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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...
CBA's Private Banking Push Targets Gen Z Australians Who Want to Invest but Don't
CBA executive Susie Grehl is widening Commonwealth Private beyond high-net-worth clients after research found 70% of Aus...
Burger King Gains as McDonald's US Sales Growth Slows to 0.8%
McDonald's second-quarter US sales rose just 0.8% while Burger King jumped 8.5%, as budget-conscious diners chase value ...
A $100,000 Sock Order Was the Demand Test Behind Doublesoul
How Allison Strumeyer used a minimum inventory order, a day job and early celebrity backing to validate her sock startup...
Ferrovial to Exit Amsterdam Listing Three Years After Dutch Relocation
The infrastructure group says Amsterdam now accounts for only 0.15% of daily trading volume; its final Euronext session ...
S&P 500 CEO Pay Hits Record in 2025 as Musk's Tesla Package Becomes New Benchmark
AFL-CIO data reported by Reuters show average non-Musk S&P 500 CEO pay rose 21% to $22.8 million; including Musk it exce...
FCA Bans Two Blue Horizon Executives Over Falsified €200m Bond Claims
The FCA has barred two former Blue Horizon executives after they fabricated ownership of a €200m bond portfolio during b...
Applied Materials Bets Its Debt-Free 'New Normal' Can Justify a 50x Earnings Multiple
Revenue and profit are climbing, margins have hit records, and fourth-quarter sales growth is forecast to top 50%. But a...
Kushner and Iger Buy Lakers at Record $12.5 Billion Valuation
The controlling stake sale flips the NBA franchise within ten months, hands Mark Walter a roughly 25% gain, and resets l...
S&P 500 CEO Pay Hits Record as Musk's $1 Trillion Tesla Award Becomes the Benchmark
Average S&P 500 CEO pay excluding Musk jumped 21% to $22.8 million in 2025, according to AFL-CIO data, and boards now tr...
Portuguese SMEs Still Manage to Cut Taxes, Not Build Value, Consultant Warns
Yunit Consulting’s Virgínia Duarte says many Portuguese SMEs under-report EBITDA to save on IRC, then discover buyers va...
Small Businesses Turn to Creator Content and AI as Social Media Tops Search
A new five-country survey finds social media has overtaken search for discovering small brands, while US small-business ...
Resolute Mining and Guinea's State Miner Form Gold Joint Venture
Resolute Mining and Guinea's Nimba Mining Gold have launched Landaya Gold, a Conakry-based joint venture to explore and ...
Freedom Bank Swings to T11.6bn First-Half Profit as Securities Gains Offset Cost Rise
The Kazakhstan lender controlled by Timur Turlov reported an 11.6bn tenge half-year profit after a 27.7bn loss a year ea...
Inside AlES's Kaizen Push: From a Single 5S Pilot to a Plant-Wide Habit
Kazakh power producer AlES started with one relay protection lab and now trains hundreds of employees in lean methods, a...