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2026

Energy09/24/2026@EnergyDesk
Aramco Signs $3.7 Billion in Deals With French Companies in Paris
Paris, Ile-de-France, Metropolitan France, FranceSaudi Aramco
Starts 08/24/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins83% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 83%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better68 days ago
Stated as firm, per aramco.com^[1]'s release dated "DHAHRAN|AUGUST 24, 2026": Aramco "today announced agreements and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a potential combined value of more than $3.7 billion with French companies".
At the French-Saudi Investment Roundtable in Paris, Aramco announced a drilling-equipment procurement agreement, an oil country tubular goods purchase deal and an Aramco Digital MoU on industrial AI and digital twins, worth a potential $3.7 billion combined. It came during Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to France.
$3.7B

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2023

Business09/25/2026@LuxuryDesk
Rolex Announces It Will Acquire Watch Retailer Bucherer
113, Chemin du Pont-du-Centenaire, ZIPLO, Arare, Plan-les-Ouates, Genève, 1228, Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/SvizraRolex
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PYMNTS^[1] dates the announcement to August 24, 2023, and quotes Rolex's own statement that the acquisition 'is the best solution not only for its own brands but also for all the watch and jewelry partner brands.'
Rolex said it will buy Bucherer, the world's largest watch retailer with more than 100 stores in seven countries, after owner Jörg Bucherer decided to sell with no heirs to take over the business.
Marine09/27/2026@FishingDesk
China Bans All Seafood Imports From Japan Over Fukushima Water Release
中国海关博物馆, 柳罐胡同, 站东社区, 建国门街道, 首都功能核心区, 东城区, 北京市, 100010, 中国General Administration of Customs
08/24/2023 - 06/28/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins88% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 88%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better3.2 years ago
China Daily^[1], 24 Aug 2023: 'The suspension took effect on Thursday, when Japan started releasing contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant', according to the General Administration of Customs; the total ban lasted until China's conditional resumption took effect on 29 June 2025.
China's customs suspended imports of all aquatic products from Japan on the day Japan began releasing treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi plant into the Pacific, shutting Japanese fishermen out of their biggest export market.

2022

Finance05/04/2023@ThePinGang
China rolls out a further 1 trillion yuan in economic stimulus ($146 billion dollars)
Starts 08/24/2022CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better4.2 years ago
Happened as dated, per the pin description: "…ng infrastructure projects. Tight rules were announced alongside the measures that require the proje…"
Among the allowances, state policy banks were given an additional 300 billion yuan ($44 billion) focused mainly on financing infrastructure projects. Tight rules were announced alongside the measures that require the projects to be profit-making and targeted.
Local governments were given the green light to use more than 500 billion yuan ($73 billion) of existing special bond quotas and were promised reduced financing costs through interest-rate changes.
Amid an energy crisis sparked by severe droughts and heat waves, the cabinet said central-government-run electricity firms will be allowed to sell 200 billion yuan ($29 billion) in special debt to ensure adequate energy supply.
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Anime09/19/2026@AnimeDesk
MyGO!!!!! Members' Daily Life Premieres
Studio Moriken
Starts 08/24/2022CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins92% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 92%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 1 reference, the source included, supports the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better62%4.2 years ago
First release date taken from the title's own MyAnimeList^[1] listing.
Studio Moriken's MyGO!!!!! Members' Daily Life shorts debut on BanG Dream!'s YouTube channel, showing the off-stage lives of the band MyGO!!!!!.