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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...

AI Pricing Gives McDonald's More Control Over Local Demand

Grid Investment Accelerates as Europe Targets Energy Bottlenecks

Indian Regulatory Process Concerns Give Red Bull Temporary Labelling Relief

Diesel Pressure Turns Energy Security into a Transatlantic Bargain

India's Secuity Camera Market Exposes the Limits of Online Product Control

Iran War and US Pressure Push G7 Toward Emergency Fuel Reserves

Recurring Treatment Costs Challenge Botox's Growing Appeal Among Young Adults

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

Novartis Is Turning To RNA Technology After Costly Drug Setbacks

AI Safety Is Becoming A Cultural Problem Inside OpenAI

A Weaker Jobs Market Is Complicating The US Fed's Inflation Fight

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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...

Porsche’s Weakness Exposes Volkswagen’s Larger Problem

Porsche’s worsening financial position has become a symbol of the larger transformation confronting Volkswagen. The luxury brand was once among the group’s strongest profit generators, but falling sales in important markets, difficulties in the transition to electric vehicles and pressure from...

Anthropic’s Growth Model Faces a Costly Reality

Anthropic’s planned public-market debut is putting a sharper question around the economics of the artificial intelligence industry: how much capital can companies consume before rapid revenue growth is no longer enough to justify their costs? The company’s initial public offering prospectus...

Armani’s Ownership Transition Tests Its Post-Founder Strategy

Armani's planned sale of a 15% stake is becoming less about finding a single financial partner and more about designing an ownership structure that can protect the fashion house's independence while providing new strategic support. Chief Executive Giuseppe Marsocci has said the company is open to...

McDonald’s Uses Franchise Support to Fund a Productivity Push

McDonald's $8.5 billion commitment to support franchisees is less a conventional expansion programme than an attempt to make its existing restaurant network more productive. The company plans to provide the support through 2036, including roughly $5 billion through 2030, using a combination of rent...

Qualcomm and Apple Extend Patent Ties Despite Technology Shift

Qualcomm's renewal of its global patent licensing agreement with Apple is significant not because it keeps the two companies fully dependent on one another, but because it separates intellectual property dependence from hardware dependence. The renewed agreement becomes effective on April 1, 2027,...

PepsiCo Reverses Price Cuts as Consumers Resist Higher Costs

PepsiCo's decision to raise prices on selected chips and beverages after cutting prices earlier in the year highlights a difficult problem facing consumer-goods companies: pricing has become a balancing act between protecting margins and keeping shoppers willing to buy. The company is expected to...

H&M Turns Cost Discipline Into a Profit Recovery

H&M's stronger-than-expected third-quarter operating profit shows that the fashion retailer's recovery is increasingly being driven by what happens behind the store counter rather than simply by stronger sales. The company reported operating profit of 6.04 billion Swedish crowns for the...