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CSRC Fines Jihua Group ¥7 Million for Massive Accounting Fraud
Jihua Group inflated revenues by billions of yuan and hid a 60% profit decline over 2018–2021; the CSRC fined the state-...
Portugal’s Big Five Banks Shed 283 Jobs in First Half of 2026 as Branch Networks Slim
The five largest Portuguese banks collectively employed 25,085 people at end-June, down 283 from a year ago, as cost-cut...
Chinese EV Onslaught Sends German Auto Profits Tumbling as Xiaomi, BYD Eye Europe
Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and BMW saw first-half profits plunge 30 % or more as Chinese sales collapsed and domestic EV ...
Portugal's Competition Authority Clears Arrow Group's Buy of Troia Hotel & Casino
Arrow Group's Flecha Lux gets unconditional clearance to acquire the Troia Design Hotel and Casino complex, expanding it...
Quantum Computing Market Forecast to Hit $65 Billion by 2030, Offering Transformative Investment Potential
Quantum computing leverages qubits for exponential processing power, set to reshape cryptography, AI, and pharma. With a...
Ifthenpay H1 Revenue Reaches €4.5M, Payment Volume Nears €1B
Portuguese fintech Ifthenpay posted 13% revenue growth in the first half of 2026, processed €976 million in client payme...
Why Canada’s Cannabis Gamble Redraws the Global Investment Map
As the first G7 nation to fully legalize recreational cannabis, Canada has kickstarted an industry with explosive growth...
'Cannibal Stocks': How Aggressive Buybacks Can Boost Your Portfolio—If the Price Is Right
Companies that relentlessly repurchase their own shares can mechanically lift earnings per share and reward long-term ho...
Quantum Computing Market Projected to Hit $65 Billion by 2030
The nascent quantum computing industry, currently valued at around $500 million, is forecast to explode to $65 billion b...
MarketScreeners Highlights 50 Stocks Poised to Gain from the Metaverse Theme
A new thematic stock list spans IT, social networks, payments, e-commerce, gaming and cloud computing as revenue forecas...
Markets Wobble Ahead of US Jobs Data as Allianz and Munich Re Stir Mixed Reactions
Global markets paused on Thursday as investors awaited a critical US labor report, while a flurry of earnings from Allia...
Industrial Robot Numbers Triple in a Decade as the Global Robotics Market Approaches $210 Billion
Industrial robot deployments have surged to 4 million units worldwide, with China dominating new installations. Meanwhil...
Return on Equity: The Metric That Consistently Picks Long-Term Stock Winners
Decades of global academic and industry research point to a clear pattern: companies with high and stable return on equi...
Polymarket Eyes $20 Billion Valuation in New Funding Round
The prediction market platform is reportedly seeking $1 billion at a $20 billion valuation, just months after a $15 bill...
From a Berlin Restaurant to a Neobank: The Georgian Holding’s Audacious Pivot
Vako Gegidze launched a remote staffing firm during the pandemic after a clandestine meeting in a closed Berlin restaura...
IAB’s 'Four Ps' Aims to Define AI Search Visibility for Marketers
The Interactive Advertising Bureau introduces a framework to help marketers measure how generative AI search represents ...
Agencies Are Shifting From Media Buying to Proof of Performance
As execution becomes a commodity, brands are demanding independent proof that their ad spend worked. The Omnicom-Interpu...
Biomass Power Doubles in a Decade, but Its Role in the Energy Transition Remains Limited
Biomass now supplies over 10% of global energy and 2% of electricity, up from 1% ten years ago. Yet uneven resource dist...
Trump Imposes 15% Tariff and Minimum Prices on Polysilicon to Shield US Solar and Chip Inputs
The White House's Section 232 action sets import price floors and a new levy on polysilicon, raw material for solar pane...
Marketscreener Unveils IoT Stock List as Connected Devices Set to Multiply
The financial platform’s thematic list spans fibre infrastructure, chipmakers, smart-home integrators and industrial IoT...
Petrobras Posts R$52.4bn Q2 Profit, Nearly Doubling Year-Ago, on Soaring Oil Prices
Petrobras reported net profit of R$52.4 billion for Q2 2026, a 96.8% jump, fueled by a 54% surge in Brent crude prices a...
Mega-Sena Jackpot Jumps to R$165 Million After No Winner in Thursday Draw
No ticket matched all six numbers in the 3,041st Mega-Sena draw, pushing the prize to an estimated R$165 million. The ne...
Brazil Cuts Hydro Output to Build Reserves as El Niño Looms
The federal government is temporarily scaling back hydroelectric generation to conserve water in reservoirs, reinforcing...
How Brazilian Brewers Outsmart the Sun to Grow Hops — And What That Means for Your Pint
On International Beer Day, we trace the journey from hop fields using artificial light to the fermentation vat, explaini...
How Friendships at Work Can Make—or Break—Your Career
A new quiz and expert advice reveal the line between a supportive colleague and a compromised professional. Test your bo...
The Unseen Backbone: Why Financial Data Providers Command a Moat
In modern markets, mastery of information separates the amateur from the professional, putting a premium on the firms th...
How Return on Equity Can Spot Market-Beating Stocks
MarketScreener’s ROE-based investment style list highlights companies with the highest returns on equity, a metric backe...
China Trade Boom Lifts Mainland Stocks, While KOSPI Slumps for a Seventh Week
Asian markets ended mixed on Friday as a blowout July trade report propelled Shanghai and Shenzhen indices higher, but S...
Return to Office Surge: The Real Reasons Behind the Shift — and the High-Stakes Trade-Offs
Five years after remote work seemed the new normal, Moscow’s offices are filling again. An HR expert explains why the pe...
Alfonso Fanjul, Sugar Baron Who Rebuilt Empire After Cuban Exile, Dies at 89
Alfonso Fanjul fled Cuba with nothing after the revolution and built Florida Crystals into a diversified $4 billion agri...