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Ather Energy Reports 89% Revenue Jump as EV Demand Runs Ahead of Supply
Ather Energy nearly doubled quarterly revenue and swung to positive EBITDA, with pre-orders up 158% and a mass-market sc...
Qantas in Talks to Move Up to 1,000 Jobs Offshore as AI Push Accelerates
Qantas is in early talks with Accenture on Project iQ — a plan that could send up to 1,000 back-office roles offshore or...
AstraZeneca and Bristol Myers in Talks Over Potential $400 Billion Pharma Merger
Report says the two drugmakers discussed a merger that would create a $400 billion oncology powerhouse, but the talks co...
Battery Tech and Covid Habits Revive Cycling: Meet the Listed Players
From component makers Shimano and Yamaha to frame giants Giant and Merida — a guide to the listed companies with the pur...
Africa's Millionaire Boom Is Rewriting Wealth Management: Mobility, Succession and the Next Generation
Africa's 122,500 dollar millionaires are set to grow 65% in a decade — and younger, more mobile clients are forcing weal...
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Scores Second-Biggest Opening Weekend in Box Office History
The Marvel-Sony blockbuster pulled in $355M domestically and $927M worldwide in its debut, trailing only 'Avengers: Endg...
Gym Chain TTF Enters Northern Portugal With Flagship Club in Maia
After years of consolidating in Greater Lisbon, TTF opens its first northern club in Maia — the launchpad for a national...
Bank of Georgia Backs 19th Poti Chess Festival; Georgian Players Log 25 Wins
Bank of Georgia's backing of Poti's International Chess Festival brought close to 530 players together, with Georgian co...
Galt & Taggart Expands Into Uzbekistan Research With New Economy Report
The Georgian investment bank has published one of the few in-depth independent studies of Uzbekistan's economy, betting ...
Small Ideas Won the 2026 World Cup for Marketers — From WhatsApp Data to Armpit Logos
The 2026 World Cup was a live test of creator marketing, ambush campaigns and first-party data. Unilever's 50,000-creato...
BCC Invest: Kazakh Bond Market Is Becoming a Real Alternative to Bank Loans
Kazakhstan's mid-sized companies are turning to bond issues as bank credit gets costlier; BCC Invest says it arranged 30...
Kazakhstan's Halyk Bank Now Competes With Tech Giants for Digital Talent
Halyk Bank's executives explain why the lender's digital push put it in the same talent pool as fintechs and big tech — ...
SCAT's 80-Fold Profit Rise Lifts Two Founders Onto Forbes Rich List
SCAT's net profit jumped almost 80-fold between 2016 and 2024, lifting Vladimir Denisov and Vladimir Sytnik onto the For...
Lufthansa's Q2 Operating Profit Slumps 56% on Jet Fuel Surge and Strikes
Lufthansa's adjusted operating profit fell 56% to €383m in Q2 as Middle East-driven fuel costs added €750m and strikes w...
Vietnamese Company Pitches Transport and Agribusiness Projects to Equatorial Guinea
Vietnam's New Atlantic International Trading Company has proposed shipping, trucking and cassava projects it says could ...
Big Tech's Q2 Ad Dominance and the Private Equity Push Into Ad Tech
Meta and Amazon outgrew Google in Q2 advertising; Wall Street frowned on AI capex, and private equity is circling under-...
Agency Holding Companies Are Dangling AI Sweeteners to Grow Principal Media
Holding companies are bundling free AI tokens and data services into principal-media deals to feed high-margin growth, w...
Apple's India Sales Cross $10 Billion as Retail Push Takes Hold
Apple's India revenue topped $10 billion in fiscal 2026 as iPhones led double-digit growth and the company widened its r...
Shell's Q2 Profit Doubles to $9.8B as Geopolitical Turmoil Becomes a Cash Machine
Shell reported an adjusted $9.84B second-quarter profit, nearly double a year earlier and above forecasts, as oil and ga...
Fuchs Shares Dip After Fire Damages Saudi Joint Venture Plant
A fire severely damaged Fuchs Petrolub's Saudi JV plant, but the company says the financial impact is contained — shares...
Wacker Chemie’s Q2 Profit Jump Is Flattered by One-Offs — Guidance Tells the Real Story
Wacker Chemie raised its 2026 EBITDA guidance and lowered its revenue outlook. But near-€280m in special items flattered...
Stabilus Reports Record Profit Lifted by Divestment as Auto Business Slips
Q3 net profit rose fivefold to €51.4m, but €44.4m came from selling Fabreeka; revenue fell 5% and auto demand kept shrin...
China's Top Wig Maker Rebecca Faces ST Status After Fund Diversion, Misstated Accounts
Regulators plan to fine Rebecca 6.5M yuan and flag its shares over years of related-party fund transfers and inflated ca...
Menlo Ventures Raises $3B for AI-Focused Funds in Its Biggest Fundraise Ever
The 50-year-old Silicon Valley firm is putting $3 billion behind a bet on AI's next phase, with a barbell strategy that ...
GHCL Textiles Q1 FY27 Net Profit Up 191%; Knitting and Renewables Expand
GHCL Textiles posts 191% net profit growth in Q1 FY27, with EBITDA up 116% to ₹70 crore, as knitting capacity and renewa...
Palantir posts record quarter as CEO Karp calls AI frontier labs 'Marxist'
Palantir's Q2 revenue jumped 93% to $1.9B and profit hit $1.1B, as CEO Alex Karp used the results to warn enterprises ag...
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Sets IMAX China Record With CNY130 Million Opening
Sony and Marvel's new Spider-Man film took over CNY130 million on IMAX screens in China in its first weekend — 16% of th...
Amazon and Games Workshop Are Developing a Warhammer 40,000 Animated Series
Amazon MGM Studios, Blur Studios and Games Workshop are developing an animated Warhammer 40,000 series, with Henry Cavil...
Audible Taps In-House Team and Special US for Global 'Stories That Speak to You' Push
Amazon-owned Audible's new 12-market campaign, built in-house with Special US, sells listening as a life-changing habit ...
Atlantic Coast Mortgage Hires Beazer Homes Veteran Keith Cross as SVP of Builder Relations
Fairfax-based Atlantic Coast Mortgage hires a Beazer Homes veteran to lead builder partnerships, signaling a push into n...