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Samantha Cameron to Shut Cefinn Clothing Label After Eight Years in Business
LONDON – Samantha Cameron is shutting Cefinn, the contemporary clothing label she founded in 2017, following years of losses. The unwind…
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Asian markets enjoy record day as new US jobs data fans rate cut hopes
Asian markets extended gains on Wednesday (Sep 10), with Tokyo and Seoul emulating a record day on Wall Street as fresh data pointing to a…
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Police should stop recording non-crime hate incidents, says watchdog
Non-crime hate incidents should stop being recorded by the police, the policing watchdog has said. Sir Andy Cooke, His Majesty's Chief…
Beauty
Do ‘skincare drinks’ really work? TikTok’s latest beauty trend, explained
“You are what you eat,” as the saying goes. But does the same apply to what you drink? Pinterest’s Summer Trend report flagged “skincare…
Business
Ellison rivals Musk as world’s richest man with US$70 billion gain
Larry Ellison is closing in on Elon Musk for the title of the world’s richest person. His fortune soared US$70 billion after Oracle…
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Ellison tops Musk as world’s richest man after US$101 billion gain
Ellison, who co-founded Oracle, has the bulk of his net worth tied up in the database software company Larry Ellison has become the…
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South Korea's Kospi benchmark hits record as reform prospects brighten
South Korean shares hit a record high on Wednesday (Sep 10), boosted by investors’ hopes for President Lee Jae Myung’s plan to reverse a…
Culture
‘Mahabharata’ Gets Netflix India Animated Treatment With Epic Series ‘Kurukshetra’
Netflix India is venturing into animated mythology with “Kurukshetra,” a new series drawing from the ancient Indian epic the…
Business
Inditex Maintains Momentum as In-Season Model Powers Sales Growth
PARIS – Zara parent Inditex saw sales hold steady in the first half of the year, with revenue up 5.1 percent at constant currency in the…
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Greenwich and Kent announce merger to form 'super-university'
Branwen Jeffreys Education Editor The UK's first "super-university", stretching across an entire region, is to be created through the…
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Wegovy-maker Novo Nordisk to cut 9,000 jobs in restructuring
Wegovy-maker Novo Nordisk will cut 9,000 jobs, or about 11.5 per cent of its workforce, in a restructuring to save eight billion Danish…
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Ozempic-maker Novo Nordisk to cut 9,000 jobs in restructuring
Wegovy-maker Novo Nordisk will cut 9,000 jobs, or about 11.5 per cent of its workforce, in a restructuring to save eight billion Danish…
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Startup wisdom: How to break the cycle of meeting hangovers
Startup wisdom is a new TNW series offering practical lessons from experts who’ve helped build great companies. This week, Vivian Acquah,…
Business
The most overlooked AI strategy? Upskilling your frontline
While executives debate AI strategy in boardrooms, the real disruption is already happening on the frontlines.From automated scheduling to…
Business
WCMX: How 'BMX in a wheelchair' became online para-sport sensation
Asked to describe the sport in which he is a double world champion, Tomas Woods has it down to an elevator pitch: "It's basically BMX in a…
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Deutsche Bank hires trio for Asia Pacific credit trading, sales
Deutsche Bank hired three for its Asia Pacific credit trading and sales desk, underscoring high demand for staff, as finance professionals…
Lifestyle
Who’s the Greatest Designer of Them All?
Who’s the greatest? There of course is no real way to measure who have been the three most influential designers of the last 115 years,…
Business
Alibaba mapping app steps into local business rankings, intensifying competition
Alibaba’s mapping app Amap is moving away from its traditional focus on navigation and encroaching into rival Meituan’s local-lifestyle…
Fashion
From The Archive: WWD 115 Celebrates Legends Who Shaped Fashion
With contributions across disciplines, the legends featured in the pages of WWD over the decades let their passion fuel innovation,…
Business
Why Manchester United have been better than their results
With just two Premier League wins since the start of April, it seems only a fool would say that Manchester United have been improving…
Lifestyle
WWD 115: The Originals
Throughout its history, WWD has covered designers and executives almost from the beginning of their careers — and then watched as many of…
News
US raid disrupts construction at multiple South Korean battery plants
The top South Korean battery maker is building three other production lines in Arizona, Michigan and Ohio The immigration raid at an LG…
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Thanks to AI, this guy is running a Google rival from his laundry room
Nearly 30 years ago, when Google launched the search engine that started its long march to dominance, its founders started without much…
Business
DBS breaks new barrier at S$52.75 as STI soars to new high of 4,346.68 points
JPMorgan has bullish STI target of up to 5,000, cites declining interest rates and Republic’s S$5 billion market development programme DBS…