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Pizza Hut owner Yum Brands is in exclusive discussions to sell the fast food chain to private equity firm LongRange Capital, a source close to the matter told Reuters. It is thought a potential deal between Yum Brands and Connecticut-based LongRange Capital could take shape in several weeks, according to the source. However, they added there is no guarantee a deal will be made. In November, Yum Brands unveiled plans to initiate a formal review of strategic options for the Pizza Hut brand, which has suffered declining profits and sales. For the second quarter to 30 June 2025, Pizza Hut…

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Silver July 2026 futures (SIN26) closed the month trading near 75.62, almost exactly at the Monthly VC PMI Mean Price of 75.71. This level represents equilibrium, where neither buyers nor sellers possesses a statistical advantage. The market has completed a significant correction from the monthly high of 79.25 to a low of 72.00, successfully testing the VC PMI Buy Zone and subsequently reverting back toward the mean, confirming the effectiveness of the mean reversion model. The Monthly VC PMI levels for June are:Sell 2 (S2): 82.96 Sell 1 (S1): 79.42 Mean Price: 75.71 Buy 1 (B1): 72.17 Buy 2 (B2):…

□ A paper on an international collaborative study conducted by Principal Researcher Yun Jin-hyo at the Division of AI, Big Data and Blockchain (ABB) of DGIST (President Lee Kunwoo), who also serves as Principal Professor at the Open Innovation Academy. The results are to be published in Cities—a world-renowned academic journal in urban studies and sociology.   □ This study was conducted as part of the “Post-Capitalism” research project, which aims to explore sustainable social and economic systems beyond capitalism. The research team compared and analyzed the development paths of the social economy in three countries—South Korea, Italy, and Poland—each…

At WealthTHINK Singapore 2026, one of the day’s most practical discussions focused on how private wealth firms are rethinking product access, investment selection and platform differentiation in a market where clients are more sophisticated, product shelves increasingly overlap, and speed of execution matters. Hosted by Andrew Hendry, CEO Asia and Senior Managing Director, Head of Asia Client Group at Janus Henderson Investors, the discussion brought together participants from private banks, external asset managers, digital wealth platforms and alternative investment specialists. The conversation ranged from open architecture and CIO-led selection to private markets access, securitisation and the still-developing role of…

US Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller said Sunday that the growing use of dollar-backed stablecoins could bolster the global influence of US monetary policy. Waller told participants at the 32nd Dubrovnik Economics Conference that countries that increasingly rely on stablecoins backed by the US dollar may effectively import US monetary conditions, Bloomberg News reported Sunday. “I’ve always just looked at ​stablecoins as a payment instrument; there’s nothing evil about it, nothing dangerous about it,” Waller said. “They ​are just bringing competition into the payments world,” Reuters reported. Source: The 32nd Dubrovnik Economic Conference A contrary view was presented by his…

News01.06.26by Zainab HussainExpanded public investment similar to the new National Housing Bank could unlock up to 200,000 currently unviable homes across England by 2031, a report has found.The impact is projected to be strongest in London and the South of England, where housing needs are most acute (picture: Alamy)SharelinesExpanded public investment similar to the new National Housing Bank could unlock up to 200,000 homes across England by 2031, a report has found #UKhousing Research by CBRE and Mandala Partners has set out how further investment of “public risk capital” can unlock housing schemes that have stalled. The report set out how…

This article first appeared in Wealth, The Edge Malaysia Weekly on May 25, 2026 – May 31, 2026Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to be one of the most powerful long-term growth themes globally. Massive investments are flowing into data centres, cloud infrastructure and advanced semiconductors to support the rapid expansion of AI capabilities. However, beneath this digital revolution lies a very real and growing physical constraint — water. As AI infrastructure scales up, so does its demand for water, a scarce resource already under pressure from climate change and population growth. This challenge is creating a less obvious but compelling investment…

Martinns/GettyImages; Illustration by Hunter Newton/Bankrate A money market account is a type of savings deposit account that tends to offer check-writing privileges and a debit card for ATM access to your savings. Typically, savings accounts usually don’t let you write checks from the account, making money market accounts a unique option to store and tap your money when you need it. The average money market account yield is 0.45% annual percentage yield (APY) as of the week of Sunday, May 31, 2026. However, yields on the best money market accounts can be more than eight times as high — so,…

The Department of Community Development and Applied Economics is proud to announce the launch of the Rural Development Speaker Series, a hybrid-format forum designed to spark dialogue, share expertise, and build collaboration around the future of rural communities.Hosted by UVM’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and funded by the Department of Community Development and Applied Economics and UVM’s Leahy Institute for Rural Partnerships, the series will feature two presentations each semester from leading academic and professional experts.Focused on timely issues in rural community economic development, the series will explore topics such as public policy, local government, agriculture, and community…