Hipgnosis is selling off Shakira songs to pay down its debt
Hipgnosis Song Fund (HSF), whose business hinges on owning music rights and collecting music royalties, is having to sell some of its song catalogues to...
Author : Ananya Bhattacharya
Mexico’s army-run airline is almost ready for takeoff
The Mexican government will be ready to launch its military-run airline by the end of this year, government officials said on Thursday, reviving Mexicana de...
India’s laptop import restrictions are a nasty throwback to the License Raj
‘Tis the season for festive sales in India, but instead of stocking shelves, laptop manufacturers big and small are scrambling to obtain import licenses from...
Adani is selling his shadow banking business to an American private equity firm
Bain Capital has agreed to acquire 90% of Adani Capital and Adani Housing, it announced in a press release Sunday (July 23). The transaction will...
Netflix’s new subscribers will only make a difference if it can figure out its ad business
Netflix’s quarterly earnings showed a surge in subscribers, a promising result in the company’s efforts to increase its user base by cracking down on password...
The Kremlin has seized control of Carlsberg and Danone’s Russian subsidiaries
The Kremlin meant business when it threatened to seize the Russian operations of foreign companies in retaliation for sanctions linked to its war in Ukraine....
New York City is withholding new deposits at five banks accused of inaction on discrimination
New York City is taking its business away from banks that lack anti-discrimination plans.Quartz Smart Investing: Anna HanFollowing the first-ever public hearing held by the...
Martin Shkreli is back in business, and the FTC has questions
Less than a year after being released from prison, Martin Shkreli is back in regulators’ bad books.The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has asked a federal...
McDonald’s ex-CEO is paying an extra $400,000 for obscuring the reason behind his termination
Whose fault is it anyway?Photo: Scott Olson (Getty Images)The Securities and Exchange Commission found that McDonald’s dismissal of its ex-CEO Stephen J. Easterbrook was not...
Intel has spared a part of its chips business from the chopping block (for now)
Not walking away from a tough situation.Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images)Intel is breaking up, rather than simply cutting, its graphic chips unit.Yesterday (Dec. 22), the...