UK economy grew by 0.5% in Q2 2026, ONS says

Anthropic has launched a blueprint to help retailers build AI shopping and merchant agents on Claude, with the goal of having the technology in place for the holiday shopping season. The agents can search product catalogues, make recommendations, build carts, and handle customer service questions, but they stop short of actually completing the purchase. That…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Real estate is still one of the last fully bundled services left in a major industry, but the NAR settlement this spring is changing that, whether anyone intended that or not. The industry keeps fighting over whether agents will survive technology, but that’s the wrong…

Meta says “the future is for everyone.” That sounds great until you ask what they mean.

How much does it cost to run an advertisement with MrBeast, the world’s top YouTuber? Newly filed court documents offer a glimpse into the content creator’s ad rates and pitches to brands as he expanded his business and prepared to launch the first season of his Amazon Prime Video show “Beast Games.” In early 2024,…

CalCPA held its annual member summit, installed its new chair and gave out a number of awards; Hitendra Patil has released a new book, “PE Deal Ready”; the Koltin Consulting Group and Top 100 Firm Bennett Thrasher made the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the country; and other firm and personnel…

Mashreq Al Islami secured the Middle East’s best Islamic digital bank award on the back of a transformation that moved Islamic banking from a parallel offering to a fully scaled, end‑to‑end digital franchise. During the review period, the bank demonstrated that Shariah‑compliant banking can be delivered at speed, at scale and profitably, while meeting some…