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A late KISS-era guitar just proved again that iconic instruments are alternative assets with real price discovery, especially when provenance and pop-culture gravity line up.

The unanimous ruling strengthens the SEC’s hand in disgorgement cases, giving executives and boards another reason to treat enforcement risk as very real.

The director is withdrawing the 1975 film from circulation, forcing studios, streamers, and film institutions to confront who gets protected when old works resurface.

Ned Luke says the defendant will serve 4 years, and the case may expand to others named in the investigation, underscoring how online harassment can become federal prison time.

Index providers are rewriting entry rules for giant IPOs, which could push retirement funds into SpaceX and Anthropic sooner than most savers expect.

Bandai Namco says Elden Ring’s Tarnished Edition content hits PC on August 28, but the wording now suggests players may have to buy it.

The early-access hit has a huge audience already, and the studio is now turning that feedback into its next feature set, a useful reminder that live games are operations businesses as much as creative ones.

Amazon is shifting its gaming pitch from MMOs to phone-first party games, and the move shows how much the company now wants franchises, not just studios, to do the heavy lifting.

The streamer is turning the World Cup into a four-player Netflix game, betting that live sports can also mean live gameplay.

Meta is betting that creators will pay for answers analytics alone never gave them: why a post performed, not merely whether it did.

Motorola’s two foldables split on feel, size, and premium polish, forcing buyers to choose between comfort and wow factor.

Capgemini says global millionaire households jumped 7.9% to 25.3 million in 2025, a reminder that market gains can rapidly reprice wealth, spending power, and strategy.