News•Feb 9, 2026
Tiff Macklem: Monetary Policy Decision
The Bank of Canada kept its policy interest rate at 2.25% as it navigates heightened uncertainty from U.S. trade restrictions and geopolitical risks. Growth forecasts remain modest, with GDP expected to expand 1.1% in 2026 and 1.5% in 2027, while inflation is projected to hover near the 2% target after recent easing. The central bank emphasized that the current rate is appropriate but warned that future adjustments will depend on how the economy absorbs tariff‑related shocks. It highlighted the fragile labour market, lingering business‑investment headwinds, and the need for vigilant monitoring of risks.
By BIS — Press Releases
News•Feb 9, 2026
Elevate Now Raises Rs 18 Cr in Seed Round Led by Physis Capital
Elevate Now, a doctor‑led clinical weight‑loss platform, secured Rs 18 crore in a seed round headed by Physis Capital, with Inflection Point Ventures and Titan Capital also participating. The Bengaluru startup previously raised $2 million in a pre‑seed round from W Health Ventures,...
By Entrackr
News•Feb 9, 2026
RTX Corporation Is a Strong Player in a Growth Market
RTX Corporation, valued at $268 billion, dominates both civilian aerospace and defense markets. In 2025 the company posted $88.6 billion in revenue, adjusted EPS of $6.29 and expanded its order backlog to $268 billion, roughly three years of sales. Growth is underpinned by...
By MoneyWeek – All
News•Feb 9, 2026
Hydrogen, Wind Power, Nuclear: The UK’s Ambitions for the Energy of Tomorrow
The UK is accelerating its clean‑energy transition with a £200 billion Clean Power Action 2030 plan, targeting 43‑50 GW offshore wind, 27‑29 GW onshore wind, expanded nuclear, and hydrogen projects. Since July 2024, £52 billion of clean‑energy capital has been secured, backed by mechanisms like Contracts...
By Maddyness UK
Podcast•Feb 9, 2026•25 min
How CIOs Can Surface Innovation, Reduce Duplication, and Scale AI
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High interviews Sean Murphy, founder and CEO of DemoHop, about the hidden challenges of innovation in distributed enterprises. Murphy explains how weak ties and siloed work trap ideas, and how DemoHop’s science‑fair‑style demo days...
By Technovation with Peter High (CIO, CTO, CDO, CXO Interviews)
News•Feb 9, 2026
How to Get Seed Funding for Startups Without Losing Focus Too Early
The article reframes seed‑stage fundraising as a disciplined, founder‑first process rather than a race for cash. It stresses validating the problem, gathering early user signals, and building a clear narrative before approaching investors. Investors at this stage care more about...
By TechBullion
News•Feb 9, 2026
Healthcare Startup Preventify Raises Rs 2 Cr in Pre-Seed Round Led by PedalStart
Preventify, a clinic‑led healthtech startup focused on preventive and chronic care, closed a Rs 2 crore pre‑seed round led by accelerator PedalStart. The funding will finance a first cluster of ten clinics in Kerala, expand chronic disease programs, and upgrade its tech...
By Entrackr
News•Feb 9, 2026
Profit From MSCI – the Backbone of Finance
MSCI has cemented its role as the world’s premier index provider, with $18.3 trillion of assets benchmarked to its equity indexes, including $12 trillion in passive products and $2.2 trillion in ETFs. The firm posted a 9.4% subscription run‑rate increase in Q4 2025 and...
By MoneyWeek – All
News•Feb 9, 2026
Global HealthX Crosses $15 Mn in Healthcare Investments, Unveils Startup Cohort
Global HealthX, the venture studio of the Global University Foundation, announced it has surpassed $15 million in investments across Indian healthcare and life‑science startups over the past two years. The latest cohort features five companies—TapHealth, Wellytics, Monitra Health, Merry Health and...
By Entrackr
News•Feb 9, 2026
François Villeroy De Galhau: New Year Wishes to the Paris Financial Centre
François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Bank of France, delivered New Year wishes to the Paris financial centre, highlighting three 2025 targets that were met. He noted that the European key‑rate fell to a neutral 2% by summer, France’s...
By BIS — Press Releases
News•Feb 9, 2026
"Botched" Brexit: Should Britain Rejoin the EU?
Ten years after the 2016 vote, Brexit is viewed as a mixed economic outcome. While border frictions and policy uncertainty have curbed investment and growth, the UK still attracts foreign capital and its services sector, especially finance, remains robust. Labour’s...
By MoneyWeek – All
News•Feb 9, 2026
Airtel Nigeria Bets on Akwa Ibom for Faster Internet
Airtel Nigeria announced a second internet breakout point in Akwa Ibom, leveraging the 2Africa submarine cable to diversify traffic away from Lagos, promising faster speeds and greater resilience. The carrier cites a 15% increase in fibre sites and expanding 4G/5G...
By Techpoint Africa
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
UFLPA Enforcement: When a “Red Light” Turns Yellow
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, enacted in 2021, created a rebuttable presumption that Xinjiang‑origin goods are barred from the U.S. market. U.S. Customs data show a sharp drop in UFLPA‑related detentions, from roughly $1.58 billion in 2023 and $1.40 billion in...
By Corruption, Crime & Compliance
News•Feb 9, 2026
How Busy Ming Rose Behind a Low-Profile but Resolute Founder
Busy Ming, founded by former real‑estate agent Yan Zhou, grew from a single Changsha store in 2017 to over 21,000 outlets across China after merging with Zhao Yiming Snacks in 2023. The chain focused on price‑sensitive mass‑market consumers, using standardized...
By KrASIA
News•Feb 9, 2026
Muyuan IPO Feeds Into Hong Kong’s Public Market Rebound
China’s leading hog breeder Muyuan Foods raised roughly HKD 10.7 billion (US$1.4 billion) in its Hong Kong H‑share offering, pricing at HKD 39 per share. The IPO was heavily subscribed, with domestic demand 5.88 times and the international tranche 8.62 times, and attracted...
By KrASIA
News•Feb 9, 2026
In Southeast Asia, Cybersecurity Is Booming but Funding Is Not
Southeast Asia’s cybersecurity sector saw venture funding plunge to US$24 million in 2025, a 40 percent decline from 2024 and a stark contrast to the US$533.6 million peak in 2021. All three rounds were early‑stage, with no late‑stage deals recorded, reflecting a more...
By e27
News•Feb 9, 2026
The Advisory SKU: Ending the Time-Billing Trap in UK Accountancy
The episode explores how UK accountancy firms are breaking the traditional time‑billing model by turning advisory services into repeatable, product‑style SKUs. Guests Adam Branch (Intuit QuickBooks) and Emily Betteridge (BDO Digital) explain that the “advisory gap” is a lack of standardized processes,...
By Accountancy Age
News•Feb 9, 2026
Exclusive: Josh Foulger Steps Down as Zetwerk Electronics President
Josh Foulger, who led Zetwerk Electronics for two years, has left the company for personal reasons. Zetwerk is now scouting replacements from firms such as Siemens and Schneider Electric. The firm recently opened a 1,200‑person manufacturing hub in Bengaluru focused...
By Entrackr
News•Feb 9, 2026
Client-Centric Gross Margin in Banking: Why CLTV Beats Product-Centric Profitability
Banking profitability has traditionally been measured at the product level, leading to siloed decisions that can harm overall performance. The article advocates adopting Client Lifetime Value (CLTV) to evaluate the full revenue potential of a customer across all products, combining...
By The European Financial Review
News•Feb 9, 2026
Chaayos Crosses Rs 300 Cr Revenue in FY25; EBITDA Jumps 6.5X
Chaayos reported FY25 revenue of Rs 310.6 crore, a 25% rise that pushed total revenue above the Rs 300 crore threshold. The tea‑café chain slashed its net loss by 53% to Rs 25.4 crore and saw EBITDA explode 6.5‑fold to Rs 37 crore. Cost of materials rose 26%...
By Entrackr
News•Feb 9, 2026
AI's GPU Problem Is Actually a Data Delivery Problem
Enterprises are spending billions on GPU clusters for AI, yet many GPUs sit idle because the data delivery layer between object storage and compute cannot keep pace. F5 argues that the real bottleneck is not the GPUs but the lack...
By VentureBeat
News•Feb 9, 2026
The Missing Layer Between Agent Connectivity and True Collaboration
Vijoy Pandey of Cisco Outshift and Stanford professor Noah Goodman argue that today’s AI agents can connect but cannot truly think together. They propose an "Internet of Cognition"—a three‑layer architecture of protocol, fabric, and cognition engines—to enable shared intent, knowledge,...
By VentureBeat
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
ASEAN Inc.: One Portfolio, Seven Markets — and a Clear Test of Southeast Asia’s Investment Story
The episode breaks down the ASEAN Inc. portfolio—a $1 million, equally weighted allocation across seven U.S.-listed ETFs covering Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and a regional ASEAN‑40 fund—and shows it delivered a 21.3% annualized total return through February 2026, beating...
By The International Investor
News•Feb 9, 2026
Myntra Appoints Former Instacart Executive Pramod Adiddam as CTO
Myntra, the Flipkart‑owned fashion e‑commerce platform, has hired former Instacart and Google executive Pramod Adiddam as chief technology officer. He will report to CEO Nandita Sinha and steer technology strategy, platform innovation, and scalability as the company expands into quick...
By Entrackr
Podcast•Feb 9, 2026•38 min
769: How to Connect Better with Remote Colleagues, with Charles Duhigg
In this episode, Pulitzer‑winning journalist Charles Duhigg explores how to communicate effectively in a remote‑first world. He explains that all conversations fall into three categories—practical decisions, emotions, and identity—and that digital interactions often default to the practical, missing the emotional...
By Coaching for Leaders
Podcast•Feb 9, 2026•18 min
Money and Me: S-REITs Are Back - But Not All Recoveries Are Equal
The episode examines the resurgence of Singapore REITs (S-REITs), highlighted by the iEdge S-REIT Leaders Index posting a 16.3% gain in 2025—the strongest performance since 2019. Host Michelle Martin and REIT specialist Kenny Loh discuss which property sectors are leading...
By Your Money with Michelle Martin (MONEY FM 89.3)
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
Short Takes #16: The Walking Wounded
Short Takes #16 explores the growing sense of societal unease, highlighting stark data on declining belief in the American Dream and a labor market that’s losing momentum. It examines gender gaps in AI adoption, noting women are 13% less likely...
By Work Futures
Social•Feb 9, 2026
Navigating the ‘Second Desert’ Between Emerging and Established VCs
I wish I could write as well as Charles Hudson - 🙏 for talking about the 'second desert in venture capital'. It is much harder than people think to go from Fund IV - VIII or as Charles says... "no...
By Beezer Clarkson
News•Feb 9, 2026
How I Built Singapore’s 8th Fastest-Growing Company without Investors
In 2020 a 25‑year‑old ex‑agency manager founded KPI Media on a bold promise: refund half of any retainer if key performance indicators aren’t met. The agency operates solely with month‑to‑month contracts and a performance‑based guarantee, remaining fully bootstrapped. Five years...
By e27
News•Feb 9, 2026
Container Lines’ Red Sea Mixed Messages Confuse Shippers
Shippers are grappling with mixed signals from carriers about returning to the Suez Canal route. Maersk said peace in the Middle East is required, yet announced two services will resume via the Red Sea with military escort. CMA CGM has shifted...
By Seatrade Maritime
Social•Feb 9, 2026
World‑Positive Progress Requires Business, Humanity, Planet Integration
👏 Great job James Joaquin Vishal Vasishth Andrew Beebe on your 1st World Positive Investor Summit. ❤️ the focus on on how economic, human, and planetary health function as connected systems. Fantastic entreprenerus in the portfolio. Throughline was clear: world-positive...
By Tina Sharkey
Social•Feb 9, 2026
Voice AI Startups Secured $650M+ Funding in January
Voice AI startups raised more than $650 million in January. The figure goes up if you count startups like Synthesia and Decagon. I am keeping a track of voice AI funding in a post on my newsletter. https://t.co/j5BU7tpGJx
By Ivan Mehta
News•Feb 9, 2026
When Rules Change Quarterly: Regulatory Resilience as Competitive Advantage
A Southeast Asian fintech founder reported navigating seventeen regulatory changes in three years, illustrating that Asian fintech rules now shift roughly every quarter. The article argues that treating regulatory environments as stable has led to billions in remediation costs and...
By e27
Social•Feb 9, 2026
Real AI Wins: Speakers Reveal What’s Actually Working
We asked every speaker coming to SaaStr AI 2026 one question: 🤖"What's actually working with AI in your business right now?" No theory. No hype. Just what's shipping and what's converting. May 13-15 in SF Bay https://t.co/A02gn7heZm
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Feb 9, 2026
Prioritize Strong Intro to Associate Over Weak Partner Intro
I’ve completely changed my mind about this. A strong intro to an associate is much better than mediocre intro to a partner.
By Rob Go
News•Feb 9, 2026
Employees in Singapore Still Believe in Workplace Happiness, but Burnout and Stalled Growth Persist
Jobstreet by SEEK’s Workplace Happiness Index surveyed 1,000 Singapore workers, finding that while eight‑in‑ten believe happiness at work is possible, only 56% actually feel happy, placing the city‑state near the bottom of the Asia‑Pacific rankings. Burnout is pervasive, with 45%...
By HRM Asia
News•Feb 9, 2026
Are You Dead? How a Chinese App Put Loneliness in the Spotlight
A low‑cost Chinese app called “Are You Dead?” alerts a preset emergency contact if a user fails to check in for two days, targeting single women aged 25‑35 in major cities. The app briefly topped Apple China’s paid‑download chart in...
By KrASIA
Podcast•Feb 9, 2026•1h 2m
674: PJ Fleck - Building Elite Culture, Nekton Mindset, Selecting >Recruiting, Intrinsic Motivation, Row The Boat, and Transformational Coaching
In this episode, University of Minnesota head coach PJ Fleck shares how he builds an elite, culture‑driven football program by "selecting" over traditional recruiting, emphasizing fit, internal drive, and a relentless practice intensity. He explains his 32‑second play‑clock, 95‑minute practice...
By The Learning Leader Show with Ryan Hawk
News•Feb 8, 2026
Atlassian’s First Investor Leads $8.55 Million Seed in Workflows Documentation Startup Fluency
Australian AI‑driven workflow documentation startup Fluency announced a $6 million seed round, led by Accel, Atlassian’s first external investor. The round, which also includes DST Global Partners and other venture firms, values the company at roughly $30 million. Proceeds will be used...
By Startup Daily (ANZ)
News•Feb 8, 2026
Why Australian CMOs Are Turning to Academia for Marketing Answers
The Marketing Analytics Symposium Sydney (MASS) returns on 24 February 2026 to bridge the widening gap between academic marketing research and Australian CMOs facing intense budget scrutiny and AI implementation challenges. Professors from UNSW, Goethe, Northwestern and Vienna will present...
By Marketing Magazine (Australia)
Social•Feb 8, 2026
AI Agent Deals Carry Built‑In Churn Risk
I was in a board meeting for a breakout AI B2B leader at $100m+ ARR and the team was excited … but stressed. Why? So many of their largest customers were happy to sign relatively large checks for the AI...
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Feb 8, 2026
Delegation: The Key to Scaling Beyond the Founder
One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned as a startup founder is the value of delegation. Letting go of control was uncomfortable, but it’s the only way the company could grow past me.
By Michael (michaelfromgo)
News•Feb 8, 2026
Which of the 132 Chinese EV Automakers Will Enter Canada?
Chinese electric‑vehicle makers are eyeing Canada as a strategic foothold into North America, with a government‑approved quota of 49,000 units annually – roughly 3.8% of the market. BYD is projected to dominate the allocation, taking about 30% of the quota,...
By CleanTechnica
Social•Feb 8, 2026
Being Copied Proves You're Ahead—Keep Innovating
When someone copies your product/design/pricing/website/feature, it’s OK to be mad. Also remember: It means they have no ideas, no insight, and they don’t know how to get it. Which means you’ll always be ahead, just by doing what you’re already doing. So do...
By Jason Cohen
Social•Feb 8, 2026
AI Social Listening SaaS Generates $63K ARR, 2000% Growth
Cool microSaaS finding high intent leads on social. Live on @acquiredotcom: AI-powered social listening that alerts you when people are actively looking to buy. > $63K ARR > $26K TTM profit > 2000% YoY growth Full listing: https://t.co/4n3HSzCddv https://t.co/nou58zuOi3
By Andrew Gazdecki
Blog•Feb 8, 2026
Anutin’s Bhumjaithai Upsets the Odds: Surprise Thai Election Win Reshapes Southeast Asia’s Geopolitical Chessboard
The episode dissects Thailand’s surprise February 8, 2026 election, where Anutin Charnvirakul’s Bhumjaithai party captured nearly 200 seats, shifting the country’s foreign policy toward deeper engagement with China while prompting a tougher U.S. response. It highlights the immediate implications for...
By GeopoliticsUnplugged
Blog•Feb 8, 2026
Risk Arbitrage Series: ROK Resources Inc. And a Counterparty Default
The episode dissects the going‑private deal of ROK Resources by Blue Alaska Oil Trading, highlighting how a seemingly straightforward transaction with a 27.5% premium unraveled when the acquirer defaulted on its cash payment, prompting a deadline extension to March 17,...
By Azor Capital
Podcast•Feb 8, 2026•17 min
What to Expect From Bangladesh's Upcoming Elections
In this 17‑minute episode, RANE’s South Asia analyst Misha Iqbal breaks down the key actors and forces shaping Bangladesh’s upcoming election—the first since the 2024 pro‑democracy uprising that removed Sheikh Hasina from power. Iqbal outlines the political landscape, including emerging...
By RANE Podcast Series
Blog•Feb 8, 2026
‘Failure to Escalate’ and Career Risks
Scotiabank fired three senior compliance officers in 2024 after they failed to escalate an insider‑trading investigation involving two banker brothers. A whistleblower’s complaint prompted a legal review that uncovered unregistered spouse accounts, leading to the bankers’ termination and the compliance...
By Radical Compliance
News•Feb 8, 2026
US Energy Storage Startup Moves In On The Residential Market With Another $232 Million
Lunar Energy announced a $232 million Series C and D financing round, led by Activate Capital, B Capital and Prelude Ventures, with Sunrun among the backers. The capital will fund expansion of its AI‑powered residential energy‑storage system that learns household consumption patterns and enables...
By CleanTechnica