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Ace & Tate Warns Customers After Logistics Partner Suffers Data Breach
The Dutch eyewear chain says a security incident at an external packing and shipping provider may have exposed customer ...
Major Labels Propose Rules to Block AI Songs From the Charts Unless ‘Substantially Human-Made’
Universal, Sony and Warner call on chart organisations to exclude tracks created with generative AI unless they meet a s...
Bangladesh’s Garment Industry Links Up with Color Science Body to Drive Sustainability
BGMEA and the Society of Dyers and Colourists sign an MoU to boost sustainable textile manufacturing and build colour sc...
Lilly's WNBA Campaign with Candace Parker Deepens Pharma's Bet on Women's Sports
Eli Lilly's new Amazon Prime ad starring Candace Parker signals a strategic shift—embedding health messaging into the bo...
Atlassian Shares Jump 35% After Surprise GAAP Profit as Enterprise Cloud Deals Surge
Atlassian swung from a loss to $139 million in quarterly profit, defying AI-driven SaaS sell-off fears. Cloud revenue gr...
V-Híd Wins Single-Bidder Rail Welding Contract as Minister Flags Market Failure
Hungary’s transport minister admitted concern after a company linked to Lőrinc Mészáros won a rail welding tender uncont...
Turkey’s Participation Banks Set 119.5 Billion Lira Sukuk Record in First Half of 2026
Total sukuk issuance by Turkish participation banks reached 119.5 billion lira in H1 2026, pushing the cumulative volume...
Petrobras Q2 Earnings Surge, Yet Analysts Say Pricing Policy Cost $1.8 Billion
Petrobras reported record production and strong Q2 earnings, but domestic fuel prices below international parity cost th...
Aramine Spins Off Aramac as Standalone Underground Mining Equipment Firm, Targets Africa Growth
French mining equipment group Aramine has formed Aramac, a dedicated company for underground loaders and trucks, with a ...
SoftBank Q1 Profit Drops 17.7% as Its OpenAI Bet Nears a 13% Stake
SoftBank Group reported a 17.7% fall in first-quarter net profit despite a 10.9% revenue rise, while detailing plans to ...
Aena Sticks with E‑Auctions in €13bn Airport Build Programme, Defying Contractor Demands
Spain's airport operator is pressing ahead with competitive electronic auctions for its DORA III investment plan, despit...
Why Domain Experts Are Quietly Dropping Out of AI Innovation—And How to Keep Them
A two-year field study reveals that the success of organization-wide gen AI solutions depends less on the technology and...
ABC Investigations Chief Resigns Amid Four Corners Source Fabrication Fallout
Jo Puccini leaves after 25 years as the public broadcaster grapples with the removal of three investigative episodes and...
Airbnb Defies Local Crackdowns as Australian Bookings Surge and Asia Expansion Booms
Airbnb reported a 17% revenue jump and accelerating growth in Australian origin nights booked, even as Victorian taxes o...
SAP’s Cloud Bookings Hit Record in Q2 as Recurring Model Drives Margins, Analysts Flag Stock Upside
SAP’s Q2 2026 cloud backlog jumped 27% to €22.9bn, and recurring revenue now exceeds 85% of total sales, fuelling margin...
Stellantis Faces Pressure for Aggressive Price Cuts After Q2 Earnings Miss
Disappointing Q2 2026 results, weak North American margins, and mounting inventory push analysts to forecast steep disco...
Pension Lab Urges Industry to Use Open-Standards Tech for Faster Letter of Authority Checks
A pilot shows that the same digital infrastructure already used by 150+ financial firms for pension transfers can valida...
SP Group Debt Pitched to HNIs at 18.95% Yield, Secured by Tata Sons Stake
Wealth managers are marketing zero-coupon NCDs from Shapoorji Pallonji’s Equizen Investments to high-net-worth investors...
Volkswagen, Renault, Air France-KLM Under 5x Earnings: Bargains or Pitfalls?
Three European blue chips trade at forward P/Es under 5, yet the market remains deeply skeptical. Behind the multiples l...
Nyxoah Stock Wiped Out 70% in 2026 as Sleep Apnea Device Sales Fail to Stem Losses
Shares of the Genio neurostimulation maker have collapsed to €1.21 this year, despite rising revenue, with the market pr...
Volkswagen, Renault, Air France-KLM: Three Deeply Discounted European Stocks, Three Distinct Stories
Each trades below five times forward earnings, but the reasons range from a hidden portfolio of subsidiaries to a shift ...
Genel Energy Rejects DNO’s £202m Cash Bid as Kurdish Oil Consolidation Intensifies
The Kurdistan-focused oil producer says the Norwegian offer ‘fundamentally undervalues’ the company, as M&A activity in ...
SpaceX Insiders Offload $5 Billion in Shares as Stock Surges Past $1.5 Trillion Valuation
SpaceX shares jumped 6.1% to $114.92, pushing the aerospace, connectivity, and AI company’s market cap beyond $1.5 trill...
AI Has Arrived at Portugal's Firms, But True Transformation Remains Elusive
Only 11.5% of Portuguese companies use AI, far below the EU average, and most treat it as another digital tool rather th...
Portuguese Executive Paulo Garcia Set to Lead Pandora’s Finance Operation
After senior roles at Unilever, Ahold Delhaize and Walmart Mexico, Paulo Garcia takes over as CFO of the global jeweller...
CSRC Fines Zhonghui Accounting 8.49 Million Yuan Over Jiangsu Wuzhong Audit Failures
China’s securities watchdog has fined Zhonghui Accounting and two signing auditors after finding they failed to exercise...
CSRC Slams Auditor Zhongxingcai Guanghua With Fine for Jiangsu Wuzhong Audit Failures
China's securities regulator has fined accounting firm Zhongxingcai Guanghua and two signing CPAs for failing to detect ...
CSRC Fines Jihua Group ¥7 Million for Massive Accounting Fraud
Jihua Group inflated revenues by billions of yuan and hid a 60% profit decline over 2018–2021; the CSRC fined the state-...
Portugal’s Big Five Banks Shed 283 Jobs in First Half of 2026 as Branch Networks Slim
The five largest Portuguese banks collectively employed 25,085 people at end-June, down 283 from a year ago, as cost-cut...
Portugal's Competition Authority Clears Arrow Group's Buy of Troia Hotel & Casino
Arrow Group's Flecha Lux gets unconditional clearance to acquire the Troia Design Hotel and Casino complex, expanding it...