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Apollo Wins EasyJet Bidding War with £5.7bn Takeover, Founder Backs Deal
Apollo Global Management has agreed to buy budget airline EasyJet for £5.7bn, taking it private after rival Castlelake d...
Argentina's Verónica Dairy Revives Idle Plant Through Union-Brokered Toll Deal
After seven months of inactivity, Lácteos Verónica will partially restart its Suardi plant under a production agreement ...
Grupo Argos Targets Dividend Doubling and 70% EBITDA Jump as ACE 1.0 Plan Takes Shape
Colombian holding Grupo Argos launches ‘ACE 1.0’ to close the gap between its stock price and intrinsic value, promising...
Alef Education H1 Revenue Hits AED 361.6m, EBITDA Margin at 74.7%
The AI-powered K-12 learning provider reported a modest 1.2% revenue rise and declared a 90% dividend payout, with guida...
SpaceX Builds Human Sales Army for Starlink, Defying AI Automation Trend
Elon Musk says Starlink’s enterprise push requires a large team of people to explain the system and build trust, even as...
Peru Q2 M&A value up 11% as fewer but bigger deals reshape market
Peruvian M&A deal value rose to $760m in Q2 2026 despite a sharp fall in deal count, as headline transactions in armoure...
Paris Debuts Next-Gen Department Store at Cenco Alto Las Condes, Doubles Down on Beauty and Experience
Paris reopens its flagship in Alto Las Condes after a 10-month, 7,200 m² overhaul without closing doors, betting on prem...
Panafrica Opens First Owned Footwear Factory in Côte d’Ivoire, Shifting Production from Morocco
The ethical French brand invested €1M in an Abidjan factory and training centre, aiming to produce 10,000 pairs a year a...
Capitec Bank to Rename as Capitec Limited, Marking Shift Beyond Retail Banking
South Africa's largest bank by clients will drop 'Bank Holdings' from its name on 26 August, reflecting its expansion in...
Derek Jeter-Backed Alum Launches Private Social Clubs and Condo-Hotels in College Towns
The new venture targets university markets with members-only clubs and luxury condo-hotels, starting in Tuscaloosa and a...
Uber forecasts bookings in line with estimates as Brazil competition hits trips growth
Uber's third-quarter bookings guide of $58.25–$60.25 billion met analyst expectations, but a sharper-than-expected slowd...
Bed Bath & Beyond Parent Rebrands to Neighborhood Intelligence, Pivoting to Home Services
The parent of Bed Bath & Beyond will rename itself Neighborhood Intelligence and move to Nasdaq as CEO Marcus Lemonis st...
Mambo WiFi Expands to Rio's Central do Brasil with Free Public Wi-Fi 6 Network
The Brazilian company, with over 30 million registered users, partners with OOH firm Eletromídia to bring automatic, no-...
Nintendo's 53% Profit Surge Lifted by Trump Tariff Refund Despite Sales Dip
Nintendo's quarterly profit soared 53.5% thanks to a US tariff refund, even as revenue fell 10%. The windfall comes amid...
Porsche AG Stock Snapshot: Undervalued Metrics Contrast With Weak Profitability
Porsche AG (P911.DE) shows a market cap of €39.7B, a 2.32% dividend yield, and a PEG ratio of 0.50 — but a return on equ...
Palo Alto Networks Snapshot: Key Financial Metrics and Business Overview
A look at Palo Alto Networks' cybersecurity platforms and its latest financial ratios, including a PEG ratio of 3.68 and...
Air India names Tewolde Gebremariam, Ethiopian Airlines' ex-chief, as new CEO
Tata Group-owned Air India has appointed Tewolde Gebremariam, who led Ethiopian Airlines to a $5 billion revenue milesto...
UP Unveils 200% Incentive Package to Attract Rs 1,000 Crore Anchor PLA Plant in Lakhimpur Kheri
Uttar Pradesh's new bioplastics policy offers a giant incentive package to lure a single large polylactic acid manufactu...
SanDisk's Guidance Miss Erases Gains, Sends Storage Chip Stocks Tumbling in After-Hours Trade
SanDisk's fiscal Q4 revenue soared 372% on booming AI server demand, but a weaker-than-expected revenue forecast for Q1 ...
Spider-Man: New Day Passes $1 Billion in Six Days, Sets Domestic Opening Record
Marvel's latest blockbuster becomes the second fastest film to reach $1 billion globally, shattering the all-time domest...
Palantir Shares Surge 30%, Adding $3.1 Billion to CEO Alex Karp’s Net Worth
A blockbuster earnings report sent Palantir stock soaring, lifting CEO Alex Karp’s fortune by $3.1 billion in a single d...
SpaceX Revenue Nearly Doubles in First Public Quarter as Starlink Funds AI Expansion
Starlink satellite internet now generates over half of SpaceX's $7.8 billion quarterly revenue, while massive capex of $...
Eli Lilly's GLP-1 Juggernaut Powers 48% Revenue Jump, Eyes Next Obesity Blockbuster
Quarterly sales topped $23 billion as Mounjaro and Zepbound dominate the obesity drug market. With a new oral pill and a...
Record 'Spider-Man' Opening Gives Theaters a Jolt, but AMC Shares Barely Budge
"Spider-Man: Brand New Day" shattered domestic records with a $360M debut, lifting Cinemark and Imax shares while AMC la...
Czech Football's Renaissance Hinges on Billionaire Club Owners
After a dismal World Cup showing, the revival of Czech football rests with the country’s richest citizens, who own key c...
Snap’s CBO Sees AR and Private Messaging as the Path Beyond the Smartphone
Ajit Mohan, Snap’s chief business officer, outlines a strategy to pivot from public feeds to private messaging, AR weara...
The Planning Off-Site Trap That Buries Marketing—and How to Fix It
Annual leadership retreats reliably churn out too many initiatives that overwhelm teams, especially marketing. The cure ...
Riachuelo's Record Q2 Profit Masks Slower Sales, Margin Gains Shine
Brazilian apparel retailer Riachuelo posted a record second-quarter net profit of R$168 million, up 36.2% year-on-year, ...
Apple Opens Employee Lottery for September Launch Under New CEO Ternus
Apple is holding a lottery among U.S. store employees to staff its September product launch—the first under new CEO John...
SpaceX Goes All-In on Nvidia GPUs, Ditching Multi-Supplier Strategy
Elon Musk commits SpaceX to using only Nvidia GPUs, citing Vera Rubin's architecture, just as the company's first public...