In 2023, console video game players will spend $21B on in-game items and subscriptions, as "live service games" make the market more akin to mobile (www.ft.com)
Games console industry tries to adapt to rise of free-to-play titles...
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Games console industry tries to adapt to rise of free-to-play titles...
Private equity firms have bought up dozens of UK healthcare companies including ambulance fleets, eye-care clinics and diagnostics businesses over the past two years as they seek to cash in on spiralling NHS waiting lists....
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Extinction looms for FTAV’s Mastodon presence
New mobilisation law is part of a wider effort to maximise Russia’s firepower and blunt western support for Kyiv
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Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has ruled out signing a trade deal with the EU unless Brussels eases requirements for Brasília to open up its manufacturing industry to foreign competition....