Business
Pop Mart shares surge as traders cheer first share buyback since 2024
POP MART International Group shares soared the most in five months after the Chinese toymaker’s first share buyback since 2024 boosted…
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Politics
Ugandans choose between pop star and veteran leader in presidential poll
Ugandans are voting in an election which sees President Yoweri Museveni taking on a charismatic pop star in a bid to prolong his 40-year…
Politics
Transcript: Trump White House Rages at Pop Star Who Nailed MAGA “Evil”
Because there are certainly enough people who do think that way—who have been taught to feel that the people who oppose them, whether it’s…
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'New York is a genre': WHATMORE on NYC, friendship and music
Who would have known that a friendship forged in the band room of Manhattan's LaGuardia High School could go on to form one of music’s…
Business
Fading Labubu frenzy wipes US$13 billion from Pop Mart shares
Despite the slide, the Chinese toymaker is still up more than 180% year-to-date and remains the top performer on the Hang Seng Index The…
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Pop Mart rolling out mini Labubus and a long-fur version of the popular plush toy
China’s Pop Mart says it is rolling out a mini version of its popular Labubu plush toys this month, along with a new long-fur version of…
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Ethel Cain’s Anti-Pop Stardom
Midway through the music video for “American Teenager,” a feel-good pop song that has been streamed more than a hundred million times, the…
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How Addison Rae Went from TikTok to the Pop Charts
In 2021, the TikTok star Addison Rae released her début single, “Obsessed.” It’s a whispery electro-pop tune about either unapologetic…
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What Did the Pop Culture of the Two-Thousands Do to Millennial Women?
“Girl on Girl,” by the critic Sophie Gilbert, is the latest and most ambitious in a series of consciousness-raising-style reappraisals of…
Business
Labubu maker Pop Mart flagged for global expansion potential; CGSI initiates coverage
CGS International (CGSI) has initiated coverage on Pop Mart’s stock with an “add” rating, citing the group’s transformation from a toy…
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Pop Mart holder sells US$101 million stake after shares hit record
The toy company is the top gainer in the MSCI China Index over the last 12 months, with its shares jumping more than 470 per cent An…
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Pop Mart profit more than doubles driven by Labubu-doll craze
The resultant strong overseas sales have turned Pop Mart into one of the hottest stocks, with shares up 350 per cent in the past year Pop…
Culture
How Pop Came Out of the Closet
“First come the gays, then the girls, then the industry.” Thus does Sex and the City’s Samantha, played by Kim Cattrall in radiant…
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Was Taylor Swift a Philadelphia Eagles fan? Pop star booed at Super Bowl
Taylor Swift's connection to the Philadelphia Eagles resurfaced after Super Bowl LIX, where the crowd at the Caesars Superdome booed the…
Business
China’s hottest stock, Pop Mart, rockets 370% on craze for collectibles
IN A Vanity Fair video last month, Lisa, a member of mega K-pop band Blackpink, shared her obsession with toys from Chinese company Pop…
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The Best Pop Songs of 2024
Music critics—myself included—have spent much of the past several years bemoaning the decline of capital-“E” Events in music: no new…