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Delivery Hero Chair Kristin Skogen Lund backs CEO Niklas Östberg as the group explores asset sales amid shareholder pressure over its falling stock price (Kieran Smith/Financial Times)

Delivery Hero Chair Kristin Skogen Lund backs CEO Niklas Östberg as the group explores asset sales amid shareholder pressure over its falling stock price (Kieran Smith/Financial Times)

Isaac Hammouch02 mins

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Charm.io: TikTok Shop reached B+ in US sales across 600K creators between January and October, up from B YoY; global sales are on par with eBay's (Emmett Lindner/New York Times)

Charm.io: TikTok Shop reached $10B+ in US sales across 600K creators between January and October, up from $5B YoY; global sales are on par with eBay's (Emmett Lindner/New York Times)

Isaac Hammouch01 mins

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This pioneering instant messaging platform tried to keep up with the times – we take a closer look at why ICQ failed

This pioneering instant messaging platform tried to keep up with the times – we take a closer look at why ICQ failed

Isaac Hammouch03 mins

[ad_1] Instant messaging platforms are a dime a dozen in 2025 – from WhatsApp and Signal to Telegram or Facebook Messenger, there’s certainly no shortage of options for users today. It wasn’t always that way, however, and in the mid 1990s ICQ was among the first pioneering offerings around, racking up a significant global user…

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China's high-quality development:  Creating certainty amid uncertain times

China's high-quality development:  Creating certainty amid uncertain times

Isaac Hammouch04 mins

Shorouk Express The world economy feels shaky these days. Supply chains break, tech rivalries heat up, and political tensions rise. It’s hard to know what comes next. China’s answer to this uncertainty is creating its own stability through high-quality development – building a stronger and more innovation-driven economy at home. The strategy is clear: When external…

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Sources: AI startup Project Prometheus raised .2B, including from Jeff Bezos, who will become co-CEO, his first operational role since leaving Amazon in 2021 (Cade Metz/New York Times)

Sources: AI startup Project Prometheus raised $6.2B, including from Jeff Bezos, who will become co-CEO, his first operational role since leaving Amazon in 2021 (Cade Metz/New York Times)

Isaac Hammouch02 mins

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Sources: Apple is intensifying CEO succession planning as Tim Cook, now 65, may step down as early as next year, with John Ternus seen as the likely successor (Financial Times)

Sources: Apple is intensifying CEO succession planning as Tim Cook, now 65, may step down as early as next year, with John Ternus seen as the likely successor (Financial Times)

Isaac Hammouch02 mins

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Local Nepalese media reports that 19+ people were killed after police opened fire on "Gen Z protests" against a government ban on major social media platforms (Andres Schipani/Financial Times)

Local Nepalese media reports that 19+ people were killed after police opened fire on "Gen Z protests" against a government ban on major social media platforms (Andres Schipani/Financial Times)

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