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Research

FIFA's Abrupt Retreat: Why Soccer's Private-Capital Revolt Was a Governance Trade, Not a Funding Problem

FIFA's failed $20 billion private-capital vehicle was not a cash call. It was a governance stress test, and the backlash shows who still controls soccer's most valuable asset.

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Sports

The Khosla Signal: Why $9.6 Billion for the Seahawks Is the New NFL Floor, Not the Ceiling

SK Lee — Sports & consumer desk On July 11, the estate of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen announced it had agreed to sell the Seattle Seahawks to a family investment group led by Vinod Khosla for $9.612 billion. The number reset the US sports franchise record by 59 percent

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Research

The $10 Billion Verdict on AI's Bottleneck: Why KKR's Helix Is Not Another Big Check

John Ian Lau — Technology & AI infrastructure desk For three years, the dominant narrative in AI infrastructure has been chip scarcity. On Thursday, Henry Kravis’s firm quietly announced that the bottleneck has moved — and that the next phase of the buildout will not be financed by hyperscaler balance sheets