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fortune.com - Jordan Blum - Zach Dell aims to build a name for himself with Base Power
Zach Dell aims to build a name for himself with Base Power
Fortune

This is Jordan Blum, filling in for Allie. It seems we're still dedicated to the so-called nepo baby discourse—as fair or unflattering as that term might be. In the case of Zach Dell, who turns 30 this month, at least he's built a home…

forbes.com - Maggie McGrath - 2026 50 Over 50: Investment
2026 50 Over 50: Investment
Forbes

Lara Abrash leads the board of directors of Deloitte US, the nation's largest professional services organization, governing a firm of more than 180,000 professionals and over $30 billion in annual revenue. Elected to the role in 2023, she has…

swissinfo.ch - Jessica Davis Plüss (text) Kai Reusser (visuals) - Basel's world-beating pharma hub fights for place in new global order
Basel's world-beating pharma hub fights for place in new global order
www.swissinfo.ch

Few cities in the world have an identity so tightly bound to an industry as Basel and pharmaceuticals. Roche and Novartis, two of the world's biggest drugmakers, loom large over the city. Walk across any bridge in the city, and you can see the…

seekingalpha.com - Kevin Anthony D. Arroyo - Western Union: Getting Acquired May Be The Company's Only Salvation (Upgrade) (NYSE:WU)
Western Union: Getting Acquired May Be The Company's Only Salvation (Upgrade) (NYSE:WU)
Seeking Alpha

Despite acquisition rumors, given The Western Union Company's deteriorating strategic asset as indicated by its performance on key metrics, it would be wise to avoid such troublesome predicaments. Declining performance on key metrics indicates the…

theguardian.com - Jason Wilson - Pete Hegseth's Pentagon picks raise questions over Trump family business ties
Pete Hegseth's Pentagon picks raise questions over Trump family business ties
The Guardian

Pete Hegseth 's appointments to a key Pentagon advisory body include two men with ties to the venture capital fund where Donald Trump Jr is a partner, which has lucrative investments in military and space technology. Defense Policy Board appointee…

prweb.com - Identity Pet Nutrition - Identity Pet Nutrition Debuts at No. 3,237 on the 2026 Inc. 5000
Identity Pet Nutrition Debuts at No. 3,237 on the 2026 Inc. 5000
PRWeb

No. 3 in Greeley, Colorado No. 84 in Colorado No. 207 in Consumer Products No. 3,237 nationally Making its first appearance on the Inc. 5000 The recognition marks a major milestone for a company that began in 2018 after its two founders lost their…

washingtonexaminer.com - Eric Wargotz - Delayed to death: Healthcare middlemen run out the clock on sick Americans
Delayed to death: Healthcare middlemen run out the clock on sick Americans
Washington Examiner

In the medical classroom, future doctors face a different hurdle. They spend valuable clinical training hours navigating insurance red tape instead of learning to treat patients. Finally, in my courtroom, I protect equity and administrative law. I…

axios.com - Chelsea Naso - Point2 collects $60M, Bernhard's $1B Bowman buy, Jazz's $820M epilepsy deal
Point2 collects $60M, Bernhard's $1B Bowman buy, Jazz's $820M epilepsy deal
Axios

• InKind, an Austin-based restaurant commerce enablement platform, raised $414m. Citi and Cross River led, joined by Sagard, Varadero Capital, and Trinity Capital. Go deeper • Point2 Technology, a San Jose, Calif.-based maker of data…

nypost.com - Ariel Zilber - Florida official thanks 'Economic Developer of the Year' Mamdani with savage Times Square billboard
Florida official thanks 'Economic Developer of the Year' Mamdani with savage Times Square billboard
New York Post

Florida business boosters are trolling New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani in the heart of Times Square — thanking him for sending jobs, companies and wealthy residents south as the Sunshine State looks to capitalize on a years-long migration…

wwd.com - Noor Lobad - The 'Luxury' Water Rat Race Isn't as Inexplicable as It Seems
The 'Luxury' Water Rat Race Isn't as Inexplicable as It Seems
WWD

Not just any water — data from NielsenIQ shows that U.S. sales of standard drinking water actually declined 1.3 percent in 2025 — but a more niche subcategory of “better” water. Fueled by the hydration boom, which in…

globes.co.il - Meytal Vaizberg - Israeli AI testing startup makes CNBC headlines
Israeli AI testing startup makes CNBC headlines
גלובס

Israeli startup Irregular has recently found itself at the center of a global debate about the dangers of artificial intelligence models. An article published in CNBC linked the company to three cases reported by OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta. In each…

crunchbase.com - Gené Teare - The VC Firm That Helped Build Latin America's Startup Scene Is Crossing Into Silicon Valley
The VC Firm That Helped Build Latin America's Startup Scene Is Crossing Into Silicon Valley
Crunchbase

Monashees, one of Latin America's oldest and most influential VC firms, believes the next phase of the region's startup ecosystem requires a permanent Silicon Valley presence. The firm, which was founded more than two decades ago in São…

forbes.com - Nina Bambysheva - Why Tokenization, Otherwise Known As Wall Street's Great Rewiring, Finally Looks Real
Why Tokenization, Otherwise Known As Wall Street's Great Rewiring, Finally Looks Real
Forbes

Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved L ast week Wells Fargo, the country's fourth-largest bank…

retailbankerinternational.com - Vidhya Edwards Munnangi - US bank Erebor nears $1.5bn funding round at $8bn valuation - report
US bank Erebor nears $1.5bn funding round at $8bn valuation - report
Home - Retail Banker International

Erebor, a newly launched US bank supported by Silicon Valley investors, is nearing a funding round of roughly $1.5bn, expanding months after securing regulatory clearance to operate. The company, created to address the gap left by the failure of…

prnewswire.com - Aureka - Aureka Biotechnologies Raises US$100 Million Series B to Build a Biological World Model for Drug Discovery
Aureka Biotechnologies Raises US$100 Million Series B to Build a Biological World Model for Drug Discovery
Cision PR Newswire

The company will direct proceeds primarily toward research and large-scale training of its next generation of biological foundation models, further strengthening performance on core tasks such as de novo molecular design, biological structure…

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