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This interview is part of the Inside the Mind of the CxO series, which explores a wide range of critical decisions faced by chief executives around the world. In May 2025, two of the most talked-about names in beauty joined forces. The headline-making deal brought together e.l.f. Beauty, the company that began by selling $1…
Dive Brief: Companies are under pressure to carefully balance ambitious merger-and-acquisition priorities alongside artificial intelligence transformation as investments on both fronts accelerate, according to Bain & Company’s mid-year M&A outlook. The dynamic is creating a new “winner’s paradox,” as the same AI boom that has fueled many deals is also competing with broader M&A efforts,…
Blue Owl Capital has acquired a portfolio of 12 UK private hospitals from Malaysia’s Employees Provident Fund (EPF) in a transaction valued at approximately £1.3bn, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. The assets, which comprise a portfolio of Spire hospitals, will continue to be managed by Moor Park…
Biopharma-focused private equity firm Jeito Capital has strengthened its investment team and expanded its UK presence with the appointments of Magdalena Jonikas as partner and Anastasiya Sybirna as principal. The hires, both London-based, form part of Jeito’s strategy to deepen its investment capabilities in one of the world’s leading biopharma investment hubs while supporting the…
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series examining the potential risks and benefits as CFOs weave artificial intelligence into company operations. Pity the CFO today weighing whether to take the risk of channeling record investment into artificial intelligence. AI promises to yield a monumental return on investment, but in many industries such…
Meta released a new version of Muse Spark on Thursday, claiming that the AI model surpasses the capabilities of prior products from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. Dubbed Muse Spark 1.1, the new model is proficient across a range of tasks, including coding, video captioning, and reasoning, Meta said in a blog post. The update to…
Good morning. Wharton professor Eric Bradlow, who serves as the vice dean of AI and analytics, calls AI the most consequential innovation of his lifetime. A computer scientist and statistician, he’s drawn to AI for its ability to sift massive data sets, solve complex problems in seconds, and democratize knowledge—especially in business. In a video…
You’d think with Social Security now just six years away from insolvency, that Washington would be hard at work trying to avoid a 22% benefit cut. It’s true that several members of Congress have put forth proposals, but none have garnered much support so far. Partisan politics pose a significant challenge, but that’s not the…
The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department released final regulations Wednesday identifying certain arrangements claiming to be charitable remainder annuity trusts as “listed transactions,” akin to tax shelters, requiring participants and their advisors to file disclosures about them or face penalties if they fail to disclose. Processing Content The final regulations describe a transaction…