Finance Updates – Page 25 – Finance Updates

UCF Secures $3M in 2025 NSF CAREER Grants for AI, Semiconductors & Sustainable Manufacturing

Five UCF faculty won 2025 NSF CAREER awards t...

Funded projects span van der Waals semiconduc...

The awards ($477k0697k each) strengthen UCFs ...

Real-world impact hinges on prototyping, comm...

U.S. Science Policy Shifts: Budget Cuts, DEI Rollbacks, and the China Race

Americas Policy Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

U.S. science policy is pivoting toward steep ...

The administration argues these moves curb id...

Researchers warn the cuts and a 15% cap on in...

Lawsuits and internal agency dissent are moun...

NSF’s New AI Education Funding: Strategic Impacts for STEM Workforce & K-12 Policy

Americas Policy Educational Services

NSF announced two Dear Colleague Letters and ...

Supplements target existing K-12 AI/CS grante...

The solicitation funds research on how AI can...

Key risks include limited scale given funding...

NOAA ProTech 2.0: What $8B Small-Business-Focused Contract Means for Weather, Oceans & Satellites

Americas Policy Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

NOAA’s ProTech is an ~$8B multiple-award IDIQ...

ProTech 2.0 shifts heavily toward small-busin...

Recent awards include 20 Weather-domain firms...

The strategy broadens innovation and supplier...

Russian FDI into Georgia Climbs 16.8% YoY in First Nine Months of 2025 — Real Estate Leads

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Russian FDI in Georgia rose 16.8% year-on-yea...

Most inflows went to real estate ($15.3M), co...

Recipient firms cited include Samsung Electro...

Georgias overall FDI was volatile in 2025, fa...

BlueScope Rejects A$30/share Bid from SGH & Steel Dynamics: Key Issues & Implications

Global M&A Primary Metal Manufacturing

SGH and Steel Dynamics made a non-binding all...

BlueScope’s board unanimously rejected the of...

The proposal would have SGH buy all of BlueSc...

BlueScope argues its standalone value is high...

Warner Bros Discovery Backs Netflix Deal over Paramount Skydance Bid in Media Meltdown

Americas M&A Motion Picture and Video Industries

Warner Bros. Discovery rejected Paramount/Sky...

WBD said Paramount’s proposal is overly lever...

WBD estimates roughly $4.7B (~$1.79/share) in...

The Netflix transaction is positioned as high...

BlueScope Steel Rejects A$13.2B Takeover—Says Offer Undervalues Assets & Global Operations

Asia M&A Primary Metal Manufacturing

BlueScope Steel’s board unanimously rejected ...

The proposal would have SGH buy all of BlueSc...

BlueScope cited dividend and timing adjustmen...

Management says its standalone plan—capex, pr...

Why Netflix’s $82.7B Offer Beats Paramount’s Risky $108.4B Bid for WBD

Americas M&A Motion Picture and Video Industries

Warner Bros. Discovery urged investors to rej...

WBD prefers its existing Netflix deal, valued...

WBD argues Paramount’s leveraged, debt-heavy ...

Both options face regulatory and legal scruti...

Constellation’s $26.6B Calpine Deal Reshapes U.S. Clean Power Landscape

Americas M&A Utilities

Constellation closed its US$26.6 billion (inc...

The merger combines Constellations nuclear fl...

Approvals from FERC and key state regulators ...

Consideration included about 50 million Const...