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Mozambique Probes Return of Fuel Shortages as Queues Reappear
Fuel queues have returned in Mozambique days after supply stabilised, prompting the government to investigate what it ca...
Cabo Verde Extends Electricity Tariff Relief: 70% Discount for August, Social Rates Frozen to December
Cabo Verde's regulator keeps a 70% discount on electricity tariff increases for August and freezes social-tariff rates u...
Aéropostale's Creator-Led 'The Intern Diaries' Shows How Brands Are Making Entertainment
Aéropostale's six-episode 'The Intern Diaries' season two blended YouTube retention and TikTok engagement, linked a Deja...
Marketers Bet on Streaming and Personalization for a Cautious 2026 Holiday Season
Digiday's holiday survey finds revenue optimism but flat discounting, with CTV ad use nearly doubling and brands leaning...
Xiaomi Smart Air Purifier 4 Lite Drops to €134.99 in PcComponentes Deal
Xiaomi's Smart Air Purifier 4 Lite is discounted by 20% to €134.99 at PcComponentes. Here's what the specs, reviews and ...
Airstream Marks 20 Years in Europe With Fully Loaded 534 Anniversary Edition
Airstream celebrates two decades in Europe with a limited 534 '20 Years Europe Edition' that bundles €13,375 of extras i...
Acciona's Franco Family Branch Sells 3% Stake After Pact Expiry
The Entrecanales Franco branch sold 3% of Acciona for about €359m after the family pact lapsed, leaving the two controll...
NITI Aayog proposes national caregiving framework, social security for caregivers in ageing India
NITI Aayog wants caregivers recognised as informal workers with social security, plus a national council, registry and t...
Vogue Wedding Atelier Returns to New Delhi With a Bigger Luxury Line-Up
India's luxury wedding showcase returns to Taj Palace, Delhi, August 7–9 with 60-plus couture, jewellery and lifestyle b...
Trading Guide: Kirloskar Brothers, TBO Tek Flagged as Breakout Buys for Thursday
Indian indices gave up early gains even as realty, auto and metal stocks held firm. Two breakout buys flagged for Thursd...
diadikasia Names Aristodimos Thomopoulos as CEO in Internal Succession
Long-time diadikasia executive Aristodimos Thomopoulos takes over as CEO, capping a 25-year rise through the Greek consu...
California Dealer Commissions Five 'Heritage Edition' Aston Martins
Aston Martin's Q division has built five bespoke cars — a Vanquish, two DB12s and two Vantages — in heritage colours, co...
Production-Ready McMurtry Spéirling PURE Revealed Ahead of Monterey Debut
McMurtry Automotive shows the production-ready Spéirling PURE in new images ahead of its global debut at Monterey Car We...
Slovaks Nearly Split Between Property Investment and Holidays, 365.invest Survey Shows
An Ipsos survey for asset manager 365.invest finds Slovaks almost evenly divided: 48% would choose property over a holid...
Forbes Slovakia's August Issue Maps the Best Slovak Actors of the Post-1993 Era
The August magazine ranks Slovakia's top actors from the post-independence era, with Tomáš Maštalír on the cover — along...
Four Croatian Islands Rank in Europe's Best Island Getaways 2026
Korčula, Mljet, Lošinj and Brač make the top 10 of Saga Holidays' 2026 ranking, with Mljet named Europe's greenest islan...
Jay Shetty’s Reported $100M Spotify and Netflix Deal Caps a Podcast Relaunch
The personal-development star spent $500,000 rebuilding his studio before relaunching ‘On Purpose’ on Netflix — and repo...
Why Coffee Prices Keep Climbing: Climate Costs, Labor and the Coming Shift to Smaller Packs
Climate change is pushing up coffee prices worldwide, and the International Coffee Institute says expensive coffee is he...
Gold Jumps 3% Toward $4,200 as Dollar Slips and Yields Slide
Gold rallied 3% to $4,199.78 an ounce as a weaker dollar and sliding Treasury yields drew buyers, with Middle East tensi...
Shiseido Japan's 130 AI Ambassadors Took Gemini Adoption Past 80% — Now Comes the Hard Part
Shiseido Japan used 130 employee 'AI ambassadors' to embed generative AI across 40 departments. Adoption is high, but ad...
Pictet Security Fund Rides Cybersecurity Demand to a 34.8% YTD Gain
Pictet's security-themed fund returned +34.82% so far in 2026 on AI-driven demand; a concentrated US portfolio, but its ...
Southern Europe's Fire Emergency Becomes a Market Signal for Cooling and Reinsurance
Spain and France face unprecedented wildfires and evacuations as Sicily hits 48.4°C — and markets begin pricing extreme ...
German Financial Press Veers Between AI Panic and Dividend Comfort
A tour of Germany's financial media: AI-stock warnings clash with dividend-hunting covers, Deutsche Bahn posts a rare pr...
Nestlé Returns to Growth as Turnaround Takes Hold: Q2 2026 Results
Nestlé's organic growth rose to 3.7% in Q2 2026, led by emerging markets and stronger real internal growth, as CEO Phili...
Solactive Index Tracks 20 Satellite-Economy Stocks and Prepares for a SpaceX IPO
A Solactive benchmark tracks 20 developed-market companies across the satellite value chain — with an extraordinary rewe...
Fitch Puts Delaware Life on Rating Watch Negative, Signals Governance Shift for US Life Insurers
Fitch Ratings warns governance and disclosure will weigh more heavily on US life insurer credit reviews after Delaware L...
Vocational Colleges Urged to Train 'Rural Tourism Livestream Officers' for China's Ethnic Villages
A Chinese state-media commentary argues that vocational tourism programs should train 'rural tourism livestream officers...
Talcott and Goldman Sachs Launch $1bn West Grove Re Sidecar for US Annuities
Talcott Financial Group and Goldman Sachs have closed roughly $1bn for Bermuda-domiciled reinsurance sidecar West Grove ...
Ageas Re Reshapes Operations into Three Regional Units to Boost Client Proximity
Brussels-based reinsurer Ageas Re will reorganise into three regional divisions from September 1, 2026, appointing new l...
Wyndham Rewards Earner Business Card review: Does the $149 fee pay for itself?
The Wyndham Rewards Earner Business Card bundles Diamond status, 20% off award nights and up to $115 in annual credits —...