Business · Important news for 15 August 2026
US Retail Sales Post First Decline in Nine Months
Greece Culls Hundreds of Thousands of Animals to Fight Sheep Pox, Threatening Feta Industry
Berkshire Hathaway increases Alphabet stake to top three holding
U.S. retail sales slump unexpectedly in July
Softbank initiates Capital One stake and reduces Taiwan Semi holdings
Stripe in talks to acquire PayPal
UK Government Considers Cutting Electric Vehicle Sales Targets
Housing investors face worst market in three years as mortgage rates surge
Fenway Sports Group agrees £1.65bn sale of 30% Liverpool stake to consortium including Jeff Bezos
KPMG faces parliamentary scrutiny over confidential client information leaks
Cursor joins SpaceX
China's courts rule workers cannot be fired solely due to AI replacement
Court rules companies cannot import Gilead medications from overseas
Government Imposes Temporary Ban on Disposable BBQs Due to Wildfire Risk
Russia's wartime economy shows widening budget deficit and growing strain
Proposals to save Social Security include eliminating the tax cap for high earners
Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro highlights parks surprise and growth strategy
Wall Street banks invest billions to reshape workflows and culture with AI
European Football Clubs threatened Club World Cup boycott before Fifa plan collapsed
BP secures Venezuela offshore gas license with ADNOC-backed XRG
Goldman Sachs capitalizes on AI infrastructure funding boom
Data breach notices surpass last year's total as AI-driven cyberattacks rise
Cybersecurity reports indicate that data breaches are surging in 2026, driven increasingly by artificial intelligence in cyberattacks and an uptick in malicious insider incidents.
- Data breach notices in 2026 have already exceeded the total number from the previous year
- AI is playing an expanding role in executing cyberattacks
- Malicious insider incidents are on the rise alongside automated threats
Following a Western surveillance drone from UK factory to Ukraine front lines
MIT Researchers Find AI Chatbots Give Women More Conservative Financial Advice
NTSB releases preliminary report on Ryanair flight window incident
The Trade Desk Shares Plunge 22 Percent Amid Agency Concerns
Anthropic's AI training methods spark copyright and market concerns
Consumer sentiment dips in August with sharp drop among Republicans
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