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27.02.26 - 13:03
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NIQ Announces Strong Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results (Business Wire)
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Exceeded Revenue, Adjusted EBITDA and levered free cash flow guidance and achieved positive free cash flow for the full year.
Delivered 9.2% reported revenue growth in Q4, or 5.7% organic constant currency ("OCC")
Drove 7.7% and 7.1% Intelligence OCC revenue growth in Q4 and full year 2025, respectively
Improved net loss and increased cash provided by operating activities to $298.7 million and grew $224.8 million year-over-year
Accelerated Adjusted EBITDA growth, and delivered positive levered free cash flow in FY25, including $315.3 million of levered free cash flow in the second half of 2025
Announced tech-enabled cost‑efficiency actions expected to enhance projected 2026 margins
Introducing 2026 financial guidance; we expect 5.0% to 5.3% OCC revenue growth, 23.5% to 23.8% Adjusted EBITDA margin, and $235.0M to $250.0M of levered free cash flow
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NIQ Global Intelligence plc (NYSE: NIQ) (the “Company”, or “NIQ”), a leading global consumer intelligence company, ...
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25.02.26 - 18:15
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Profitmind Raises $9 Million Series A Led by Accenture Ventures to Scale an AI Platform for Retail Decision-Making (Business Wire)
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Backed by new and returning investors, including Chairman Andrew Ng's AI Fund, Magarac Venture Partners and Lightscape Partners, the company pioneered agentic AI for pricing, inventory and assortment decisionsPITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Profitmind, an agentic AI decision intelligence platform built for retail teams, today announced a $9 million Series A financing led by Accenture Ventures. New investor Thorndale Farm, Inc. participated in the round, alongside reinvestment from existing backers Magarac Venture Partners; AI Fund, led by Profitmind Chairman Andrew Ng; and Lightscape Partners. Several individual investors also participated, including board member Mario Ciampi, former President of Disney Store and former COO of The Children's Place.
The funding will be used to scale the platform to more retailers globally, expand product capabilities and grow the team to support those efforts.
Profitmind also recently partnered with Microsoft to bring the platform to Microsoft Marketplace and Azure, expandi...
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25.02.26 - 18:12
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Treasury calls in Blair thinktank to advise on using AI across public services (The Guardian)
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Tech equity campaigners compare move to 'inviting in foxes to consult on the future of the henhouse'Ministers have called in Tony Blair's thinktank and private tech companies to guide them on deploying AI across the UK government in a move campaigners compared to “inviting in foxes to consult on the future of the henhouse”.James Murray, chief secretary to the Treasury, chaired a meeting on Wednesday with the director of AI at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI), the chair of IBM and senior executives at AI companies including Faculty AI, now part of Accenture, and Dex Hunter-Torricke, a former communications adviser at Google, Facebook and Elon Musk's Space X. Continue reading......
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25.02.26 - 15:00
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AI’s Future, What To Do When You Get Fired? (24/7 Wall St.)
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There are several grim assessments about how many jobs AI will eliminate in America. Large consulting firms say they will not hire people without AI experience. Accenture and KPMG say promotions will be based on whether people can use their AI tools. At a law firm, entry-level associates will find few jobs. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) ... AI's Future, What To Do When You Get Fired?
The post AI's Future, What To Do When You Get Fired? appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.....
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24.02.26 - 13:18
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Accenture to Acquire Verum Partners, Expanding its Capital Projects Capabilities in Latin America (Business Wire)
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BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has agreed to acquire Verum Partners, an infrastructure and capital projects management firm with deep expertise in the mining, metals, transportation, logistics, chemicals and energy industries. Accenture will bring together its digital and advanced AI capabilities and Verum Partners' on-site execution leadership to help clients in Latin America make their infrastructure projects more efficient.
Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Belo Horizonte, Verum Partners has more than 180 employees with extensive hands-on field experience, who will join Accenture's Infrastructure & Capital Projects practice.
Verum Partners specializes in identifying and eliminating inefficiencies across the lifecycle of clients' infrastructure and capital projects, from feasibility to engineering, construction, commissioning and operational handover. The company's deep project management and industry expertise helps organizations reduce rework, improve productivit...
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