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At the World Cup final, Fifa looks more American than ever

2026-07-20T10:47:13.000Z
The latest plunge in IBM’s shares came after it reported preliminary Q2 sales that fell short of forecasts, blaming customers shifting spending to chips and servers amid AI-fuelled shortages.
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When IBM acts like a penny stock, something is wrong

2026-07-15T09:37:49.000Z
US President Donald Trump has launched subsidised, tax-efficient long-term investment accounts for children.
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Why the world should copy Trump for once

2026-07-14T08:47:16.000Z
Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz. The pre-war status quo, where Iran had no practical say over what moved through the strait, is probably gone for good.
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US-Iran ceasefire collapse proves businesses cannot wait out the war

2026-07-13T23:00:00.000Z
US investment in AI last year accounted for at least 40% of GDP growth, estimated Financial Times.
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Governments must implement reforms before the next big financial crisis

2026-07-08T23:00:00.000Z
Almost 800 people guessed the weight of an ox at a country fair in 1906. Individually, the results were mediocre, but collectively, the median estimate was within 0.8% of the true weight.
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How crowds become stupider

2026-07-06T07:36:56.000Z
People experience the organisation largely through their supervisors. 
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The solution to employee disengagement is human

2026-07-01T23:00:00.000Z
New Fed chair Kevin Warsh has arrived with a sweeping reform agenda, immediately announcing the establishment of five task forces.
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A different type of G7 central bank divergence

2026-06-30T10:00:00.000Z
AI will have such a profound impact on businesses’ cost and pricing structures that failure to adopt rapidly will prove existential for a large swathe of the economy.
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If you thought the global financial crisis was bad...

2026-06-29T09:07:08.000Z
Unitree Robotics' humanoid robots put up a martial arts display in the company's headquarters in Hangzhou, China.
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Unitree’s IPO will test the ‘embodied AI’ valuation shortcut

2026-06-24T23:30:00.000Z