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Small Business Optimism Index Rises as Loan Rates Ease
Sentiment on Main Street improved last month, and the NFIB survey published July 14 put the Small Business Optimism Index at 97.4 for June. That is a gain of...
Cloud Computing Costs Shift as Meta Courts Anthropic
Anthropic wants to rent Meta’s spare hardware, and the arrangement under discussion could reach $10 billion across two years, according to CNBC’s July 17 report citing a person close...
Startup Equity Is Vanishing for Under-30 Employees
New research from altshare’s Q2 2026 Startup Equity Report, published July 15, shows that startup equity now reaches far fewer young workers than it did three years ago. The...
ICHRA Health Benefits Can Cut Startup Costs Sharply
Health insurance is one of the scariest line items for any founder, and a new launch aims to ease that pressure. On July 14, Every launched a new health...
AI Software Development Takes On the Consulting Giants
AI is no longer just helping developers write code, it is starting to threaten the firms that sell software for a living. That shift got a jolt when Chamath...
Why Young Entrepreneurs Should Prioritize Mental Health
Why Young Entrepreneurs Should Prioritize Mental Health
Starting a business is an exciting journey for many Gen Zs, driven to turn their ideas into a successful business. However, for many, the pressure to achieve better results...
Australia, New Zealand dollars wobble on war jitters, Kiwi inflation data in focus
Published Mon, Jul 20, 2026 · 10:47 AM[SYDNEY] The Australian and New Zealand dollars struggled to steady on Monday as more US strikes on Iran sent oil prices sharply...
Pension funds try to come to grips with the scariest global warming scenario
The impact of any single climate tipping point being breached would be ‘highly consequential’, says JPMorganINSTITUTIONAL investors are trying to figure out what it would mean for their portfolios...
Malaysia probes state pension’s loss linked to eFishery collapse
A team has been formed to ‘study and examine the issue thoroughly’, says the country’s anti-corruption chiefPublished Sun, Jul 19, 2026 · 08:03 PM[SINGAPORE] Malaysia’s anti-graft agency has opened...
LC Capital extends PC Partner position; Rich Capital raises S$1.28 million in placement agreement
Substantial shareholders record 14 acquisitions and 5 disposals in the five sessions from Jul 10 to 16[SINGAPORE] Over the five sessions from Jul 10 to 16, more than 50...
Meta, Anthropic in talks for potential US$10 billion compute lease deal: source
Published Sat, Jul 18, 2026 · 10:23 AMMETA Platforms is in talks to lease computing power to Anthropic in a potential deal worth up to US$10 billion over two years,...
Tech selloff weighs on European shares ahead of ECB meeting next week
Published Sat, Jul 18, 2026 · 08:00 AMA GLOBAL rout in tech stocks dragged Europe’s equity benchmark slightly lower on Friday (Jul 17), leaving investors on edge as they...