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$3.9bn for Zero Championships: Inside the Padres' Record Sale

San Diego sold for $3.9bn in May 2026 — a record — despite 57 seasons and zero titles. The price measures demand, not delivery.

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$3.9bn for Zero Championships: Inside the Padres' Record Sale

Kyle McAuliffe · July 31, 2026

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$3.9 Billion Buys the Padres—But Not a Championship Blueprint

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Beyoncé and the Cost of Controlling the House

A Psychonomics profile of Beyoncé — Hermann Leadership Trait Analysis, Parkwood as institutionalized self, Lemonade’s canon economics, and an 8,000-line lyric machine.

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A ¥10.3 million trademark award in China turned a legal win into a cultural reckoning

Louis Vuitton won ¥10.3 million against Molly Tea in Suzhou court on 29 June 2026 for four-petal logo infringement.

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