Ferrovial to Exit Amsterdam Listing Three Years After Dutch Relocation
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Ferrovial to Exit Amsterdam Listing Three Years After Dutch Relocation

The infrastructure group says Amsterdam now accounts for only 0.15% of daily trading volume; its final Euronext session ...

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S&P 500 CEO Pay Hits Record in 2025 as Musk's Tesla Package Becomes New Benchmark
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S&P 500 CEO Pay Hits Record in 2025 as Musk's Tesla Package Becomes New Benchmark

AFL-CIO data reported by Reuters show average non-Musk S&P 500 CEO pay rose 21% to $22.8 million; including Musk it exce...

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FCA Bans Two Blue Horizon Executives Over Falsified €200m Bond Claims
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FCA Bans Two Blue Horizon Executives Over Falsified €200m Bond Claims

The FCA has barred two former Blue Horizon executives after they fabricated ownership of a €200m bond portfolio during b...

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Applied Materials Bets Its Debt-Free 'New Normal' Can Justify a 50x Earnings Multiple
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Applied Materials Bets Its Debt-Free 'New Normal' Can Justify a 50x Earnings Multiple

Revenue and profit are climbing, margins have hit records, and fourth-quarter sales growth is forecast to top 50%. But a...

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Kushner and Iger Buy Lakers at Record $12.5 Billion Valuation
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Kushner and Iger Buy Lakers at Record $12.5 Billion Valuation

The controlling stake sale flips the NBA franchise within ten months, hands Mark Walter a roughly 25% gain, and resets l...

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S&P 500 CEO Pay Hits Record as Musk's $1 Trillion Tesla Award Becomes the Benchmark
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S&P 500 CEO Pay Hits Record as Musk's $1 Trillion Tesla Award Becomes the Benchmark

Average S&P 500 CEO pay excluding Musk jumped 21% to $22.8 million in 2025, according to AFL-CIO data, and boards now tr...

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Portuguese SMEs Still Manage to Cut Taxes, Not Build Value, Consultant Warns
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Portuguese SMEs Still Manage to Cut Taxes, Not Build Value, Consultant Warns

Yunit Consulting’s Virgínia Duarte says many Portuguese SMEs under-report EBITDA to save on IRC, then discover buyers va...

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Small Businesses Turn to Creator Content and AI as Social Media Tops Search
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Small Businesses Turn to Creator Content and AI as Social Media Tops Search

A new five-country survey finds social media has overtaken search for discovering small brands, while US small-business ...

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Resolute Mining and Guinea's State Miner Form Gold Joint Venture
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Resolute Mining and Guinea's State Miner Form Gold Joint Venture

Resolute Mining and Guinea's Nimba Mining Gold have launched Landaya Gold, a Conakry-based joint venture to explore and ...

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Freedom Bank Swings to T11.6bn First-Half Profit as Securities Gains Offset Cost Rise
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Freedom Bank Swings to T11.6bn First-Half Profit as Securities Gains Offset Cost Rise

The Kazakhstan lender controlled by Timur Turlov reported an 11.6bn tenge half-year profit after a 27.7bn loss a year ea...

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Inside AlES's Kaizen Push: From a Single 5S Pilot to a Plant-Wide Habit
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Inside AlES's Kaizen Push: From a Single 5S Pilot to a Plant-Wide Habit

Kazakh power producer AlES started with one relay protection lab and now trains hundreds of employees in lean methods, a...

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Why Leaders Are Told to Package Purpose With Emotion, Not Just Strategy
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Why Leaders Are Told to Package Purpose With Emotion, Not Just Strategy

A Forbes Kazakhstan essay argues that in turbulent times, leaders who wrap shared meaning in positive rituals can hold t...

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Kenes Rakishev’s Fincraft Resources Cuts H1 Loss 21-Fold as Kaznickel Sale Drags On
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Kenes Rakishev’s Fincraft Resources Cuts H1 Loss 21-Fold as Kaznickel Sale Drags On

The Kazakh industrial holding reported a 4.8 million tenge net loss for H1 2026, helped by stronger continuing operation...

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Mark Walter Sells Lakers to Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner After Less Than a Year
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Mark Walter Sells Lakers to Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner After Less Than a Year

Billionaire investor Mark Walter bought the Lakers from the Buss family in 2025 for about $10 billion; his quick exit is...

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Innate Pharma's Overnight €30m Capital Raise Sends Shares Down 18%
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Innate Pharma's Overnight €30m Capital Raise Sends Shares Down 18%

The French biotech priced a €30m equity raise at €1.70 per share, a 15% discount, to fund its IPH4502 ADC programme; inv...

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OpenAI's Annualized Revenue Doubles to $40 Billion Ahead of IPO
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OpenAI's Annualized Revenue Doubles to $40 Billion Ahead of IPO

The ChatGPT maker's run rate has roughly doubled since late 2025, powered by coding tools, subscriptions and an early ad...

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Croatia's Uljanik Sale Heads to Binding Offers, Iskra Taking a Look
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Croatia's Uljanik Sale Heads to Binding Offers, Iskra Taking a Look

Nine tender documents were sold ahead of the 18 August binding-offer deadline for Croatia's last state-owned shipyard, U...

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Walmart Connect finally lets advertisers exclude search terms
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Walmart Connect finally lets advertisers exclude search terms

Walmart's retail media business adds negative keywords for sponsored products, giving brands more control over ad budget...

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Florentino Pérez Books €23 Million Gain From ACS Incentive Share Sale
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Florentino Pérez Books €23 Million Gain From ACS Incentive Share Sale

ACS chairman exercised 295,000 options at €31.55 and sold them at €110.23, while lifting his stake above 15% in a transa...

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Ferrovial to Delist from Amsterdam as Nasdaq and Madrid Handle Almost All Trading
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Ferrovial to Delist from Amsterdam as Nasdaq and Madrid Handle Almost All Trading

The infrastructure group will end its Euronext Amsterdam listing on 11 September 2026, saying the venue accounts for jus...

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Zangge Mining first-half profit doubles as Julong Copper stake contributes 78%
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Zangge Mining first-half profit doubles as Julong Copper stake contributes 78%

Potash and lithium margins improve, but the 30.78% stake in Julong Copper supplied most of the RMB3.64bn first-half prof...

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Ajay Ajmera Brings 60 Surat Textile Vendors to Bharat Mandapam Trade Fair
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Ajay Ajmera Brings 60 Surat Textile Vendors to Bharat Mandapam Trade Fair

A 10,000 sq ft pavilion at Bharatiya Vyapar Mahotsav 2026 will showcase Surat's fabric and apparel suppliers to national...

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Lenovo Shares Jump 20% as AI Hardware Powers Record Quarterly Profit
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Lenovo Shares Jump 20% as AI Hardware Powers Record Quarterly Profit

Adjusted net profit rose 176% to $1.08 billion and AI-related revenue surged 60% to a record CNY63.4 billion. Management...

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Kontoor's Post-Lee Pivot Earns a $136 Price Target From UBS
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Kontoor's Post-Lee Pivot Earns a $136 Price Target From UBS

UBS lifted Kontoor Brands to a $136 target, seeing the Wrangler and Helly Hansen focus fueling a potential 67% rally aft...

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Movers & Shakers: DKC, OK Future, Nestlé Compleat and FreshBooks Lead Ad Industry Week
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Movers & Shakers: DKC, OK Future, Nestlé Compleat and FreshBooks Lead Ad Industry Week

The latest Campaignlive moves roundup covers DKC's Nassau tourism brief, Frank Cartagena's new agency, AI-focused offeri...

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Amer Group's H1 2026 Net Profit Jumps 204% to EGP 96.9m
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Amer Group's H1 2026 Net Profit Jumps 204% to EGP 96.9m

Egyptian-listed Amer Group reported a 204% annual surge in first-half net profit to EGP 96.87m on higher revenue and a s...

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Egypt Approves New Mahalla Spinning Company and Distressed Factory Restructuring Fund
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Egypt Approves New Mahalla Spinning Company and Distressed Factory Restructuring Fund

Egypt's cabinet backs a split-off Ghazl El-Mahalla textile company and a state investment fund to restructure distressed...

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Frasers Confirms Harvey Nichols Deal and Warns of Tough Restructuring
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Frasers Confirms Harvey Nichols Deal and Warns of Tough Restructuring

Frasers Group takes control of luxury chain Harvey Nichols from administrators, including six UK stores, online operatio...

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Tailored Brands Prepares IPO After Men’s Wearhouse Turnaround
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Tailored Brands Prepares IPO After Men’s Wearhouse Turnaround

CEO John Tighe points to $2.5B net sales, 1,000+ stores and a 500-store plan, but e-commerce and leverage remain the ope...

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Ellen MacArthur Foundation Joins AMCIRC to Drive US Textile Circularity
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Ellen MacArthur Foundation Joins AMCIRC to Drive US Textile Circularity

The global circular-economy charity becomes an Insights Partner, bringing its fashion and textiles research into America...

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