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Waltham-based Repligen closed its $1.5B BioLife Solutions deal on Oct. 6. Terms, dates, why cell therapy tools matter and what it means for Boston biotech.
Woburn startup VEIR closed a $110M Series C on Oct. 8 for superconducting AI data center power. Deal size, investors, impact and open questions.
Anthropic will put 5% of its shares into a new Public Benefit Fund, pending stockholder approval, with 2% more per 50% rise in value. What is known.
Boston AI insurer Ledgebrook raised $200 million co-led by Allianz X and Rockefeller Capital. Deal size, dates, what Blackbird does and what is unknown.
Japan’s finance minister says Tokyo will act without hesitation if needed, as a U.S. Treasury official says the yen’s level must change.
Japan will finance up to $21 billion for two GlobalFoundries fabs in Malta, N.Y., the first chip project under its $550 billion U.S. pledge.
The Germany Nvidia AI pact, worth several hundred million euros, is due Monday at Invest in Germany as Merz meets Jensen Huang. What’s in it and who’s involved.
Microsoft has quit the Nscale Loughton AI data centre in Essex after the site was told grid power may not arrive until the 2030s. What it means for UK AI plans.
Hormuz war-risk premiums rose from about 0.25% of a ship’s value before the Iran war to 6% to 10% in October. How the cover works and what a transit costs.
MG2 Development filed plans for a five-story, 35-unit building at 295 Waldemar Avenue in East Boston, with six Inclusionary Zoning units and 18 parking spaces.
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