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Shenman Entertainment’s Yi Zhan Cangqiong begins streaming, a Chinese donghua following Gu An, a crippled young man who seizes the power of an ancient god at his lowest moment and turns it against the enemies who wronged him. The 26-episode ONA leans into a familiar but reliably popular power-fantasy setup — a written-off protagonist ascending to godlike strength to settle old scores.

Johnson & Johnson closed its $1 billion cash purchase of Firefly Bio, the South San Francisco biotech behind the Firelink degrader antibody conjugate platform for KRAS-driven and other hard-to-treat solid tumours.

BMW Group chose Qualcomm as the lead compute silicon provider for its next-generation digital cockpit and driver-assistance and automated-driving systems through the next decade, across Snapdragon Cockpit and Snapdragon Ride.

GARDEN Culture's Chinese fantasy donghua Raised by Demons: Panda Li follows a human boy raised among demons on a mission of revenge.

Hermès' consolidated revenue reached €8.2 billion in the first half of 2026, up 6% at constant exchange rates, with recurring operating income of €3.4 billion, 41.0% of sales.

Ultra-portable 20-watt analog guitar amplifier head with a three-band EQ.

Passed unanimously by the Board of Supervisors for the first time in six years, the $16.9 billion budget for FY2026-27 and 2027-28 closes a $642 million deficit and cuts the city's structural gap by about $300 million.

Live Nation's second quarter of 2026 brought revenue of $7.7 billion, up 9%, operating income of $522 million and a record 49 million concertgoers, with Ticketmaster's adjusted operating income up 14% and 143 million tickets sold for the year by mid-July.

Prada Group's net revenues rose 16% to €3.05 billion in the first half of 2026, with Versace contributing €305 million as the newly acquired brand worked to lift retail execution.

Universal Music Group's first half of 2026 brought revenue of EUR 6.19 billion, up 5.3% (10.8% at constant currency) with the Downtown Music consolidation and Streaming 2.0 price rises, while adjusted EBITDA slipped 1.9% to EUR 1.31 billion.