US grocery slowdown enters new phase as basket sizes fall across every region, Bain finds
American households are pulling back on grocery volumes at a scale that now covers every corner of the country. New Bain & Company analysis of NielsenIQ data shows unit sales falling across all US regions as shoppers reduce…
HONG KONG · By Mara Whitfield · 2 min read
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Fed Chair Warsh draws measured Senate approval in first two-day Capitol Hill testimony
The political ground a new Federal Reserve chair establishes in early Congressional testimony shapes the working relationship between the central bank and the lawmakers who oversee it. Kevin Warsh completed [two days of…
HONG KONG · July 16, 2026 · 2 min
Eightco Holdings reports $406 million in total assets spanning private equity and on-chain positions
The corporate treasury has become a strategy document in its own right, with listed companies increasingly using their balance sheets to signal where they expect returns to emerge. Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) made that signal…
HONG KONG · July 16, 2026 · 2 min
Media finance executives consolidate under FEI as MFM membership clears merger vote
The consolidation of professional bodies serving financial executives has reached the media sector. Financial Executives International, headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, will absorb the Media Financial Management…
HONG KONG · July 16, 2026 · 2 min
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