Category: 6. Business

Outside, it’s an overcast and blustery February day in Kent – hardly the ideal conditions for growing tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers. Yet inside the enormous glasshouses run by grower Thanet Earth, the climate has been optimised to a humid…

The UK is at risk of losing its status as a major manufacturing centre after a sharp rise in energy prices that has forced about 40% of businesses to cut back investment, according to a report by the CBI and Energy UK.

In a stinging message to…

The word “bitcoin” or any other mention of crypto will get you banned from the OpenClaw Discord. Not for spam, not for shilling, but just for saying it.

Peter Steinberger, the Austrian developer behind OpenClaw, the open-source AI agent framework…

As many analysts are slashing their 2026 price targets for Bitcoin (BTC 0.06%), one top Wall Street investment firm is not. According to Bernstein, Bitcoin could still hit $150,000 by the end of the year.

Obviously, a lot needs to go right for…

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It may have taken more than a decade, but smart glasses are finally taking off. Sales of Meta Platforms’ Ray-Ban AI…

Top private equity buyout groups have been unable to sell Chinese portfolio companies for the second year in a row, as they struggle to cash out of their earlier investments in the world’s second-largest economy.

Ten of the biggest buyout firms…

BHP, Glencore and Teck Resources — three mining giants whose annual results have revealed significantly increased…

• Africa secured $13.84 billion across 306 energy transition deals in 2025.
• Clean energy projects accounted for 98.3% of total investment value.
• AfDB, World Bank Group and Standard Bank ranked among top investors.

Africa drew $13.84…