CEOs Still Believe in the Strategy. What They No Longer Trust Is the Machine That Has to Deliver It.Bain & Company’s new report, The 2026 CEO Agenda: Where Ambition Outpaces Execution, argues that the main leadership problem entering 2026 is no longer a shortage of vision. CEOs remain broadly confident in their ambition, their board alignment, and the strategic direction of the business. The bigger problem is that most organizations are not built to translate that ambition into results at the speed current markets demand. In Bain’s fra...

From SpaceX and Blue Origin to Google and Nvidia, the race to build AI data centers in space is heating up.As AI drives demand for larger and more power-hungry compute clusters, some technologists and investors are beginning to look beyond Earth for the next generation of data center infrastructure. The argument is that terrestrial expansion is running into hard physical limits, especially around energy, cooling, land, and permitting. Data centers already consume about 1.5% of global electricity, and that share is expected to more than doubl...

1. 글로벌 고급 주택 시장의 자본 양극화와 Asia 허브 도시로의 자본 집중 현상엔화 약세 및 초완화적 금융 기조에 따른 Tokyo 고급 주택 마켓의 59% 역사적 폭증: 글로벌 자본 시장의 금리 인상 공세 속에서 홀로 자본 접근성을 유지하며 해외 투자자들의 메가 자본 유입 가속화.내수 경기 둔화 및 자산 신뢰 위축으로 인한 China 내 주요 도시의 가파른 하방 압력 지속: Guangzhou(-12%), Shenzhen, Beijing 등 핵심 대도시의 프라임 부동산 가격 지표 동반 하락세 고착화.팬데믹 버블 냉각과 고금리 충격을 정면으로 맞은 Canada 시장의 자산 가치 급감: 과거 기록적 호황을 누렸던 Tor...

Tokyo led global luxury housing growth with prices soaring 59% in 2025.Dubai, Manila, and Seoul also posted major gains as wealth flows shifted toward Asia.China and Canada recorded some of the steepest declines among major luxury markets.Global luxury housing markets are increasingly moving in opposite directions.Tokyo’s Luxury Housing BoomTokyo recorded the strongest growth by far, with luxury housing prices jumping 59% year over year as foreign buyers took advantage of a weaker yen and relatively low borrowing costs.Favorable currency dy...

Oishii, the company behind the world's largest indoor vertical strawberry farm, announced the first closing of $150 million in Series C financing led by SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd., with participation from Nomura Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., MISUMI Group Inc., Mizuho Bank Ltd., and others. The financing reflects confidence in Oishii's indoor Smart Farm™ model—which integrates robotics, automation, and advanced technology with centuries-old Japanese farming techniques—as the company increases production, advances farm operations...

Requirements, Strategies and a Trusted Framework for Digital Embassies.Artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure is increasingly becoming a strategic concern – rather than a purely technological one – due to geopolitical tensions, intricate financing structures and the digitization of public services. Meanwhile, the growing demand for compute and data storage is adding further complexity to the landscape. To address this and ensure resilience, economies should shape their AI infrastructure choices around flexibility and future readiness....

Coca-Cola has teamed up with Panini to tuck official FIFA World Cup 2026 stickers beneath the labels of select 20-oz Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola Zero Sugar bottles across the U.S. and Canada — marking the first time the beloved pre-tournament ritual has been embedded in a product in North America.Fans who peel back the label on participating bottles will find one of more than a billion limited-edition Panini stickers featuring 12 international players from ten nations, including Harry Kane (England), Lamine Yamal (Spain), Lautaro Martinez (Arge...

Investors bet big on infrastructure and ‘physical AI,’ enticed by prospect of revenue opportunities.Silicon Valley venture-capital firms are shifting investments to physical technologies and materials from software bets.Venture-capital investment in global robotics and physical AI grew to $26 billion in 2025 from $4.2 billion in 2019.Silicon Valley venture-capital firms are desperate for bets that can survive—and thrive in—the AI reckoning.Investors known for early investments in software, internet services and social-media companies lik...

Tensions over the Strait of Hormuz have spiked fertilizer prices dramatically.The ongoing instability in the Middle East has put fertilizer availability at the center of global food security concerns. Up to 30 percent of the global fertilizer trade typically passes through the Strait of Hormuz, along with major flows of liquefied natural gas, a key feedstock for its production. Delayed shipments are rippling through agricultural supply chains, and the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization has warned that the price of urea, a wid...