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Capital Boom Puts Reinsurance Discipline to Test: AM Best Warns of Soft Market Risk
Record $705 billion in dedicated capital fuels competition and softening, but lack of new entrants may temper cycle. The...
Graduate Students Should Stop Worrying About AI and Focus on the Skills They Already Have
A career development expert argues that instead of trying to predict the next hot job, PhDs and postdocs should learn to...
Colleges Expand Student Support Initiatives: Housing, Wellness, and Financial Perks
From Texas State's housing guidance to Florida State's Greek life career push, universities are rolling out new programs...
MENA M&A Deals Dip to $46.7bn in H1 2026, but Q2 Momentum Signals Market Resilience
EY’s H1 report records 390 deals worth $46.7bn, down from 434 a year ago, yet surging Q2 activity and large-scale transa...
Hitachi air365 Max VRF Claims 90% Cooling Capacity at 46°C as Gulf Buildings Brace for Summer Peak
Bosch Home Comfort Group says real summer performance beats rated capacity, pointing to Hitachi's new VRF system with hi...
Investing after 70: The bucket strategy financial experts recommend
Retirees face a smaller time horizon, but leaving cash in a checking account erodes value. Financial experts share a sim...
Hartford Unit Wins Dismissal of Coverage Lawsuit Over Ex-Coach Data Breach
A federal judge dismissed Keffer Development Services' suit against a Hartford unit, ruling the general liability policy...
AIG Unit Must Defend Davey Tree in Murder Suit, but Subsidiary Loses Coverage
A federal judge splits insurance coverage for Ohio-based Davey Tree over a murdered employee’s case, ordering National U...
Chile Supreme Court Overturns CMF’s Closure of Sartor Fund Manager Over Due Process Violation
The top court ruled the regulator illegally revoked Sartor AGF’s existence without a formal sanction proceeding, reinsta...
Triodos Bank Warns Summer Heatwaves Could Wipe €180 Billion Off EU Economy
A new report from Dutch lender Triodos warns that extreme heat and drought in summer 2026 could slash EU GDP by 1% — equ...
MSC Shipmanagement Fined $6 Million, Chief Engineer Sentenced After Near-Catastrophic Charleston Bridge Scare
The vessel operator and its chief engineer were sentenced for concealing a dangerous engine fault that caused a runaway ...
SanlamAllianz CEO Drives Integration and Eyes Mobile-Fueled Insurance Growth Across Africa
Delphine Traoré details the brand rationalisation in 11 African markets and highlights the continent’s 800 million mobil...
Cameroon Moves to Nationalise Globeleq’s Kribi and Dibamba Power Plants
Yaoundé is negotiating to buy out the British group’s 56% stake in two key power stations for around $138 million, accel...
Colombia Quake Highlights Latin America’s Deadly Seismic History
A violent tremor in western Colombia prompts a review of Latin America's most lethal earthquakes—and the tectonic and st...
How Maui’s Water Utility Turned Storage Tanks into Solar Power Plants
A County of Maui water agency solved land scarcity and high pumping costs by installing ballasted solar arrays directly ...
A Look at Pepper Money: ASX Non-Bank Lender with Dividend Yield and Steady Returns
Pepper Money Limited (PPM.AX) operates across mortgages, asset finance and loan servicing. With a forward dividend yield...
CorPower Ocean earns world-first DNV certification for wave energy converter
The prototype certificate for the CorPower C4 device validates structural strength, reliability and storm survivability,...
How Visual Context Helps Energy Operators Turn Alerts into Actionable Insight
A single sensor reading rarely tells the full story. Energy firms are increasingly pairing SCADA data with live video to...
China Single-Handedly Balances Asia's Crude Oil Demand After Hormuz Closure
China's crude imports have dropped 4.2 million bpd, absorbing almost all of Asia's demand loss since the Iran conflict c...
Hydropower's Transformer Crisis: The 60-Month Bottleneck Threatening U.S. Fleet Modernization
As the U.S. hydropower fleet ages past 80 years, ballooning lead times and import dependence on large power transformers...
China Requests Participation in Brazil’s WTO Case Over U.S. Tariff Hike
Beijing cites ‘substantial commercial interest’ in joining consultations, arguing the 37.5% U.S. surcharge hits all Chin...
Oil Jumps Above $85 as Hormuz Reopening Pessimism Deepens
Brent closes at $87.72 and WTI at $82.13 after Houthi attacks and a US-Iran standoff fuel supply fears. Skepticism over ...
Why the Richter Scale Is No Longer the Go-To Measure for Earthquakes
The famous Richter scale, created in 1935, has been largely replaced by the moment magnitude scale (Mw) because it fails...
Cedarwood Companies Unveils 272-Unit Luxury Apartment Project in Celina, Texas
Topaz at Light Farms Way will offer studio to two-bedroom units with resort-style amenities near Dallas-Fort Worth; firs...
BPS Purestone Bets £500M on London Office Revival
A new joint venture combining BPS and Purestone Capital aims to deploy £500M in gross development value within three yea...
Meta Plans to Sell AI Compute to Rivals Amid Investor Pressure
Under pressure to justify its $145B annual AI spending, Meta is pivoting to offer computing power directly to other AI f...
Michigan City Taps Budderfly and Schneider to Overhaul Energy Systems Without Taxpayer Money
The City of Cadillac is using an Energy-as-a-Service model to fund a $4.4m infrastructure upgrade, with savings covering...
Albertsons CEO Under Pressure After Poor Q1, Bets on $200M AI-Driven Overhaul
Amid falling identical sales and a slashed outlook, Albertsons unveils ACI Edge, a restructuring that consolidates merch...
H-E-B Doubles Fresh Initiatives Remodels, Investing $18M in 42 Texas Stores
The Texas grocer is rapidly expanding its prepared-food upgrade program in 2026, betting on grab-and-go meals to widen i...
Left-Wing Housing Politics Takes Shape as LA Candidate Pairs Rent Control with YIMBY Zoning
Democratic socialist Nithya Raman is challenging LA’s incumbent mayor by linking tenant protections to aggressive supply...