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Blue Owl's Fund Raise for the first quarter totaled $3.8 billion of which $1.9 billion was generated by its Direct Lending strategy, $1.5 billion by Real Estate, and $0.3 billion by GP Capital Solutions.

However, it was a bad year for healthcare, which lost $75 billion, followed by industrial products with $46 billion, food and beverages with $40 billion and real estate with $32 billion.

On its last earnings call in July, TSMC raised its full-year revenue forecast and adjusted its capital expenditure plans for this year to between $30 billion and $32 billion, compared with a previous forecast of $28 billion to $32 billion.

On Saturday the House passed a $95 billion package with $60 billion for Ukraine, $26 billion for Israel and Gaza and around $4 billion for the Indo-Pacific.

The bill includes $61 billion in aid to Ukraine and $26 billion for Israel, as well as $1 billion in humanitarian assistance to Gaza and $8 billion to counter China's military might.

The EU also agreed earlier this year to allocate 33 billion euros ($36 billion) in loans and 17 billion euros ($18 billion) in grants to Ukraine under the four-year Ukraine Facility program.

Iran’s petrochemical industry needs $23 billion worth of financing, he said, adding, of total $23 billion, $8 billion of which has been provided while the rest $15 billion will be provided through the capital market.

Meanwhile, Alaska Air generated $5.9 billion of operating cash, repaid $2.5 billion of debt, invested $3.6 billion towards fleet expansion, and spent just $0.3 billion in share repurchases.

Other priorities include $1.5 billion for working capital funds, $1.2 billion for uniformed personnel, $2 billion for Operations and Maintenance, nearly $5 billion for the Defense Health Program, and $2.8 million for the Armed Forces Retirement Home.

The average daily trading volume has risen 2.9 billion from 1.9 billion shares in the previous week and the average daily trading value rose to RM2.5 billion from RM1.2 billion.

The total estimated cost is RM9.7 billion with tram accounting for RM5.4 billion, BRT RM2.6 billion and rail and ferry RM1.6 billion.

The United States currently invests $50 billion (€44.7 billion) each year in space, China $10 billion and Russia $4 billion, according to French government figures.

The consulting firm says it is putting property losses at between $16 billion and $20 billion and lost economic output at between $1 billion and $2 billion.

The European Union spewed 3.9 billion tons (3.5 billion metric tons) and India soared to 2.9 billion tons (2.6 billion metric tons).

The organisation is working towards “triple billion” targets - one billion more people benefiting from universal health coverage, one billion better protected from health emergencies, and one billion enjoying better health and well being.

Bollywood sold 3.6 billion tickets and had total revenues (theatre tickets, DVDs, television and so on.) of US$1.3 billion, whereas Hollywood films sold 2.6 billion tickets and generated total revenues (again from all formats) of US$51 billion.

According to the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), assistance for Ukraine in 2022 shot up to $16 billion, compared to less than a billion a year earlier, while that for Africa fell by eight percent to $29 billion.

Biden’s proposal includes $842 billion in defense spending, $6 billion in support for Ukraine to defend against Russia’s invasion, a tax increase for high-earners and a $1.4 billion increase to Social Security, among other measures.

But the budget’s September deficit forecast of $6.7 billion has improved by $1.1 billion, with this year’s deficit now projected at $5.6 billion.

But they went from $20 billion in their peak now last -- this year to $14 billion; next year, they're saying to $7 billion, and then it will just keep going down.