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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--  8th December 2025 CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares CRH plc (“CRH”) announces that on 5th December 2025 it acquired the following number of its ordinary shares (the “ordinary shares”) in the United States through CRH’s broker Santander US Capital Markets LLC. The ordinary shares acquired (by way of redemption) will be cancelled. Aggregate number of ordinary shares acquired Daily volume weighted average price paid Daily highest price paid per share Daily lowest price...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Helical Fusion Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; “Helical Fusion”), a company developing a commercially viable Helical Stellarator power plant under its “Helix Program”, has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Aoki Super Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Aichi, Japan; “Aoki Super”), a major regional supermarket chain in central Japan. This marks the first fusion-energy PPA ever signed in Japan, representing a concrete step forward in the real-world adoption of fusio...

TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CTBC Financial Holding once again stepped onto the international stage as the “Global Banking Summit 2025,” hosted by the Financial Times and The Banker, brought together global financial leaders in London from December 2 to 4. CTBC Holding President Rachael Kao joined the “CEO Keynote interview” on December 4 to share CTBC’s digital innovation, ESG strategy, and global expansion efforts—making her the only representative from Taiwan’s financial sector at this y...

HSINCHU, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303)(“UMC”), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced a licensing agreement with imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in advanced semiconductor technologies, for the transfer of imec’s iSiPP300 silicon photonics process, featuring co-packaged optics (CPO) compatibility, to accelerate UMC’s silicon photonics roadmap. The licensed technology will enable UMC to bring a 12-inch silic...

ESPOO, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tecnotree is a 5G-ready digital Business Support System (BSS) provider with advanced AI/ML capabilities and multi-cloud extensibility. The company has been listed across thirteen 2025 Gartner research spanning Digital BSS, AI-driven monetization, digital marketplace enablement, and customer experience transformation. We believe these mentions reflects the continued relevance and strong applicability of Tecnotree’s solutions within the technology domains evaluate...

HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The ATEC2025·Real-World Extreme Challenge successfully concluded on December 7 on the campus of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. A team from Zhejiang University emerged victorious from a field of 13 talented international squads by demonstrating exceptional fully autonomous embodied intelligence, securing the top prize of $150,000 USD. Organized by the Chinese University of Hong Kong and co-hosted by Advanced Technology Exploration Community (ATEC), Peking Univer...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Artificial intelligence is quietly reshaping global transportation systems, but most deployments remain isolated pilots that haven't achieved scale – and the gap between AI's promise and its execution is widening, according to a landmark study launched today at CoMotion GLOBAL in Riyadh. The Envisioning the Future of Mobility Powered by AI report, developed by the MIT Mobility Initiative and Kearney Advanced Mobility Institute, analyzed input from 55 leadi...

CALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--E3 LITHIUM LTD. (TSXV: ETL) (FSE: OW3) (OTCQX: EEMMF), “E3”, “E3 Lithium” or the “Company,” a leader in Canadian lithium development, has submitted its Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (“EPEA”) application to the Alberta Energy Regulator (“AER”) and has initiated the formal AER Directive 056 (“D56”) notification and consultation program for its Clearwater Project Central Processing Facility (“CPF”). The EPEA application represents a significant ste...

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TotalEnergies a signé un accord avec NEO NEXT Energy Limited (NEO NEXT) prévoyant que les activités amont de la Compagnie au Royaume-Uni seront fusionnées avec NEO NEXT et que TotalEnergies deviendra l’actionnaire principal de la nouvelle entité élargie NEO NEXT, qui sera renommée NEO NEXT+, avec une participation de 47,5 %. Après la finalisation de la transaction, NEO NEXT+ sera : détenue conjointement par TotalEnergies (47,5 %), HitecVision (28,875 %) et Repsol UK (23,...

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with NEO NEXT Energy Limited (NEO NEXT) under which TotalEnergies will merge its Upstream business with NEO NEXT and become the leading shareholder in the expanded NEO NEXT, which will be renamed NEO NEXT+, with a 47.5% ownership. After completion of the transaction, NEO NEXT+ will: be jointly owned by TotalEnergies (47.5%), HitecVision (28.875%) and Repsol UK (23.625%) and encompass a large and diverse asset portfolio including nota...