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Spider-Man: New Day's $927M Debut Is the Second-Biggest Opening in Cinema History
Companies

Spider-Man: New Day's $927M Debut Is the Second-Biggest Opening in Cinema History

Tom Holland's Spider-Man: New Day opened with $927 million worldwide, far above analyst forecasts and second only to Ave...

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Universities Ground Climate Courses Locally but Miss Decolonial Mark, Study Finds
Education

Universities Ground Climate Courses Locally but Miss Decolonial Mark, Study Finds

A study of climate courses at the University of the West Indies and University of Nairobi finds strong local grounding a...

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Apple's Services Hit Record $30.7B as Advertising Drives June-Quarter Growth
Companies

Apple's Services Hit Record $30.7B as Advertising Drives June-Quarter Growth

Apple posted record June-quarter revenue and a 12% services gain, with advertising a standout driver — though services f...

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Argentina's Economy Is Growing While Consumers Are Not: Why the Split Won't End Soon
Economy

Argentina's Economy Is Growing While Consumers Are Not: Why the Split Won't End Soon

For the first time this century, Argentine GDP and consumer demand are moving in opposite directions — and analysts don'...

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Morningstar Picks Clorox, PepsiCo and Realty Income as Buy-and-Hold Dividend Stocks
Markets

Morningstar Picks Clorox, PepsiCo and Realty Income as Buy-and-Hold Dividend Stocks

Morningstar flags Clorox, PepsiCo and Realty Income as long-term dividend buys, citing yields up to 5.2% and double-digi...

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Trump Confirms US Joined Yen-Buying Intervention as 'Gesture of Friendship' for Japan
Economy

Trump Confirms US Joined Yen-Buying Intervention as 'Gesture of Friendship' for Japan

US President Donald Trump confirmed Washington helped buy yen in a rare coordinated intervention with Japan, after the c...

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Germany's New CDU Star: Kohl's Grandson Takes On China and Pensions
Politics

Germany's New CDU Star: Kohl's Grandson Takes On China and Pensions

At 30, CDU MP Johannes Volkmann is pushing German conservatives toward China tariffs and pension reform — while leaving ...

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Czech prosecutors seek 20-year sentence in bitcoin donation case
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Czech prosecutors seek 20-year sentence in bitcoin donation case

Czech prosecutors filed charges over a bitcoin donation worth roughly CZK 960 million to the justice ministry, seeking 2...

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AI Text Is Everywhere — Can Readers Still Tell It Apart?
Technology

AI Text Is Everywhere — Can Readers Still Tell It Apart?

AI now helps produce LinkedIn posts, e-books and roughly a third of web content. As machine writing gets harder to disti...

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Romanian Residential Developers Secure Over €500M in Corporate Financing in 2026
Real Estate

Romanian Residential Developers Secure Over €500M in Corporate Financing in 2026

Banks approved an estimated €500 million-plus in corporate financing for Romanian residential projects in 2026's first s...

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Why Startups Topple Industry Giants: The Organizational Trap Behind Disruption
Companies

Why Startups Topple Industry Giants: The Organizational Trap Behind Disruption

New entrants rarely beat incumbents on technology alone. Blockbuster and Kodak show the real barrier is organizational —...

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Shark Week at 38: How Discovery Turned a TV Stunt Into a Cultural Marketing Franchise
Companies

Shark Week at 38: How Discovery Turned a TV Stunt Into a Cultural Marketing Franchise

Nearly four decades after its 1988 debut, Discovery's Shark Week has become a cultural platform spanning TikTok contests...

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BarkleyOKRP Taps Former FCB CMO Brandon Cooke to Lead Client Growth
Companies

BarkleyOKRP Taps Former FCB CMO Brandon Cooke to Lead Client Growth

Brandon Cooke joins BarkleyOKRP as global chief marketing and growth officer, succeeding Jason Parks and driving growth ...

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Telemundo's World Cup Run Delivers Record Ratings and a 2030 Rights Opening
Companies

Telemundo's World Cup Run Delivers Record Ratings and a 2030 Rights Opening

Telemundo averaged 5.9 million viewers across its World Cup platforms through the quarterfinals, up 150% from 2022 — fue...

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Inside the Agentic AI Playbooks of Bayer, Zoom and a Health Tech Firm
Technology

Inside the Agentic AI Playbooks of Bayer, Zoom and a Health Tech Firm

Bayer is pushing six OTC brands into AI answer engines via an Amazon partnership, Zoom automated product naming with an ...

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Latam and Shopee Team Up After Amazon's Brazil Mileage Exit
Companies

Latam and Shopee Team Up After Amazon's Brazil Mileage Exit

Latam Pass members now earn 1 mile for every R$2 spent on Shopee purchases made through the airline's app, weeks after A...

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Trump Confirms US Joined Japan's Yen Rescue, Calling It a 'Sign of Friendship'
Markets

Trump Confirms US Joined Japan's Yen Rescue, Calling It a 'Sign of Friendship'

Donald Trump confirmed US participation in supporting the yen — reportedly the first coordinated US-Japan intervention i...

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Ukraine's Drone Barrage Kills Civilians, Hits Another Wildberries Depot in Russia
Politics

Ukraine's Drone Barrage Kills Civilians, Hits Another Wildberries Depot in Russia

Long-range Ukrainian drones killed at least nine people and set another Wildberries warehouse ablaze, extending a campai...

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Dominga López Wins Miss Universo Chile 2026, Heads to San Juan Final
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Dominga López Wins Miss Universo Chile 2026, Heads to San Juan Final

Dominga López, Miss Viña del Mar, was crowned Miss Universo Chile 2026 and will represent Chile at the Miss Universe fin...

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Why a Former Cruise Photographer Would Never Work Onboard Again
Lifestyle

Why a Former Cruise Photographer Would Never Work Onboard Again

A former German cruise-line photographer describes three years of long shifts, sales pressure and a single 10-cent tip -...

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MrBeast Tops Forbes' Highest-Paid YouTubers List With Record $54 Million in 2021
Lifestyle

MrBeast Tops Forbes' Highest-Paid YouTubers List With Record $54 Million in 2021

Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, earned a record $54 million from YouTube in 2021, as the top 10 creators pulled in about $...

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BP Plans 700 Global Office Job Cuts as CEO Refocuses on Oil and Gas
Companies

BP Plans 700 Global Office Job Cuts as CEO Refocuses on Oil and Gas

BP is set to cut around 700 office roles worldwide — roughly 8% of its non-operational workforce — under CEO Meg O'Neill...

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QVC Group's bankruptcy exit approved: debt cut to $1.3B, relisting ahead
Retail

QVC Group's bankruptcy exit approved: debt cut to $1.3B, relisting ahead

The QVC and HSN owner won court approval for its restructuring plan, cutting debt from roughly $6.6 billion to $1.3 bill...

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Gold Hits New All-Time High as Inflation and Low Rates Fuel Rally
Markets

Gold Hits New All-Time High as Inflation and Low Rates Fuel Rally

Gold rose for a third straight session, reaching €1,980.80 ($2,070.50) per ounce, as inflation, loose central bank polic...

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NRF Puts Data Tools at the Center of Its Retail Industry Pitch
Retail

NRF Puts Data Tools at the Center of Its Retail Industry Pitch

The National Retail Federation is leaning on a slate of data products — spending monitors, forecasts and weather analyti...

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Flydubai Sets August 16 Careers Open Day for Emirati Talent Across Aviation and Corporate Roles
Companies

Flydubai Sets August 16 Careers Open Day for Emirati Talent Across Aviation and Corporate Roles

Flydubai will host its UAE National Careers Open Day on August 16 to recruit Emirati candidates for pilot, engineering, ...

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Pippa Pays Artists for AI Training — but Its Models Still Rest on Scraped Data
Technology

Pippa Pays Artists for AI Training — but Its Models Still Rest on Scraped Data

The text-to-video startup pays artists royalties for AI training, but its underlying models still use scraped data — and...

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US Education Department Lays Out Grants for Literacy, Arts and Gifted Programs
Education

US Education Department Lays Out Grants for Literacy, Arts and Gifted Programs

A rundown of federal discretionary grants spanning literacy, arts education, teacher training, gifted students and civic...

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US Education Department Compiles School Safety Resources for K-12 and Higher Ed
Education

US Education Department Compiles School Safety Resources for K-12 and Higher Ed

The US Department of Education's resource hub ties together guidance on emergency planning, threat assessment, mental he...

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DBL Lifestyles Opens Multi-Brand Store in Mirpur 1 With Adidas, Levi's, Nike and Puma
Retail

DBL Lifestyles Opens Multi-Brand Store in Mirpur 1 With Adidas, Levi's, Nike and Puma

DBL Group's retail arm debuts a four-brand outlet near Mirpur's Chinese Bus Stand, widening access to global sportswear ...

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