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Emirates NBD to Acquire HSBC Egypt's Retail Banking Business
Emirates NBD Egypt has signed final agreements to buy HSBC Egypt's retail banking operations, including branches, ATMs, ...
Iran Denies US Hormuz Compromise Report, Says Strait Closed Until Hostility Ends
Tehran calls reports of a deal with Washington on reopening the Strait of Hormuz false, and says the waterway will remai...
Russian-Occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP Hit by Drone Metres from Reactor, Rosatom Says
Rosatom claims a Ukrainian drone struck a gallery metres from Zaporizhzhia's unit 3 reactor and that the plant now runs ...
Premium Packaging Pays Off: Adobe Survey Links Unboxing to Repeat Purchases
Adobe survey data shows packaging and unboxing experiences drive repeat purchases and referrals — with 73% of consumers ...
FOMC Calendar Update: Fed Publishes Meeting Schedule and Minutes Timeline
The Federal Reserve's FOMC has published its meeting calendar, confirming eight regular sessions a year, a three-week mi...
NASA, SpaceX Wind Tunnel Tests Put Super Heavy V3 Re-Entry in Focus for Artemis III
NASA and SpaceX completed wind tunnel tests on the redesigned Super Heavy V3 booster, gathering re-entry aerodynamics da...
Pengshui Landslide: 51 Dead as Funding and Planning Gaps Undermine Prevention
A July 17 hillside collapse killed at least 51 in Chongqing's Pengshui county. County documents show planned slope treat...
China's PBOC Keeps Policy Moderately Loose, Vows Fresh Incremental Tools in H2 2026
The People's Bank of China will hold its monetary stance 'moderately loose' for the rest of 2026, promising new incremen...
Master Trusts Unite to Fix 'Slow, Costly' UK Pension Transfers
Eight master trusts managing £162.7bn are backing open standards and automation to replace error-prone manual transfers,...
Covenant Logistics Tumbles After Earnings as Management Defends Long-Term Strategy
Covenant Logistics stock fell 11% after second-quarter earnings missed expectations, while management argued its shift t...
Cotton Asks DOJ to Probe China-Backed Parcel Carriers Over Subsidies and Data
Sen. Tom Cotton wants the Justice Department to investigate Chinese-controlled last-mile carriers, citing subsidies and ...
Finance of America Pitches Reverse Mortgages as the Industry's 'Second Half' Opportunity
Finance of America urges lenders to turn aging borrowers into a new revenue line, arguing reverse home equity products c...
ICE Mortgage Tech Logs Best Quarter Since 2022; Parent to Buy MarketAxess for $5.7B
ICE Mortgage Technology posted $557M in Q2 revenue and an 8% operating margin, while parent ICE announced a $5.7B deal t...
Russia-Iran Intelligence Sharing on U.S. Forces Signals a Wider Intelligence Contest
A Washington Post report says Moscow has been passing U.S. military positions to Tehran, widening Russia's role in the M...
K2 Space Raises $500M to Bet Big on Giant Satellites and Orbital AI Data Centres
K2 Space raised $500M at a $6.8B valuation to build large, powerful satellites — a bet against the industry's small-sat ...
Zepto Delays IPO After Public Investors Value It at Half Its $7 Billion Peak
Zepto is pausing its listing plans and raising private funds at about $4.5 billion after public investors valued the qui...
Fusion's best-funded firm raises another $1bn, hires the banker behind Moderna's IPO
Commonwealth Fusion Systems has raised another $1 billion — roughly 30% of all fusion investment ever — and hired Modern...
DataBahn raises $40M to sell the data 'plumbing' AI agents depend on
Texas startup DataBahn has raised a $40M Series B to sell a neutral data layer for AI agents — betting enterprises need ...
Japan's Cabinet Secretariat Lays Out How Citizens Can Request Their Personal Data
The Cabinet Secretariat has clarified how individuals can request access to, correction of, or a halt to use of their pe...
Japan's Cabinet Secretariat Details Rules for Document Disclosure Requests
A Cabinet Secretariat notice explains how citizens can request administrative documents — by mail or in person, with ¥30...
Container Spot Rates Slide Again as Carriers Launch August Rate-Hike Push
Container spot rates slipped another 2-6% this week, but carriers are countering with transpacific GRIs of up to $3,000 ...
June US Container Imports Rise 9% on Tariff Front-Loading, S&P Global Data Shows
US-bound June containerized imports grew 9.0% annually to 2.53 million TEU, driven by consumer discretionary goods pulle...
Logistics Talent Crisis Deepens as Workers Shun the Industry, Study Finds
Annual survey finds labor availability, pay and retention top logistics leaders' worries — and only 19% would recommend ...
Veteran P/C Journalist Announces Trust Investigation — and Asks the Industry to Help
A retiring insurance journalist is launching a Carrier Management series on why property/casualty insurance lost public ...
Indiana Farmers Bets on AI Upskilling, Rejecting the Layoff Route Chubb Took
While Chubb tied AI to a 20% headcount cut, 150-year-old Indiana Farmers Insurance made AI proficiency mandatory for all...
Macron in Gironde as Record Fires Pass 160,000 Hectares: State Support Pledged
President Emmanuel Macron visited Gironde fire crews on 27 July, calling the blazes France's worst since World War II an...
Inside France's Council of Ministers: The Weekly Cabinet That Sets the Agenda
France's Council of Ministers meets weekly at the Élysée to weigh laws, decrees and top appointments. Here is how the in...
Kokũ's Anthony Rojas: Relevance Requires Trust, Coherence and Long-Term Thinking
In a saturated market, says Kokũ director Anthony Rojas, brands win by earning trust through listening, coherence and a ...
Ferrari N.V. Stock Profile: Valuation, Debt and the Next Ex-Dividend Date
A snapshot of Ferrari's key trading metrics shows a premium valuation, a 22% profit margin and an April 2026 ex-dividend...
Hungary Shuts Paks Nuclear Plant for First Time in 44 Years as Danube Hits Record Low
Record-low Danube levels are forcing Hungary to take its only nuclear plant offline, risking power import costs of up to...