SINGAPORE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Novotech, the global full-service clinical research organisation (CRO) and scientific advisory company, today announced it has reached agreement with a wholly owned subsidiary of leading Australian healthcare company Healius Limited (ASX: HLS), to acquire Agilex Biolabs, a specialist bioanalytical laboratory business headquartered in Adelaide, Australia. The acquisition builds on Novotech’s existing global clinical development …
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Payward Services Unlocks Ōura IPO Access Through xStocks
Tokenized exposure to one of the year’s most anticipated IPOs is opening to investors across the world. Customers of Kraken and xStocks Alliance members can register non-binding indications of interest, with ŌURA to be tokenized on listing day for around-the-clock trading. ST. HELIER, Jersey–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Payward Services, the B2B infrastructure platform behind the xStocks tokenized equities …
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Delek US Holdings, Inc. Announces Pricing of $400 Million of Convertible Senior Notes
Opportunistic capital raise with proceeds used to enhance financial flexibility will include the partial repayment of amounts outstanding under the Term Loan Credit Facility A portion of the proceeds to be used to purchase capped calls intended to offset potential dilution to Delek’s common stock upon conversion of the notes BRENTWOOD, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Delek US Holdings, …
KKR Sells Four Points Flex by Sheraton Portfolio in Japan
TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Global investment firm KKR today announced that funds managed by KKR have completed the sale of a portfolio of 16 hotels across Japan operating under the Four Points Flex by Sheraton brand to a leading global institutional investor. Located in 11 cities across major tourist destinations such as Greater Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Fukuoka, …
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US Escalates Trade Measures Against Canadian Goods
The United States is set to prohibit imports of Canadian dairy products, most alcoholic beverages and motorcycles, adding another layer to the escalating trade dispute between the two neighboring countries. The White House announced the measures on Tuesday, shortly after Canada introduced retaliatory tariffs covering about $20 billion worth of US goods. The latest developments …
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Cybersecurity Faces A New Threat As AI Learns To Attack
Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming part of the cybersecurity battle on both sides. Businesses are dealing with more attacks, while security teams are increasingly turning to AI to detect vulnerabilities, investigate incidents and respond to threats. The scale of the problem is already significant. Check Point reported that organisations saw a 20% increase in cyberattacks …
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Salesforce Outage Exposes Hidden Cloud Resilience Risks
Salesforce experienced a major service disruption on September 16, affecting customers across multiple regions and causing login issues, intermittent errors, delayed services and difficulties submitting support cases. The outage began at around 3:50 a.m. EDT and was officially resolved shortly before 3 p.m., following several hours of monitoring. Salesforce initially linked the disruption to an …
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When Technology Becomes a Workplace Stressor
Why Tech Stress Is a Psychosocial Hazard and What Employers Can Do About It Technology has fundamentally changed how work gets done. What often goes unexamined is how much cognitive, emotional, and social load modern technology places on employees, and what happens when organizations treat that load as “just the reality of work.” Hours spent …
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The Next Digital Workplace Is Not More Tools. It Is Less Friction.
I have been in this business for a long time and for years, Digital Workplace transformation has focused on giving employees better tools: collaboration platforms, self-service portals, workflow applications, automation and now most recently, AI copilots. These technologies can make individual tasks faster but they do not automatically improve how work moves across the enterprise. …
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Supporting Remote and Hybrid Teams Requires Better Systems, Not More Meetings
For years, organizations treated remote work as a temporary adjustment, then it became a more permanent operating model. Today, whether your employees are fully remote, hybrid, or spread across multiple offices, one thing has become clear: The challenge isn’t where people work. It’s how work works. Many IT leaders have invested heavily in collaboration tools. …
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