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Intel Launches $15 Billion Share Sale to Fund Foundry Push, Capitalizing on Stock Rebound
Intel announces a $15bn equity offering to finance its contract chip manufacturing expansion, leveraging a stock price r...
Circle Enlists BlackRock, Visa, Mastercard to Validate Its Arc Blockchain
Circle turned a quarterly profit but remains heavily reliant on interest income. Its Arc blockchain, launching September...
Richemont shares near CHF200 as jewellery unit anchors steady valuation
Shares of Compagnie Financière Richemont rose 2.1% to CHF199.60 on 10 August, lifting the luxury group's market capitali...
Aryzta Slides as German Weakness Prompts Strategic Review, Guidance Trimmed
First-half revenue and earnings missed expectations at the Swiss-Irish bakery group as price-sensitive German consumers ...
Allianz Trade to Cut Supplier Credit Cover for Vistry Group by Up to 70%
Allianz Trade is set to reduce insurance coverage for suppliers of housebuilder Vistry by as much as 70%, the FT reports...
Innate Pharma Stock Jumps Over 15% on No Apparent News as Volume Explodes
Shares of French immuno-oncology biotech Innate Pharma surged by more than 15% on Monday, accompanied by a massive spike...
Bank of Georgia’s ‘Small Business Chain’ Links Tbilisi Shops in a Coupon Trail
The initiative connects local businesses like MOB Burgers and Sio Print through a physical coupon route, aiming to boost...
Online Gambling’s $50bn Boom: Regulation, Tech, and the Investment Landscape
Once shackled by religious prohibition, online gambling has grown into a $50bn-plus market. A wave of new legalizations—...
Portuguese Box Office Surges 21% in July, Led by Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'
Cinema ticket revenue hit €8.9 million as blockbusters drew 1.24 million spectators. Year-to-date revenue rose 8.5% desp...
Meta Hit with Additional $567 Million Penalty in New Mexico Child Safety Case
A New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay $567 million for failing to warn about platform dangers to minors, raising total ...
From a Butcher Shop to the White House: How the Batista Brothers Rebuilt JBS After Scandal
Arrested in Brazil's biggest corruption case, the Batista brothers — founders of meat giant JBS — are now richer than ev...
Neurones Raises Revenue Target to Above €900m as IT Services Recovery Gains Pace
The French IT consultancy lifts its full-year sales guidance after organic growth accelerated to 8% in Q2. The upgrade w...
KMF Bank Seeks International Investor as Foundation Moves to Minority Role
KMF Bank, Kazakhstan’s leading microfinance lender turned full bank, is in talks to bring in a strategic foreign investo...
Bry-sur-Marne Film Studios to Double Capacity in €100M Expansion After Axa Rescue
Historic French studios embark on a six-soundstage buildout aiming to host blockbuster films and series, with on-site em...
Trenitalia Orders €2 Billion in Hitachi Trains to Take On Eurostar on Paris-London Route
The Italian state rail group’s French unit is ordering 19 Frecciarossa 1000 trains, backed by US investor Certares, as i...
SoftBank’s $64bn OpenAI bet turns the Japanese giant into a tech roulette
Masayoshi Son has placed the biggest wager in his four-decade career: $64 billion for a 13% stake in OpenAI. As SoftBank...
Deutsche Bank downgrades Amundi to 'Hold' after 50% surge in one year
Deutsche Bank cut Europe's largest asset manager to Hold after a 55% rally, saying the stock now trades in line with pee...
Rio Tinto Profit Jumps 43% on Data Centre-Fuelled Copper, Aluminium Boom
Half-year profit hits $6.85bn, driven by surging copper and aluminum demand from hyperscale data centres, while iron ore...
EU Regulators Target AI Pricing Algorithms, With Serbian Law Adding Criminal Penalties
From a UK hotel-chain probe to jail terms for executives in Serbia, the legal net around algorithmic pricing is tighteni...
From Mailroom to CEO: Todd Krinsky’s Plan to Revive Reebok After the Adidas Years
Reebok’s new CEO spent 30 years inside the brand, watching it fade under Adidas. Now, with a five-year strategy built on...
Xuan Thien Group Plans Angola Expansion Into Agriculture and Oil
Vietnamese conglomerate Xuan Thien Group presented new investment plans in agriculture, mining, energy, and oil to Angol...
How an Interior Design Creator Tripled Revenue by Pivoting to Party Hosting Content
Julie Sousa built a following on DIY interior design, but under management, she shifted to tablescapes and sports hostin...
How Georgia-Pacific Cut Its Ad-Tech Stack to the Bone and Saved Millions
The consumer goods giant consolidated over 30 supply-side platforms to a handful, using pre-bid screening to slash CPMs ...
Berkshire’s Abel puts capital to work: buybacks surge, 14-quarter stock-selling streak ends
Berkshire Hathaway repurchased $7.8bn of its own stock in Q2 and July and became a net buyer of equities for the first t...
Berkshire Hathaway Q2 Net Income Surges 107% to $25.7 Billion on Investment Gains
Total revenues climbed to $101.8 billion while net income more than doubled, likely driven by a rally in the conglomerat...
Petrobras H1 Net Profit Soars 55% to $16.6B on Soaring Oil Prices and Record Output
Petrobras reported a 55.3% jump in first-half net profit to $16.6 billion, driven by a 29% rise in Brent prices and reco...
UK Clears $110B Paramount-WBD Deal, Delayed to 2027 Amid Antitrust Suit
The UK's competition watchdog and culture secretary have waved through the $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Disc...
Circular Economy Surges from Niche to Mainstream as Resource Pressures Mount
Companies specialising in reuse, repair and recycling are poised to benefit as raw material constraints and waste crises...
Sellers Seek Tax Relief After Drone Attacks Hit Wildberries Hubs
E-commerce vendors hit by drone strikes on Wildberries warehouses ask for deferrals on taxes and social contributions. M...
Marketing Is Finally Learning Before Spending: The AI Shift from Volume to Simulation
For decades, marketing has learned by spending first and analyzing later. Now, advances in AI simulation—as demonstrated...