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German Court Rules Sturdy Plastic Carrier Bags Subject to Recycling Fees
Businesses offering reusable plastic bags at checkout must now participate in the dual recycling system, a top court has...
Danone Doubles Super Bowl Ad Spend as CBS Sells Out at $7 Million Per 30 Seconds
With Super Bowl advertising slots reportedly hitting $7 million each, CBS has sold out its entire inventory. Consumer go...
Eurobank Donates Infrastructure Upgrades to Greek Military Outpost on Panagia Islet
The bank funds a new women’s barracks, port expansion and flagpole at a surveillance post in the Oinousses complex, deep...
Why IBM Just Suffered Its Worst Day in Nearly 60 Years
A punishing mainframe sales collapse and a misfire in AI infrastructure spending sent IBM’s stock to its steepest one-da...
CXMT Surges 466% in IPO, Becoming China’s Most Valuable Company
CXMT’s IPO popped 466%, catapulting the Chinese DRAM maker to a $489 billion market cap and making it the country’s most...
French Government Opens Short-Time Work Scheme for Fire-Hit Businesses as Insurers Pledge Flexibility
More than 13,000 evacuated enterprises in Gironde, Landes and Var can now access France's partial unemployment programme...
Allstate's National General Seeks Bilingual Direct Sales Agent to Drive Local Growth
National General, an Allstate subsidiary, is hiring a bilingual direct sales agent to generate new business and strength...
Spanish PE Firm Henko Takes 67% of Aerospace Supplier Aerotecnic, Targeting €75M Revenue
Henko Partners acquires a controlling stake in Aerotecnic, a Seville-based maker of aero-structures and components, with...
Vodafone Cost Cuts Chop 1,200 European Jobs as UK Revenue Dips
Vodafone’s Q1 earnings rise as European job losses and merger with Three UK deliver savings, but a post-Ofcom UK mobile ...
Muscat Stock Exchange Profits Jump 12% in Q2 as Industrial Sector Leads Surge
Omani listed firms reported combined Q2 net profit of OMR 867 million, driven by a 51% gain in industrial earnings. Fina...
CXMT Shares Surge 470% on First Day as China’s Memory Chip Champion Goes Public
China’s largest DRAM maker raised at least $8.6 billion in the biggest mainland IPO in years on the STAR Market, with AI...
From Trading Floor to Corner Office: Securities Alums Rise as Japan’s New CEO Class
As the Tokyo Stock Exchange demands deeper shareholder engagement, a fresh leadership profile is emerging: CEOs with sec...
NTPC Shares Gain on Board’s ₹12,000 Crore NCD Fundraising Approval
State-run power giant NTPC’s board greenlights a ₹12,000 crore non-convertible debenture issuance to support capex and r...
Bank of Baroda Shares Dip as ₹5,700 Crore Charge and Unconfirmed Data Breach Spook Investors
BoB's Q1 FY27 profit fell 72% on a one-time legal settlement, but core earnings held up; reports of an alleged 1TB data ...
Sterling & Wilson to Spin Off Generator Unit in ₹1,500-Crore IPO, Riding Data Centre Wave
Sterling & Wilson is forging ahead with a ₹1,500-crore IPO for its generator manufacturing arm, Sterling Green Power Sol...
AMCON to Divest NTEL Stake as Debt Recovery Surges 64% in H1 2026
The Nigerian bad bank recovered N165bn in the first half of 2026, a 64% jump, and confirmed plans to sell telecom firm N...
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...