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As Crowdstrike’s share price continues to slide today, Microsoft is doing its best to distance itself from the massive outage of 8.5 million Windows devices. The funny thing is, I was penning a piece for you on how smug Microsoft has been of late due to its success in marketing Copilot,
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While stagnant VCs have been stalled on investments for the last 18 months, M&A conversations have been ramping up. Small to medium-sized US tech companies are shopping for bargains in Europe. There’s some great IP and without funding, founders are more likely to move straight to exit. A
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City of London CEOs and CIOs The Executive Summary increases its focus on business and technology leaders, but from hereon will only focus on CEOs and CIOs in the City of London. That means, our content is designed for those folks running and operating businesses mainly in financial,
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If you are a CXO that want’s to network with professionals or learn from industry leaders in the Tech or Finance field, here are the top 20 events you must attend in the City of London this July. Don’t miss out on these exciting opportunities to connect and grow! Top 20 Events: Defence
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I used to media train the folks at Pimco and was always impressed by their research and strong point of view. Pimco is one of the largest investment management firms in the world with $2 trillion in assets. To put that in context, Samoa’s GDP is $0.8 Billion. The company’s Secular Outlook
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Get involved… Hi folks How has 2024 been treating you? Did you tune into the World Economic Forum with avid interest? Or did you just see your mates taking selfies there? I’ve left this edition a couple of weeks into the year to give you (me) time to wake up. There’s more optimism in the
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The $1tn industry you shouldn’t ignore So here’s a Sunday evening curveball for you. Have you ever thought of working in space? Not as an astronaut, but leading your industry there to create new products or services. The pharmaceutical industry is already developing drugs in space to take
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Investors look for greater revenue potential A shift in value creation priorities is changing investment decisions… Private equity investing is based on majority share ownership of companies where the investor – or general partner – can make active decisions in the company they have
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Glass half full or empty? What are CEOs thinking today? It’s not pretty, according to Deloitte and Fortune in their 2023 winter CEO survey (104 CEOs). Here are the key takeaways from Fortune (paywall): * 48% of CEOs are pessimistic about the global economy * 36% expect growth to be strong.
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Breathing Space The operating environment 1 – The interest rate shows no sign of coming down, putting pressure on sources of funding and customers’ ability to buy. This is a huge challenge for growth and survival as UK insolvencies hit their highest numbers since 2009 2 – The Bank of
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Supply chain stories Morning there While renewable energy investment hit $358 in H1 this year, manufacturers require higher amounts of the metals required to build those new energy technologies. This means while mining for fossil fuels could slow, mining rates are increasing and will
