News•Feb 12, 2026
Proptech Lebane Raises $4M Seed Round
Argentine proptech Lebane announced a $4 million seed round led by Atlántico and Zacua Ventures, with participation from ADN.vc, Fen Ventures, Kuiper VC, and Galicia Ventures. The AI‑native platform offers real‑estate developers tools for accounting, contract, stock management, and project oversight, accessible via WhatsApp. Lebane serves over 300 customers across Argentina and Mexico and will use the capital to accelerate its Mexican market expansion and launch new financial products such as credit and payment tracking.
By LatamList
News•Feb 12, 2026
Does Execution Feel Harder Than It Should? Eliminate This Hidden Friction That's Keeping Your Team Stuck.
Leaders often blame slow execution on accountability, but the real blocker is unclear decision authority and vague expectations. When judgment rights, ownership boundaries, and the definition of “done” are fuzzy, teams stall, meetings multiply, and handoffs break. The article argues...
By Entrepreneur
News•Feb 12, 2026
Alrajhi Medicine Replaces Legacy Systems with Oracle Cloud ERP and EHR
Alrajhi Medicine, a Saudi private healthcare network, has chosen Oracle to replace its legacy clinical and enterprise systems with Oracle Health Foundation electronic health record (EHR) and Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications. The unified cloud platform will integrate patient records, finance,...
By ERP Today
News•Feb 12, 2026
Calian Group Expands Defence and Space Footprint in Record First Quarter
Calian Group posted a record Q1 2026 revenue of $208 million, up 12% year‑over‑year, driven by recent acquisitions and organic defence growth. The company secured $171 million of new contracts, including a November 2025 deal to build four Ka/Q/V‑band RF gateway stations for a...
By SpaceQ
News•Feb 12, 2026
IEA Lowers 2026 Oil Demand Forecast on Economic Uncertainty, Higher Prices
The International Energy Agency (IEA) lowered its 2026 global oil demand growth forecast to 850,000 barrels per day, down from a previous estimate amid heightened economic uncertainty and rising crude prices. Demand gains will come entirely from non‑OECD economies, with...
By Oil & Gas Journal – General Interest
News•Feb 12, 2026
Italy's Pay Transparency Decree: A Turning Point for Equal Pay
On 5 February 2026 Italy’s Council of Ministers approved a draft legislative decree to transpose the EU Pay‑Transparency Directive (2023/970) into national law, with a June 7 2026 deadline for full implementation. The decree anchors equal‑pay assessments to the classifications set out in national...
By Littler – Insights/News
News•Feb 12, 2026
Seres to Lay Off Staff, Pause Top Program in Latest Reboot
Seres Therapeutics, a cash‑strapped microbiome drug developer, will cut about 30 % of its workforce and suspend its lead program SER‑155, which targets graft‑versus‑host disease. The company will redirect resources toward earlier‑stage immunology candidates such as SER‑603, aiming to extend its...
By BioPharma Dive
News•Feb 12, 2026
Chinese Zinc and Lead Smelters Rely on Byproducts in 2026
Chinese zinc and lead smelters are increasingly dependent on by‑product revenues as tight imported concentrate supplies compress primary treatment charge margins. Silver, sulfuric acid, copper and gold now provide critical income streams, offsetting low zinc and lead TCs projected for...
By Fastmarkets – Insights
News•Feb 12, 2026
'She Makes Me Laugh': Seniors Are Building Deep Bonds With This Friendly AI Robot
Intuition Robotics’ ElliQ, a voice‑activated AI companion, is forging genuine relationships with seniors living alone, delivering up to 30 daily conversations. In New York, users who kept the robot for a month reported a 95% drop in loneliness, with many describing...
By Entrepreneur
News•Feb 12, 2026
Anterior Secures $40M to Expand AI Deployments in Health Plans
Anterior, a clinician‑led AI platform for health insurers, closed a $40 million financing round, raising its total capital to $64 million with investors including NEA and Sequoia. The company differentiates itself through a “Forward Deployed Clinician” model that embeds medical professionals alongside...
By HIT Consultant
News•Feb 12, 2026
LiveOne Says Artificial Intelligence Helped Company Cut 250 Jobs
LiveOne reported that artificial‑intelligence tools enabled it to slash its staff from 350 to 88, eliminating more than 250 jobs in fiscal Q3 2026. The company’s revenue dropped 31% year‑over‑year to $20.26 million, but its net loss narrowed to $1.95 million from...
By The Desk
News•Feb 12, 2026
Will Bonds Outperform Stocks in 2026? Why the Timing Might Be Right To Double Down on Bonds.
Bond ETFs are poised to challenge equity returns in 2026 as central banks move from aggressive tightening to policy normalization. The Invesco Equal Weight 0‑30 Year Treasury ETF (GOVI) offers a diversified, lower‑volatility alternative to the long‑duration iShares 20+ Year...
By Yahoo Finance — Markets (site feed)
News•Feb 12, 2026
Highspot Announces Intent to Merge with Seismic
Highspot and Seismic announced a definitive agreement to merge, creating a unified AI‑powered revenue enablement platform. The combined entity will operate under the Seismic brand, with Seismic CEO Rob Tarkoff leading and Highspot founder Robert Wahbe joining the board. Permira,...
By Highspot
News•Feb 12, 2026
Portillo’s Hires Outback Steakhouse Vet as CEO
Portillo’s announced Brett Patterson as its new president and chief executive officer, effective Feb. 23, 2026, replacing interim CEO Michael Miles Jr. Patterson arrives from Miller’s Ale House Restaurants after more than a decade in restaurant management, including stints at Olive Garden, Ruby...
By Restaurant Dive (Industry Dive)
News•Feb 12, 2026
OFCCP Poised to Produce Contractors’ EEO-1 Data Following Losses in Litigation
The Ninth Circuit ruled in July 2025 that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) must disclose consolidated EEO‑1 reports for federal contractors covering 2016‑2020. After a series of FOIA lawsuits by the Center for Investigative Reporting, OFCCP abandoned...
By Littler – Insights/News
News•Feb 12, 2026
MacroVoices #519 Alex Gurevich: The Next Perfect Trade
Alex Gurevich joins Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna on MacroVoices to outline his outlook for fixed‑income markets and the broader macro environment. He argues that the Federal Reserve will keep a restrictive policy stance into 2026, keeping inflation pressures in...
By MacroVoices (podcast/site)
News•Feb 12, 2026
UK Customers Aren't as Worried About Sovereignty as EU, Cisco Exec Says
Cisco’s EMEA president Gordon Thomson told The Stack that British companies are less preoccupied with data‑sovereignty than their European counterparts. He noted that infrastructure autonomy has become a board‑level fear across the region, while AI localisation requirements are muddying the...
By The Stack (TheStack.technology)
News•Feb 12, 2026
SteelAsia’s Finance Framework Rated Best in Region
SteelAsia Manufacturing Corp. earned Moody’s SQS2 rating, the highest sustainable‑finance grade in the region, confirming its low‑carbon strategy. The framework, designed with ING’s guidance, integrates renewable energy, modern equipment and rain‑water recycling across its operations. SteelAsia is expanding green‑steel capacity...
By Philstar – Business
News•Feb 12, 2026
Former ALI Exec Named ICCP Chair/CEO
Augusto Bengzon, former chief finance officer of Ayala Land Inc., has been appointed chairman and chief executive officer of Investment and Capital Corp. of the Philippines (ICCP). Bengzon brings 18 years of financial‑services experience, including 16 years at Citibank across...
By Philstar – Business
News•Feb 12, 2026
The Data Behind the Design: How Pantone Built Agentic AI with an AI-Ready Database
Pantone has launched an agentic AI Palette Generator that lets designers converse with the brand’s decades‑long color expertise to create curated palettes instantly. The solution relies on a multi‑agent architecture and Azure Cosmos DB as a real‑time, AI‑ready data layer...
By Azure Blog
News•Feb 12, 2026
After 25 Years, California Should Rethink Citizen Bond Oversight Committees
California’s Proposition 39 created citizen bond oversight committees (CBOCs) to add accountability to school‑facility bonds, but two‑decades of experience show they have not uncovered fraud. Annual audits remain compliance‑focused, while most fraud cases surface through law‑enforcement or targeted state investigations. The...
By The Bond Buyer (municipal finance)
News•Feb 12, 2026
Nuclear Power Group Alva Energy Launches with $33 Million in Funding
Alva Energy, a Massachusetts‑based nuclear startup, closed a $33 million Series A round led by Playground Global to fund retrofits of existing U.S. reactors. The company will replace steam generators and add a second turbine, boosting each plant’s output by 200‑300 MWe and...
By POWER Magazine
News•Feb 12, 2026
Commerce Releases Final AD/CVD Amounts in Battery Anode Case
The U.S. Department of Commerce issued final antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) rates for Chinese active anode material (AAM). AD margins remain at 93.5% for major exporters and 102.72% for others, while CVD rates settle around 66.86% for most...
By Solar Power World
News•Feb 12, 2026
SoftBank’s PayPay Gets Closer to US IPO in Milestone for Japan
SoftBank Group’s digital payments arm PayPay Corp. has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, signaling a U.S. initial public offering as early as March 2026. The company, Japan’s leading QR‑code payment platform, is targeting a...
By Bloomberg — Business
News•Feb 12, 2026
Resident Doctors in Scotland Accept Pay Deal, Averting Strikes
Resident doctors in Scotland have overwhelmingly approved a revised pay offer, with 97.1% voting in favour and a 62.4% turnout, averting planned strike action. The British Medical Association secured a deal that provides a 4.25% pay rise for 2025‑26 and...
By Personnel Today
News•Feb 12, 2026
Side Letter: Evergreen Exhaustion
Banks are exploring evergreen fund structures to alleviate crowded product shelves, offering investors continuous capital without a fixed termination date. Recent data highlights a growing appetite for emerging managers, whose niche strategies are attracting fresh capital. Analyst Rede predicts that...
By Private Equity International
News•Feb 12, 2026
First Hospitality Adds Lance Hornecker to Lead Global Sales Office
First Hospitality has created a dedicated global sales office led by newly appointed Managing Director‑Global Sales Lance Hornecker. The move adds seasoned sales talent, including Amanda Stredney and Kate Westover, to support group, corporate, meetings, events, leisure and travel‑industry demand...
By Hotel Business
News•Feb 12, 2026
Why Every MSP Needs a Battle-Tested Incident Response Framework
Managed Service Providers face escalating ransomware threats, making ad‑hoc responses untenable. A battle‑tested Incident Response Plan (IRP) provides a structured lifecycle—from preparation to lessons learned—that safeguards client systems and the MSP’s reputation. The guide outlines core pillars such as preparation,...
By ChannelE2E
News•Feb 12, 2026
Stockholm-Based Loovi Secures €1 Million to Scale Preventive Health and Longevity Platform
Swedish HealthTech startup Loovi has secured €1 million to scale its digital platform for data‑driven longevity and preventive health. The funding round, led by investors such as Susanne Najafi and Emad Zand, will be used to enhance medical and technical capabilities...
By EU-Startups
News•Feb 12, 2026
'A Blow to the LSE': Industry Raises Concerns About Schroders Takeover
Nuveen, a US investment firm, has launched a £9.9 bn hostile bid to acquire UK asset manager Schroders. Industry voices warn the deal could further shrink the already limited pool of listed assets on the London Stock Exchange. Critics argue the...
By Investment Week – ETFs
News•Feb 12, 2026
PQ: Global Ad Spend Will Climb 8.8%, Composite Rises Three-Tenths Of A Point
PQ Media’s 2026 Global Advertising & Marketing Spending Forecast projects worldwide ad spend to climb 8.8% and total marketing spend to rise 9.8% this year. The new data have been incorporated into MediaPost’s composite forecast, lifting the average industry growth...
By MediaPost
News•Feb 12, 2026
Instant Financial Named Payroll Solution of the Year by the HR.com Awards
Instant Financial has been named Payroll Solution of the Year by the HR.com Awards, recognizing its innovative payroll platform for hourly workers. The award is based on weighted feedback from HR professionals and customers. In 2025, Instant processed over $8 billion...
By HR Tech Series
News•Feb 12, 2026
Declines in Health and Education in Poor Countries ‘Harming Earning Potential’
The World Bank reports that human capital—health, education and workplace learning—has declined in 86 of 129 low‑ and middle‑income countries between 2010 and 2025, threatening future earnings. Children born today could earn about 51 percent more over their lifetimes if their...
By The Guardian – Economics
News•Feb 12, 2026
2026 Lease Management Trends: Strategic Evolution in the Office of the CFO
In 2026 lease management is shifting from compliance‑only tools to strategic platforms that combine AI, automation, and deep integration across the CFO office. Vendors are delivering AI‑enhanced onboarding, multi‑standard reporting for IFRS 16, ASC 842 and FRS 102, and unified data flows linking...
By Controllers Council
News•Feb 12, 2026
This Job Board Just Broke My #1 Rule
A new platform dubbed “Glassdoor for News” launched with a dual focus on anonymous newsroom reviews and job listings, but its job board is completely empty. The author highlights this as a breach of the core rule for any job...
By HRTechFeed
News•Feb 12, 2026
Nuveen’s Takeover of Schroders to Create $2.5trn Asset Manager
Nuveen, the TIAA‑affiliated asset manager, announced the acquisition of Schroders Capital, the private‑equity arm of UK‑based Schroders. The deal merges Nuveen’s $2.45 trillion of assets under management with Schroders’ $25 billion private‑equity portfolio, creating a combined $2.5 trillion powerhouse. The transaction is expected...
By Private Equity International
News•Feb 12, 2026
Depreciation, Recapture and the Illusion of Tax Savings
Depreciation provides early tax deductions, improving cash flow, but it merely postpones tax liability. When the asset is sold, depreciation recapture taxes the portion of gain attributable to prior deductions, often creating a sizable bill. This dynamic exists in multiple...
By Accounting Today
News•Feb 12, 2026
Bill Weighs the Best Path to Profits
Bill Holdings, a San Jose‑based business‑payments software firm, is weighing a sale after activist investors demanded higher profitability. The company reported a $2.6 million loss for Q4 2025, a sharp reversal from a $33.5 million profit a year earlier, while revenue rose...
By Payments Dive
News•Feb 12, 2026
ICON Shares Plunge After Launching Accounting Probe
ICON Plc announced that a preliminary accounting probe suggests its 2023 and 2024 revenues may have been overstated by less than 2%, prompting the company to withdraw its annual guidance and delay its fourth‑quarter earnings release. The disclosure triggered a...
By Accounting Today
News•Feb 12, 2026
UK Agri-Tech Centre Marked International Day Of Women And Girls In Science With Industry Voices
The UK Agri‑Tech Centre marked International Day of Women and Girls in Science by partnering with FA Bio for a discussion on inclusive scientific careers. FA Bio’s founder Dr Angela de Manzanos Guinot highlighted the company’s female‑majority team and its work developing microbial bioproducts to...
By Employer News (UK)
News•Feb 12, 2026
RxERP Integrates Embedded Microtransponder Technology for Improved Pharmaceutical Traceability
RxERP has signed a licensing agreement with p‑Chip Corporation to embed light‑activated microtransponder tags into its pharmaceutical ERP serialization workflows. The embedded tags provide a permanent, tamper‑resistant digital ID that links directly to RxERP’s receiving, inventory, verification and reporting records,...
By ERP Today
News•Feb 12, 2026
Statutory Sick Pay and the Future of Payroll (Webinar)
The UK Employment Rights Act 2025 introduces day‑one statutory sick pay and removes the lower earnings limit, reshaping payroll compliance. Employers must adjust payroll systems within the first 12 months to accommodate immediate SSP payments and altered eligibility for part‑time...
By Personnel Today
News•Feb 12, 2026
PE Weekly: Business Services Retains Its M&A Strength
Business services private equity firms continued a busy week of M&A, completing multiple platform acquisitions—including Kingswood Capital’s purchase of Safran Passenger Innovations (renamed RAVE Aerospace), H.I.G. Capital’s buy of CargoTuff, Trinity Hunt Partners’ launch of Allvia, KPS Capital’s pending acquisition...
By Middle Market Growth (ACG)
News•Feb 12, 2026
SMAs, ETFs Continue to Be Popular with Retail Buyers: Conference Panel
Retail investors are increasingly gravitating toward separately managed accounts (SMAs) and exchange‑traded funds (ETFs) as flexible, tax‑efficient ways to access municipal bonds. Muni SMAs now manage roughly $1.3 trillion across about 180 managers, while ETF holdings in the sector jumped 22.4%...
By The Bond Buyer (municipal finance)
News•Feb 12, 2026
Ghana’s Unpaid Cocoa Farmers Are Forced to Go Hungry
Ghana’s cocoa regulator Cocobod owes farmers for tens of thousands of tons of beans as global cocoa prices have halved to about $4,000 per metric ton. The payment backlog forces smallholders like Joseph Dautey and Jacob Tetteh to skip meals,...
By BusinessLIVE
News•Feb 12, 2026
10 Chambers Co-Founder Departs After a Decade
Hjalmar Vikström, co‑founder and chief development officer of 10 Chambers, announced his departure after ten years leading the studio that created the cooperative horror shooter GTFO. He guided the team from a nine‑person early‑access effort to the full 1.0 release in...
By Game Developer (formerly Gamasutra)
News•Feb 12, 2026
How Todd Patriacca’s 30-Year Finance Career Led to BVI Medical
After a three‑decade finance career that included auditing at Arthur Andersen and senior roles at Altra Industrial Motion, Todd Patriacca joined ophthalmic‑equipment maker BVI Medical as CFO in early 2023. He helped grow Altra from $300 million to roughly $2 billion in...
By CFO.com
News•Feb 12, 2026
EXCLUSIVE | Trump Pauses China Tech Curbs Ahead of Xi Summit
The Trump administration has temporarily shelved a suite of technology security measures targeting Chinese firms ahead of the April Trump‑Xi summit. The paused actions include a ban on China Telecom’s U.S. operations, restrictions on Chinese equipment in data centres, and...
By BusinessLIVE
News•Feb 12, 2026
Is Decency The Next Competitive Moat?
The article argues that the internet’s long‑standing focus on outrage‑driven engagement is reaching its limits, as users hit a tolerance threshold. AI‑powered platforms now amplify cynicism, turning noise into a trust‑eroding force. In this new landscape, scarcity has shifted from...
By MediaPost
News•Feb 12, 2026
International Business Briefs | Ailing Thames Water Seeks Further £823m
Britain’s Thames Water announced that its creditors are reviewing an additional £823 million of funding, adding to the £1.43 billion already drawn from its super‑senior liquidity facility. In Nigeria, Dangote Petroleum’s refinery completed 72‑hour performance tests, confirming full‑capacity operation at 650,000 barrels...
By BusinessLIVE