Starboard Value took a stake worth hundreds of millions in Shake Shack and the shares jumped about nine per cent before a single demand was made — and the fact that it arrived after a good quarter, not a bad one, Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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Sequoia led a one billion dollar round into a nuclear reactor startup at a six billion dollar valuation, and attached a two hundred million dollar credit facility — and the debt is the more interesting half of Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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Activists have almost stopped fighting proxy battles and started demanding something far more final — that boards sell the whole business — and the votes that used to settle these fights are being replaced by Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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Barclays grew quarterly profit by nearly a third and raised its full-year guidance — and the market cut the shares by seven per cent anyway, because investors have stopped applauding growth stories and Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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The $1.5 billion Anthropic settlement, the six authors who turned it down, and the week the market started putting a price on the written word. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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Apple just touched five trillion dollars by spending less on AI than anyone else at the table — and the market's sudden crush on restraint is a lesson, a trap, and a seventy-two-hour test all at once. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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Cracker Barrel's turnaround was finally working — so why did the CEO who built it just hand over the keys, and why might the board be right? Here is a corporate announcement so unremarkable that you could read the Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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PayPal turned down $53.4 billion, then two weeks later posted an earnings beat and raised its guidance — this is what a negotiation looks like when it happens in public. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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The Fed will almost certainly do nothing on Wednesday — while a third of the S&P 500 reports, GDP and inflation data land, and markets price an 82 per cent chance of a September hike. The quietest headline of the Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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Four former DOGE staffers raised $160 million at a $1.4 billion valuation for a weeks-old AI military cyber startup — and the deal is a masterclass in what venture capital is actually pricing in 2026. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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