ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 506.45 points or 0.74% to 69,220.25 • Shanghai increased 55.477 points or 1.41% to 3,982.654 • Hang Seng increased 336.38 points or 1.34% to 25,453.23 • ASX 200 decreased 42.00 points or -0.46% to 9,073.20 • SENSEX decreased 281.09 points or -0.36% to 77,728.16 • Nifty50 decreased 78.35 points or -0.32% to 24,287.65 The major Asian currency markets had a green day today: • AUDUSD increased 0.00191 or 0.27% to 0.71019 • NZDUSD increased 0.00078 or 0.13% to 0.58998 • USDJPY increased 0.238 or…
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner just bought the Los Angeles Lakers for $12.5 billion, a new record for an NBA team and 25% more than the franchise sold for just last year. It’s the latest in a run of eye-popping sports sales, following last month’s $9.6 billion sale of the Seattle Seahawks. Two forces are feeding sports franchise fever, according to the New York Times. TV rights are worth far more than they used to be (the NBA’s current 11-year broadcast deal is worth about $77 billion) and sports betting’s legalization opened…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Jeff Bezos owns three properties on Indian Creek, the private Miami island so packed with the mega rich it’s nicknamed the Billionaire Bunker. He’s spent about $234 million acquiring the properties, but the island’s exclusive country club has still not accepted him as a member. Bezos has attended parties and made small talk with longtime members, but still nothing, according to the Wall Street Journal. He’s not the only one getting the stiff arm. Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, Mark Zuckerberg, and the Qatari royal family all own property on the island.…
Key Takeaways Job-seekers are rushing to add AI skills, certifications and keywords to their resumes and LinkedIn profiles. Employers are doing the same, increasingly listing AI capabilities in job descriptions across industries. Workers are trying to adapt amid uncertainty over whether or not AI will replace jobs. AI is showing up everywhere these days, from the classroom to the meeting room. It is also noticeably impacting the job search, as candidates strive to make their resumes AI-proof. As companies pour trillions of dollars into AI and reshape how work gets done, job-seekers are scrambling to show that they can keep…
Key Takeaways Spence founded Samir Grey to honor his mother and other women in his life. When Beyoncé’s mom posted a video featuring Spence’s fragrance, sales spiked and inventory sold out. Now, Spence continues to engage with the robust fragrance community online and grow the brand. Kahh Spence spent more than a decade working as a celebrity hairstylist and beauty expert before writing his next chapter as an entrepreneur — but he didn’t start the business many expected of him. Image Credit: Courtesy of Samir Grey. Kahh Spence. Although applying his expertise to a haircare brand might have seemed like…
Not too many years ago, before the dawn of Kindles, used bookstores were a refuge for budget-minded, voracious readers. As the industry evolved, many suffered. Now they’re seeing a resurgence in sales, but the customers increasingly aren’t bookworms. They’re AI companies. Barter Books, for instance, typically sells 2,000 to 3,000 books per week, which isn’t bad for a used bookstore in Northumberland, the least densely populated county in England. Recently, however, the owner got a bulk order from a company in Canada for that many books in a single day. Several other bookshops in the area are seeing similar demand.…
A years-long lawsuit between two ice cream brands, Van Leeuwen Ice Cream and Rebel Creamery, has come to a possible end, with a federal judge ruling that Rebel infringed Van Leeuwen Ice Cream’s trade dress, and ordering that Rebel owes Van Leeuwen tens of millions of dollars. But now, Rebel is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection while it appeals the judgment. Here’s what you need to know. What’s happened? Rebel Creamery, the keto-friendly ice cream brand sold at Walmart, Kroger, and other grocery stores across the country, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection roughly a month after U.S. District…
Since the onset of the internet, brands have been fighting to optimize their spot in search engines, getting as close to the top of any given page of Google results as possible. But in the AI age, traditional search engines are falling by the wayside—and with them, more than one in four brands are becoming completely invisible, says a new report. The 2026 AI Visibility Index, an inaugural report from the strategic communications firm Lucie Content, assessed how many businesses are being recommended by artificial intelligence chatbots. Showing up in AI responses has never been more important for brands; a…
Last month, I traveled through three countries and multiple time zones, packing investor meetings, customer dinners, panels, and leadership sessions into just 10 days. Like many founders, I wore the schedule as a badge of honor. If I could keep up, I assumed I was performing at my best. Then I looked at my brain. Throughout the trip, I’d been wearing Neurable’s EEG-powered headphones, giving me an objective view of how my brain responded to everything from travel and sleep to stress and recovery. Rather than relying only on how I felt, I could compare my subjective experience with objective…
Safeway is closing more stores in 2026, continuing a wave of downsizing under parent company Albertsons that has already claimed dozens of locations. Safeway operates just over 900 locations nationwide. They are mainly concentrated in the western U.S., along with a small presence in Maryland and Virginia. In 2025, Albertsons closed at least 30 stores across its various banners, including locations under the Carrs, Albertsons, and United Supermarkets names. It has continued that pace into 2026. “[Our network positioning] includes opening new stores in areas with strong demand and long-term opportunity, while also making the difficult decision to close some…