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Business Optimism Rises: AI, Trade Policy, and Inflation Shape Global Economic Outlook

Global Forecast Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

McKinsey’s December 2025 survey shows rising ...

Risk concerns have shifted from trade policy ...

Leaders are prioritizing growth through custo...

OECD and SIFMA outlooks still point to modest...

Latham Leads Europe & MENA Legal Market in 2025 with Surge in M&A Deal Volume

Global Firms Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

Latham & Watkins won European, UK, and MENA L...

The firm led Mergermarket’s Europe M&A leader...

For full-year 2025 Europe, Latham advised on ...

The results signal a broad Europe M&A rebound...

OpenAI’s People-First AI Fund: Financing AI Literacy, Community Innovation & Inclusive Impact

Americas Firms Scientific Research and Development Services

OpenAI Foundation’s People-First AI Fund awar...

Eligible 501(c)(3)s have $500K–$10M annual bu...

Funding priorities include AI literacy, commu...

Arkansas recipients include TheatreSquared, a...

Meta’s Big Bet: Why Licenses for Real-Time News are Reshaping AI Strategy

Americas FYI Scientific Research and Development Services

The linked primary article could not be acces...

Meta has signed multi-year licensing deals wi...

The shift reflects rising legal and competiti...

Implications include higher ongoing costs for...

How Google’s Workforce Strategy Is Evolving: Buyouts, Cuts & AI Focus

Global Firms Scientific Research and Development Services

Google has moved from the 2023 mass layoff to...

Buyouts and reductions have touched many majo...

Management layers have been thinned by roughl...

The strategy trades cost efficiency and sharp...

SentinelOne Q3 Surge: Strong Margins, AWS Deals & Cautious Optimism in Ratings

Global Firms Computer Systems Design and Related Services

SentinelOne delivered 23% year-over-year grow...

The company is doubling down on its AI-native...

Analysts remain cautiously bullish with trimm...

Key overhangs include modest Q4 guidance, pro...

UN Cybercrime Treaty: Navigating Financial Risks, Human Rights & Operational Law

Global Policy Computer Systems Design and Related Services

The UN’s new Hanoi Convention against Cybercr...

It mandates 24/7 national contact points, exp...

Over 70 states and the EU have signed, but th...

Civil society and companies like Kaspersky wa...

AI’s Role in 2026 Market Growth: Opportunities, Risks & Top Sector Picks

Americas Forecast Scientific Research and Development Services

AI is viewed as a structural, long-term drive...

Benefits are expected to extend beyond big te...

Key risks include hardware supply constraints...

Investors are encouraged to tilt toward AI be...

Ohio’s AI Boom: Risks & Rewards for Data Centers, Energy, and Economy

Americas Markets Scientific Research and Development Services

Ohio is emerging as a major AI-driven data ce...

Google’s new $2.3 billion expansion across mu...

AWS, Vultr, SoftBank, and Cologix are layerin...

Rapid growth is straining the power grid and ...

Meta Acquires Manus for Over $2B to Power Its Autonomous AI Agent Push

Global M&A Scientific Research and Development Services

Meta is acquiring Manus, a Singapore-headquar...

Manus is commercially mature, generating over...

To address geopolitical and national security...

Meta plans to keep Manus as a subscription pr...