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AppLovin Bets Its Ad Engine Can Move Beyond Gaming Downloads
The mobile ad specialist is courting ecommerce and non-gaming marketers while its stock has halved amid short-seller pre...
Sergio Leal's Second Act: An Andorran Club Exit and a 600-Cover Costa Dorada Restaurant
After selling his Andorran football club stake at a profit, former striker Sergio Leal now runs Amazonia, a renovated Co...
Google Pixel 11 Campaign Bets That the Best Phone Helps You Look Away
Google’s Pixel 11 launch campaign turns digital fatigue into a product story, pairing HiLight and Gemini-powered Magic C...
ITL Group to Buy Rudholm Group and Bamatex in Apparel Supply-Chain Deal
The deal would combine ITL's RFID, packaging and digital supply-chain network with Rudholm's 12-country footprint and Ba...
Radian Completes Real Estate Services Sale, Agrees to Sell Title Business to PLACE
Radian Group is exiting housing services after selling its real estate services unit to PLACE and agreeing to sell its t...
UWM's $603 Million Derivatives Loss Raises Questions Over Hedging and Capital Strategy
A $27.5 billion rate position lost $603 million in Q2, cutting UWM's book equity 38%, as analysts ask why the hedge rema...
Tether's CEO Denies Plans for a Tether Blockchain as Stablechain Rivals Emerge
Tether's CEO denies the company is building its own blockchain, challenging a study that grouped it with Stripe and Circ...
Birkenstock Investor L Catterton Sells $1 Billion Stake After 12% Stock Surge
L Catterton placed 25.52 million Birkenstock shares at $39.35, a 4% discount to Thursday's close. Birkenstock itself bou...
Moscow Exchange Outlines Two-Year Path Toward Near 24/7 Trading
MOEX will first end weekend maintenance halts, then gradually align weekend and weekday sessions, with the full transiti...
Mondelez Is Beating the Market in 2026, but Morningstar Still Sees a 20% Valuation Gap
Morningstar argues the snacks group's wide moat and margin plan leave shares about 20% below fair value, while cocoa, vo...
Liechtenstein’s Transparency Register Breach Exposes Owners Behind 31,000 Entities
A cyberattack on Liechtenstein’s transparency register has exposed the beneficial owners behind 31,000 foundations and c...
EFinance Bets on New Non-Banking Deals as Profit Jumps 62.5%
EFinance has taken full control of SME and microfinance provider Tamweely and a minority stake in Welsy, extending its e...
How Lena Situations Built a Multi-Million-Euro Business From a Teenage Blog
The French influencer went from Met Gala first to owner of a fashion brand, publishing house and podcast studio. Her pla...
Alshaya Group Brings Chipotle to Saudi Arabia with First Riyadh Restaurant
Alshaya Group is launching Chipotle Mexican Grill in Saudi Arabia with a Riyadh debut at Sidra, next to Granada Mall, ex...
Ethiopian Airlines Extends CEO Mesfin Tasew's Mandate by One Year
Africa's largest carrier keeps Mesfin Tasew in place for another year as it pushes ahead with fleet renewal and the $12....
Brazil Central Bank Liquidates Simpala Finance Company and Consórcio Administrator
Deposits at Simpala S.A. Crédito, Financiamento e Investimento are covered by Brazil's FGC within limits, but consortium...
BHP Group's Latest Metrics: A$311.7B Market Cap and a 3.19% Forward Yield
A snapshot of BHP Group Limited (BHP.AX) shows the ASX-listed resources giant trading between A$60.87 and A$61.48, with ...
Tesco's Booker Scale Turns England's Drought Into a Sourcing Edge
England's drought has hit wheat, barley and vegetable yields. Tesco's once-criticised Booker takeover gives it buying sc...
Income Majors Under Review: Legal & General, GSK and Hill & Smith
A dividend-focused discussion weighs Legal & General's pensions pressure, GSK's £18bn R&D bet and Hill & Smith's US pivo...
Vodafone Idea extends six-day rally as Q1 loss narrows and ARPU strengthens
Heavy volumes pushed the telecom stock up 4% despite a weak market after Q1FY27 results showed a sharply lower loss, hig...
Momenta Stays Below Its Hong Kong IPO Price as Horizon Robotics Regains Valuation Lead
Momenta trades below its HK$295.60 IPO price even as Horizon Robotics overtakes it in market value, exposing doubts abou...
EPA and DOJ Settle Clean Water Act Case With Old Dutch Mustard Over Acidic River Discharges
The mustard and vinegar maker will pay a $50,000 civil penalty and build a compliance program after repeated acidic disc...
Chinese Yacht Builders Bring Their EV Playbook to Europe
Chinese yards are still small in Europe, but they are adding local distributors, respected design partners and feature-r...
Burger King Reclaims the No. 2 U.S. Burger Spot From Wendy's
After five straight quarters of U.S. same-store sales growth and an 8.5% jump, Burger King has overtaken Wendy's for the...
Gap, Marc Jacobs, Heinz and More: What This Week's Ads Say About Brand Marketing
A star-studded week of campaigns from Gap, Foot Locker, J.P. Morgan and others shows sharper cultural targeting, with Am...
LG Thailand Grows 9% in a 2% Market as Premium Appliances Defy Slowdown
First-half sales rose 9% against a 2% market, driven by premium AI products, weather-linked demand and a fast-growing su...
Charter and Cox Plan $34.5 Billion Cable Merger With FCC Hurdle Ahead
The proposed Charter-Cox tie-up would combine 38 million customers behind the Spectrum consumer brand, but FCC chair Bre...
Vertical Aerospace and NCC Hit UK eVTOL Milestone at Farnborough
Vertical Aerospace has flown the UK's first public demonstration of a full-scale wing tilt-rotor eVTOL, using composite ...
Shinola's 'Set the Pace' Debut Makes Nicholas Braun Director, Not Just Star
The Detroit design brand's first full-funnel campaign uses a psychological-thriller spot to frame the Runwell watch as p...
Jeff Bezos Enters Sports Ownership With Minority Liverpool Stake
The Amazon founder is the lead investor in 1892 Holdings, which is buying a minority stake in Liverpool FC at a valuatio...