The Macro

ITV sells its channels and ITVX to Comcast's Sky for £1.6 billion, creating a broadcaster built to rival Netflix. McCall, Strong, Nandy and Dinenage now decide if the deal survives regulators.

Mexican-American Maria Montserrat Alvarado, has been named as Head of Vatican Communications. It makes her the first woman to hold the role in the institution's history.

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The glorious European summer weather though has come at a cost. Blistering heatwaves in Europe, Africa, Asia and the U.S. have resulted in food shortages from droughts.

Why is it that most successful female entrepreneurs gloss over the hardest part of building a business? Getting the initial seed money to fund the idea. It’s tough. Let’s be honest about it.

A wrap of 2021's biggest highlights: Leena Nair becomes CEO of Chanel, Sheikha Dana Nasser Sabah Al Ahmad is CEO of Kuwait Projects Co (KIPCO), Amanda Gorman at the U.S. Presidential inauguration

The Santander Vs. Andrea Orcel case has been one to watch. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba’s market cap halved this year. Equinix acquiring MainOne, a West African data centre

The world’s most powerful woman in fashion is now Marta Ortega. Inditex founder Amancio Ortega’s 37 year old daughter has been appointmented as Chairman of Inditex

President Maia Sandu’s pro-Western administration in Moldova is being tested and Sarah Blakely’s Spanx officially majority owned by Blackstone and valued at $1.2 billion.

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's ‘new capitalism’ council of 15 corporate, market and digital experts, includes 7 women.

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