🇭🇷➡️ Dinamo Zagreb move on in Champions League qualifing! The Croatian champs defeat Kauno Žalgiris 2-1 (7-1 on agg.) and will now face Norweigian side Viking in the final qualifying round. Winner plays in Champions League. Loser moves down to Europa League.

2010. The IMF designed Greece's austerity program using a fiscal multiplier of 0.5. The actual multiplier was 0.9 to 1.7 — up to 3x higher. They predicted GDP would shrink 2.6%. It shrank 7.1%. Over six years, Greece lost 25% of its economy. The IMF later admitted the error — in a working paper, years after the damage was done. One wrong assumption. One unchecked model. One country's decade. This is why forecasting needs more than smart people. It needs a system that catches wrong assumptions before they become policy.

PLANET FITNESS $PLNT Q2’26 EARNINGS HIGHLIGHTS 🔹 Revenue: $365.2M (Est. $356M) 🟢; +7.1% YoY 🔹 Adj. EPS: $0.88 (Est. $0.85) 🟢; +2% YoY 🔹 Adjusted EBITDA: $152.8M (Est. $151M) 🟢; +4% YoY 🔹 Net Income: $67.4M (Est. $67.1M) 🟢; +16% YoY FY26 Guide: 🔹 Same Club Sales Growth: ~1% 🔹 Revenue Growth: ~7% 🔹 Adjusted EBITDA Growth: ~6% 🔹 New Equipment Placements: ~150-160 🔹 New Club Openings: ~180-190 🔹 Adj. EPS Growth: ~6%; from ~4% Segment Net Revenue: 🔹 Franchise: $135.8M; +13.5% YoY 🔹 Corporate-Owned Clubs: $143.9M; +3.5% YoY 🔹 Equipment: $85.6M; +4.1% YoY Other Q2 Metrics: 🔹 Same Club Sales: 1.7% 🔹 System-Wide Sales: $1.4B 🔹 Total Clubs: 2,930 Capital Return: 🔹 Buybacks: ~$200M; 4.0M shares Comments: 🔸 “At the same time, we initiated and expanded tests around pricing, member experience, and retention, and look forward to applying the learnings to enhance our future performance.” 🔸 “We concluded the second quarter with the appointment of Sudhanshu Priyadarshi as Chief Financial Officer & President, International.”

The 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Japan toppled houses and split open streets in the small city of Yatsushiro, but town official Akio Matsushita is most worried about the invisible threats from the lack of water and power amid the punishing summer heat

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook Japan ’s southern main island of Kyushu on Tuesday, leaving several people dead and dozens of others injured or missing after part of a shopping center and a huge chimney at a paper factory collapsed, officials said.

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu on Tuesday, leaving several people dead and dozens of others injured or missing after part of a shopping center and a huge chimney at a paper factory collapsed, officials said.