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GameStop's Cohen Weighs Scrapping $56B eBay Bid for Store Partnership
Companies

GameStop's Cohen Weighs Scrapping $56B eBay Bid for Store Partnership

Ryan Cohen is reportedly considering pulling GameStop's unsolicited $56 billion offer for eBay and instead proposing a c...

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Glencore's Radiant World Exposure Tops $500 Million as Vitol, Cargill Also Cut Ties
Companies

Glencore's Radiant World Exposure Tops $500 Million as Vitol, Cargill Also Cut Ties

The London-listed commodity giant Glencore has a financial exposure of $500 million to $800 million to iron ore trader R...

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Skift Launches Quarterly Brief Charting $39.6B in Travel Deal Activity for H1
Travel

Skift Launches Quarterly Brief Charting $39.6B in Travel Deal Activity for H1

A new free report from Skift Research maps 242 deals, three take-privates, and a venture slump, with Asia-Pacific demand...

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Guinea Bans Raw Gold Exports, Tightens Local Refining Mandate
Companies

Guinea Bans Raw Gold Exports, Tightens Local Refining Mandate

Guinea's new gold export ban, following its Simandou iron ore breakthrough, signals a tougher resource nationalism stanc...

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Demystifying Cloud Computing: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and the Global Leaders
Technology

Demystifying Cloud Computing: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and the Global Leaders

A primer on the essential cloud service models and the 100 companies that dominate the cloud industry, shaping how firms...

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Nuclear Energy’s Contested Place in the Push for Sustainable Power
Energy

Nuclear Energy’s Contested Place in the Push for Sustainable Power

Nuclear power supplies around 10% of global electricity and produces no direct carbon emissions, but uranium supply conc...

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Intel Launches $15 Billion Share Sale to Fund Foundry Push, Capitalizing on Stock Rebound
Companies

Intel Launches $15 Billion Share Sale to Fund Foundry Push, Capitalizing on Stock Rebound

Intel announces a $15bn equity offering to finance its contract chip manufacturing expansion, leveraging a stock price r...

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Circle Enlists BlackRock, Visa, Mastercard to Validate Its Arc Blockchain
Companies

Circle Enlists BlackRock, Visa, Mastercard to Validate Its Arc Blockchain

Circle turned a quarterly profit but remains heavily reliant on interest income. Its Arc blockchain, launching September...

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Richemont shares near CHF200 as jewellery unit anchors steady valuation
Companies

Richemont shares near CHF200 as jewellery unit anchors steady valuation

Shares of Compagnie Financière Richemont rose 2.1% to CHF199.60 on 10 August, lifting the luxury group's market capitali...

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Oil majors' cash flow surges to $90bn, reigniting debate over spending priorities
Energy

Oil majors' cash flow surges to $90bn, reigniting debate over spending priorities

Record Q2 2026 cash flows at the world's largest oil companies have sparked a battle over whether the windfall should go...

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Spanish Employment Pensions Cover Only 15% of Needed Retirement Income, KPMG Finds
Personal Finance

Spanish Employment Pensions Cover Only 15% of Needed Retirement Income, KPMG Finds

A KPMG study shows that even with public, workplace, and individual pensions, Spanish workers face a retirement income s...

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Aryzta Slides as German Weakness Prompts Strategic Review, Guidance Trimmed
Companies

Aryzta Slides as German Weakness Prompts Strategic Review, Guidance Trimmed

First-half revenue and earnings missed expectations at the Swiss-Irish bakery group as price-sensitive German consumers ...

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Allianz Trade to Cut Supplier Credit Cover for Vistry Group by Up to 70%
Companies

Allianz Trade to Cut Supplier Credit Cover for Vistry Group by Up to 70%

Allianz Trade is set to reduce insurance coverage for suppliers of housebuilder Vistry by as much as 70%, the FT reports...

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Innate Pharma Stock Jumps Over 15% on No Apparent News as Volume Explodes
Companies

Innate Pharma Stock Jumps Over 15% on No Apparent News as Volume Explodes

Shares of French immuno-oncology biotech Innate Pharma surged by more than 15% on Monday, accompanied by a massive spike...

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From Art Criticism to Content Marketing: How a Bank of Georgia Scholarship Bridged Two Worlds
Education

From Art Criticism to Content Marketing: How a Bank of Georgia Scholarship Bridged Two Worlds

Luka Bestavashvili used a Bank of Georgia scholarship to study Content Marketing while pursuing art criticism, demonstra...

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Bank of Georgia’s ‘Small Business Chain’ Links Tbilisi Shops in a Coupon Trail
Companies

Bank of Georgia’s ‘Small Business Chain’ Links Tbilisi Shops in a Coupon Trail

The initiative connects local businesses like MOB Burgers and Sio Print through a physical coupon route, aiming to boost...

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Why the Global Pet Care Market Keeps Attracting Investors — and Weathering Recessions
Markets

Why the Global Pet Care Market Keeps Attracting Investors — and Weathering Recessions

With a 5.8% annual growth rate and recession-proof spending, the pet industry is driven by aging demographics, millennia...

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US Sanctions Georgia-Based Crypto Firm in IRGC Money Laundering Crackdown
Politics

US Sanctions Georgia-Based Crypto Firm in IRGC Money Laundering Crackdown

The US Treasury sanctioned a network linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard, including Georgian crypto exchange Shelbit, f...

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Portugal to Build Waste-to-Energy Plant as Algarve Landfills Hit Limit
Energy

Portugal to Build Waste-to-Energy Plant as Algarve Landfills Hit Limit

The Portuguese Environment Agency will launch a tender on October 15 to study a waste-to-energy facility for the Algarve...

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China's New 20% Tax on Offshore Trusts Sends Wealthy Scrambling to Sell Assets
Politics

China's New 20% Tax on Offshore Trusts Sends Wealthy Scrambling to Sell Assets

Wealthy Chinese are rushing to assess and pay a new 20% tax on offshore trusts, with many planning to liquidate stocks a...

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Online Gambling’s $50bn Boom: Regulation, Tech, and the Investment Landscape
Companies

Online Gambling’s $50bn Boom: Regulation, Tech, and the Investment Landscape

Once shackled by religious prohibition, online gambling has grown into a $50bn-plus market. A wave of new legalizations—...

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Gold and Silver Regain Safe-Haven Luster as Economic Jitters Mount
Markets

Gold and Silver Regain Safe-Haven Luster as Economic Jitters Mount

Falling bond yields, trade tensions, and slowing growth push gold and silver back into the spotlight. Mining equities of...

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Investing in Europe's Silver Economy: Beyond Clichés and Scams
Personal Finance

Investing in Europe's Silver Economy: Beyond Clichés and Scams

Europe's over-50 population is set to become a dominant consumer force, but investors must navigate hype and fraud to ta...

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Mozambique Has 662,000 Internally Displaced, Fifth-Highest in Eastern and Southern Africa
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Mozambique Has 662,000 Internally Displaced, Fifth-Highest in Eastern and Southern Africa

The UN refugee agency reports that conflict in Cabo Delgado and natural disasters have forced 662,000 people from their ...

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Portuguese Box Office Surges 21% in July, Led by Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'
Companies

Portuguese Box Office Surges 21% in July, Led by Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'

Cinema ticket revenue hit €8.9 million as blockbusters drew 1.24 million spectators. Year-to-date revenue rose 8.5% desp...

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NBA’s $24 Billion TV Deal Fuels Franchise Values to $1.9B, Creating Investor Opportunities
Markets

NBA’s $24 Billion TV Deal Fuels Franchise Values to $1.9B, Creating Investor Opportunities

With a 1-billion-strong global fanbase and average franchise values of $1.9 billion, the NBA’s revenue model—anchored by...

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Return on Equity: Why Top-ROE Stocks Have Historically Beaten the Market
Markets

Return on Equity: Why Top-ROE Stocks Have Historically Beaten the Market

Return on equity gauges how efficiently a company turns shareholder capital into profit. Decades of research show that s...

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Regulatory Easing and Tech Trends Drive Online Gambling Growth
Markets

Regulatory Easing and Tech Trends Drive Online Gambling Growth

The global online gambling market, with revenues estimated above $50bn, is expanding at nearly 10% a year as more countr...

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Video Games Surpass Cinema: How Mobile and Cloud Are Redefining the $120bn Industry
Technology

Video Games Surpass Cinema: How Mobile and Cloud Are Redefining the $120bn Industry

The video game industry generated nearly $120 billion in 2018, outpacing global box office receipts. Mobile platforms ac...

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Meta Hit with Additional $567 Million Penalty in New Mexico Child Safety Case
Companies

Meta Hit with Additional $567 Million Penalty in New Mexico Child Safety Case

A New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay $567 million for failing to warn about platform dangers to minors, raising total ...

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