Category: Finance

SoftBank Group has obtained a $15 billion bridge loan with a one-year maturity to support its growing investments in artificial intelligence, according to reports from veritable sources. The financing will be used to accelerate the company’s AI initiatives, including the development of large-scale infrastructure projects such as the Stargate data center in collaboration with OpenAI. […]

You’ve probably heard the adage about not putting all your eggs in one basket. It’s an especially meaningful one for newspapers. For decades, they relied heavily on advertising revenue. That arrangement stopped working about 20 years ago, as audiences moved online and advertisers followed. News media outlets moved online as well, but they found themselves […]

Diversity training is more effective when it’s personalized, according to my new research in the peer-reviewed journal Applied Psychology. As a professor of management, I partnered with Andrew Bryant, who studies social marketing, to develop an algorithm that identifies people’s “personas,” or psychological profiles, as they participate in diversity training in real time. We embedded […]

Although technically they’re a fruit, tomatoes are one of the most-consumed vegetables, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Among the fresh produce the nation buys from foreign countries, tomatoes often rank first or second, behind avocados. This trade is now jeopardized because the Trump administration has revived a three-decade-old effort to limit imports. As […]

HONG KONG, May 19, 2025 — Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL), the world’s leading electric vehicle battery manufacturer, has completed the largest initial public offering (IPO) of the year to date, raising US$4.7 billion through its listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX). Strikingly, the offering excluded onshore U.S. institutional investors by design, […]

Americans largely agree that women have made significant gains in the workplace over the past two decades. But what about men? While many Americans believe women are thriving, over half believe men’s progress has stalled or even reversed. To make matters more complex, recent research has revealed a massive divide along gender and partisan lines. […]

May 17, 2025 — Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has confirmed it was the target of a major $400 million insider hack, in a breach that compromised the personal data of approximately 84,000 users worldwide. In a statement released Friday, the company said the incident involved unauthorized access orchestrated by a malicious insider, marking one of the […]

Lagos, Nigeria – May 17, 2025 — Sun King, a leading provider of solar energy solutions across Africa and Asia, has secured a ₦80 billion ($80 million USD equivalent) loan to bolster its operations in Nigeria. The financing comes from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, in partnership with […]

New findings from the World Bank highlight significant disparities in the distribution of social spending across 133 countries. The data shows that, on average, only 26% of social expenditures effectively reach the poorest 20% of the population, raising concerns about the effectiveness of government programs aimed at reducing poverty. Sectoral Differences in Pro-Poor Investments The […]

The lack of fast and adequate funding in the startup ecosystem poses a significant risk to entrepreneurs, often resulting in the loss of first-mover advantage in critical transactions and time-sensitive projects. This delay not only leads to missed opportunities but also lowers startup success rates, as businesses struggle to scale efficiently. The Need for Alternative […]