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How Private Sector Growth in MSMEs Can Power Economic Development and Reduce Global Poverty

Brookings argues that reducing poverty depend...

Key constraints are weak institutions and rul...

Extreme poverty has fallen sharply since 1990...

Policy priorities include strengthening the b...

Blum Capital’s CECO Exit: A Deep Dive into Activist Moves & Regulatory Risk

Americas Firms Educational Services

Blum Capital Partners cut its activist stake ...

The trimming followed earlier reductions, mar...

CECO faced deteriorating fundamentals and hea...

The smaller position may signal reduced activ...

How CloEE’s $600K Pre-Seed Raise Is Powering AI for Discrete Manufacturing

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Helsinki-based CloEE (founded 2022) raised ab...

The round, backed by European angels and co-i...

CloEE says it is connected to ~25,000 machine...

Early U.S. traction includes a pilot with a 1...

CloEE’s Pre-Seed Power Play: Generative AI Fuels Manufacturing’s Next Growth Phase

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Helsinki startup CloEE raised a €520k pre-see...

CloEE says its plug-and-play system can conne...

The global AI-in-manufacturing market is fore...

Key challenges are data quality and integrati...

LeanDNA Raises Strategic Funding from Accel-KKR to Scale AI-Driven Supply Chain Platform

Americas Firms Software Publishers

LeanDNA, which provides supply planning and i...

The funding amount and valuation were not dis...

LeanDNA will use the capital to accelerate pr...

The deal reflects rising private equity inter...

Surging Equipment & Software Investment from AI Boosts GDP Forecasts—Construction & Ag Lead

Americas Forecast Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services

ELFF now forecasts U.S. equipment and softwar...

The 2025 real GDP outlook was revised up to 2...

Near-term gains are expected in construction,...

Tailwinds include tax and rate relief plus re...

How Komatsu, Kubota & Hitachi Tackle Tariffs, Currency & Demand in Global Equipment Markets

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Komatsu, Kubota, and Hitachi Construction Mac...

Tariff costs are large despite partial relief...

Earnings are sliding as volumes weaken and cu...

OEMs are responding by shifting sourcing and ...

UBX Philippines’ New Chapter: Marogy Leads Strategy to Boost Fintech Inclusion and GTV Growth

Global Forecast Machinery Manufacturing

UBX Philippines is entering a new strategic p...

SBI Holdings bought a 16.67% stake in UBX to ...

UBX is targeting a 10d7 scale-up to trillion...

Key execution risks remain regulatory clarity...

Dominion Energy’s CapEx Boom: Revenue Upside Amid Rich Valuation & Regulatory Risks

Americas Firms Utilities

Dominion Energy boosted its 20252029 capex pl...

Q1 2025 revenue rose about 12% year over year...

The stock screens somewhat expensive versus p...

Key risks are regulatory rate-setting and cos...

California’s Energy-Climate Package: Cap-and-Invest, Offsets Tightening & Risk Ahead

Americas Policy Utilities

Governor Newsom signed a bipartisan energy-an...

The laws commit at least $60B to electricity-...

Companion measures aim to stabilize fuel and ...

Markets get longer-term policy certainty and ...

Author name: Owen A. Radcliffe