Alibaba’s Two Different $10 Billion Numbers
On August 23, 2026, Alibaba said it would raise HK$80 billion, about $10.2 billion, by selling new shares in Hong Kong, with...
On August 27, 2026, the state government of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the companies of Schwarz Group announced a planned investment of up to...
On August 23, 2026, Alibaba said it would raise HK$80 billion, about $10.2 billion, by selling new shares in Hong Kong, with...
South Africa has a new infrastructure number worth watching. More than 170 infrastructure projects with an estimated value of R264 billion are...
Ask how much of Bank of America Stadium’s renovation Charlotte taxpayers are covering and you’ll get two very different answers, both defensible,...
Hinkley Point C is the most expensive thing ever built on a single site. Eight years under construction, zero electricity produced. And...
On August 6, 2026, SpaceX and Tesla confirmed Terafab, a semiconductor mega factory planned for Grimes County, Texas, with Governor Greg Abbott’s...
On August 17, 2026, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stood in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, alongside the premiers of Newfoundland and...
On August 10, 2026, Siemens announced it would invest more than $200 million in two new US manufacturing facilities, one in Pendergrass,...
On July 16, the Korean government said SK, GS and Naver could be part of a private investment programme worth roughly ₩550...
On July 29, 2026, EY announced the installation of its first in house quantum computer, run out of Canada, as part of...
Amazon has invested more than $30 billion in Boone County, Kentucky since 2010, according to figures the company released on August 5,...
Executive Summary Apple has never published an advertising budget. Not once, not in a single annual report. What the company discloses instead...
Europe has been actively rearming for three consecutive summers, but this year stands apart. For the first time, the European Defence Agency...
On July 29, 2026, Porsche AG published its first half results, and at first glance, they don’t add up. The company sold...
When Flightradar24 announced that July 23, 2026 had been the busiest day for commercial flights ever tracked, more than 150,000 in 24...
On July 9, Micron announced a $50 billion increase to its US investment plan. That brings its total commitment through 2035 to...
Meta pulls in more than $100 billion a year from its core apps: Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp. That business prints money. And yet,...
Forty eight teams. A hundred and four matches. One single prize of $50 million. That is what the 2026 World Cup looks...
On July 16, TSMC confirmed a $100 billion expansion of its investment plan in the United States. Its total commitment in the...
Some projects get measured in miles. Others get measured in years of delay. The Gulf Railway — the GCC Railway — gets...
In 2008, California voters approved a $9.95 billion bond to link San Francisco and Los Angeles in under three hours, according to...
The FIFA World Cup 2026, currently taking place in Mexico, the United States, and Canada, is not only the edition with the...
On Sunday afternoon, as Kimi Antonelli celebrated his win at the Monaco Grand Prix by leaping into the harbour, the few hectares...
Highest price-per-unit ever paid in European fast casual dining.
Single largest industrial bet in automotive history.
Pfizer commits $43B to rebuild pipeline through 2028
The figure exceeds the entire GDP of 130 countries and represents more than NASA's total budget over the last two decades combined.