A German national flag on a barge near the Volkswagen AG factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Volkswagen reported weaker-than-expected second-quarter profits on Friday and scrapped hope for sales revenue growth in 2026, as the German auto giant lays the groundwork for a radical overhaul of…
Stripe is in talks to buy OpenRouter, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that could sell for roughly $10 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. The move would mark a significant step outside payments for a company that processes transactions for much of the internet. It also lands while Stripe pursues a far larger target:…
In 2011, Waldon won the agency’s Philip A. Loomis, Jr. Award, which recognises outstanding legal scholarship, analysis and drafting on difficult legal and policy questions, along with a high standard of professional integrity. He holds an economics degree from Virginia Tech and a law degree from the University of Texas. Nawaz brings his own long…
The health of the U.S. middle market is usually measured in familiar terms: revenue growth, hiring, capital spending and credit conditions. Those indicators matter. But they increasingly describe the outcome of resilience rather than its source. In June, 26.7% of middle-market companies were operating at a high level of uncertainty, according to PYMNTS Intelligence. For…
“The private sector can unlock funding for improvements to transportation projects of regional and national significance,” transportation secretary Sean Duffy said in a letter to the Senate outlining priorities for the next surface transportation bill.Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg The U.S. Department of Transportation is urging the Senate to increase the private activity bonds cap in the next…
Korbit currently holds less than 1% of South Korea’s domestic crypto market, far behind giants Upbit and Bithumb. When asked directly about its strategy to compete, Mirae Asset stressed that the goal is not to overtake any other company or exchange, but to promote sustainable growth of the digital assets industry in South Korea. “We…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways A clear leadership message can change the language in the room. But when pressure returns, people follow what the organization has made safe, protected and survivable. If speed, ownership, transparency or accountability create risk for employees, the organization will continue defaulting to slower, safer behaviors….
Shares of information technology major Infosys declined 2.6% to their day’s low of Rs 1,027 on the BSE on Friday after global brokerages issued bearish calls on the stock after the company trimmed the upper end of its revenue growth guidance to 1.5%-3% in constant currency, while maintaining its operating margin outlook at 20-22%. The…
Valmet Oyj’s stock exchange release on July 24, 2026, at 09.03 a.m. EEST ESPOO, Finland, July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Valmet has appointed Pia Aaltonen-Forsell (M. Soc.Sc. (Econ.), MBA) Chief Financial Officer and member of the Valmet Executive Leadership Team. In this position Aaltonen-Forsell will report to the President and CEO Thomas Hinnerskov and she…
BitMEX is facing a class action lawsuit accusing the crypto derivatives platform of fraudulently engineering customer liquidations to seize traders’ Bitcoin collateral. On Thursday, BKX Services Inc. and David Namdar filed the complaint in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs allege they lost a combined 622.66 BTC through…