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In 2021, NBA star Bismack Biyombo lost his father; months later, he pledged his entire $1.3 million basketball salary to build a hospital in Congo in his memory, continuing his legacy | NBA News

Bismack Biyombo pledged his $1.3 million NBA salary to build a hospital in memory of his father(Getty Images) The loss of a parent can change how a person sees life. For Bismack Biyombo, it also changed how he wanted to use his NBA career. The Congolese basketball player lost his father, François, in Aug. 2021…

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Meryl Streep once owned a 1954 Hollywood Hills research house with expansive glass walls, a double-height living room and a pool courtyard; Alex Rodriguez bought it for $4.8 million |

Meryl Streep once owned a Hollywood Hills home that brought mid-century modern architecture into the spotlight. Built in 1954, the Honnold & Rex Research House combined concrete, wood and expansive glass walls, with a double-height living room and a courtyard featuring a swimming pool and spa. The four-bedroom property reflected a period of architectural experimentation…

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HCLTech Q2 revenue up 2.2%, narrows FY27 guidance

MUMBAI: HCLTech’s dollar revenue rose to $3.7 billion in the Sept quarter, up 2% sequentially and 2.2% year-on-year. In constant currency terms, revenue grew 2.3% sequentially and 2.6% year on year. EBIT margin expanded 131 basis points sequentially and 71 basis points year-on-year to 18.2%.The company’s services business grew 3% sequentially, generating more than $100…

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PERM certifications at 13 IT companies fell to 607 in 9 months from 1,670 in FY25

BENGALURU: IT firms had shrugged off concerns over their dependence on the US green-card route well before the US administration announced the suspension of PERM processing, with certified applications already declining sharply.Thirteen major IT services companies recorded 607 certified permanent labour certification (PERM) applications in the first nine months of FY26, compared with 1,670 in…

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Julia Roberts once owned an 8.3-acre Hawaiian beachfront estate that sold for nearly $20 million after being listed for $30 million |

Image credit: Eric Mansperger/360 Productions Julia Roberts and her husband, cinematographer Danny Moder, once owned an 8.3-acre beachfront estate on the Hawaiian island of Kauai that sold for $19.99 million in December 2020. Located on the island’s North Shore, the property, known as Limahuli Ocean Estate, features a residence, a swimming pool, landscaped grounds and…

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Economic settlement not resolved: Mallika, Lakshmi

CHENNAI: Lakshmi Venu and Mallika Srinivasan have said the economic settlement within the Venu Srinivasan (VS) family remains unresolved, disputing suggestions that a division of assets has been completed.In a joint statement issued amid recent media reports, Lakshmi Venu and Mallika Srinivasan, daughter and wife of Venu Srinivasan, respectively, said no agreement on the division…

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L&T Technology Services opens AI-native manufacturing lab with NVIDIA technologies

Shares of L&T Technology Services (LTTS) rose on Monday after the engineering services company inaugurated its AI-Native Engineering Intelligence (EI) Lab for Digital Manufacturing in Bengaluru. The lab is designed to give customers and partners a hands-on experience of how AI-native manufacturing, digital twins and autonomous systems can work together across industrial lifecycles, the company…

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