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Sedlák and Mišík Take on K-pop's Dark Side in New Series K-Dream
Czech director Adam Sedlák and actor-musician Adam Mišík are developing K-Dream, a series about a European trainee insid...
Bucharest Tops Romania's Rental Yields at 6.2%, Cluj Trails at 3.9%
Bucharest's two-room flats return 6.2% gross annually, the highest among nine Romanian cities, while Cluj-Napoca sits at...
SpaceX Beats in First Public Earnings, but Record AI Spending Sinks the Stock
SpaceX beat expectations in its first quarterly report as a public company, with Starlink driving profits — but $18.4 bi...
SpaceX Revenue Nearly Doubles in First Public Quarter, But Subscriber Revenue Per User Falls
SpaceX's debut earnings since its June IPO show revenue nearly doubling to $7.8 billion and operating losses narrowing, ...
Robin Roberts on Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Vulnerability, Support and Self-Advocacy
The 'Good Morning America' co-anchor on her 2007 breast cancer diagnosis, the limits of being 'brave,' and the support a...
Nostalgia Marketing Is Winning Gen Z — But Gen Alpha Could End the Y2K Party
Y2K-era campaigns are lifting sales at Gap and Coach, but as Gen Alpha's buying power grows, brands that only look backw...
Adweek Names 2026 Media Plans of the Year: Bold Bets, Real Results
From racing Wienermobiles to a KFC-vs-AI taste test, Adweek's 2026 Media Plan of the Year winners show how platform-nati...
Cimed CEO's Makeover Prescription for E-commerce Franchise Yeet: Know Your Customer
Cimed CEO João Adibe's mentorship of Yeet exposes why the e-commerce franchise spends R$50,000 a month on recruitment wi...
German Government Makes the Case for a Broad Reform Agenda
Berlin argues that an aging population, skills shortages and global competition leave no choice but to reform the econom...
Peru's Health Ministry Warns Exercising in Extreme Heat Raises Heart Attack Risk
Peru's Minsa warns that outdoor exercise in temperatures above 30-35°C can overload the heart, raising the risk of heart...
Peru Banks to Tighten Corporate Credit as El Niño Threatens Economy
Peru's banks are tightening credit conditions for companies of every size as a severe El Niño looms — a shift that prote...
PwC's US CEO backs consulting careers for his kids even as AI reshapes hiring
PwC is hiring fewer consultants and more data specialists as AI shifts the profession. US CEO Paul Griggs explains why h...
Polish Appeals Body Overturns Szczecin's Halt on Fuel Base Permit Process
An administrative appeals panel reversed Szczecin's suspension of permit proceedings for an unpermitted fuel base, but c...
Trump Says Future of Strait of Hormuz Will Be Decided 'Today or Tomorrow'
Trump has issued a 'last chance' ultimatum on Strait of Hormuz shipping, with an Omani-brokered deal — or US military ac...
Onyx Partners renews $934M bid for 117 J.C. Penney store properties
The private equity firm, whose earlier offer for roughly 120 stores collapsed last year, is back with $934 million and a...
Waymo Is Importing Thousands of Chinese Zeekr Minivans Despite 127.5% US Tariffs
Waymo is importing thousands of Zeekr minivans from China for its US robotaxi fleet, working around tariffs on finished ...
Alpha Dhabi Net Profit Climbs 48% to $2.7 Billion in First Half
ADX-listed Alpha Dhabi Holding posted a 48% rise in H1 2026 net profit to AED 9.8 billion ($2.7 billion), with revenue u...
AI Search Is Rewiring SEO — and the Industry Is Already Trying to Game It
Self-dealing listicles, hidden prompt injections and synthetic-prompt tools are the new battleground as marketers race t...
FIFA Governance Crisis Deepens as Infantino Calls Emergency Staff Meeting
FIFA president Gianni Infantino will meet senior staff in Rabat after the collapse of the FIFA Forward Enterprise plan, ...
McMahon Calls on U.S. Universities to Publish Reform Pledges by End of 2026
U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon asks every college and university to publish a public statement by end-2026 on re...
BTMA and BGMEA Sign MoU to Launch New BITMA Machinery Exhibition in Dhaka
Bangladesh's two biggest textile and garment trade bodies will jointly stage the BITMA machinery expo to accelerate auto...
Riopele Ties Growth to Faster Nearshoring for Fashion Brands
Portugal's Riopele is pushing its integrated garment-development model as brands demand quicker turnarounds, after posti...
IAB unveils AI visibility measurement framework to clean up fragmented ad-tech tools
The trade group’s new framework defines four Ps of AI visibility and two measurement tiers to help marketers compare mor...
Five Years Next Door to the In-Laws: Where It Paid Off and Where It Pinched
A working couple's five-year experiment living two doors down from the grandparents saved thousands on pet care and chil...
S&P 500, Dow hit records as Iran deal hopes send oil below $80
The Dow climbed 900 points and the S&P 500 set a fresh high as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent signaled a possible US-I...
She Paid for College by Flipping Vintage Clothes — Now It's a Full-Time Business
Hannah Valentine graduated from Lindenwood University debt-free by reselling used clothes. Now 25, she earns about $48,0...
IMAX Stock Hits All-Time High After ‘The Odyssey’ Drives Record July Box Office
IMAX shares topped $50 after Christopher Nolan's “The Odyssey” powered the company's biggest box-office month ever, with...
Roku Running Slow? These Free Fixes Take Under a Minute
Laggy menus and mid-episode buffering on a Roku are usually software bloat, not dying hardware. A restart, an app reinst...
Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Max: China's Largest Open AI Model Takes Aim at OpenAI and Anthropic
Alibaba unveiled its 2.4-trillion-parameter Qwen3.8-Max, claiming it rivals Anthropic and OpenAI models as China's AI pu...
Hungary's Public Broadcaster Reverses Two Appointments After PM's Two-Word Comment
Hungary's public broadcaster withdrew the appointments of Gábor Hajdú and Miklós Borsa to M1 Híradó a day after announci...