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GPN research finds 33% of restaurant customers leave without buying when overwhelmed by menu choices. The study supports the company's software-driven strategy.
A ₹5,000 room-rent cap can slash a ₹2 lakh hospital bill to ₹1.25 lakh of coverage. Co-pay, deductibles, treatment sub-limits – check before admission.
Four TASI-listed stocks hit 52-week lows on June 24 as the index fell 0.8%. Thimar, Takween, Burgerizzr and KHC joined the list.
Blue Owl shares are down 63% from their high. Jussi Askola argues the market has overcorrected. AUM hit $200B, dividends are covered, and lock-ups prevent redemptions.
Shares of four Tadawul-listed companies fell to 52-week lows Tuesday, data compiled by Argaam shows, marking continued weakness in the Saudi market.
Kingdom Holding (KHC) pays SAR 0.50 and Burgerizzr pays SAR 0.75 per share. The ex-date means new buyers miss the cash.
Thimar Development sells its entire stake in the Osoul & Bakheet Four Directions Fund for SAR 6.6 million to Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Nasser in a binding agreement.
Takween Advanced Industries scrapped a SAR 650 million local sukuk program, a move that signals continued funding challenges for the distressed packaging company.
Umm Al Qura's Masar Destination gets approval for non-Saudi property ownership in Makkah, a first that could open demand from foreign investors and expatriates.
Al Mohafaza Company for Education signed a SAR 1.55 million lease financing deal with Aljabr Finance to buy 10 school buses. The 60-month agreement carries a 6.75% profit rate.
The IMO begins evacuating 11,000 seafarers trapped in Hormuz since 2024. Rubio warns the U.S. will oppose any new tolls on vessels transiting the strait.
Germany's Ifo index rose to 85.3 in February, above the 84.7 forecast. The second consecutive gain points to recovering business confidence after six months of decline.
Grid modernization, data centers, and EV charging drive multiyear transformer demand. HMDPF's premium hinges on order growth, the analyst said.
Rawajeh and Flow team up to develop branded residential communities in Saudi Arabia, tapping into Vision 2030's real estate push. First project details expected in coming months.
PFRDA allows government entities to continue using Point of Presence services for a flat ₹500 per subscriber per year, easing compliance burden for CPSEs.
MRNA jumped 4% after its mRNA flu shot hit Phase 3 goals. The real story is the combo vaccine covering Covid, flu and RSV. RSV data later this year will make or break the pivot. Alpha Score 56.
The 7.875% coupon drew $1.1B in orders, with 37% from EMEA investors. The deal opens a new capital channel for Hong Kong life insurers under risk-based capital rules.
Gatekeeper Systems Q2 revenue rose to $6.4M with gross margin at 47.8% and backlog at $26.4M. An analyst sees the first turnaround evidence.
Paradromics implanted its first long-term BCI in a patient. The Gen 1 chip carries 1,561 electrodes, aiming to decode speech at 60 words per minute by year end.
Coca-Cola China's Fan Zhiyi AI avatar runs 24/7, cutting per-interaction cost vs. traditional endorsements. The margin play for KO investors.
Rheinmetall fell 13% after FT reported Berlin will scrap the F126 frigate program, the biggest warship deal since WWII. Hensoldt, Renk, Saab, Leonardo also dropped.
Polaroid's new ad warns that AI data centers consume water for cooling, urging people to enjoy summer outdoors. The campaign extends the brand's anti-AI marketing strategy.
Boots opened its first On the Go store at Belfast International Airport, testing a high-street-style layout with quick-find zones to capture more travel retail spending.
StoneX Group doubled since my last article. The stock now trades at 14x earnings, up from single digits. Volatility drove the run. A normalization would compress the multiple. Downgrading to Hold.
Keir Starmer becomes the seventh UK prime minister in a decade, with all but one forced out by their own party. The pattern leaves gilts and sterling exposed to fiscal uncertainty under his successor.
SecuPi's 8.3 update promises real-time lineage from human to agent to data. Legacy DAM limitations may persist. The company claims up to 70% cost reduction.
Dr Rao's Hospital (IIN) opens neuro and spine consultation centres across Andhra Pradesh, reducing travel for patients and investing in hybrid ORs and neuronavigation.
Micron's 28.3% gain outpaced NVIDIA's 13.1% drop last period. AlphaScala data shows Micron scores 77/100, signaling the AI trade is broadening beyond the GPU leader.
Google's $15B Visakhapatnam hub and Maharashtra's data centre boom face a hidden risk: climate stress. The winners will be those who plan for heat, water and grid resilience.
Adani Enterprises CFO Jugeshinder Singh said incubating businesses will start demerging from FY28, with annual capex of ₹35,000-40,000 crore at 15% return.