This Italian football league needs an assist from American lenders. It’s no secret that soccer is the most popular sport in the world, but now Wall Street’s hunger for football is so great that major banks are happily lending to…
There’s plenty of apps out there for times of leisure, whether you’re scouting local breweries or doing some good old-fashioned candy-crushin’. Citizen’s crime-tracking app is one for the not-so leisure times. And Citizen just launched an emergency response service offering…
It’s official, PepsiCo is all out of juice. Not metaphorically — we’re talking about actual juice. On Tuesday, the American beverage giant said it is selling its Tropicana orange juice brand — as well as Naked and other juice lines…
In the shoe business, everybody wants a bigger footprint. That certainly includes American sneaker and sportswear giant Foot Locker, which announced Monday it is buying California shoe store chain WSS for $750 million and Japanese streetwear brand Atmos for $360…
Private equity giant Blackstone Group just booked a blockbuster double-feature of moves in the movie industry. Across the pond, the group will be building a massive film studio in the just-north-of-London town of Hertfordshire. Meanwhile, in Hollywood, Blackstone finalized terms…
It’s the age-old question: is the glass half-full or half-empty? For Heineken, the world’s second-largest brewer, the answer is currently both. On Monday, Heineken — which churns out Amstel, Tiger, and Moretti in addition to its famed namesake lager —…
Despite alarm around the spread of the Delta COVID variant, vaccine efficacy remains remarkably high. As a result, Moderna and Pfizer are increasing their prices per-jab across Europe. Why? “Usual pharma rhetoric,” according to an EU public health official who…
There were weeks last year when Amazon, the world’s largest e-commerce company, turned away stock shipments to its warehouses due to a lack of storage space and warehouse employees. Seven months through 2021, the company is still in a mad…
If you’re reading this newsletter while working from home, chances are pretty high you’re sitting or lounging in bed. That’s not an accusation, it’s just statistics! According to a new survey of 1,520 remote-working Americans, 38% admit to regularly working…
For some high-profile public figures, escaping to a private life out of the spotlight would be a dream come true. The same applies to some public companies — on Thursday, it was revealed Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi is weighing whether…
If you thought mind control was only for sci-fi characters like X-Men’s Professor Xavier, think again. A bioelectronics company will soon launch U.S. clinical trials of brain implants that allow patients with conditions like paralysis to control digital devices…with their…
