A publisher that decides to wrap a newspaper in plastic could become legally responsible for that packaging under Europe’s new environmental rules. A printer that orders customised cardboard boxes could face similar obligations. Even the decision to put a company logo on a cardboard box can change who carries regulatory responsibility. These distinctions show how…
Whop has closed a $200 million Series D at a $5.1 billion valuation, with Sequoia Capital and Shopify Ventures leading the round. The company, which is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, announced the raise on 21 October. The valuation compares with $1.6 billion in February, when Tether, the stablecoin issuer, put $200 million into the…
Disney’s final financial filings have officially confirmed that Deadpool & Wolverine is the most expensive production in Marvel Studios history. Documents released via the company’s United Kingdom subsidiary, Richmond Street Productions UK, reveal that the gross production cost for the blockbuster reached a staggering $556.8 million. This figure officially surpasses the previous record-holder, Avengers: Age…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Europe forge new alliances in the face of U.S. trade hostility. This article appears in the November issue of Global Finance Magazine. Tariffs and a return to the U.S.’ manufacturing glory days have been rallying cries for President Donald Trump since his first term in office. One ally, surprisingly,…
‘What authoritarian leaders seek to silence should be amplified – it will make the populist playbook far less effective.’ Ten years ago, when Ayala Panievsky arrived in London to do her dissertation at Goldsmiths College, “Trump was a new, shocking reality, Brexit was everywhere, and the hostile rhetoric against reporters felt very familiar,” she recalls….
The viral concept of a “Hungry Hungry Hippos” horror movie has finally materialized on screen, even if it lacks an official license from the board game’s creators. The survival horror film, titled simply Hungry, has climbed to the #1 spot on Prime Video in the United States as of late October 2026, surpassing several high-profile…
Fewer people want to work full-time on a Friday and then just… stop. The all-or-nothing version of retirement doesn’t appeal to most older workers anymore, and employers across the UK are hearing about it more often. Employees in their 50s and 60s want to scale back their hours gradually, over months or sometimes years, instead…
WAN-IFRA has called on the Egyptian authorities to overturn the ruling against Attalah and to release six journalists detained since late September. In a statement, Stig Ørskov, WAN-IFRA’s CEO, said: “We stand firmly with Lina Attalah, a member of WAN-IFRA’s Supervisory Board. Lina’s courage and her commitment to independent journalism represent values that unite our…
Another U.S. bank collapses, and experts wonder whether the failure is a canary in a coal mine or a coincidence. This article appears in the November issue of Global Finance Magazine. A sixth U.S. bank failure this year has reignited a familiar question on Wall Street: Is the banking system flashing a 2023-like warning? California’s…
As the 2026 midterm elections approach, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is centering his final political pitch on a dual strategy of aggressive health care fraud crackdowns and a shift toward “medical freedom” policies. The move comes as the administration attempts to solidify its “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) base,…