PIF, stc set to form Saudi tower giant
by Mobile World Live
Mobile World Live— Saudi Arabia’s PIF inked a deal with operator stc to buy a 51 per cent stake in the latter’s infrastructure business TAWAL, with the tower business then set to be merged with peer Golden Lattice Investment Company.
McCovey Chronicles—Giants-Pirates Series Preview - April 2024: Giants take on a heap of former Giants. The older I get, the more my dying brain cements around the idea that fans invoke “small sample size” primarily when they don’t like the results. In a small sample size, Joey Bart is doing very nicely as a new member of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who’ve come to play the San Francisco Giants this weekend in a 3-game series. He’s 7-for-23 with a trio of dingers, a double, and 8 RBI to go with 5 walks against just 8 strikeouts. That’s a triple slash of .304/.429/.739 in a measly 28 PA. Now, it’s not...
CNBC—BlackRock is opening a Saudi investment firm with initial $5 billion from PIF. The new platform will be called BlackRock Riyadh Investment Management, or BRIM.
NBC News—Pair of giant pandas set to travel from China to San Diego Zoo under conservation partnership. SAN DIEGO — A pair of giant pandas will soon make the journey from China to the U.S., where they will be cared for at the San Diego Zoo as part of an ongoing conservation partnership between the two nations, officials said Monday. The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance said its caretakers recently visited China to meet the giant pandas, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, ahead of their planned trip to Southern California. An exact date for the handoff hasn’t been set. Yun Chuan, a mild-mannered male who’s...