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Berkshire Hathaway Q2 Net Income Surges 107% to $25.7 Billion on Investment Gains
Total revenues climbed to $101.8 billion while net income more than doubled, likely driven by a rally in the conglomerat...
HHS Decertifies Kentucky Organ Procurement Organization After 'Persistent Patient Safety Failures'
The U.S. health department initiated the decertification of Network for Hope, the organ procurement organization for Ken...
Colombia’s De la Espriella Takes Office with Fast-Tracked Washington Tie-Up
Ministers-designate engaged US lawmakers and businesses before Inauguration Day. Now the new government must turn that e...
Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Jalapeño Peppers from Mexico; Chipotle, QDOBA Remove Product
A multistate Salmonella outbreak has been traced to jalapeño peppers from Sinaloa, Mexico, distributed by Coast Citrus D...
Nevis Premier: 'Refuse to Build' List Is Core to Island's Luxury Tourism Strategy
Premier Mark Brantley explains why banning cruise ships, high-rises, and fast food defines Nevis’s brand—and how a new p...
GetYourGuide to Pass Digital Services Tax Costs to Tour Operators This Fall
From October 1, GetYourGuide will charge tour operators a DST commission surcharge in five European markets. After absor...
Google Maps Layers Personal Itinerary Data Into AI Hotel Search, Tests Booking
With real pricing and opt-in Gmail integration, Google's Ask Maps now layers personal travel context onto hotel discover...
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey forge mutual defense pact as regional security orders realign
The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement binds the three nations to view any armed attack on one as an attack on all, but falls...
The Week's Must-Reads: AI Out of Control, Trump's Numbers, and the Allure of Miami
A curated weekly digest of the most insightful business, tech, and politics articles, from AI agents hacking the interne...
Global Cybersecurity Spending to Top $300 Billion by 2024, Riding a 25x Surge Since 2004
From a modest $4 billion in 2004, global cybersecurity spending has exploded past $100 billion and is projected to reach...
US Stocks Climb Record Peaks as Broad Profit Surge Silences Doubters — For Now
S&P 500 earnings jumped 47% in Q2, with growth spreading far beyond tech. Yet surging long-term yields, a pivotal Fed de...
European Indices Hit Records as Weak US Jobs Data Lifts Rate Cut Hopes
European and US equity markets surged to fresh highs this week, powered by solid corporate earnings, easing Middle East ...
Five Job Ad Phrases That Often Mask Lower Pay
A large-scale analysis of U.S. job postings finds that vague, demanding language correlates with salaries that are about...
AI’s Biggest Workforce Question Goes Beyond Jobs, WEF Finds
The World Economic Forum’s latest analysis shows 78 million net new jobs by 2030, but experts warn that the real disrupt...
Spain Ranks 18th Globally in Military Power, Keeping Significant Edge Over Rearming Morocco
Spain holds the 18th spot among 145 nations in the 2026 Global Firepower index, with a conventional advantage over neigh...
Paris Markets Extend Rally to Seventh Day as Hormuz Talks Raise Tensions
European stocks edged higher, led by Paris, while geopolitical uncertainty over Iran’s Strait of Hormuz conditions kept ...
Infantino's World Cup Share Sale Plan Collapses Amid UEFA Boycott and Player Union Fury
FIFA abandoned a plan to sell World Cup shares to private investors and issued an apology, but Europe's football body UE...
Petrobras H1 Net Profit Soars 55% to $16.6B on Soaring Oil Prices and Record Output
Petrobras reported a 55.3% jump in first-half net profit to $16.6 billion, driven by a 29% rise in Brent prices and reco...
ExxonMobil Names Preferred Contractor for Mozambique's $20B Rovuma LNG Project
U.S. supermajor selects MDC consortium for onshore EPC work on the 18.6 mtpa Rovuma LNG development, marking a pivotal s...
New Mexico Court Orders Meta to Pay $942 Million Over Child Safety Failures
A New Mexico state court has fined Meta nearly $1 billion, ruling that the company's platforms substantially contributed...
EU Warns Meta and TikTok After Ceuta Disinformation Sparks Migration Crisis
The European Commission demands decisive action from Meta and TikTok to curb disinformation that fueled a mass influx to...
Darwin's 150-Year-Old Carnivorous Plant Theory Proven by Chinese Researchers
Genetic and enzyme analysis confirms Saxifraga candelabrum, a flowering plant from China’s highest plateaus, traps, dige...
Portugal’s Speed Cameras Caught 3.6 Million Drivers in a Decade, but Fines Are Declining
The ANSR recorded more than 3.6 million speeding offences since 2016, with fines peaking in 2023 before dropping. As the...
MarketScreener Launches Thematic Stock List for the Internet of Things
The financial platform’s new list highlights listed companies across 5G, semiconductors, smart homes, and industrial IoT...
Marketscreener Maps Global Wine Stocks, Highlighting Defensive Qualities and Diversity
Marketscreener's thematic list spans producers, glass, barrels, and closures across roughly 40 global companies, undersc...
Why Return on Equity Remains the Bedrock of Long-Term Stock Selection
Decades of market data confirm that companies with high and stable return on equity consistently outperform their lower-...
UK Clears $110B Paramount-WBD Deal, Delayed to 2027 Amid Antitrust Suit
The UK's competition watchdog and culture secretary have waved through the $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Disc...
Park Hyatt to Debut on the Iberian Peninsula with Comporta Resort Project
Luxury hotel brand Park Hyatt and Portuguese developer Coporgest have signed a deal to create the Comporta Beach Resort,...
Russian Authorities Bust $2M/Day Crypto Laundering Ring in Moscow-City
Russian financial intelligence and security services dismantled a network of illegal crypto exchanges with daily turnove...
Great Wall's Tank 400 Hybrid Debuts in Russia at 7 Million Rubles
Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor has launched the hybrid version of its Tank 400 SUV in Russia, priced at 6.999 millio...