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CHINA
These sales came straight from this horse’s mouth.
A $4 stuffed horse toy that looks like it’s crying due to a production error went viral online and is now flying off the shelves in China. The now-famous doll, dubbed “crying horse,” had its muzzle sewn on upside-down, so its smiling mouth became a frown and its nostrils appear to be tears.
The popular plushie, made in Yiwu International Trade City, was supposed to be a smiling icon for the Year of the Horse, but instead has become a symbol for dissatisfied workers in China because the animal is a metaphor for overworked employees.
A $4 stuffed horse toy that looks like it’s crying is all the rage in China. VCG via Getty ImagesICELAND
A tiny stock from Iceland is now on traders’ radars.
Síldarvinnslan hf, a fishing and seafood company headquartered in Neskaupstaður, has become “a niche, specialty-market play that hardcore investors dig into when they are bored of the same big-tech tickers,” according to Ad Hoc News.
The company, founded in 1957, is Iceland’s leading maker of fishmeal and fish oil. Experts say it has “cult-stock potential,” because its popularity on social media spans multiple categories — finance, climate, sustainability and travel.
NIGERIA
His beat goes on. The late Afrobeat star Fela Kuti will make history this weekend as the first African to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys.
The posthumous honor comes nearly three decades after his death in 1997 at the age of 58. Kuti is considered the godfather of Afrobeat, blending West African music with jazz and funk. A political activist, he also used his voice to speak out against government corruption.
He will receive the award along with Cher, Whitney Houston, Carlos Santana, Paul Simon and Chaka Khan.
Fela Kuti is considered the godfather of Afrobeat. RedfernsMEXICO
They’re raising their cups for the World Cup.
Mexico’s leading beermaker Grupo Modelo, the producer of Corona, Modelo Especial, Pacífico, Victoria and Estrella Jalisco, is gearing up for the soccer tournament with an “aggressive” plan to flood its brands into not only stadiums, but fan zones, corner stores and restaurants across Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey.
Headquartered in Mexico City, the company hopes to give fans a more enjoyable experience than the World’s Cup’s other two host countries, the US and Canada.
“We have very high expectations of delivering the best experience ever seen at a World Cup, and we think that Mexico will clearly be the best of the three venues,” Alejandro Gershberg, Grupo Modelo’s sponsorship director, told Sports Illustrated México.
GERMANY
This a-peeling offer is no small potatoes.
A German farm in the state of Saxony is giving away millions of potatoes after an exceptionally large harvest. The effort, called “the great potato rescue,” is attempting to stop about 8.8 million pounds of extra potatoes at Osterland Agrar farm from going to waste. Food banks, schools and churches have been some of the organizations benefiting from the veggie’s abundance.
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