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Slovakia 2040: Vision Promises Affordable Housing, Strategy Still to Come
Slovakia's 2040 vision targets cheaper flats relative to incomes, but current data show how ambitious that is — and the ...
Why Gen Z Investors Keep Falling Into Leverage, CFD and FOMO Traps — and How to Avoid Them
New investors are being lured by 50x leverage, CFDs and zero-fee platforms. Here is what the traps really cost — and how...
Jean Grey's MCU Debut in Spider-Man: Brand New Day Sets Up a Full X-Men Reset
Sadie Sink introduces a new Jean Grey in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, planting the seeds of an X-Men reset that Marvel say...
Japan Warned of 'Super El Niño' Risk: Heat Waves, Disrupted Typhoons and a 13% Food-Price Hit
Japan's weather agency confirmed El Niño on June 10, but scientists warn it could grow into a record 'super El Niño' — w...
Xiaomi Q1 Revenue Holds at ¥99.1bn as Auto Sales and Overseas IoT Offset Memory Costs
Xiaomi's first-quarter revenue held near ¥100 billion despite memory price pressure, with more than 80,000 EV deliveries...
China's M&A Market Jumps 60.7% in 2025 as Policy Reshapes Deal Logic
Chinese M&A activity hit 2,800 deals worth over 964 billion yuan in 2025, with policy support and AI tools reshaping how...
China Puts Elderly-Care Branding at the Core of Its Silver Economy Strategy
Beijing is pushing a fragmented elderly-care sector — 40,000-plus homes, fewer than 20 listed operators — to consolidate...
Xi'an Tianmei's Stachyose Standards Aim to Break China's Premium Prebiotic Bottleneck
A Chinese stachyose maker is betting on purity standards and NMR testing to move the prebiotic ingredient up the value c...
China's 15th Five-Year Plan Puts Financial Power, Risk Control at Core
Beijing's 2026-2030 blueprint makes 'financial power' a formal goal for the first time, ordering stricter regulation and...
Marsh to Provide Risk and Insurance Services for Meta's $10B Texas AI Data Centre
Marsh will handle project risk analysis and insurance for Meta and BlackRock's $10B, 1GW AI data centre campus in El Pas...
Run-off deal volumes halve in H1 2026, but PwC sees strong pipeline ahead
PwC's H1 2026 review counts 13 disclosed non-life run-off deals versus 23 a year earlier, with $780m in gross liabilitie...
5 First-Class Cabins Worth Booking With Miles — and How to Chase Them
A travel reporter lays out five of the world's most exclusive first-class seats and the points-and-miles strategies he w...
Lyme Regis, the U.K.'s fossil capital, packs Georgian charm, fossil trails and seafood into one seaside stop
A practical guide to Lyme Regis on Dorset's Jurassic Coast — where 200-million-year-old fossils, Mary Anning's legacy an...
Netgear Orbi 370 Tops ZDNET's Lab Test for Short-Range Signal Strength
ZDNET's lab test of 15 Wi-Fi routers put the Netgear Orbi 370 at the top for short-range signal strength. Here's what th...
Ferrari Luce EV Hits First-Year Sales Target of Nearly 500 Units: Report
Ferrari's first electric car has reportedly lined up buyers for its entire first-year run of just under 500 units, drive...
Poll: Only One in Three Americans Back Iran War, Most See Unclear Trump Goals
A Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Iran war support at a five-month low, with 69% of Americans — including 4 in 10 Republicans —...
Johnson & Johnson to exit manufacturing sites in up to $750M supply chain overhaul
J&J is streamlining its innovative medicine manufacturing network by fiscal 2029 — at a cost of up to $750 million — whi...
US Enrollment Cliff Is Here: Colleges Turn to International Students as Domestic Pool Shrinks
A 13% drop in US high-school graduates through 2041 pushes international recruitment from enrichment to core enrollment ...
Best Buy switches on solar at California distribution center as supply-chain green push widens
Best Buy's Dinuba, California logistics hub now runs on a 5.87-million-kWh solar field, part of a broader drive to cut s...
Zepto Confirms Pre-IPO Equity Placement at $4.5 Billion Valuation
Zepto has agreed a pre-IPO equity placement at a reported $4.5 billion valuation, staying debt-free with ₹5,681 crore in...
Nvidia's $5B Safe Superintelligence Bet Leads Week's Biggest Startup Funding Rounds
A reported $5 billion Nvidia investment in Safe Superintelligence headlined a week that saw roughly $8.2 billion raised ...
Where $5M–$10M Seed Rounds Are Clustering: Proptech, Cancer Biotech, Space and Robotics
A Crunchbase analysis of about 800 seed financings finds $5M–$10M rounds clustering in proptech, cancer therapeutics, sp...
Bolt.Earth Recognises 5,000+ EV Charging Technicians as Field Workforce Expands Across India
Bolt.Earth's first technician rewards programme highlights the maintenance workforce behind EV chargers, with its field ...
CD Rates in August: Experts Expect Stability at 4% — and Why Locking In Early Pays
The best certificates of deposit still pay 4% or more, and analysts expect August to be a quiet month for rates — a stro...
How to Find a Fee-Only Adviser Without Paying the 1% AUM Fee
One investor won't pay 1% of assets for portfolio management. Advisers explain where to find fee-only planners who will ...
Mortgage rates in August: Pros see a flat, choppy range near 6.5%
Experts forecast 30-year fixed rates to hover between roughly 6.25% and 6.8% in August, caught between sticky inflation ...
Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities Names 2026 Epstein Award Honorees
Six high school students with learning and attention differences will be honored at the nonprofit's May 14 benefit for a...
Teen AI Founders Have More Money Than Ever — and Less Room to Fail
AI tools let founders start companies in their teens, but investors now demand growth in months, not years — and every s...
Apple and Samsung push leasing and subscriptions as phone upgrade cycles stretch to four years
Apple and Samsung are betting on leases and subscriptions as people hold onto phones longer. Who the math favors, and wh...
Textile Exchange Sets 2027 Deadline for Mohair Standard Transition
Textile Exchange is folding its Responsible Mohair Standard into the new Materials Matter Standard, with certified selle...