French Government Opens Short-Time Work Scheme for Fire-Hit Businesses as Insurers Pledge Flexibility
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French Government Opens Short-Time Work Scheme for Fire-Hit Businesses as Insurers Pledge Flexibility

More than 13,000 evacuated enterprises in Gironde, Landes and Var can now access France's partial unemployment programme...

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Allstate's National General Seeks Bilingual Direct Sales Agent to Drive Local Growth
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Allstate's National General Seeks Bilingual Direct Sales Agent to Drive Local Growth

National General, an Allstate subsidiary, is hiring a bilingual direct sales agent to generate new business and strength...

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Spanish PE Firm Henko Takes 67% of Aerospace Supplier Aerotecnic, Targeting €75M Revenue
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Spanish PE Firm Henko Takes 67% of Aerospace Supplier Aerotecnic, Targeting €75M Revenue

Henko Partners acquires a controlling stake in Aerotecnic, a Seville-based maker of aero-structures and components, with...

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Vodafone Cost Cuts Chop 1,200 European Jobs as UK Revenue Dips
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Vodafone Cost Cuts Chop 1,200 European Jobs as UK Revenue Dips

Vodafone’s Q1 earnings rise as European job losses and merger with Three UK deliver savings, but a post-Ofcom UK mobile ...

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Muscat Stock Exchange Profits Jump 12% in Q2 as Industrial Sector Leads Surge
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Muscat Stock Exchange Profits Jump 12% in Q2 as Industrial Sector Leads Surge

Omani listed firms reported combined Q2 net profit of OMR 867 million, driven by a 51% gain in industrial earnings. Fina...

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CXMT Shares Surge 470% on First Day as China’s Memory Chip Champion Goes Public
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CXMT Shares Surge 470% on First Day as China’s Memory Chip Champion Goes Public

China’s largest DRAM maker raised at least $8.6 billion in the biggest mainland IPO in years on the STAR Market, with AI...

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From Trading Floor to Corner Office: Securities Alums Rise as Japan’s New CEO Class
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From Trading Floor to Corner Office: Securities Alums Rise as Japan’s New CEO Class

As the Tokyo Stock Exchange demands deeper shareholder engagement, a fresh leadership profile is emerging: CEOs with sec...

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NTPC Shares Gain on Board’s ₹12,000 Crore NCD Fundraising Approval
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NTPC Shares Gain on Board’s ₹12,000 Crore NCD Fundraising Approval

State-run power giant NTPC’s board greenlights a ₹12,000 crore non-convertible debenture issuance to support capex and r...

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Bank of Baroda Shares Dip as ₹5,700 Crore Charge and Unconfirmed Data Breach Spook Investors
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Bank of Baroda Shares Dip as ₹5,700 Crore Charge and Unconfirmed Data Breach Spook Investors

BoB's Q1 FY27 profit fell 72% on a one-time legal settlement, but core earnings held up; reports of an alleged 1TB data ...

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Sterling & Wilson to Spin Off Generator Unit in ₹1,500-Crore IPO, Riding Data Centre Wave
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Sterling & Wilson to Spin Off Generator Unit in ₹1,500-Crore IPO, Riding Data Centre Wave

Sterling & Wilson is forging ahead with a ₹1,500-crore IPO for its generator manufacturing arm, Sterling Green Power Sol...

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AMCON to Divest NTEL Stake as Debt Recovery Surges 64% in H1 2026
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AMCON to Divest NTEL Stake as Debt Recovery Surges 64% in H1 2026

The Nigerian bad bank recovered N165bn in the first half of 2026, a 64% jump, and confirmed plans to sell telecom firm N...

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Nomura Retains Buy on Tata Steel, JSW as Indian Rebar Prices Rebound
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Nomura Retains Buy on Tata Steel, JSW as Indian Rebar Prices Rebound

Nomura keeps a positive stance on Indian steel, with Buy ratings on Tata Steel, JSW Steel, Jindal Steel and Lloyds Metal...

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AI Cuts Asset Managers’ Workload from Days to Seconds, BCG Sees 25-35% Cost Drop
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AI Cuts Asset Managers’ Workload from Days to Seconds, BCG Sees 25-35% Cost Drop

A new BCG study projects AI could reduce asset management costs by 25–35% within five years, as firms like Sanso Longcha...

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Netflix Drops AAA Gaming Quest to Build Family Game Nights Around Its Shows
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Netflix Drops AAA Gaming Quest to Build Family Game Nights Around Its Shows

After spending $2 billion on mobile games and attracting 1.1 million daily users, Netflix pivots to casual TV-based inte...

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Nvidia Ready to Back OpenAI's $500B Data Centre Project with $250B in Guarantees
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Nvidia Ready to Back OpenAI's $500B Data Centre Project with $250B in Guarantees

Nvidia is in talks to provide $250 billion in financial guarantees for OpenAI's massive data centre in Ohio, enabling th...

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Anxin Fund Loses Second Fixed-Income Star as Li Jun Follows Zhang Yifei’s Exit
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Anxin Fund Loses Second Fixed-Income Star as Li Jun Follows Zhang Yifei’s Exit

Li Jun’s departure deepens a talent drain at Anxin Fund, where flagship fixed-income assets have shrunk sharply after se...

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AdExchanger Advisory Board Taps Top Executives From GroupM, PepsiCo, Pfizer and More
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AdExchanger Advisory Board Taps Top Executives From GroupM, PepsiCo, Pfizer and More

The digital advertising publication’s advisory board brings together leaders from agencies, brands, and publishers, refl...

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Strategy's Bitcoin Freeze Sets Up a Pivotal Earnings Test
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Strategy's Bitcoin Freeze Sets Up a Pivotal Earnings Test

Strategy paused Bitcoin purchases for four weeks—its longest freeze in two years—and sold 3,588 BTC to fund dividends. J...

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CXMT Surges Over 500% in Shanghai Debut, Surpassing Intel’s Market Cap
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CXMT Surges Over 500% in Shanghai Debut, Surpassing Intel’s Market Cap

Chinese memory chip maker CXMT vaulted to a $530 billion valuation on its first trading day, eclipsing Intel and becomin...

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EQT Lifts Perpetual Bid to A$22.50 in Third Push This Month
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EQT Lifts Perpetual Bid to A$22.50 in Third Push This Month

Swedish private equity giant EQT has raised its non-binding offer for Australia’s Perpetual to A$2.55 billion, a 19% pre...

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Chile Tax Reform Could Lift M&A Valuations by 5%, Experts Warn
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Chile Tax Reform Could Lift M&A Valuations by 5%, Experts Warn

A planned cut in corporate tax from 27% to 23% would increase after-tax cash flows and potentially lower the cost of cap...

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Smartee DentiTech's IPO Ambitions Clouded by Profit Pressures and a $1.4M Patent Lawsuit
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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 ...

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How Honesty Drove H1 2026's Most Powerful Brand Campaigns—and What Marketers Can Learn
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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...

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Shriram Finance Q1 Strength Meets Oil Price Headwind
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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...

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Shein Revenue Growth Slows to 8% as EU Tariff Change Raises Costs
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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...

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Smartee DentiTech’s ChiNext IPO: Profit Volatility, VBP 2.0 and a 10 Million Yuan Patent Fight
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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 ...

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Saitama Bankruptcies Fall for First Time in 4 Years, but Risks from Middle East and Payment Processor Failure Loom
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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...

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Storj Files Chapter 11, Token Holders Face Uncertain Payout as Creditors Come First
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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...

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Alix Earle’s Skincare Brand Reale Actives Hits $1M in Five Minutes as Netflix Series Looms
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Alix Earle’s Skincare Brand Reale Actives Hits $1M in Five Minutes as Netflix Series Looms

Alix Earle’s acne-focused line Reale Actives sold out on launch day after $1 million in first-five-minute sales, accordi...

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Siegwart Targets EGP 6 Billion Revenues Within Three Years on Infrastructure Boom
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Siegwart Targets EGP 6 Billion Revenues Within Three Years on Infrastructure Boom

Egypt's state-owned cement products firm plans to quadruple turnover by upgrading production lines, chasing national pro...

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