Finance Updates – Page 56 – Finance Updates

Why SoftBank’s DigitalBridge Deal Signals a Major Shift in AI Infrastructure

SoftBank agreed to buy DigitalBridge in an al...

The offer implies a 15% premium to the Decemb...

DigitalBridge will remain a separately manage...

SoftBank frames the deal as an AI-infrastruct...

BRIDGE Housing Pioneers $71.5M Non-Profit Bonds to Fuel Affordable Homes

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BRIDGE Housing and KeyBank/KeyBanc issued $71...

The 12-story, 222-unit transit-oriented Portl...

BRIDGE’s AA- rating drove 4x oversubscription...

The deal pairs public bonds with LIHTC equity...

New HCPEA Leadership Elevates Social Impact in Healthcare Private Equity

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HCPEA named Geoff Lieberthal (H.I.G. Capital)...

The new leadership signals a focus on private...

Founded in 2010, HCPEA represents 1,200+ prof...

Lieberthal and Husain bring decades of invest...

What’s Next for Avondale Global Gateway After Port Sale Falls Through

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Metalmark Capital made a minority growth inve...

Host reopened the site in 2022 as Avondale Gl...

AGG is targeting scaled cargo, manufacturing,...

A proposed sale to the Port of South Louisian...

How Private Sector Growth in MSMEs Can Power Economic Development and Reduce Global Poverty

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Brookings argues that reducing poverty depend...

Key constraints are weak institutions and rul...

Extreme poverty has fallen sharply since 1990...

Policy priorities include strengthening the b...

How CloEE’s $600K Pre-Seed Raise Is Powering AI for Discrete Manufacturing

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Helsinki-based CloEE (founded 2022) raised ab...

The round, backed by European angels and co-i...

CloEE says it is connected to ~25,000 machine...

Early U.S. traction includes a pilot with a 1...

CloEE’s Pre-Seed Power Play: Generative AI Fuels Manufacturing’s Next Growth Phase

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Helsinki startup CloEE raised a €520k pre-see...

CloEE says its plug-and-play system can conne...

The global AI-in-manufacturing market is fore...

Key challenges are data quality and integrati...

How Komatsu, Kubota & Hitachi Tackle Tariffs, Currency & Demand in Global Equipment Markets

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Komatsu, Kubota, and Hitachi Construction Mac...

Tariff costs are large despite partial relief...

Earnings are sliding as volumes weaken and cu...

OEMs are responding by shifting sourcing and ...

Colorado’s 2026 Economy Forecast: Steady Growth, Weak Job Gains & Rising Risks

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Colorado is forecast to avoid a recession in ...

Job growth is expected to stay unusually weak...

Education and health services, government, an...

Unemployment is projected to edge down even a...

Canada’s Economy Set to Slow in 2026: Trade Uncertainty & Cooling Labour Market

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TD Economics sees Canada’s GDP growth slowing...

The labour market cools with employment growt...

Inflation is expected to hover near 2% and th...

Trade-policy uncertainty ahead of the 2026 CU...