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Nomura Retains Buy on Tata Steel, JSW as Indian Rebar Prices Rebound
Nomura keeps a positive stance on Indian steel, with Buy ratings on Tata Steel, JSW Steel, Jindal Steel and Lloyds Metal...
AI Cuts Asset Managers’ Workload from Days to Seconds, BCG Sees 25-35% Cost Drop
A new BCG study projects AI could reduce asset management costs by 25–35% within five years, as firms like Sanso Longcha...
Netflix Drops AAA Gaming Quest to Build Family Game Nights Around Its Shows
After spending $2 billion on mobile games and attracting 1.1 million daily users, Netflix pivots to casual TV-based inte...
Nvidia Ready to Back OpenAI's $500B Data Centre Project with $250B in Guarantees
Nvidia is in talks to provide $250 billion in financial guarantees for OpenAI's massive data centre in Ohio, enabling th...
Anxin Fund Loses Second Fixed-Income Star as Li Jun Follows Zhang Yifei’s Exit
Li Jun’s departure deepens a talent drain at Anxin Fund, where flagship fixed-income assets have shrunk sharply after se...
AdExchanger Advisory Board Taps Top Executives From GroupM, PepsiCo, Pfizer and More
The digital advertising publication’s advisory board brings together leaders from agencies, brands, and publishers, refl...
Strategy's Bitcoin Freeze Sets Up a Pivotal Earnings Test
Strategy paused Bitcoin purchases for four weeks—its longest freeze in two years—and sold 3,588 BTC to fund dividends. J...
CXMT Surges Over 500% in Shanghai Debut, Surpassing Intel’s Market Cap
Chinese memory chip maker CXMT vaulted to a $530 billion valuation on its first trading day, eclipsing Intel and becomin...
EQT Lifts Perpetual Bid to A$22.50 in Third Push This Month
Swedish private equity giant EQT has raised its non-binding offer for Australia’s Perpetual to A$2.55 billion, a 19% pre...
Chile Tax Reform Could Lift M&A Valuations by 5%, Experts Warn
A planned cut in corporate tax from 27% to 23% would increase after-tax cash flows and potentially lower the cost of cap...
Smartee DentiTech's IPO Ambitions Clouded by Profit Pressures and a $1.4M Patent Lawsuit
China’s No.2 clear aligner maker is seeking a $126 million Shenzhen IPO, but centralized procurement margin squeezes, a ...
How Honesty Drove H1 2026's Most Powerful Brand Campaigns—and What Marketers Can Learn
From Anthropic's self-aware Super Bowl ad to Burger King's mea culpa, brands that owned their flaws, pushed back against...
Shriram Finance Q1 Strength Meets Oil Price Headwind
Strong June-quarter numbers for the NBFC giant are overshadowed by rising fuel costs that could pinch its core commercia...
Shein Revenue Growth Slows to 8% as EU Tariff Change Raises Costs
Fast-fashion giant Shein saw its annual revenue growth decelerate from 41% to just 8% in three years, while Brussels’ mo...
Smartee DentiTech’s ChiNext IPO: Profit Volatility, VBP 2.0 and a 10 Million Yuan Patent Fight
China’s second-largest clear aligner maker, Smartee DentiTech, files for a ChiNext IPO amid rising revenue but unstable ...
Saitama Bankruptcies Fall for First Time in 4 Years, but Risks from Middle East and Payment Processor Failure Loom
Corporate bankruptcies in Saitama fell 12% in H1 2026, the first decline in four years, but a survey shows nearly a quar...
Storj Files Chapter 11, Token Holders Face Uncertain Payout as Creditors Come First
Decentralized storage provider Storj Labs has filed for bankruptcy protection, hoping to shed old debts. The network and...
Alix Earle’s Skincare Brand Reale Actives Hits $1M in Five Minutes as Netflix Series Looms
Alix Earle’s acne-focused line Reale Actives sold out on launch day after $1 million in first-five-minute sales, accordi...
Siegwart Targets EGP 6 Billion Revenues Within Three Years on Infrastructure Boom
Egypt's state-owned cement products firm plans to quadruple turnover by upgrading production lines, chasing national pro...
Elite Financial to Sponsor Listings of Two Companies in Education and Solar Energy Sectors
Elite Financial Consulting is preparing to list a solar energy firm and an education company in H1 2027, while also work...
Fitch: Omani Banks Can Weather Iran Conflict After Sovereign Upgrade
Fitch Ratings says Omani lenders are the Gulf’s least exposed to the Iran conflict, with higher oil prices, Vision 2040 ...
United Pitched a Merger to Delta Before American Rebuffed Talks – WSJ
The Wall Street Journal reported that United Airlines approached Delta about a merger last year, with a later overture t...
Lucta Lays Out €200 Million Investment Plan to Hit €1 Billion Revenue
Spanish flavors and fragrances firm Lucta unveils a five-year investment and acquisition plan to double its business and...
Caitlin Clark’s All-Star Weekend Showcases Growing Commercial Might for Brand Partners
The WNBA star’s first traditional All-Star Game in Chicago was as much a marketing spectacle as a sporting event, with s...
Activists Demand Sheinbaum Halt SpaceX Starship Launches as 13th Test Blasts Off Amid Gulf Contamination Fears
A Mexican environmental group staged a sixth protest at sea against SpaceX’s Starship campaign, warning of 40 km of spac...
China's CXMT Targets $9.8 Billion IPO as AI Boom Reshapes Memory Chip Market
ChangXin Memory Technologies' Shanghai listing could value it above $130 billion, capitalizing on a strategic retreat by...
Travelers Hunts for Senior Engineer to Cement Cloud-Native Insurance Stack
A detailed job listing reveals Travelers' push to embed cloud, infrastructure-as-code, and AI-assisted coding into its p...
Batista Brothers Diversify Into Venezuelan Oil, Acquiring Stake in Production Project
The Brazilian billionaire Batista family has purchased a share in a Venezuelan oil production venture, marking its third...
Saudi Aramco: A Rare Look Inside the World's Most Valuable Energy Conglomerate
Saudi Aramco's integrated upstream and downstream model spans crude oil, gas, chemicals and retail, cementing its positi...
BarkleyOKRP Taps Former FCB Veteran Brandon Cooke as Chief Marketing and Growth Officer
The independent agency consolidates marketing and business development under one executive, bringing in FCB’s Brandon Co...