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Time for Fun Leaves B3 Exchange After Losing Battle to Global Entertainment Giant Live Nation
T4F, once the force behind major concerts in Brazil, is going private after revenues plunged 70% and global rivals like ...
Watch Duty App Reaches 10 Million Users as Extreme-Weather Alerts Become a Business
The nonprofit platform born from California wildfires now partners with utilities and railways, on pace to surpass 17 mi...
Brazilian Fintechs Grow Credit Share to 4.5%, But Big Banks Remain Unshaken
Fintechs like Nubank and Inter expanded their slice of Brazil's lending market by 1pp in a year, fueled by consigned loa...
FIFA Bets $13bn Cycle on Super Bowl-Style Final, Doubles Halftime for Madonna and Bieber
The 2026 World Cup final will feature a 30-minute musical break with global pop icons, as FIFA bypasses its own rules to...
FIFA’s World Cup Revenue Hits Record $15 Billion, Fortifying Infantino Amid Scandal
Record hospitality and secondary ticket sales push FIFA’s 2026 World Cup take to $15bn, as a player-ban reversal scandal...
Roaches Unveils Vertical IR Yarn Coating System That Slashes Waste and Boosts Consistency
British textile machinery specialist Roaches has commercialised Fortis, a vertical infra-red coating system that tackles...
Shima Seiki Bets on Seamless Knitting and Digital Workflows at ITM 2026 in Istanbul
Japanese knitting machine pioneer Shima Seiki and Turkish partner TETAS unveiled new WHOLEGARMENT machines, design softw...
AATCC Opens 2026 Proficiency Testing Registration with Streamlined Digital Tools
The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists invites labs worldwide to join its annual proficiency testing...
OpenAI’s $100B Ad Target ‘Will Miss by 90%’ as Analyst Calls Chatbot Market Far Smaller
eMarketer projects the entire U.S. standalone chatbot ad market will reach just $5.41 billion by 2030, making OpenAI’s r...
Netflix Closes In on $3 Billion Ad Revenue Goal as Upfront Deals Advance
Streaming giant reports 13% revenue growth to $12.6 billion in Q2, says its ad business is on track to double to $3 bill...
Farmers Insurance Retires J.K. Simmons, Bets on Pink and Plain Language to Climb Out of Ninth Place
Farmers' first major rebrand in years drops its long-time spokesman and introduces a 'Coverage on a Page' tool, betting ...
Toyota Offers 2026 Truck Buyers 6-Month Free onX Elite Navigation
The automaker deepens its collaboration with onX, launching a storytelling initiative and giving new owners a free trial...
North American Startup Funding Drops to $31.8B in Q2, a Three-Year Low
Venture investment across all stages fell sharply in Q2 2023, with late-stage deals hit hardest. The $31.8 billion total...
Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Launches to $264M Global, Outpacing 'Oppenheimer' as Summer Box Office Roars
Christopher Nolan's epic adaptation opened to $264.1 million worldwide, driven by insatiable demand for IMAX 70mm screen...
Inside BlackRock: The World's Largest Investment Manager
A look at BlackRock’s structure, clients, and investment strategies — and why its reach extends across every major asset...
How a $10 pair of glasses could unlock $27 billion for the global garment industry
A Bangladesh factory trial shows reading glasses boost sewing productivity by 6%—with every $1 spent returning $3.37. Vi...
US Corporate Cash-to-Value Ratio Drops to 20-Year Low as Capex Booms
U.S. corporate cash swelled in Q1 2026, yet aggressive reinvestment pushed the cash-to-enterprise value ratio to a two-d...
e& Completes $5.95bn Sale of Its Entire Vodafone Stake to Niel Family's Vega
The Abu Dhabi-based telecom operator finalised the transfer of 3.94 billion shares, generating net cash of $1.3 billion ...
US Firms Deploy Record Cash into Growth as Cash-to-EV Hits 20-Year Low
US companies are spending their swelling cash reserves on aggressive growth plans, pushing cash-to-enterprise value and ...
Why This Ice Cream CEO Pays $1,000 a Month per Child for Care — and Gets a 128% Return
Molly Moon Neitzel found that reimbursing employee child-care costs up to $12,000 a year per child cut absenteeism, slas...
How Cost-of-Living Pressures Are Trapping Workers in Ethically Toxic Jobs
As household budgets tighten, employees feel unable to leave roles that force them to compromise their values. The resul...
Wingcopter’s Tiltrotor Drones: From Saving Lives in Malawi to Commercial Deliveries with DHL, UPS
German startup Wingcopter has raised $42M and is scaling its tiltrotor delivery drones from humanitarian missions in Afr...
Clear CEO Caryn Seidman Becker Joins Ranks of Self-Made Billionaires as Biometric Firm Targets Life Beyond Airports
Clear’s stock has soared to a $7.6 billion valuation, making founder and CEO Caryn Seidman Becker a billionaire. Now the...
Tumelo’s Platform Turns Retail Investor Preferences Into Proxy Votes, Aims to Settle ESG Battles
Bristol-based fintech Tumelo has signed up Legal & General and Fidelity International to relay retail shareholder views ...
Waabi Raises $1 Billion to Bring Thousands of Robotaxis to Uber Platform
In one of the largest autonomous-vehicle funding rounds in years, Waabi closed a $750M Series C and linked up to $250M f...
The 700-Year-Old Inn Fueling Germany's Bobsled Team — and the True Cost of Olympic Medals
German bobsled legend Francesco Friedrich trained at Isserwirt, a family-run inn in its 16th generation, before winning ...
Samsung Cuts Hundreds of Jobs in U.S. as Headquarters Moves to Texas
Samsung Electronics America is shifting its headquarters to Texas, affecting 739 workers in New Jersey and laying off ro...
Apple Reclaims World’s Most Valuable Company Title from Nvidia
Investor shift beyond pure AI chip plays lifts Apple’s market cap to $4.88 trillion, edging out Nvidia as the market rea...
Omani Listed Banks' First-Half Profits Climb 10.6%, Led by Bank Muscat
Aggregate net profit of seven listed banks on the Muscat Securities Market rose to OMR 305.38 million in H1 2026, with s...
Saudi Arabia’s Ma’aden Launches Scholarship-to-Employment Programme for Mining Talent
Registration opens for a fully-funded bachelor’s scholarship pathway at top global mining schools, with a guaranteed job...