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With 2026 marking the 250th anniversary of both the American Revolution and Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations, it is worth remembering the role the East India Company played in both. It was the Company’s monopoly on legal tea imports to the colonies that helped spark the Boston Tea Party, and much of Book IV of Smith’s work is devoted to a devastating critique of the Company, particularly the perverse incentives created by its structure as a public-private hybrid. This is not merely a historical curiosity in this semiquincentennial year. Today, public-private hybrid companies are a favored tool of industrial policy…

Jim Rowe has always been an entrepreneur. From 2002 onward, he and his wife built a sizable chain of restaurants across Washington with nine locations in total. Then COVID hit, and like so many others, everything stopped. Luckily, Jim’s not one to sit around. A few side hustles later, he’s running what some dub “a mini Costco,” offering the best deals in Ellensburg, a town of 20,000 people. So if Jim’s sitting, it’s actually on the starter yacht he purchased with his resale wins. In fact, when we met with Jim over Zoom to learn more about his resale journey,…

The highly anticipated fourth edition of Major League Cricket kicks off tomorrow at Dallas’s iconic Grand Prairie Stadium, featuring a blockbuster opening clash between the Texas Super Kings and the Seattle Orcas. Both franchises have assembled formidable squads, combining elite international firepower with crucial domestic talent. For the Texas Super Kings, captain Faf du Plessis pairs up with the destructive Rilee Rossouw to form a lethal top-order core, while an incredibly versatile bowling attack led by express quick Nandre Burger, Adam Milne, and spin-twins Keshav Maharaj and Akeal Hosein gives them immense strategic depth across all phases.On the other hand,…

Are the Toronto Maple Leaf really serious about trading Matthew Knies? It may take three pieces Sportsnet 590 The FAN: Nick Kypreos on the Real Kyper & Bourne Show on the trade speculation around Toronto Maple Leafs forward Matthew Knies and what it might cost to get the Maple Leafs to move to move him. ** NHLRumors.com transcription Kypreos: “So some of the names that I’m hearing, Sammy, and one of them on my buzz is Matthew Knies. That talk of trading him has not gone away, because Brad Treliving is gone, now John Chayka is in. It’s out there.”…

Thousands of Brits were left stranded in the Middle East when the US-Iran war broke out in early 2026.

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager with more than $10 trillion under management, has launched a new Bitcoin exchange-traded product designed to generate monthly income for investors — a move the firm’s top ETF executive says is aimed at pulling in a wave of traditional investors who have kept their distance from the asset due to its volatility. Jay Jacobs, BlackRock’s US Head of Equity ETFs, spoke to CoinTelegraph to discuss the launch of the iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, ticker BITA, which began trading this week. The product represents a departure from conventional Bitcoin exposure by layering a covered-call…

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding may officially be just around the corner.The star couple, who have had the paparazzi and fans on wedding watch, sparked off a wave of fresh speculation about the big day, after photos and videos from Swift’s Rhode Island mansion began doing the rounds online. While Taylor seemingly kicked off her Bachellorette with friends, NFL star Kelce, was spotted on a rare night out with his male friends, fuelling speculations that the pre-wedding festivities have already kicked off.Taylor Swift hosts pre-wedding bashAs per TMZ, guests gathered at Swift’s USD 17 million oceanside Rhode Island home…

By Sally Rufus, updated June 18, 2026 Crypto gambling has stopped being a novelty and started behaving more like infrastructure-heavy fintech. The platforms that are winning attention now aren’t the ones shouting the loudest; they’re the ones that actually work smoothly when money is moving fast. That’s where Ethereum keeps showing up again and again, not as a hype asset, but as the chain that quietly handles the load. Bitcoin still dominates the narrative. It’s the name people know, the one tied to long-term value storage. But in real-time gambling environments, narrative doesn’t matter much. What matters is whether deposits…

Manika Batra (Image credit: PTI) MUMBAI: India’s most recognisable table tennis player, Manika Batra, has been left out of the squad for the upcoming Asian Games after failing to meet the selection criteria laid down by the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI).In Manika’s absence, India’s women’s team will be led by Sreeja Akula and comprise Yashaswini Ghorpade, Diya Chitale, Sutirtha Mukherjee and 17-year-old Syndrela Das. Manika and Swastika Ghosh have been named among the reserves for the Games, scheduled to be held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, from September 19 to October 4.“The selection process ensured that India’s highest-ranked and most…

In Taare Zameen Par, there is a well-known song sequence that captures the world of the “ideal” student — disciplined, focused, always moving towards success with structure and routine. That image fits perfectly with Yohaan Nandkishore Awasthi, Ishaan’s elder brother in the film — the bright, organised, high-achieving child who stands in contrast to Ishaan’s struggles with dyslexia.The actor who played Ishaan Awasthi’s studious elder brother Yohaan Nandkishore Awasthi has now built a very different life off-screen. Sachet Seth, who portrayed the disciplined and high-achieving “Dada” in the 2007 film, is now a certified dentist in the United Kingdom, according…