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From the collapse of Barings to the rise of cyber insurance, businesses have learned that controls matter only when they are independently verified and enforced. McMillanAI’s Jeff McMillan argues that major enterprises can use their purchasing power to establish enforceable A.I. safety standards through contracts, insurance and independent verification.
Anthony Enzor-DeMeo wants Firefox Enterprise to challenge Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. Mozilla's new subscription service could also help the company diversify the search revenue that has long supported its browser business.
Carlos Slim Domit helped Checo Pérez reach Formula 1 and built Escudería Telmex into a powerful motorsport program. Now, with Rafael Câmara set to join Haas in 2027, the América Móvil chairman has another driver poised to reach the F1 grid.
LionTree founder Aryeh Bourkoff has helped negotiate some of Hollywood's biggest deals. With an investment fund participating in Skydance's $47 billion equity financing, his firm's role in the consolidation era goes well beyond advising.
Christie’s £107.5 million Peter Simon sale and a £31.6 million Kandinsky led a week in which buyers concentrated on established, institutionally backed names. Even blue-chip lots faltered where demand was thin.
The Angels have been back since 2024, but Victoria’s Secret CEO Hillary Super is finding new ways to make them relevant. With a $50 million Fantasy Bra, a nationwide casting competition and improving sales, the lingerie giant is working to reclaim its cultural cachet without abandoning its renewed emphasis on inclusivity.
They see traditional representation agreements as constricting, preferring to work with other galleries and art professionals to support artists through their first sales. Their approach, Sunderland tells Observer, is part of a generational shift toward pooled resources and shared networks.
Chez Sotheby’s installs roughly $150 million worth of artwork by Picasso, Matisse, Warhol, Richter and others in a salon-style setting with its own restaurant and bar. Six pieces found buyers before the venture even opened.
Once the summer crowds thin, Nice invites a longer stay, with grand hotels, lively markets, Niçois restaurants and cultural treasures tucked into the hills above the Mediterranean.
When the museum opened this June, Trent Park's legacy was heralded as being on par with Bletchley Park, the country estate that housed British codebreakers and today honors the lasting legacy of Alan Turing, but here allegiances are divided. The story of the forgotten translators manning the cramped basement listening stations remains down there, while the ground floor is primarily concerned with restoring Sassoon's former standing among the 20th-century aristocracy.
Too many travelers rush through Joburg on their way to safari. Here's why South Africa's largest city deserves a place on your itinerary.
BLINK and the FotoFocus Biennial transform the city every other October, but its museums, murals and theaters reward a visit in any season. Here's where to stay, what to eat and the sights not to miss.
At Sargent’s Daughters, the artist transforms yarn, thread and architectural forms into an immersive landscape rooted in embodied knowledge and community. "Textiles are human," she tells Observer. "It's about people who preceded us and who made it. It's about us being together."
Minor Attractions has moved to the Newman in Fitzrovia, while newcomer London Invitational takes over suites in the Chancery Rosewood. Both trade the scale of the megafair for intimate, site-responsive presentations and more accessible prices.
In “Send in the Clowns,” the artist moves beyond the domestic archive to reconstruct Brooklyn through the lens of his family archives and the accumulated visual noise of everyday life. Collaged paper and Fauvist color give each scene a cinematic charge.
