Category: Finance

Databricks has secured a fresh $1 billion in funding, pushing its valuation beyond $100 billion, the company confirmed this week. The round was co-led by Thrive Capital and Insight Partners, both of which previously co-led Databricks’ $10 billion raise earlier this year. The San Francisco-based data and AI company reported an annual recurring revenue (ARR) […]

Since returning to office, President Donald Trump and his administration have waged a war on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, including those of private businesses across the country. Trump fired the first shot on Jan. 21, 2025 – his first full day back in office – when he signed an executive order that denounced DEI […]

Many top-performing companies say they are committed to supporting women in the workplace, and there’s reason to believe most men want to be better allies to women as well. They just don’t know how. We are business professors who recently surveyed more than 400 managers about gender equity. We found that while men and women […]

People often say that a single spark can light a fire. In careers, that spark is often a person. It might be someone early in life who cracks open a door, offers encouragement, or quietly shows what success can look like. What’s less obvious is how profoundly that very first connection can shape everything that […]

If you didn’t know much about someone, would you lend them a whole lot of money? Probably not – and banks are the same way. That’s why people with no credit history often have trouble getting loans. Banks and credit bureaus look at people’s past borrowing to predict how likely they are to repay. And […]

If your morning can’t begin without coffee, you’re in good company. The world drinks about 2 billion cups of coffee a day. However, a European Union law might soon affect your favorite coffee beans – and the farmers who grow them. Starting in 2026, companies selling coffee on the European Union market will have to […]

Is the Trump administration trying to reshape American capitalism? Recent moves by Washington, such as taking a 10% share of semiconductor maker Intel, point to a shift in that direction. For decades, Washington has supported free-market capitalism. Today, the government appears to be supporting a new direction – state-directed capitalism. As a professor at the […]

The fate of Lisa Cook, who is fighting attempts by President Donald Trump to remove her from the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, has huge implications for a keystone of good economic policy: central bank independence. At the heart of her firing attempt – and other moves to undermine the Fed by the Trump administration […]

Gaborone, Botswana — In a landmark move to bolster economic diversification and address pressing national challenges, Botswana has signed a $12 billion investment agreement with Qatar-based Al Mansour Holdings. The deal, announced on 21 August 2025 by President Duma Boko, marks one of the largest foreign direct investment commitments in the country’s history. The agreement […]

Denver, CO — August 20, 2025Vantage Data Centers is reportedly close to securing $22 billion in financing from JPMorgan Chase and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) to support the development of its $25 billion hyperscale data center campus in Shackelford County, Texas. The funding package, one of the largest ever arranged for a single data […]