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+4 Chris Dalton Spinning off a company two years after buying it feels like financial engineering more than strategy, wonder who's really benefiting here.
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On X · @Blazingoth Goth Creator @Blazingoth Posts “Look at Me” Video Drawing Fan Attention on X The video post by @Blazingoth received overwhelmingly positive admiration and attraction comments from fans, with no meaningful opposition or debate detected in sampled replies. 746 likes · 20m Ant International secures $1.2B for global payments expansion Business — Jul 21, 2026 Ant International raised about $1.2 billion in a Series A, with participation from Ant Group and Alibaba as it pursues global expansion in merchant payments, account management and other financial services, while integrating AI across its infrastructure. The Singapore-based unit, spun out in 2024, operates four units—Alipay+, Antom, WorldFirst and Bettr—across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America, serving roughly 150 million merchants and 2 billion user accounts and was valued at about $10 billion prior to the funding. +8 A Andrew Powell Foreign Hackers Breach Two Colorado Water Utilities, Officials Say Two small Colorado water utilities were breached by foreign actors last month, with hackers changing pumping schedules, altering equipment settings and disabling alarms before operators regained control, state officials said. The affected systems are privately owned and each serves fewer than 200 people, according to Fox News , which cited reports from Colorado officials. The governor's office sai 3m