Macau sets new tourism record with 39.41M visitor arrivals | AGB Summary Macau has exceeded its pre-pandemic visitor total: cumulative arrivals reached 39.41 million as of 11:00 on 27 December, beating the full-year 2019 figure of 39.4 million, according to the Public Security Police. Data breakdown shows mainland Chinese visitors made up 72.4% of arrivals, […]
Fatma Hassan Al‑Remaihi: Leading Doha Film Institute Summary Fatma Hassan Al‑Remaihi, CEO of the Doha Film Institute (DFI), has steered the organisation from a regional cultural body into an internationally recognised creative investment platform. Her approach treats film both as art and as an asset: curating global selections, promoting Qatari talent through the “Made in […]
Colorado Joins New York, California as DOT Expands CDL Crackdown Summary The U.S. Department of Transportation has added Colorado to a growing list of states under review for improperly issued commercial driver’s licences (CDLs). DOT Secretary Sean Duffy warned Colorado that the department could pull around $24 million in federal funding and even decertify the […]
Navi Mumbai International Airport Begins Commercial Operations, Ushering in Mumbai’s Multi-Airport Era Summary Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), developed and operated by Adani Airports, started commercial flight operations on 25–26 December 2025, creating a second major gateway for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The greenfield airport opens in phases: an initial capacity of 20 million passengers […]
Arkansas Resident Receives Christmas Miracle as a Powerball Jackpot Summary On Christmas Eve an individual from Arkansas won the $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot, marking the second-largest jackpot ever recorded in the United States. Winners can choose an annuity paid over 30 years (with a 5% increase each payment) or a lump-sum before-tax payout of $834.9 […]
The 0.001% Problem: Why Extreme Inequality Is Now a Strategic Risk Factor Summary The article argues that extreme wealth concentration at the very top (the global 0.001%, fewer than 60,000 people) has shifted from an academic concern to a material strategic risk for executives, boards and asset owners. Two forces have combined: rising concentration of […]
Stadium of the Super-Rich: Inside the System That Lets 60,000 People Outweigh Half of Humanity Summary The article highlights new research showing extreme global concentration of wealth: fewer than 60,000 people (about 0.001% of the world) own roughly three times the wealth of the poorest 50% of humanity. The top 10% hold about 75% of […]
Billionaire Mega-Families: How Xu Bo and Pavel Durov Are Redefining Dynasty, Citizenship, and Control Summary The article profiles two very different — but converging — approaches by ultra‑wealthy founders to using family formation as strategy. Xu Bo, founder of Guangzhou Duoyi Network, is accused of using US surrogacy to produce more than 100 children (the […]
“Britain Has Gone to Hell”: Why Billionaires Are Quietly Moving Their Money – and Their Families – Out of London Summary The article examines a growing trend of ultra‑wealthy individuals and families rethinking London as their primary base following the abolition of the UK’s long-standing non‑dom tax regime. It opens with Norwegian shipping magnate John […]
AI Billionaire Boom: How 2025 Minted More Than 50 New Fortunes Summary In 2025 artificial intelligence stopped being just a headline theme and became a direct engine of extreme wealth creation. Analysts estimate more than 50 new billionaires emerged from AI-linked ventures as roughly half of global venture capital poured into the sector—about $200–202 billion […]
