Yum Brands’ India partners Sapphire, Devyani to merge, creating fast-food franchisee giant

Yum Brands’ India partners Sapphire, Devyani to merge, creating fast-food franchisee giant

Yum Brands logo Dado Ruvic | Reuters Sapphire Foods India said on Thursday it will merge with Devyani International, in a move that is likely to consolidate local franchisee partners of Yum Brands, the owner of KFC and Pizza Hut. The deal, first reported by the local Economic Times, comes as fast-food franchisees in India face slowing same-store…

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Books by Lyse Doucet and Arundhati Roy make shortlist for Women’s Prize for Nonfiction

Books by Lyse Doucet and Arundhati Roy make shortlist for Women’s Prize for Nonfiction

LONDON — Two books about hotels as places of risk and refuge in wartime are among finalists announced Wednesday for the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction, set up to help rectify a gender imbalance in publishing. “The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People’s History of Afghanistan” by Canadian journalist Lyse Doucet and U.K. author Jane Rogoyska’s…

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Nvidia working on new AI chip for China that outperforms the H20, Reuters reports

Nvidia working on new AI chip for China that outperforms the H20, Reuters reports

Nvidia is developing a new AI chip for China based on its latest Blackwell architecture that will be more powerful than the H20 model it is currently allowed to sell there, two people briefed on the matter said. U.S. President Donald Trump last week opened the door to the possibility of more advanced Nvidia chips being sold in China. But the sources noted U.S. regulatory approval is far from guaranteed amid…

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