Leadership
How founders, CEOs, and boards actually run their companies.
Business
How Royal Botania's In-House R&D Keeps It Ahead in the Global Outdoor Furniture Market
Founder Kris Van Puyvelde has built the Belgian luxury outdoor furniture brand into a global name by keeping design, research, and manufacturing under one roof, from the first sketch to the award-winning Anamon parasol.
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Luxury
The New Circle of Influence: How Irina Biss Is Bringing Together the World's Leaders in Longevity, Innovation and Culture
Entrepreneur and founder of Leadership Access Group Irina Biss builds invitation-only communities where physicians, scientists, investors and cultural leaders connect around longevity, innovation and culture.
2 min read
Leadership
Amazon's Mariangela Marseglia on Rising by Lifting Others
The vice president of Amazon European Stores says talent is not what holds women back, access and sponsorship are, and she treats every promotion as a chance to hold the door for the people coming up behind her.
3 min read
Innovation
Catherine Larue Wants to Build the Bridges Between Lab Research and the Health Industry
The immunologist and former head of the Integrated BioBank of Luxembourg now runs the consultancy CoDx, helping institutes and small companies carry medical ideas from the research bench to the market that missing gateways so often leave stranded.
3 min read
Business
BMW to Shed About 8,000 Jobs in Its Largest Voluntary Buyout as German Auto Pain Deepens
BMW plans to cut roughly 8,000 administrative and development jobs in Germany through the largest voluntary redundancy programme in its history, aiming for about 1 billion euros in annual savings from 2028 as China weakness and tariffs squeeze the sector.
3 min read
Business
Mercedes CEO Calls for a German Productivity Push as China Slump Erodes Car Profits
Chief executive Ola Kallenius is launching a productivity initiative for Germany and lowering the carmaker's 2026 outlook, after a 30 percent drop in China sales cut adjusted profit in the core cars division by 26 percent to 909 million euros.
3 min read
Policies & World
Poland's Law and Justice Splits as More Than 30 MPs Walk Out Before the 2027 Election
Jaroslaw Kaczynski confirmed that more than 30 lawmakers have left Law and Justice in its deepest rupture since 2001, as a power struggle with former prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki fractures the Polish right and hands an opening to Donald Tusk.
3 min read
Leadership
Jeff Bezos Says the Cure for Work Stress Is Action, Not Overwork
The Amazon founder argues that anxiety is a signal of avoidance, not a sign of too much work. His fix is to read the feeling, take one concrete first step, and pull other people into the problem.
3 min read
Entrepreneurs
From a First Meeting to a Shared Project: Alyona Iakymchuk on the Art of Collaboration
For international entrepreneur Alyona Iakymchuk, the true value of a night at Cannes, Monaco, or Paris is not the red carpet photograph but the partnership that begins once the evening ends. Her approach treats networking as the slow work of building trust between people who share values.
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Business
Lim Kok Thay's Genting Bets 5.5 Billion Dollars on a Full New York Casino Resort
Just months after opening the first casino in New York City history, billionaire Lim Kok Thay's Genting is committing 5.5 billion dollars to add a 1,200 room Crockfords hotel, a 7,000 seat arena, and thousands of new slots and tables at its Queens site.
3 min read
Business
Lucio Tan's Philippine Airlines Orders Up to 34 Jets From Airbus and Boeing
Four years after emerging from bankruptcy, the Tan family flag carrier commits to as many as 34 wide body jets, splitting its biggest order in years between Boeing Dreamliners and Airbus A350s.
3 min read
Leadership
For Investment Firms, AI Is Rewriting the Playbook for Sales and Marketing
Asset managers are turning to artificial intelligence to win clients in a crowded market. For the executives running these firms, the technology is fast becoming a test of leadership rather than a side experiment.
4 min read