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BDM Earnings Surge 12% to £128,732 as Pay Growth Rebounds
Mean total earnings for UK business development managers rose 12% to £128,732 in 2026, with basic pay climbing 6% to £86...
Japan’s Advertising Complaints Double to Record 12,600 Cases as Internet Ads Spark Consumer Backlash
JARO’s latest data shows a 50% jump in ad complaints, with internet formats accounting for 60% of the total. Sexual imag...
Oil Prices Plunge as Trump Halts Iran Strikes and Hormuz Deal Nears
Brent crude drops 6% to $86.8, European gas sheds 7.8% after reports that Oman-mediated talks could reopen the Strait of...
Smartee DentiTech's IPO Ambitions Clouded by Profit Pressures and a $1.4M Patent Lawsuit
China’s No.2 clear aligner maker is seeking a $126 million Shenzhen IPO, but centralized procurement margin squeezes, a ...
Mexico City's Hoy No Circula: Who Can't Drive on Monday, July 27
Vehicles with yellow stickers, plates ending in 5 or 6, and holograms 1 or 2 face a driving ban across CDMX and Edomex f...
Pogacar Claims Fifth Tour de France Title, Equalling Merckx and Hinault
Tadej Pogacar secured his record-equaling fifth Tour de France victory on Sunday, cementing his place among cycling's al...
Allstate Details Remote Insurance Sales Role, Expands Virtual Workforce
Allstate is recruiting licensed insurance sales representatives for a remote position with target pay of up to $76,480. ...
How Honesty Drove H1 2026's Most Powerful Brand Campaigns—and What Marketers Can Learn
From Anthropic's self-aware Super Bowl ad to Burger King's mea culpa, brands that owned their flaws, pushed back against...
Shriram Finance Q1 Strength Meets Oil Price Headwind
Strong June-quarter numbers for the NBFC giant are overshadowed by rising fuel costs that could pinch its core commercia...
Urban India's Weekend Spending Hits New Highs, 61% of Weekly Expenditure Now in Two Days
A new report reveals that urban Indian households are concentrating over 60% of their weekly spending on weekends, drive...
Hugging Face CEO Pushes for Transparency After OpenAI's Autonomous Agent Hack
Clement Delangue asks OpenAI to release attack traces and provide $100M in compute to bolster open-source cyber defenses...
Liquid Cooling Gains Ground in AI Data Centers, But One Size Doesn't Fit All
Next-generation AI chips produce too much heat for air cooling alone, pushing data centers toward liquid systems. But op...
CENTCOM Commander Urged Halt to Iran Strikes, Citing Limited Returns
The top U.S. general in the Middle East reportedly recommended the White House stop attacks on Iran, saying most militar...
Panama Races to Protect Mangrove Carbon Vaults as Half Already Vanished
With 183,774 hectares of mangroves storing up to four times the carbon of rainforests, Panama is betting on blue carbon ...
US Judge Upholds OFAC Sanctions on Ex-Guatemala Official ‘Miguelito’ Martínez
A federal judge in Washington has ruled that the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control acted lawfully by keeping f...
Dominican Electoral Court’s Jurisdiction in Poll Regulation Dispute Questioned
The Superior Electoral Court declared itself incompetent to rule on a challenge to a new polling regulation, sending the...
Crude Oil Slides 7% as US-Iran Strikes Pause, Brent Dips Below $90
Oil prices fell sharply in early Asian trading after the US and Iran halted attacks, with Brent briefly trading below $9...
Wall Street Futures Climb as US-Iran Pause Boosts Risk Appetite, Oil Slides Ahead of Fed
A halt in US-Iran strikes sends Dow and Nasdaq futures sharply higher while crude prices shed 5%, but a Fed rate decisio...
Shein Revenue Growth Slows to 8% as EU Tariff Change Raises Costs
Fast-fashion giant Shein saw its annual revenue growth decelerate from 41% to just 8% in three years, while Brussels’ mo...
Spicy Braised Beef Short Ribs: A Bold, Hearty Korean Comfort Dish
A rich, gochugaru-infused braise with tender ribs, radish, carrots, shiitake, and rice cakes, balanced by fresh chili he...
Nobel Laureate Fred Ramsdell Says Biotech, Not Universities, Drives Breakthrough Medical Science
Immunologist Fred Ramsdell argues that biotech’s team-oriented mission beats university labs’ fragmented incentive struc...
Appeals Court Upholds Block on Trump's Voting Order, Freezing Federal Voter List and Mail Ballot Limits
A federal appeals court refused to let the Trump administration proceed with an executive order that would create a nati...
Smartee DentiTech’s ChiNext IPO: Profit Volatility, VBP 2.0 and a 10 Million Yuan Patent Fight
China’s second-largest clear aligner maker, Smartee DentiTech, files for a ChiNext IPO amid rising revenue but unstable ...
Singapore's coral reefs face potential bleaching threat in 2027 as El Niño intensifies, NParks says
Warmer seas driven by a forecast strong El Niño could bleach Singapore’s corals again in 2027, just three years after th...
Poupança or CDB? The Math Every Brazilian Should Do Before Leaving Money on the Table
Brazil now has 60m active investors and a record share of the population putting money to work. Savings accounts still d...
Berlin attack suspect had suspended sentence despite known links to terrorism
Police shot dead a man who drove a van into a crowd at Berlin's Christopher Street Day event, killing one and injuring 2...
Brazil's Caiado Vows to Pardon Bolsonaro if Elected, Promises National Pacification
PSD candidate Ronaldo Caiado pledges to grant a pardon to former President Jair Bolsonaro on his first day in office, fr...
Saitama Bankruptcies Fall for First Time in 4 Years, but Risks from Middle East and Payment Processor Failure Loom
Corporate bankruptcies in Saitama fell 12% in H1 2026, the first decline in four years, but a survey shows nearly a quar...
Storj Files Chapter 11, Token Holders Face Uncertain Payout as Creditors Come First
Decentralized storage provider Storj Labs has filed for bankruptcy protection, hoping to shed old debts. The network and...
Goldman Sachs: Stocks Historically Stall Before Midterms, Then Rally After
History shows the S&P 500 often treads water in the months before US midterm elections, but typically gains around 6% in...