Talk Fuse

Topic: Companies

Companies covers the businesses shaping media, technology, entertainment and consumer services, from global platforms and game publishers to broadcasters and private providers.

Readers can follow corporate decisions on products, prices, jobs, ownership and regulation, alongside the wider effects those choices can have on workers, customers and public life.

SK Hynix raises $26.5B in the biggest foreign IPO in US history, is urged to build new US fabs

July 10, 2026

The AI chip boom just produced its biggest Wall Street moment yet. Now SK Hynix and Samsung are being asked to build U.S. factories.
China is catching up to Elon Musk’s reusable rockets

July 10, 2026

China’s state-owned space company recovered its first orbital rocket booster after launch.
YouTuber Ben Schneider Signs With CAA (Exclusive)

July 10, 2026

The representation comes as the digital creator, also known as Reckless Ben, is embroiled in a viral and legal dispute with the Utah-based Lego resale company Bricks & Minifigs.
Netflix is turning into YouTube

July 10, 2026

Netflix has shows and movies. And video games. And live sports. And podcasts. And also, apparently, YouTube videos? For a company that used to seem like the next big thing in TV, it all feels a little frenetic, and maybe a tad desperate. For a company that sees sleep as its primary competitor, it might…
CEO under fire for mass layoffs amid foreign worker hiring spree now appointed to Fed’s task force on jobs

July 10, 2026

Asha Sharma was appointed to a Federal Reserve task force on productivity and jobs just days after XBOX announced 1,600 layoffs amid H-1B visa scrutiny.
Ann Widdecombe found dead in manhunt; mayor killed by tractor; Ryanair horror

July 10, 2026

Police hunt a killer after ex-MP Ann Widdecombe was found dead with head wounds, a Newcastle-under-Lyme mayor died in a tractor collision, and a Ryanair passenger was partly sucked from a shattered window.
Ann Widdecombe found dead in manhunt; Ryanair passenger sucked from jet window

July 10, 2026

Police hunt a killer after ex-MP Ann Widdecombe is found dead in Devon, while a Ryanair passenger survives being sucked partway from a shattered window; plus beach-party bans and a Palworld release.
Disney Plus is reportedly looking into a free streaming tier

July 10, 2026

Disney is reportedly exploring the introduction of a free, ad-supported-style streaming tier for Disney Plus, according to a report from Business Insider. The idea was said to have been raised by Adam Smith, Disney’s chief product and technology officer, during a company town hall on Thursday, and is described as part of ongoing discussions about…
Edwards leaves football chief role with Liverpool owners FSG

July 10, 2026

Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group announce the departure of Michael Edwards, the company’s chief executive of football.
Xbox After The Layoffs: Studios Left And What They’re Making

July 10, 2026

This week saw sweeping layoffs and Xbox divesting itself of five studios, shaking up the company once again. Xbox went on a massive buying spree throughout the 2010s and 2020s, but following the costly acquisition of Activision Blizzard and making big bets on Xbox Game Pass that haven’t seemed to pay off–as well as rising…