View: Solomon leaves Waldron with a clean slate
Semaforby Liz Hoffman12d ago
Liz’s view Lloyd Blankfein, contemplating his exit from Goldman Sachs, liked to say that when things are bad, you can’t leave, and when things are good, you don’t want to.
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top 74%Exclusive: Thoma Bravo finds the SaaSpocalypse hasn’t killed off all the deals
Semaforby Ellen DiMauro12d ago
The Scoop Thoma Bravo has been forging a path out of the SaaSpocalypse, after the sector was virtually left for dead by investors earlier this year.
View: Dugongs won’t move the needle for US businesses in China
Semaforby Andy Browne13d ago
Just in time for Halloween and the Christmas shopping season, the US and China have agreed to cut tariffs on Chinese toys, holiday decorations, and fireworks.
Cruz wants Republicans to campaign on college sports bill
Semaforby Burgess Everett13d ago
The News Once the Senate passes the bipartisan college sports bill, Ted Cruz wants the Republicans to quickly turn it into a midterms victory by reconvening the House to pass the bill, having...
View: African innovators are reinventing their regulators
Semaforby Yinka Adegoke13d ago
Yinka’s view Africa’s innovators are discovering that building a new product or service often also means building a new relationship with the government.
Pretoria needs US reset, says minister
Semaforby Tiisetso Motsoeneng13d ago
The News South Africa needs to reset its relationship with the US, a senior member of Pretoria’s governing coalition said in an interview, describing Washington’s demands as “fairly...
IMF chief warns AI boom is masking economic fragility from oil shocks
Semaforby Liz Hoffman13d ago
The Scene The International Monetary Fund’s forecast for the world economy is increasingly a forecast for AI.
View: More IPOs won’t be enough to fix the Saudi market
Semaforby Wael Mahdi13d ago
Wael’s view Saudi Arabia’s stock market has problems that cannot be solved simply by listing more companies.
East Africa’s refinery rivals take on Dangote
Semaforby Martin K.N Siele14d ago
The News Aliko Dangote’s planned refinery on Kenya’s Lamu Island will likely have to rely on seaborne imports for crude supplies as Uganda remains non-committal on the project, instead pledging its...
Kenya in ‘advanced’ talks with US on critical minerals deal: minister
Semaforby Alexis Akwagyiram14d ago
The News Talks over a deal that would see the US help develop Kenya’s critical minerals processing industry are at a “very advanced” stage, the African country’s mining minister told Semafor, as...
Republicans fuming at Hegseth as war costs build
Semaforby Burgess Everett14d ago
The News Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is running into a wall of congressional GOP resistance as he tries to secure $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon next year.
View: The US-China tectonic plates have shifted
Semaforby Andy Browne15d ago
Before this week, the last time a US president greeted a foreign leader at Joint Base Andrews was when John F. Kennedy welcomed British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in 1962.
View: Enough about the data centers already
Semaforby Tim McDonnell16d ago
Tim’s view We should probably talk less about data centers. That might sound like blasphemy, and also hypocritical, given how often I do exactly that.
Namibia eyes local mineral processing
Semaforby Yinka Adegoke16d ago
The News Namibia’s president has a message for foreign investors eyeing the country’s critical minerals: build processing plants at home, or look elsewhere.
View: African resilience drive hinges on partnerships
Semaforby Alexis Akwagyiram16d ago
Alexis’s view One of the most eye-catching features of this UN General Assembly has been the drive to secure deals — particularly for critical minerals — playing out on the margins of the...
Exclusive: Zambia is close to resolving $1.5B US health data dispute - minister
Semaforby Yinka Adegoke16d ago
The News Zambia is close to resolving a months-long dispute with the US over a proposed health agreement, the African nation’s foreign minister told Semafor.
‘Relief or regret’: The rule that guides Greg Brown’s biggest calls at Motorola Solutions
Semaforby Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson17d ago
The Scene Greg Brown became chief executive of what was then Motorola in 2008. But it’s only in the last decade that he thinks he has become “a reasonably good CEO.” And he credits a series of...
How Harvard Business School’s former dean thinks AI will test today’s CEOs
Semaforby Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson17d ago
The Signal Insight Nitin Nohria spent a decade as dean of Harvard Business School, and taught his first workshop there for new CEOs in 1997.
How splitting from GSK taught Haleon a spin-off is not a finish line
Semaforby Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson17d ago
The Signal Insight Brian McNamara spent six years running the group behind Advil, Centrum, and Sensodyne before GSK spun off its consumer health division in 2022.
Exclusive: ‘It’s a gimmick’: Trump’s diesel export limits would face huge problems
Semaforby Eleanor Mueller17d ago
The News The diesel export ban that President Donald Trump is mulling in a bid to bring down record-high prices would backfire in two ways — further dividing Hill Republicans while risking even...