout the product lifecycle of bearing products

    Fujitsu builds platform for NSK to create environmental value throughout the product lifecycle of bearing products

    Fujitsu today announced that it has built a platform for NSK Ltd. to support a business model that enables co-creation of value with user companies throughout the product lifecycle of bearing products. This system, which leverages Fujitsu Sustainability Value Accelerator, an offering provided through Fujitsu’s Uvance business model focused on addressing societal challenges, will collect and utilize bearing data across departments, processes, and companies throughout the entire product lifecycle, and provide services for condition monitoring and maintenance. The initiative will promote the reconditioning and reuse of bearing products, supporting NSK’s corporate philosophy of contributing to a sustainable society through global environmental conservation, and enhance corporate value.

    The platform is planned for introduction to bearing product customers as a “Powered by Uvance” product. NSK is currently conducting verification with early adopters and will continuously enhance this system through these trials, aiming for full-scale operation of the platform from 2026. Fujitsu will support NSK in the deployment of this platform, expanding its reach to more users. Furthermore, Fujitsu will continue to promote the circular economy and the generation of new business opportunities through co-creation with NSK, our Uvance Partner. By leveraging reliable data integration, we will realize value co-creation that transcends individual companies and industries, ensuring traceability and environmental value assurance.

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  • Fujitsu launches Japan Edition of SAP Fioneer Cloud for Insurance, a next-generation platform supporting core business operations in the Japanese insurance industry

    Fujitsu launches Japan Edition of SAP Fioneer Cloud for Insurance, a next-generation platform supporting core business operations in the Japanese insurance industry

    Built upon SAP Fioneer’s globally proven SAP Fioneer Cloud for Insurance [1], the new edition integrates Fujitsu’s proprietary functionalities and services tailored to the specific regulatory requirements and business practices of the Japanese insurance market. These all-in-one platform covers a comprehensive range of core insurance operations and systems such as product, policy and claim management. Offered as part of Fujitsu’s Uvance initiatives focused on the financial industry, which aim to accelerate digital transformation for financial institutions and contribute to solving societal challenges, the platform will support operational improvements for Japanese insurance companies and drive business transformation across the industry.

    The platform is enhanced with Fujitsu’s unique developments, including functions, templates, and external data linkage capabilities that address specific Japanese market processes and legal regulations. As a first step, the platform will primarily feature common functions and business processes, such as language settings, along with capabilities specifically for automobile insurance, a high-demand area for both agency-based and online insurance.

    Fujitsu will continue to expand the Japan Edition of SAP Fioneer Cloud for Insurance to support various types of insurance, including automobile insurance. This expansion will drive product, channel, and process transformation, as well as strengthen governance within the Japanese insurance industry.

    Through the provision of financial industry-focused initiatives with Uvance, Fujitsu will help to enhance the operations of financial institutions and advance the realization of a more prosperous society.

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  • Dinosaur eggshells are accurate timekeepers of fossil age, study finds

    Dinosaur eggshells are accurate timekeepers of fossil age, study finds

    Layers of rock can tell the story of life on Earth, but only if you know when each chapter was written. For many dinosaur sites, that date has been little more than a rough guess. Now, a team of researchers has shown that the answer can be locked…

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