Sport
Good Good and Callaway: When Creator Golf Meets the Price of Brand Trust
Good Good Golf loses Callaway and exits a PGA Tour sponsorship after a controversial ad. The case exposes the new fragility of creator-built brands.
Category: Business
Markets, companies, technology, economic influence and leadership.
Business
Anthropic and MatX: The AI Battle Moves Toward Chips
Anthropic reportedly considered buying MatX for about $7 billion before shifting toward partnership talks. The signal is clear: AI models want their own silicon.
Culture
Penn Badgley at Prime Video: Murder Becomes a Casting Strategy
Prime Video has ordered Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone with Penn Badgley starring. The announcement says a lot about the new economy of literary thrillers.
Culture
Shein at $26.5 Billion: Fast Fashion Goes Public With Less Magic
Shein is preparing to price its Hong Kong listing at around $26.5 billion. For fashion, that price tells less of a triumph than of a brutal climate shift.
Culture
Jaye P. Morgan: The Art of Surviving Every Form of Show Business
Jaye P. Morgan has died at 94. A hit singer in the 1950s, variety star and unpredictable Gong Show judge, she leaves the story of an artist who moved across several entertainment industries.
World
The Signal That Markets Cannot Ignore: Egypt Avoids Downgrade
S&P Dow Jones Indices has ultimately kept Egypt in the emerging markets category. After the threat of a downgrade, this decision protects the international visibility of the Cairo Stock Exchange, without erasing the country's economic vulnerabilities.
Culture
Yayoi Kusama: The Queen of Dots Leaves an Empire of Mirrors
Yayoi Kusama has died at 97 in Tokyo. From New York to collaborations with Louis Vuitton, her work transformed obsession, repetition and immersion into a global language of contemporary art.
Culture
Daisy Chain Fields: Olivia Rodrigo Turns the Pop Festival Into a Manifesto
On August 29 in Irvine, Olivia Rodrigo launches Daisy Chain Fields, a female-led festival whose net proceeds support organizations dedicated to women and girls. It is a music event, but also a cultural signal.
World
Kioxia-Sandisk: $31 Billion for the Memory That Feeds AI
Kioxia and Sandisk plan more than $31 billion in investments in Japan through 2032. Behind flash memory factories, the entire industrial chain of artificial intelligence is being redrawn.
Culture
Puck-RedBird: Why a Newsletter Can Be Worth $250 Million
Puck is in talks with RedBird Capital Partners over a recapitalization that would value the young media company at around $250 million. Behind the number lies a new model: star journalists, direct subscriptions, events and private capital.
World
Nvidia Doubles Revenue to $96 Billion: A Record Driven by AI
Nvidia generated $96.2 billion in revenue over three months, more than double from a year earlier. Behind this record, data centers and the global race for artificial intelligence are scaling up.
World
Vietnam-China: Hanoi Wants AI Factories, Not Just Volume
Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung is asking Chinese companies to aim for more technology-driven investments, from AI, 5G and semiconductors to rail and clean energy. Behind the appeal, Vietnam is refining its role as Asia's strategic workshop.