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  • WINEMAKER IN HIS CELLAR HOLDING IN THESE HANDS RED WINE BOTTLES, BORDEAUX WINEYARD Photo by Jean-Bernard Nadeau/Only France/Abaca/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images)Magazine

    Tariff threats and Gen Z sobriety have put winemakers in Bordeaux on red alert

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  • Three of the founders of Multiverse Computing.AI

    From WhatsApp friends to a $500 million–plus valuation: These founders argue their tiny AI models are better for customers and the planet

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  • Stella Li, executive vice president of BYD on a press event in Vienna, Austria.Magazine

    BYD is already beating Tesla. Its new Europe playbook shows why it’s poised to dominate the EV race

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  • 6 0 FOR TU N E • S E C T I O N T K<br /> FROM CODER TO MOGUL<br /> Niel began his business career as a teenager, creating “adult” chat rooms and a reverse directory.AI

    This hacker-turned telecom mogul could be Europe’s tech savior

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  • _E4A3189-Novo Nordisk’s Kalundborg site, the largest in its global production network, employs around 4,500 people and produces half of the world’s insulin, along with various biopharmaceutical products. Between 2022 and 2029, the company will invest 60 billion DKK to expand its manufacturing facilities in Kalundborg, strengthening its role as a key pharmaceutical hub.Magazine

    Ozempic and Wegovy pumped $26 billion into Novo Nordisk last year. Can the pharma giant find its next breakthrough before the boom ends?

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  • French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI.

    At the Paris AI summit, the tech world asks: Does Europe’s tech culture drive startups and talent away?

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  • AB InBev CEO Michel Doukeris photographed in front of shelves of beer.Features

    Gen Z are drinking less than their parents. The CEO in charge of Bud Light and Michelob is betting on nonalcoholic beer to woo them back

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  • Workers sift for diamonds in a river.Newsletters

    Coins2Day Archives: What a diamond really costs

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  • An engineer at HB Antwerp studies a large diamond.Features

    A little-known startup is acquiring enormous diamonds—and using blockchain tech to shake up a $100 billion industry

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  • Chief Executive Officer at Norges Bank Investment Management, Nicoai Tangen, photographed by Jan Khur for ZEITMagazine

    Nicolai Tangen runs Norway’s $1.7 trillion investment fund. Can he use that leverage to change business’s bad habits?

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  • July 3, 2024 Zwickau, Germany Workers and robotic machinery at the Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH &#8211; Werk Zwickau assembling electric motors, battery packs, and wiring harnesses for electric vehicles on the production line. Credit: ANDREW WHITE FOR FORTUNE MAGAZINE.Magazine

    Inside Volkswagen’s $130 billion EV battle

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  • Image of Saudi Aramco's seismic robot in the desert, where they use AI to analyze geological formations deep underground.Features

    Energy giant Saudi Aramco is betting on AI to thrive after the ‘peak oil’ era

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  • A fixed-wing drone flies over Saudi Aramco's Khurais field.Environment

    The world’s biggest oil company says it can reach ‘net zero’ without producing less oil. Can Saudi Aramco thread that needle?

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  • The oil earnings flowing from the most profitable company in history are helping the Saudi kingdom shake up the global economy— and the old geopolitical order.<br /> Courtesy of Saudi Aramco (2)Magazine

    How the oil earnings of Saudi Aramco, the world’s most profitable company, are helping the Saudi monarchy shake up the global economic order

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  • Tech companies are sparring with regulators over how they can use and develop artificial intelligence.<br /> Illustration by Bratislav MilenkovicMagazine

    A global race to regulate AI has put the booming industry on the defensive

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