How to Make Billions Selling $1 Lemonade
Mixue Group's blockbuster HK$3.5 billion ($444 million) public listing is a marvel for a difficult food and beverage industry where even the likes of Starbucks Corp. and McDonald's Corp. are revamping their operations. With its share price surging, the Zhang brothers are now richer than Starbucks' founder Howard Schultz.
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a day ago
- Associated Press
Sunlight Real Estate Investment Trust ("Sunlight REIT") Interim Results for the Six Months Ended 30 June 2025
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- Business Insider
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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Yahoo
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