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Innovative Connections Acquires MSB Coach to Power Executive Leadership

Americas M&A Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

Innovative Connections and MSB Coach announce...

The deal adds MSB Coach’s evidence-based meth...

Dr. Braden and the MSB Coach team will suppor...

The transaction reflects ongoing consolidatio...

EU’s New Merger Control Puts Innovation & Investment at the Core of Competition Law

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The European Commission opened a May 2025 con...

The review would shift merger analysis toward...

Options include a unified counterfactual fram...

The Commission is also considering greater re...

U.S. Science Policy Shifts: Budget Cuts, DEI Rollbacks, and the China Race

Americas Policy Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

U.S. science policy is pivoting toward steep ...

The administration argues these moves curb id...

Researchers warn the cuts and a 15% cap on in...

Lawsuits and internal agency dissent are moun...

NOAA ProTech 2.0: What $8B Small-Business-Focused Contract Means for Weather, Oceans & Satellites

Americas Policy Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

NOAA’s ProTech is an ~$8B multiple-award IDIQ...

ProTech 2.0 shifts heavily toward small-busin...

Recent awards include 20 Weather-domain firms...

The strategy broadens innovation and supplier...

Innovative Connections Acquires MSB Coach to Boost Leadership Coaching & Strategic Growth

Americas M&A Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

Innovative Connections of Fort Collins, Color...

The deal expands Innovative Connections’ lead...

MSB Coach’s evidence-based Conversational Oxy...

Financial terms and key integration details, ...

Business Optimism Rises: AI, Trade Policy, and Inflation Shape Global Economic Outlook

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McKinsey’s December 2025 survey shows rising ...

Risk concerns have shifted from trade policy ...

Leaders are prioritizing growth through custo...

OECD and SIFMA outlooks still point to modest...

Latham Leads Europe & MENA Legal Market in 2025 with Surge in M&A Deal Volume

Global Firms Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

Latham & Watkins won European, UK, and MENA L...

The firm led Mergermarket’s Europe M&A leader...

For full-year 2025 Europe, Latham advised on ...

The results signal a broad Europe M&A rebound...

OpenAI’s People-First AI Fund: Financing AI Literacy, Community Innovation & Inclusive Impact

Americas Firms Scientific Research and Development Services

OpenAI Foundation’s People-First AI Fund awar...

Eligible 501(c)(3)s have $500K–$10M annual bu...

Funding priorities include AI literacy, commu...

Arkansas recipients include TheatreSquared, a...

Meta’s Big Bet: Why Licenses for Real-Time News are Reshaping AI Strategy

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The linked primary article could not be acces...

Meta has signed multi-year licensing deals wi...

The shift reflects rising legal and competiti...

Implications include higher ongoing costs for...

How Google’s Workforce Strategy Is Evolving: Buyouts, Cuts & AI Focus

Global Firms Scientific Research and Development Services

Google has moved from the 2023 mass layoff to...

Buyouts and reductions have touched many majo...

Management layers have been thinned by roughl...

The strategy trades cost efficiency and sharp...