Valentino: Jacopo Venturini steps down as CEO
News broke on Thursday that Valentino CEO Jacopo Venturini has stepped down from the executive helm of the luxury fashion label. Read More
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Nike founder Knight Donates $2 billion to Oregon Cancer Center
Nike founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, are giving $2 billion to a cancer institute at University of Oregon that bears their name, the largest ever donation to a US college or academic health institution. Read More
Pandora second quarter operating profit in line with forecast, keeps 2025 outlook
Danish jewellery maker Pandora posted second-quarter operating profit in line with expectations on Friday, and stuck to its full-year growth forecast. Read More
Why Swatch is facing tough times
The Swatch brand is credited with having saved a Swiss watch industry that had been laid low by the so-called quartz revolution. Read More
Trump tariffs a stone in the shoe of ‘made in USA’ cowboy boots
The manufacture of iconic “made in the USA” cowboy boots is set to suffer from President Donald Trump’s 30% tariffs on South African exports that came into force in August. Read More
Used Rolexes, Pateks are bright spot in struggling watch world
The market for used luxury timepieces recorded its best half-year performance since early 2022, providing a bright spot in an otherwise grim landscape for high-end watches. Read More
Texas Democrats signal they are poised to end redistricting walkout
Texas Democrats gave their clearest signal yet on Thursday that they will soon return to the Lone Star state, after decamping to stop the passage of a redrawn congressional map that adds five new GOP-leaning seats. A statement from the state House Democratic Caucus said that the lawmakers will return on two conditions, both of…
Obama praises Texas Democrats amid redistricting furor
Former President Barack Obama met Thursday with Texas House Democrats to praise them for leaving the state to stop a GOP-backed redistricting effort. Obama also pointed to the response by California — which launched its own redistricting retaliation on Thursday — as a result of the Texas Democrats’ own protest, which he views as a…
Democrats squint and see chances at a Senate majority
Democrats are starting to finally see their path back to power in the Senate — if they squint really, really hard. Party leaders have landed top recruits in Ohio and North Carolina, both pickup opportunities. They hope a snowball effect will push their favorite candidate in Maine, another offensive target, into that race in a…
The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s an offering of the best…