Europe’s AI boom is leaving femtech behind Summary Venture capital in Europe has heavily favoured AI, leaving femtech — innovation focused on women’s health — underfunded and overlooked. After a 2021 peak of €1.89bn globally, femtech investment plunged, and by 2023 European femtech captured only €164m of €8.3bn in healthtech funding. Many femtech startups have […]
War in Ukraine – What I Saw Summary Rick Williams, an American business leader, recounts driving donated, non-military supplies from Warsaw to Ukraine in June. He and a group delivered vans, a fire engine and an ambulance to Lviv and Kyiv, witnessing widespread destruction, fresh graves, salvaged Soviet equipment, improvised drones and everyday life continuing […]
Why High Performers Leave, and What CEOs Must Do to Keep Them Summary The article argues that the traditional employer–employee compact has effectively broken down: pay and progression increasingly favour hierarchy and those with negotiating leverage, not steady high performers. Quiet quitting and falling tenure are symptoms of a compensation system that rewards title and […]
Mississippi police await autopsy results for Black student found hanged at Delta State Summary A 21-year-old student was found hanging from a tree near the pickleball courts at Delta State University early on Monday. Campus police say they have found no evidence of foul play so far and call the incident “isolated,” but an autopsy […]
Texas Poker Community Wins Second Major Legal Battle This Month Summary Champions Social Club — the operator behind a popular Houston poker room and co-owned at that location by Phil Hellmuth — won a major victory on 17 September 2025 when the Dallas Board of Adjustment voted 4-1 to allow the club to host poker […]
At CEO Forum In Washington, Little Support For Trump Economic Policies Summary The annual Yale CEO Caucus in Washington gathered many of America’s top business leaders for off-the-record discussion and polling. Informal survey results revealed broad private scepticism about President Trump’s economic moves nine months into his second term — notably his pressure on the […]
Federal Reserve moves forward with first federal funds rate reduction of 2025 Summary The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee has cut the target federal funds rate to 4.00%–4.25%, marking the first rate reduction in 2025. The decision follows Chairman Jay Powell’s late‑August comments that signalled openness to easing. Ten Fed board members preferred keeping […]
OpenEvidence and Doximity clash in billion-dollar race to dominate AI for doctors Summary The rivalry between OpenEvidence and Doximity has escalated from boardroom competition into duelling lawsuits as both firms race to build the dominant AI assistant for physicians. OpenEvidence — a Sequoia-backed startup valued at about $3.5bn — sued Doximity in June alleging theft […]
Meet Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the founders of Ben & Jerry’s Summary Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield turned a £4,000-each investment and a converted Vermont gas station into one of the world’s most recognisable ice-cream brands. Childhood friends from Long Island, they abandoned a bagel shop plan, learnt ice-cream making on a cheap course, […]
3 storylines to watch when Golden Knights open training camp Summary The Golden Knights open what could be their most anticipated training camp yet, driven by the arrival of right wing Mitch Marner and the looming contract picture around centre Jack Eichel. Coach Bruce Cassidy and GM Kelly McCrimmon will test where Marner fits in […]
