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Bill To Outlaw Trade In Dog Meat Passed By The Parliament Of South Korea

South Korea's parliament passed a bill on Tuesday to ban the consumption and sale of dog meat, outlawing the contentious centuries-old practice amid increased support for animal welfare. ...

The Two Priciest Cities In The World Are Singapore And Zurich

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has announced that Singapore and Zurich were tied for the most expensive cities in the world this year, followed by Geneva, New York, and Hong Kong....

Pocket wallets vs. smartphones: Can we replace cash with digital currencies?

The more than a decade-long history of cryptocurrency has clearly demonstrated that the world is keen on the new form of money. The crypto frenzy has even prompted leading central banks to work on...

Apple’s Foldable iPhone Tests the Premium Smartphone Market

The Hidden Software Dependency Behind Government Website Outages

Nestle's Recovery Depends on Volume Growth and Portfolio Discipline

Heat Storms Reveal the Expanding Scale of Extreme Heat

Middle East Security Risks Push Oil Prices Beyond Supply Fundamentals

India’s Jio IPO Demand Tests the Price Investors Will Pay for Digital Growth

Beauty Companies Target Facial Volume Loss as Weight-Loss Treatments Expand

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India’s Jio IPO Demand Tests the Price Investors Will Pay for Digital Growth

The public offering of Jio Platforms attracted extraordinary investor demand, placing India's digital economy at the centre of one of the country's most closely watched stock market events. Bids reached approximately $77 billion, and the offering attracted more than 13.8 million applications before...

Nestle's Recovery Depends on Volume Growth and Portfolio Discipline

Nestle's stronger-than-expected third-quarter organic sales growth suggests that its turnaround strategy is beginning to gain traction, but the Swiss food group still faces a more complicated challenge than improving headline revenue. The company must persuade consumers to buy more of its products...

Tencent's AI Agent Incident Highlights Gaps in Autonomous Software Controls

The unintended browsing behaviour acknowledged by Tencent has highlighted a growing challenge for artificial intelligence developers: controlling software that can take actions across digital environments rather than merely generate responses to user instructions. The incident involved agents used...

CoreWeave's Debt Stress Challenges the Financing Model Behind the AI Boom

The sharp decline in CoreWeave's bonds has brought a central weakness in the artificial intelligence investment boom into focus: computing capacity can be built much faster than the revenues needed to justify its cost. Demand for advanced processors and data-centre services has encouraged...

Anthropic’s Revenue Surge Tests the Economics of Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic’s rapid revenue growth is strengthening its case for a major public-market debut, but the artificial intelligence company faces a more complicated challenge than demonstrating demand for its products. Investors must determine whether the revenue generated by increasingly capable AI...

How can managers prevent time off scheduling conflicts?

Scheduling conflicts are easier to prevent when availability is visible before approval and request rules are already defined. The decision can then start with current coverage rather than a separate search for scheduling information. Employees can check planned absences before choosing dates, and...

Tesla's European Expansion Tests the Independence of Vehicle Regulators

Tesla's campaign to secure wider European approval for its Full Self-Driving technology highlights the difficult relationship between automotive innovation, commercial pressure and public safety regulation. The company has sought to expand the availability of a system that can perform several...

AI Safety Is Becoming A Cultural Problem Inside OpenAI

The latest criticism from a former OpenAI safety employee points to a problem that extends beyond any single model or technical failure: the growing tension between the speed of artificial intelligence development and the time required to understand increasingly capable systems. David Robinson, who...

Novartis Is Turning To RNA Technology After Costly Drug Setbacks

Novartis' agreement with Chinese biotechnology company Abogen shows how pharmaceutical companies are increasingly willing to look beyond traditional research pipelines when they need access to promising technologies. The agreement could be worth up to $7.8 billion and gives Novartis rights to an...

BMW's Cost Cuts Reveal A Deeper Shift In Global Car Competition

BMW's restructuring plan is less about reducing expenses than about changing how a traditional luxury carmaker competes in an industry where technological speed, software and local market knowledge increasingly determine success. The company plans to reduce thousands of jobs, cut management...

Indian Regulatory Process Concerns Give Red Bull Temporary Labelling Relief

A Delhi High Court ruling allowing Red Bull to continue using the description "energy drink" on its products has shifted attention from the label itself to the process through which food regulators make decisions. The court set aside an order directing the company to stop using the description...

AI Pricing Gives McDonald's More Control Over Local Demand

McDonald's growing use of artificial intelligence to recommend restaurant-level prices marks a significant change in how one of the world's largest fast-food chains approaches pricing. Instead of relying primarily on broad national or regional pricing decisions, the technology analyses large...