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A $696M Amtrak Grant Hands Justin Ishbia the Keys to a Chicago South Loop Megadevelopment
The White Sox owner-in-waiting is leveraging a $696 million federal rail grant and $125 million of his own capital to co...
Police and Fire Groups Oppose Florida's Property Tax Amendment 3
Florida's property tax amendment is drawing organized opposition from police, fire and sheriff groups over public safety...
Chinese Automakers' R$465 Million Celebrity Ad Blitz Reshapes Brazil's Car Market
Chinese brands spent R$465.4 million on Brazilian advertising in two years, 44% of the sector total, using Gisele Bündch...
Brazil Plans B3 Auction for 547 Critical Federal Bridges as 48% Exceed 50-Year Design Life
DNIT says 2,461 of 5,127 federal bridges have passed 50 years; 547 need urgent work. The government will auction them in...
Pebble Beach Concours Hands Leadership to Vince Finaldi as Younger Collectors Reshape Classic-Car Elite
Sandra Button steps down Oct. 1 after 34 years steering the world's most important classic-car contest. Successor Vince ...
Google Opens Gemini AI to K-12 Students in Classroom, Expanding School AI Race
Google now lets school administrators enable Gemini for students of all ages inside Classroom, adding AI study tools whi...
Big Tech's AI Stake Gains Are Now 42% of Mag7 Profits — and a Market Risk
Alphabet and Amazon leaned on mark-to-market gains from SpaceX and Anthropic for most of their quarterly profit, exposin...
Casas Bahia Reports R$10.1 Billion Loss; Auditor Flags Going-Concern Doubt
EY refused to sign off on Casas Bahia's delayed accounts, citing material uncertainty about its survival. A possible jud...
Wheelock's Kwu Tung North Debut Sells 56 of 100 Units as Tender Deals Hit Records
PALO SPRINGS, the first private residential launch in Hong Kong's Kwu Tung North, sold 56 of 100 first-round units, with...
Faria Lima Founder Ivo Kos Arrested on Domestic Violence Charges
The Virgo co-founder is being held after his wife accused him of punching her and threatening her with a Taser. The crim...
Gafisa closes R$223m sale of Hotel Praia Ipanema to Glória Participações
The distressed builder exits a prime Ipanema beachfront asset, clearing project liabilities and setting up an ultra-luxu...
Casas Bahia Reports R$10.1 Billion Loss and Puts Judicial Recovery Back on the Table
Brazilian retailer posts an 18-fold increase in quarterly net loss, closes 298 stores and says formal debt restructuring...
India’s New Push to See Economic Growth District by District
A June district GDP framework and a Budget 2026-27 proposal to map City Economic Regions signal a more granular approach...
TRAI's 5G Slicing Rules Should Test User Harm, Not PRB Use
TRAI wants to cap 5G network-slicing congestion with an 80% PRB threshold. The editorial argues that measuring radio res...
India Inc Q1 beats early oil-led gloom with 21% revenue growth
India Inc's Q1 revenue rose 21% and profit 14%, but oil marketing losses, weak IT and pharma's semaglutide shift hide st...
Tata Trusts governance dispute clouds Tata Sons AGM and chairman succession
A Charity Commissioner order restricting Sir Ratan Tata Trust meetings threatens the quorum for Tata Sons' 108th AGM, pu...
Police identify 40-year-old after 73-year-old shoved at East Coast coffee shop
Singapore police say they have identified a 40-year-old man in connection with the assault of a 73-year-old at 50 East C...
One Dead, 50 Evacuated in Early-Morning Jurong East HDB Fire
A 67-year-old man died and about 50 residents were evacuated after an early-morning fire broke out in a Jurong East HDB ...
SATS Seeks Answers Over Changi Wheelchair Pay Claim for 11-Second Lateness
A LinkedIn post says a Changi wheelchair assistant had $5 docked for being 11 seconds late. SATS is asking Aventa Servic...
Indonesia Rescuers Search for Survivors After 7.7 Quake Off Flores Kills at Least 47
A shallow 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Flores, killing at least 47 people and injuring 50, while aftershocks and ...
A $4 Million Vending-Machine Pitch Ends in Bankruptcy for 40-Plus Investors
More than 40 investors lost up to S$4 million after Nozomii Vending collapsed, leaving creditors to face bankruptcy rule...
China’s Durian Boom Turns Pingxiang Into a High-Stakes Border Trade Hub
China imported one million tonnes of durians in the first half of 2026, up 51.6%, reshaping small Guangxi border town Pi...
Lodha Developers Puts ₹24,000 Crore Launch Pipeline Behind FY27 Sales Target
The Mumbai-based developer plans 21 housing launches across MMR, Delhi-NCR, Pune and Bengaluru by March, including its f...
Airtel Prepaid Reset Could Lift Monthly ARPU by Rs 4–12, Say Brokerages
Bharti Airtel has scrapped four prepaid plans, forcing some Rs 299 subscribers toward Rs 349; brokerages see the selecti...
India and China Play Out 2-2 Draw in Women's Hockey World Cup Opener
Navneet Kaur scores early but India are pegged back twice as Pool D rivals take a point each in Amstelveen.
China Marks Ecology Day With Desertification Gains, Species Recovery and New Environmental Code
Officials reported progress on the Three-North Shelterbelt, national parks and Inner Mongolia's clean-energy build-out, ...
China Sets Tuesday Cremation for Former Premier Zhu Rongji
State protocol includes flags at half-mast across China and at diplomatic missions after Zhu Rongji, premier from 1998 t...
Xi Jinping's Qiushi Article Sets Out China's Disaster-Resilience Priorities
A forthcoming Qiushi article by Xi Jinping calls for higher infrastructure resilience, stronger early warnings and a shi...
Wellbeing policies exist but fail in execution for 42% of employees: survey
A 1,884-employee survey finds formal workplace wellbeing policies often remain on paper, with always-on expectations the...
Land, GST and FDI Predictability Are India's Real Test for 2047
Economists say land-record fixes, a predictable investment policy and completing GST and labour reform matter more than ...