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Tactical Resources Completes SPAC Deal Ahead of Nasdaq Listing

Tactical Resources has completed its previously announced business combination with Plum Acquisition Corp. III, moving the U.S.-focused rare earth development company toward a Nasdaq listing at a time when domestic access to critical minerals has become an increasingly important industrial and geopolitical issue. Under the transaction, Tactical Resources continues as a wholly owned subsidiary of...

business 13 Aug 2026

Semtech to Sell Cellular Module Business to Compal Electronics for $62 Million

Semtech is exiting the cellular module business under a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of the unit's assets, intellectual property, customer relationships, and personnel to Compal Electronics for $62 million in cash. The deal marks another step in Semtech's effort to concentrate its portfolio around AI data center networking, LoRa connectivity, and other businesses where it sees...

technology 13 Aug 2026

STARTRADER Adds 45 New 24/7 Stock and ETF CFDs Across Global Themes

For retail and professional traders watching global markets, the trading day increasingly no longer fits within the opening hours of a single stock exchange. Artificial intelligence companies in Asia, U.S. technology stocks, digital assets, energy markets, and exchange-traded funds can all move on different schedules, creating demand for trading products designed around a more continuous market...

digital asset management 13 Aug 2026

Shoe Station Group Names Tracy Dick CMO to Lead Customer Growth

Shoe Station Group, the parent company behind Shoe Station and Shoe Carnival, has appointed Tracy Dick as chief marketing officer as the footwear retailer looks to expand one banner while strengthening customer engagement across the other. Dick joined the company on August 3 and reports to Interim President and CEO Cliff Sifford. Her remit covers two retail brands operating in an increasingly...

customer engagement 12 Aug 2026

Function and NYU Grossman Launch AI Research for Early Detection

The next major advance in healthcare AI may not be another diagnostic chatbot or clinical documentation tool. It could be an AI system capable of recognizing subtle changes in a person's health years before conventional medicine would typically intervene. That is the ambition behind a new research partnership between Function and NYU Grossman School of Medicine, part of NYU Langone Health. The...

marketing 12 Aug 2026

Gen Z's $12 Trillion Spending Power May Matter Less Than Brands Think

For years, marketers have organized consumer strategy around generations. Gen Z became the priority audience for digital-native brands, Millennials were treated as the social-commerce generation, and Gen X was often positioned as an overlooked source of purchasing power. New research from NielsenIQ, developed with World Data Lab, complicates that framework. Its latest report, A Tale of Two...

customer data platforms 12 Aug 2026

ITC Infotech Expands BAT Partnership With Multi-Year Tech Mandate

ITC Infotech has secured a new multi-year technology services mandate with British American Tobacco, deepening a relationship that is increasingly focused on simplifying enterprise technology operations while preparing the company for wider adoption of artificial intelligence. Under the expanded arrangement, ITC Infotech will provide technology services across Poland, Romania and India. The...

digital transformation 12 Aug 2026

Prudential Advisors Adds $110M Ameriprise Advisor to NJ Wealth Partners

Prudential Advisors, the wealth management business of Prudential Financial, has added Christopher Grella to its NJ Wealth Partners practice in Holmdel, New Jersey. Grella brings more than 31 years of financial-services experience to Prudential and previously served as a vice president at Ameriprise Financial. The transition is significant less because of a single advisor appointment than because...

technology 12 Aug 2026