Sources: The New York Times
The Booker Prize Foundation announces the creation of the Children's Booker Prize, with the first £50,000 (US$66,500) winner to be announced in early 2027. 2025-10-24
Japan and the United States finalize a $2.35 billion deal for the latter to export 400 Tomahawk cruise missiles to the former. 2023-11-17
American wiki hosting service Fandom purchases numerous entertainment and review sites, such as TV Guide, Metacritic, and "GameSpot", for US$50 million. 2022-10-3
The exchange rate between the euro and the United States dollar drops to 0.9928, the lowest in 20 years. 2022-08-22
Governor Mike Parson announces that Missouri will launch a "Be a Mo VIP Winner" campaign to vaccinate individuals amidst a rise of cases in the state. In five rounds, over 180 people will be drawn with each receiving a US$10,000 prize. The announcement comes after 3,031 cases of COVID-19 was reported in the state, the highest since January. 2021-07-21
The Federal Government of Germany officially recognizes the country's perpetration of the Herero and Namaqua genocide during its colonial rule of Namibia. German foreign minister Heiko Maas pledges reparations worth €1.1 billion (US$1.34 billion) for the descendants of the Herero and Nama people to be paid within 30 years. 2021-05-28
In a 6–1 decision, the Federal Court of Malaysia rules that news portal "Malaysiakini" can be held in contempt of court over its users' comments against the Malaysian judiciary. Co-founder and editor-in-chief Steven Gan is personally absolved of the charge. The portal will be required to pay RM500,000 (about US$120,000) in fines next week. 2021-02-19
An Austrian court grants a United States request to extradite Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash. U.S. officials accuse Firtash of being involved in a scandal where he allegedly paid US$18.5 million in bribes for a permit to mine titanium in India, something Firtash denies. 2017-02-21
European communications company Altice announces plans to buy US cable television company Cablevision for $17.7 billion. 2015-09-18
American luxury fashion company Coach, Inc. agrees to purchase shoe brand Stuart Weitzman for $574 million. 2015-01-6