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...Defence spending in India, which has the world’s fourth-biggest military budget, rose 4 per cent to $84bn....
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...Netflix: The streaming company is expected to report that revenue increased 13.6 per cent to $9.27bn in the three months to March 31, while earnings are expected to rise 57 per cent to $4.51 a share....
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...While European defence spending grew 4.5 per cent in 2023, to reach an average 1.6 per cent of gross domestic product, Asian countries boosted their defence budgets by 4.7 per cent to hit an average 1.8...
...The CLEWI climbed 4.9 per cent in 2023 — above the 3.4 per cent rise in US CPI in the same period — following increases of 7 per cent in 2022 and 10.1 per cent in 2021....
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...Annual income from the TV deal rose over the previous deal, albeit by a measly 4 per cent....
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