Daily Management Review
McDonald's to allocate $8.5 billion to support franchisees through 2036

McDonald's to allocate $8.5 billion to support franchisees through 2036

Business & Finance

McDonald’s Corp., based in the U.S., intends to offer around $8.5 billion in assistance to its franchisees until 2036,...
Europe's Economic Resilience Cushions the War Driven Energy Shock

Europe's Economic Resilience Cushions the War Driven Energy Shock

Economics

Europe's economy is proving more resistant to the latest energy shock than many investors and policymakers had...
Saudi Oil Flows Shift East as Pipeline Disruption Tests Export Flexibility

Saudi Oil Flows Shift East as Pipeline Disruption Tests Export Flexibility

Economics

Saudi Arabia’s response to the disruption of its East-West oil pipeline has revealed how quickly the kingdom can...
Alibaba Builds Full AI Stack to Support Its Next Model Leap

Alibaba Builds Full AI Stack to Support Its Next Model Leap

Business & Finance

Alibaba's latest artificial intelligence strategy signals a shift from competing primarily through individual models to...
AI Rivalry Fails to Break the Investment Links

AI Rivalry Fails to Break the Investment Links

Economics

As the United States and China deepen their competition over artificial intelligence, financial markets are revealing a...
China’s Beauty Export Edge Survives the US Trade Dispute

China’s Beauty Export Edge Survives the US Trade Dispute

Economics

China's beauty product exporters are finding an unexpected degree of resilience in the United States, even as...
Paramount settles States' antitrust claims regarding Warner Bros. deal

Paramount settles States' antitrust claims regarding Warner Bros. deal

Business & Finance

Paramount has finalized a deal with several U.S. states to resolve antitrust allegations related to the $110 billion...
SEC authorizes trading of tokenized shares in the US

SEC authorizes trading of tokenized shares in the US

Business & Finance

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the trading of tokenized shares in the country—a...
Lagarde says she will step down as ECB head in 2027

Lagarde says she will step down as ECB head in 2027

Economics

President Christine Lagarde of the European Central Bank (ECB) will step down in 2027. "I plan to depart in '27,"...

Management

Art & Art Market

Hollywood Is Afraid As Scarlett Johansson's OpenAI Conflict Resurfaces

Hollywood Is Afraid As Scarlett Johansson's OpenAI Conflict Resurfaces
Hollywood officials says that OpenAI's apparent tribute to the film "Her," which features Scarlett Johansson's voice, is causing a reaction against artificial intelligence.   Even as Hollywood studios test new tools and consider partnerships with OpenAI, Johansson's accusations that the...

Tennessee Is The First US State To Pass Legislation Shielding Musicians From AI

Tennessee Is The First US State To Pass Legislation Shielding Musicians From AI
Gov. Bill Lee of Tennessee signed a bill into law on recently that sought to shield creatives, including musicians, against artificial intelligence's unauthorised usage.   The Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act is the name of the legislation.   The Reasons It...

Morgan Stanley expects AI sector to equal Spain's power consumption by 2027

Morgan Stanley expects AI sector to equal Spain's power consumption by 2027
Morgan Stanley analysts expect that by 2027, the generative artificial intelligence sector of the economy will require as much electricity as all of Spain did in 2022. Over the following four years, the sector's electricity demand is expected to increase at an average annual rate of 70%, from 15...

Science & Technology

Bentley unveils its first electric vehicle

Bentley unveils its first electric vehicle
On September 23, Bentley revealed its inaugural series of entirely electric vehicles. The...

EC backs €40 million investment in Finnish small modular reactor technology

EC backs €40 million investment in Finnish small modular reactor technology
The European Commission has declared its backing for a €40 million investment from the European...

Sony Music, Warner Music accuse Anthropic of stealing tens of thousands of songs to train AI

Sony Music, Warner Music accuse Anthropic of stealing tens of thousands of songs to train AI
According to The Guardian, Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell, music publishers that oversee...

Nepal’s Warning Gap Exposed by a Rising Himalayan Flood Risk

Nepal’s Warning Gap Exposed by a Rising Himalayan Flood Risk
Three months before a catastrophic flood tore through communities along the Nepal-China border,...

Global Warming Raises Glacier Collapse Risks Across the Himalayas

Global Warming Raises Glacier Collapse Risks Across the Himalayas
The catastrophic flash flood in Nepal's Rasuwa district has brought a growing Himalayan danger into...

Meta to launch general-purpose AI agent Hatch in coming weeks

Meta to launch general-purpose AI agent Hatch in coming weeks
Meta is set to roll out its consumer-oriented AI agent platform, Hatch, in the near future, as...

Global shipments of humanoid robots grow 3.7-fold in the first half 2026

Global shipments of humanoid robots grow 3.7-fold in the first half 2026
Worldwide deliveries of humanoid robots surged over 3.7 times in the initial half of 2026, totaling...

Open Models for AI Become Big Tech’s Strategic Bet

Open Models for AI Become Big Tech’s Strategic Bet
A growing coalition of leading technology companies is publicly urging policymakers to avoid broad...

Geopolitical Rivalry Complicates Global AI Safety

Geopolitical Rivalry Complicates Global AI Safety
Artificial intelligence is advancing at a pace that is forcing governments, technology companies...

Anthropic announces lifting of US export controls on Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models

Anthropic announces lifting of US export controls on Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models
The US firm Anthropic declared on the X social network that the US Department of Commerce has...
World Politics

World & Politics

Pezeshkian signals Iran could forego highly enriched uranium in deal with US

Pezeshkian signals Iran could forego highly enriched uranium in deal with US
Iran may relinquish highly enriched uranium if a deal is made with the United States, said Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. The Iranian president...

Italian parliament passes law reauthorizing nuclear energy

Italian parliament passes law reauthorizing nuclear energy
Italian Senate lawmakers have approved a bill that enables the nation to restart nuclear energy development, almost 40 years after it was...

WSJ: US ready to commit $5 billion to restore Middle East energy sector

WSJ: US ready to commit $5 billion to restore Middle East energy sector
The United States has suggested adding $5 billion to a fund intended to rehabilitate energy infrastructure in Middle Eastern nations, as reported by...

Regional Conflict Expands as Iran-US Pressure Reaches New Fronts

Regional Conflict Expands as Iran-US Pressure Reaches New Fronts
The latest exchange of threats between Iran and the United States is significant not simply because Washington and Tehran are again warning each...

Middle East War Spreads Through Strategic Chokepoints

Middle East War Spreads Through Strategic Chokepoints
The widening conflict across the Middle East is no longer confined to the main battlefield. Fighting involving Iran, the United States and Israel has...

FT reports EU request for China to limit hybrid car exports to Europe

FT reports EU request for China to limit hybrid car exports to Europe
According to the Financial Times, which cites three sources familiar with the situation, the European Union has requested that China voluntarily...

Vance: the US-Iran conflict will soon enter a new phase

Vance: the US-Iran conflict will soon enter a new phase
US Vice President J.D. Vance is convinced that the clash between Washington and Tehran will enter a new phase in the upcoming months. "We're unable...

Trump administration lifts emission limits for coal and gas power plants

Trump administration lifts emission limits for coal and gas power plants
On Monday, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump eliminated current regulations that restricted greenhouse gas emissions from coal and...