
Apple says App Store drove $1.4 trillion in sales, mostly commission-free
Apple is staking out the App Store as a massive economic engine while showing that most of the commerce flowing through it does not pay Apple a commission.
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Apple is staking out the App Store as a massive economic engine while showing that most of the commerce flowing through it does not pay Apple a commission.
JLL says first-quarter investment transaction volumes topped $15 billion, up 5% from Q1 2025, signaling that institutional capital is pushing back into retail real estate.

Flourish's huge war chest and reported $2.5 billion valuation signal a big bet on neurons, not just more compute, reshaping how AI research could be funded and judged.

Gianni Infantino turned FIFA's biggest event into a revenue engine, but the same centralization that powers the $8.9 billion Cup keeps critics uneasy.
The firm is joining a $2 billion capital raise, a move that could reshape how elite venture firms think about scale, ownership, and growth-stage access.

The revolt puts a sharp question in front of Amazon's leadership and peers: how do you justify mass cuts while funding a historic AI buildout?

The quantum computing company chose a traditional IPO over the SPAC-heavy path, signaling a bid for mainstream credibility that other founders and boards will be watching closely.

SpaceX's updated IPO prospectus puts Elon Musk's shares above $866 billion, sharpening the stakes for investors, rivals, and boards watching private-market valuations.

The filing would make Elon Musk’s rocket company the biggest public debut ever, while preserving his grip on the vote and setting a new benchmark for hot private-market exits.

Swift's fortune now comes mostly from songs, shows, and ownership, a blueprint that matters to any artist, operator, or investor watching entertainment economics.

The country giant is openly entertaining offers for his fully owned music rights, and a record-breaking deal could reshape streaming access and bidding math.

Google just pushed a 11.95-billion-parameter open model to the edge, changing the cost, privacy, and deployment math for enterprise AI teams.