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Pen Underwriting Doubles UK Property Owners Capacity to £120m in Sompo Deal
Insurance

Pen Underwriting Doubles UK Property Owners Capacity to £120m in Sompo Deal

A new three-year Endurance Worldwide arrangement consolidates Pen's digital and manual property owners channels, adding ...

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How Insurance Business UK Chose Its 2026 5-Star Construction Insurers
Insurance

How Insurance Business UK Chose Its 2026 5-Star Construction Insurers

Insurance Business UK's broker-driven special report has recognised standout insurers in UK construction cover, with the...

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Intact Insurance's AI Lead: Business Priorities, Not Data, Should Drive Transformation
Insurance

Intact Insurance's AI Lead: Business Priorities, Not Data, Should Drive Transformation

Intact's Luca Piccolo says insurers should map AI to strategic goals, deliver returns through 'vertical stripe' projects...

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Why Underwriters Say 'Yes' to Complex Risks: Trust, Preparation and Context
Insurance

Why Underwriters Say 'Yes' to Complex Risks: Trust, Preparation and Context

First Underwriting's Simon Taylor explains why underwriters back complex risks when trusted brokers do the groundwork, a...

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Xi's Graft Purges Create an Underground Paid Market for Chinese Official Leaks
Politics

Xi's Graft Purges Create an Underground Paid Market for Chinese Official Leaks

Banyuetan says paid chat rooms sell purported tips on who may be next to fall, with fees up to 399 yuan, as opaque anti-...

Sinead Brennan 👁 57 💬 0
What the 'Wolverine' Peptide Stack Is — and Why Its Safety Remains Unverified
Health

What the 'Wolverine' Peptide Stack Is — and Why Its Safety Remains Unverified

BPC-157 and TB-500 are being marketed as a regenerative 'Wolverine stack,' but neither has completed human clinical tria...

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Why Splitting a GLP-1 Pill to Microdose Is Unsafe
Health

Why Splitting a GLP-1 Pill to Microdose Is Unsafe

Cutting oral GLP-1 tablets destroys the SNAC delivery system that protects the drug in the stomach, leading to inconsist...

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Anxiety vs. Feeling Anxious: How to Tell the Difference and When to Get Help
Health

Anxiety vs. Feeling Anxious: How to Tell the Difference and When to Get Help

Feeling anxious is a normal stress response; an anxiety disorder involves excessive, persistent worry lasting at least s...

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China Aligns 12 Regulations as Landmark Environmental Code Takes Effect Saturday
Politics

China Aligns 12 Regulations as Landmark Environmental Code Takes Effect Saturday

The State Council revises pollution-source and monitoring rules and revokes three others as the 1,242-article Ecological...

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Zhu Rongji, China's Economic Reform Premier, Dies at 98
Politics

Zhu Rongji, China's Economic Reform Premier, Dies at 98

The former premier who rebuilt China's tax system, restructured state-owned enterprises and negotiated WTO entry has die...

Sinead Brennan 👁 51 💬 0
Xi's Dunhuang Warning Puts Science and Technology at Heart of Heritage Protection
Politics

Xi's Dunhuang Warning Puts Science and Technology at Heart of Heritage Protection

A 2019 presidential visit to the Mogao Caves is now driving automated monitoring, smart doors and digital records to man...

Sinead Brennan 👁 53 💬 0
IRS Posts Current Where-to-File Addresses by Return Type for 2024
Personal Finance

IRS Posts Current Where-to-File Addresses by Return Type for 2024

The IRS has organized federal tax return mailing addresses by form, warning that printed booklets may not reflect the la...

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IRS Clarifies Scope of Federal-State-Local Employment Tax Helpline for Government Entities
News

IRS Clarifies Scope of Federal-State-Local Employment Tax Helpline for Government Entities

The IRS has outlined who should call its FSLET toll-free line for government entity employment tax and e-filing guidance...

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IRS Opens 2026 PTIN Processing: Tax Preparers Must Renew Before Preparing Returns
Politics

IRS Opens 2026 PTIN Processing: Tax Preparers Must Renew Before Preparing Returns

IRS is processing 2026 PTIN applications and renewals. Paid tax return preparers and enrolled agents need a valid PTIN b...

Sinead Brennan 👁 55 💬 0
IRS Details Clean Vehicle and Energy Tax Credits Under Inflation Reduction Act
Personal Finance

IRS Details Clean Vehicle and Energy Tax Credits Under Inflation Reduction Act

The IRS is spelling out which taxpayers can claim credits for electric vehicles, home energy work, commercial building u...

Shira Katz 👁 53 💬 0
Muthoot FinCorp Files for ₹3,000 Crore IPO to Fund Lending and Digital Push
Companies

Muthoot FinCorp Files for ₹3,000 Crore IPO to Fund Lending and Digital Push

The Muthoot Pappachan Group NBFC plans a fresh-issue offer, with proceeds for Tier I capital, lending and digital expans...

Declan Byrne 👁 56 💬 0
Zhong Ou Fund Fixed Income Head: Debt De-risking Is Mid-Course, Low Rates Persist
Markets

Zhong Ou Fund Fixed Income Head: Debt De-risking Is Mid-Course, Low Rates Persist

The fund manager says China's low-rate environment remains intact, second-half bond pricing is reasonable after the 2025...

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Unitree’s IPO Marks Physical AI’s Shift From Lab Demo to Public Market
Technology

Unitree’s IPO Marks Physical AI’s Shift From Lab Demo to Public Market

The robotics leader’s IPO, a 3.5 billion yuan fund from Shoucheng Holdings and a funding shift toward proven players sig...

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Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank Unlocks 57.9 Million IPO-Locked Shares
Companies

Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank Unlocks 57.9 Million IPO-Locked Shares

The five-year lock-up ends for 0.60% of the Shanghai lender's share capital, but employee directors and senior executive...

Declan Byrne 👁 60 💬 0
Why AI Will Always Need Humans, According to SAS's 50-Year AI Chief
Technology

Why AI Will Always Need Humans, According to SAS's 50-Year AI Chief

SAS's applied AI leader explains 'boring' use cases that deliver fast ROI, while Zuckerberg's open-source essay and indu...

Eitan Shapiro 👁 47 💬 0
EPA and Ohio Partners Put $37.6 Million Toward Maumee River Cleanup and Habitat
Politics

EPA and Ohio Partners Put $37.6 Million Toward Maumee River Cleanup and Habitat

The package funds dredging 121,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment from the Lower Maumee and habitat work in the Ot...

Sinead Brennan 👁 47 💬 0
France Extends C3IV Green Industry Tax Credit to End-2028
Energy

France Extends C3IV Green Industry Tax Credit to End-2028

Eligible battery, wind, solar and heat-pump supply-chain investments can receive up to 35% tax relief, with approval req...

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France's C3IV Green Industry Tax Credit Extension Enters Force
Energy

France's C3IV Green Industry Tax Credit Extension Enters Force

The three-year extension of France's C3IV green industry tax credit is now in force, targeting €8bn in additional indust...

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EPA Releases Voluntary Checklist to Help States Catch Drinking Water System Risks
Health

EPA Releases Voluntary Checklist to Help States Catch Drinking Water System Risks

New Systemic Issues Checklist supports state sanitary surveys by flagging source water, treatment and main-break problem...

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EPA Proposes Natural Attenuation Plan for Chemsol Superfund Groundwater in Piscataway
Politics

EPA Proposes Natural Attenuation Plan for Chemsol Superfund Groundwater in Piscataway

The new proposal would address contaminated groundwater that moved beyond the former Chemsol facility through monitoring...

Sinead Brennan 👁 56 💬 0
AI-Driven Attacks Set to Fuel a New Cybersecurity Spending Wave
Technology

AI-Driven Attacks Set to Fuel a New Cybersecurity Spending Wave

AI is making cyberattacks far more effective, and Gartner projects security spending will hit $240bn in 2026. Specialist...

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Bulgaria Has Fewer Than 900,000 Young People—Only a Third Are Employed
Economy

Bulgaria Has Fewer Than 900,000 Young People—Only a Third Are Employed

Official data show just 34.3% of Bulgarians aged 15–29 are employed, while 98.2% of 16–24-year-olds use the internet reg...

Niamh O'Sullivan 👁 58 💬 0
Bulgaria Replaces Automatic Minimum Wage Link With Four-Part Formula From 2027
Economy

Bulgaria Replaces Automatic Minimum Wage Link With Four-Part Formula From 2027

The government, employers and unions have agreed on four criteria for Bulgaria's 2027 minimum wage, ending the direct av...

Niamh O'Sullivan 👁 56 💬 0
EBRD Gives €250m Green Loan to Owner of Sofia's Paradise and Serdika Malls
Real Estate

EBRD Gives €250m Green Loan to Owner of Sofia's Paradise and Serdika Malls

The eight-year facility will fund energy-efficient retail projects across Romania, Bulgaria, Poland and Hungary, with So...

Cormac Doyle 👁 57 💬 0
Starburst Signs F1 Champion Lando Norris to Front Global Enterprise AI Campaign
Companies

Starburst Signs F1 Champion Lando Norris to Front Global Enterprise AI Campaign

Starburst's Ask. Know. Go. push puts the 2025 Formula 1 champion at the centre of a B2B effort linking racing decisions ...

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