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Prediction markets barely make money; sportsbooks make money

Kalshi’s ‘truth machine’ is financialising differences of opinion (about sports)

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Bumper Christmas for air travel as 300mn take to the skies

Airlines on track for the biggest holiday season getaway in history as industry braces for record demand

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UK contactless card limit of £100 to be scrapped from 19 March

Under changes revealed by regulator, banks and card providers encouraged to set their own maximumsThe £100 limit on contactless card payments will be scrapped next year and consumers could get the ability to spend as much as they want without inputting their pin under changes announced by the UK fin…

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Bridgepoint Is Said to Expand in Secondaries With Newbury Deal

UK buyout firm Bridgepoint Group Plc is expanding into a fast-growing segment of the private equity market by adding a team from mid-market secondaries firm Newbury Partners, according to people familiar with the matter.

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WH Smith Faces FCA Probe Over Accounting Error That Hit Shares

WH Smith Plc is under investigation by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority over the accounting error in its North American business that triggered a stock slump and the resignation of its chief executive officer.

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Coty Is Said to Sell Remaining 25.8% Stake in Wella to KKR

Coty Inc. is selling the remainder of its stake in Wella to KKR & Co. for $750 million and the right to a share of future proceeds from a sale or initial public offering of the haircare brand.

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Gulfstream LNG CEO Says Carbon Offsets, Cleaner LNG Are ‘Bullshit’

Several Gulf Coast LNG and utility executives dismissed the importance of sustainability for LNG projects at the Reuters Energy LIVE 2025 conference in Houston, Texas, last week. “So, at the end of the day, all the sustainability stuff, I’m not going to belittle it too much,” Vivek Chandra, CEO of G…

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WPP’s Cindy Rose prepares radical reset in turnaround ‘mission’

Advertising group’s new CEO plans restructuring and says traditional agency model is from a ‘bygone era’

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India’s Big-Bang Financial Reforms Target Wave of Foreign Money

India’s long-awaited package of financial services reforms is setting the stage for a surge of foreign capital into the world’s fastest-growing major economy.

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‘The rocket ship keeps going off’: inside the Nvidia phenomenon with author Stephen Witt

"The Thinking Machine" was just crowned the FT and Schroders business book of the year because Witt got deep inside the "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

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OpenAI is reportedly trying to raise $100B at an $830B valuation

The ChatGPT maker is aiming to raise the funding by the end of the first quarter in 2026, and the company may ask sovereign wealth funds to invest in the round.

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Here's every AI subscription I paid for in 2025 - and which ones I'm taking into 2026

Are AI tools worth the money? After reviewing my 2025 spending, I've made one big change.

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Wafra CEO Al-Mubaraki to Depart Kuwait-Owned Private Asset Firm

Fawaz Al-Mubaraki, the chief executive officer of Wafra Inc., is leaving at year-end after almost a decade leading the investment manager owned by Kuwait’s state pension agency.

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Billionaire backs shake-up at FDA: ex-Enron trader upends drug policy

John Arnold parlayed windfall from natural gas bets into a foundation that is challenging medicine approvals

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BBDO International CEO: The biggest risks are the ones not taken

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The Booming Business of Chinese Peptides

Everyone seems to be experimenting.

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TikTok Signs Agreement for New US Joint Venture | The China Show 12/19/2025

“Bloomberg: The China Show” is your definitive source for news and analysis on the world's second-biggest economy. From politics and policy to tech and trends, Yvonne Man gives global investors unique insight, delivering in-depth discussions with the newsmakers who matter. (Source: Bloomberg)

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