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Peru Government Returns Religious Saturday Rest Bill to New Congress
The Fujimori government's observation keeps employer discretion in place under Peru's 2010 religious freedom law, but a ...
Lima Earthquake Could Cost Peru $28 Billion, Insurers Warn
Peru's insurance association says a major quake in Lima could cause damage worth 7–8% of GDP and leave 95% of losses uni...
Official Records Link Llamkasun Perú Hires to Director Jessica Tumi's Campaign Donors
Contributors to Jessica Tumi's campaign later received contracts in the Llamkasun Perú employment program she directs, o...
How a Mother's School-Run Problem Became Zum, a $1.7 Billion School Transport Startup
Ritu Narayan left eBay to build Zum, a tech-driven school bus platform now valued at $1.7 billion with $333 million in 2...
Samsung Plans Record $65–80 Billion Shareholder Payout After AI Memory Boom
The Korean chipmaker's largest-ever return programme, including buybacks and dividends, is about five times its previous...
Why Emotional Intelligence Ranked Among Top Courses at Bank of America During an AI Expansion
BofA's 211,000-person workforce is choosing relationship and judgment skills even as the bank pushes AI tools. HR chief ...
Trump's June Trading: 1,000-Plus Stock Moves, a SpaceX Purchase, and Fresh Ethics Scrutiny
An ethics filing shows the president traded in SpaceX, Palantir, Big Tech and defense names in June. The White House cit...
Volkswagen Prepares Workers for Overhaul That Could Cut 120,000 Jobs
CEO Oliver Blume tells staff the situation is ‘more than critical’ as the group plans to halve its model range by 2035; ...
Taiwan's Chip Secrets Under Siege: How China Poaches TSMC Talent and Skirts Export Bans
Taiwanese prosecutors and researchers say Chinese groups use shell companies and triple salaries to lure chip engineers,...
Singapore Air Quality Nears Unhealthy Range as Haze From Regional Fires Spreads
Singapore's 24-hour PSI hit 92 in central areas on Aug 24, approaching the unhealthy range as haze from Kalimantan and S...
Why Surface Water Flooding Is Driving UK Claims Disputes
Surface water flooding, rather than river overflow, causes most summer property claims—and vague policy wording, drainag...
Mayoral Call-In Powers Speed Up Building as Construction Insurers Pull Back
The UK is handing 13 mayors powers to override councils on major developments, but insurers are already retreating from ...
Eli Lilly's Foundayo Launch Puts UK Brokers on Counterfeit and Disclosure Watch
The UK debut of Eli Lilly's daily Foundayo pill could widen non-disclosure in life, travel and private medical insurance...
New Forest Fire Exposes the Coverage Gap in UK Wildfire BI Wordings
After a two-week wildfire closed the A31 and burned 247 acres, attention turns to whether standard property and BI polic...
Allianz Commercial unites global specialty and UK leadership in new Woolley role
Emma Woolley will run Allianz Commercial's global specialty lines and UK book together, signalling how central the Londo...
Brazil's Grid Operator Triggers Second Emergency Generation Cut as Solar Surplus Grows
ONS ordered distributors to curtail small hydro, biomass, wind and solar output on Sunday to prevent oversupply, reignit...
Brazil's New Phone Etiquette: When a Call, Text or Voice Note Is Appropriate
Traditional mobile calls in Brazil fell 80% in a decade, and apps now carry 55% of voice traffic. Etiquette expert Claud...
Brazilians Make Fewer Phone Calls Than Ever as Messaging Apps Replace Voice
Anatel data show mobile voice use fell to 19 minutes per user per month in 2026, down 80% from 2017, while spam concerns...
Brazil's Next President Must Open With a Political Pact to Avert Fiscal Crisis
With gross debt at 81.9% of GDP and social-security spending above R$1 trillion a year, economists argue only credible s...
Meta to Charge for Every WhatsApp Business Service Reply, Alarming Brazilian Companies
From 1 October, Meta will bill WhatsApp Business API users for every service reply, even when a customer starts the conv...
Meta and TikTok Accused of Facilitating Child Recruitment by Colombian Armed Groups
Human Rights Watch says Facebook and TikTok fail to stop recruitment content and their algorithms may even spread it, as...
San Francisco Condos Catch Up as Buyers Pay 26% Over Asking and Investor Deals Surge
Condo sales jump 25% year-over-year while multifamily trades surpass the previous three years combined, but new Fannie M...
S2 Capital Asks Investors to Back $130M Recap of 26 Sun Belt Apartment Properties
Dallas-based S2 Capital wants to roll 26 Sun Belt apartment assets into a continuation fund with 95% leverage and a 19% ...
Trump’s 90-Day Beef Tariff Waiver Alarms Cattle Producers as Imports Hit Record
The plan to allow 300,000 metric tons of below-market imported grinding beef adds roughly 12% to record import volumes a...
Weather Damage Puts Corn, Soybean and Wheat Prices on Upside Alert Ahead of USDA Report
Weather losses in Europe and the US have tightened grain supply cushions, with lower stocks-to-use ratios shifting corn ...
Hugging Face explores $13 billion sale as AI tooling valuations climb
The AI developer platform is reportedly working with a bank to gauge buyer interest at $13 billion or more, nearly tripl...
Pet insurer data sharing exposes £31,000 fake dog-death fraud in Liverpool
Robert Cretu's 30 near-identical fake dog-death claims were caught only after Animal Friends, the Insurance Fraud Bureau...
Eli Lilly's Foundayo Launch Puts UK Brokers on Counterfeit and Disclosure Watch
The UK debut of Eli Lilly's daily Foundayo pill could widen non-disclosure in life, travel and private medical insurance...
Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro Absences Dominate First Band Presidential Debate
Renan Santos, Ronaldo Caiado and Augusto Cury used Sunday's Band debate to attack the absent frontrunners while outlinin...
Humanoid Robot Preorders Promise Chore Helpers, but the Tech Is Still Stumbling
Startups are taking $7,999 to $29,950 preorders for humanoid home robots, yet experts say safety, privacy and limited wo...