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Ligao Foods' H1 Profit Falls 26% as Frozen Bakery Stalls and Costs Mount
Ligao Foods grew first-half 2026 revenue 6.5% to RMB2.2 billion, but net profit fell 26% to RMB126 million. UHT cream ro...
Brandweek 2026 Returns to Atlanta With Marketing Chiefs From Starbucks, Crocs, Mattel and Coca-Cola
The three-day brand-marketing summit will focus on reinvention, AI and purpose, featuring leaders from Starbucks, Crocs,...
Solidcore’s Ascend Class Bets Heated Strength Training Can Broaden Its Cult Following
The boutique fitness brand known for its reformer workout is adding high-intensity strength training with infrared heat,...
Dyson Pauses €479 CameraJet Toothbrush Sales in France Over Batch Fault
Dyson confirms a 'proactive and temporary' halt of its premium AI-equipped toothbrush in France after a limited componen...
McNally Bharat Engineering: A Profile of the Indian EPC Contractor and Its Manufacturing Arm
A profile of McNally Bharat Engineering and its McNally Sayaji manufacturing arm, covering the company’s project portfol...
Northbatt Enters German Industrial Battery Market via Insolvency Asset Deal
The battery group has bought an unnamed German industrial battery operation out of insolvency and launched WestBatt, bet...
Amplifon’s GN Hearing Deal Wins Analyst Backing as It Enters Manufacturing
Morgan Stanley, Citi, J.P. Morgan and Intermonte have endorsed the acquisition, which would move Amplifon into hearing-d...
Guotai Fund’s ETF Assets Hit RMB371.8 Billion as Tech Funds Return 270%
Guotai Fund’s ETF business scaled up in H1 2026, with communications and semiconductor vehicles leading one-year returns...
L'Oréal Pushes Refill Packaging as Beauty's New Standard
L'Oréal DACH sustainability lead Alena Caro frames refill packaging as the beauty industry's next standard, citing a Pra...
GE Aerospace to Buy Casting Supplier CPP for $11.75 Billion
GE Aerospace is bringing critical engine castings in-house with an $11.75 billion deal for CPP, targeting supply constra...
Inside the NBA's Four Revenue Pillars and the Companies Riding Its Global Expansion
MarketScreener's thematic basket maps how NBA media rights, sponsorship, ticketing and merchandising create an investmen...
Bank of Georgia CEO Archil Gachechiladze Ranked Second in FT's Best UK CEO List
Archil Gachechiladze, CEO of Bank of Georgia and Lion Finance Group, placed second in the FT ranking of Britain's top CE...
Big Mamma's BigFest Packs Paris's Hottest Tables Into a 4,500 m² Food and Music Venue
Big Mamma's two-day BigFest brings Au Pied de Cochon, Angelina, Kodawari Ramen and DJ Cerrone under one roof at La Felic...
Kura Sushi Halts Chiikawa Collab After Employee Misconduct Found
Japan's conveyor-belt sushi chain stops all Chiikawa prizes, menu items and store events from September 6 after confirmi...
Tata Chemicals Says It Is Fully Compliant After Kenya Orders Exit From Magadi Mine
Kenya has ordered Tata Chemicals to hand over the century-old Magadi soda ash operation, but the Indian company says it ...
CSRC Fines Yuandao Communication RMB239m and Bans Chairman and CFO Over IPO Revenue Fraud
China's securities regulator fined Yuandao Communication nearly RMB239 million for inflating 2019–2021 revenue ahead of ...
UPS Launches Global Operating Model After Amazon Volume Reset
The new structure and leadership changes aim to turn a lower-volume, automated network into profitable growth in healthc...
Allianz Trade: Germany's Large Corporate Insolvencies Keep Rising, Autos Hit Hardest
Large insolvencies in Germany rose 10% in H1 2026 to 33, after 2025's 94 was the highest since records began. Automotive...
FC Barcelona Breaks €1 Billion Revenue Barrier as Renovated Camp Nou Returns
The club reports a third straight year of ordinary profits and will ask members to approve a €1.1bn-plus 2026-27 budget ...
Publisher Execs Head to Key Biscayne to Confront AI Search, Google Zero and Shrinking Open Web
At the Digiday Publishing Summit, leaders from The New York Times, WSJ, Reuters and Politico will debate AI licensing, A...
Broadcom Could Rally 33% as Macquarie Says Google Fears Are Priced In
Macquarie upgraded Broadcom to outperform and lifted its price target to $490, arguing concerns about losing Google's cu...
Nvidia's Earnings Surge Lifts Jensen Huang to $196.8 Billion, Sixth-Richest Person
A record revenue beat, a 70% growth forecast and rising AI infrastructure demand added $15.6 billion to Huang's fortune,...
Russian Business Lobby Seeks Tax Relief on Drone-Defense Spending
RSPP proposals to the cabinet would let companies treat counter-drone costs as non-operating expenses and offer co-finan...
Bank of Georgia Owner Lion Finance Eyes Top-Tier Lenders in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
CEO Archil Gachechiladze tells Bloomberg the FTSE 100 group wants top-3/top-5 banks in Central Asia, using its Ameriaban...
Gen Z Founders Built an $8.5 Million Pickle Brand on Irony, Not Innovation
Leah Marcus and Yasaman Bakhitar turned self-deprecating social media, bright packaging and early shelf placements at Wh...
Yuexiu Property Posts RMB50.5B H1 Sales as Guangzhou Bets Pay Off
Hong Kong-listed Yuexiu Property reported RMB50.51 billion in first-half contract sales, ranking eighth nationally, with...
How to Keep Business Assets Organised Between Expansion Phases
A practical three-zone system—active, support and reserve—helps companies keep daily workspaces efficient while protecti...
Trade Republic Rolls Out Best-Price Trading Across 30 Exchanges and Free Pro Platform
The German neobroker unifies quotes from 30 venues and adds Trading Pro for active investors, keeping its €1 base order ...
UAE Central Bank Opens Urgent Probe Into Egypt's Banque Misr After US Dollar-Clearing Action
The UAE central bank has launched a forensic review of Banque Misr's local branches after FinCEN proposed cutting the Eg...
IAG Shares at 438.20 GBP as H1 Profit Dips, Cash Flow Surges and Buybacks Continue
British Airways parent IAG reported H1 operating profit of €1.757B, down 6.4%, while free cash flow jumped to €2.905B. A...