The Sage SME Pulse report found strong sales and margins offset by a chronic late-payment problem with 49% of invoices overdue.
Year: 2026
Musk Cleared by FTC to Acquire SpaceX Alumni Firm Mesh in M&A Push
Elon Musk received Federal Trade Commission clearance to buy Mesh as he accelerates his strategy of consolidating SpaceX’s extended ecosystem.
Tech Stocks Slide as AI Cost and Demand Concerns Weigh on Mega Caps
Technology stocks fell for the third straight session as investors rotated out of AI-adjacent names amid worries about spiralling inference costs.
OpenAI Considers Delaying IPO to 2027 Amid Regulatory Volatility
Uncertainty over AI governance and model access restrictions is reportedly pushing OpenAI to defer its initial public offering by at least a year.
Anthropic Reaches Projected Q2 Operating Profit of $559M at $4.7B Annualised Run Rate
Claude Code’s dominance of the AI coding market has made Anthropic the first major AI lab to reach operating profitability ahead of rivals.
OpenAI Unveils Jalapeño Custom Chip Targeting 50% Cheaper AI Inference
OpenAI partnered with Broadcom to release a proprietary chip aimed at dramatically cutting the cost of running large language models.
The Human Cost of Venezuela’s Political Crisis—Before and After the Earthquake
Long-form human interest piece on how years of economic collapse left Venezuelans unable to cope with a natural disaster of this scale.
Why the World Cup Is Proving That African Football Is Ready for the Global Stage
Trending opinion on how African teams have been the tournament’s most relentless performers so far in 2026.
The Billa-Ranga Case Revisited: What 1978 Delhi Taught Us About Criminal Justice
Retrospective on how the Chopra siblings murder became a watershed moment for Indian forensic investigation and public outrage.
Why India Ranked 13th in the AI Economy Readiness Index—And Why It Matters
Analysis of how India’s combination of digital public infrastructure and engineering talent is driving AI adoption in the developing world.