Do better US businesses cost more? Mostly priced in
Across 83 US industries, return on capital and price multiple barely line up (r = -0.05). Price follows expected change, not today's quality.
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16 Oct 2026 · Deck
We turn complex data into stories impossible to ignore.
A two-person data-journalism studio. The map does the argument, the prose does the meaning — and we refuse to let the distance between what is true and what is understood be someone else’s problem.
By the Vizmaya studioUpdated 16 Oct 2026
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The stories
The newest first. Every one of them is also in the book, on the board and in the deck.
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Goals vs systems: why long-game winners build habits
Scott Adams said goals are for losers and systems win. Venice, Washington, Mandela and Gandhi show why founders should build habits, not finish lines.
16 Oct 2026 · Deck
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Your AI agent bought the wrong thing. Guess who gets the box.
Amex will back your shopping agent’s mistakes, right after you’ve tried returning them to the merchant. Meanwhile, agent checkout is still measured in basis points.
16 Oct 2026
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New York taxes empty second homes, not rented ones
From 1 July 2026 New York taxes empty second homes every year, but not homes let on a real lease. What that means for flats in London and Dubai.
15 Oct 2026 · Deck
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China's offshore trust tax rule, explained from scratch
China's new offshore trust tax, explained from scratch: moving money in counts as a sale, income is taxed every year, and 22 Oct is the deadline.
15 Oct 2026 · Deck
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Tuonela, the Kalevala's land of the dead: what is there
Finland's epic sends a hero to the land of the dead. No such place exists on a map. The only mapped Tuonela we could verify is on Neptune's moon Triton.
15 Oct 2026 · Book
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TCS outside-consultant bill up 48% in six quarters
TCS paid outside consultants 48% more in six quarters while employee cost fell 0.9%. Its headcount and attrition lines do not show the shift.
14 Oct 2026 · Deck
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Hormuz and the family offices: who moved their money
Citi's 2026 survey of 351 family offices: after the Strait of Hormuz shock, 60% in North America changed nothing, but only 13% in Asia Pacific did.
14 Oct 2026 · Deck
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What founders do with their money after they sell
Seven in ten bets on young companies return less than was put in. Why founders keep making them after a sale, and one simple rule.
14 Oct 2026 · Deck
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Arctic LNG 2: nobody agrees how much gas it ships
Two trackers count Russia's sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 plant at 0.54 and 1.2 million tonnes for 2025. A plain-English look at why, from first principles.
14 Oct 2026 · Deck
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Prediction markets: who decides if a sports bet is a bet?
Kalshi handled about 82% of August's prediction-market trading. Courts disagree on whether its sports contracts are bets or swaps. Here is why it matters.
14 Oct 2026 · Deck
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Rooftop solar: who pays when the subsidy ends
India's rooftop solar subsidy bill grew 3.7 times in a year. In the US the credit ended and a top installer collapsed. Who is left holding the bill?
13 Oct 2026 · Deck
Doom v Boom, every morning
Each morning we read the previous day of AI data-centre, energy and sustainability news and score it: a Boom Score out of 100, where 50 is balanced.
56Boom-leaning+0.12 · Boom Score / 100TSMC explores Texas expansion as a selloff and rising rates test the AI data-center deal boomFri 16 Oct · No. 24Read 73Boom, clearly+0.46 · Boom Score / 100GlobalFoundries gets $21 billion from Japan for two New York fabs; Gartner flags $3.5 trillion riskThu 15 Oct · No. 23Read 75Boom, clearly+0.51 · Boom Score / 100Adani and Jabil plan 50:50 AI hardware venture in India as chip-equipment stocks slide on profit-takingWed 14 Oct · No. 22Read
The epics
Investigations we keep returning to: each a collection of stories with a landing page of its own.
Coke Studio PakistanFifteen seasons of Coke Studio Pakistan — songs, languages, and the places the lyrics keep coming home to.Enter the collection Energy ProfileLive energy news, country profiles, and vizmaya stories on the global energy transition.Enter the collection EpsteinAn interactive map of Jeffrey Epstein's private flights, the people who flew on them, and the addresses in his black book.Enter the collection
The studio
Two people who make data stories for others, and publish their own.
The map does the argument. The prose does the meaning.
- 01A data briefYou bring findings worth publishing. We read the data the way a sceptical reader would.
- 02An editorial callWe agree the argument, the evidence and the one chart that carries it.
- 03Two to four weeksMaps, charts and prose, built to travel: a scrolling story, a book, a board or a deck.
Have data that deserves a better story?
We work with B2B data companies, research institutions and think tanks who have findings worth publishing but need the storytelling and design layer to make them travel. A typical engagement starts with a data brief and an editorial call. Turnaround is two to four weeks.