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Bank payment company GoCardless has recorded its first EBITDA positive quarter on an adjusted basis, operating in the black in the final three months of FY25 (April to June 2025). The result reflects strong cost discipline and a sustained growth trajectory, positioning the company for long-term financial sustainability. This milestone follows strong financial results in FY24, where GoCardless reported a 38% increase in revenue to £127m and a 55% reduction on losses, down to £35m.

The strategy, called Every Rose: Our Time, includes the goal of becoming the first England team to win back-to-back Rugby World Cups, and getting 100,000 women and girls playing the game across the country by 2030, up from the 60,000 who participate now. English rugby's governing body is also aiming to double its revenues from the women's game to 60m so it can invest more in the grassroots, and to have 3 million Red Roses fans.

When the company reported Q2 earnings on Aug. 4, it announced that revenues saw year-over-year growth of 48% and topped $1 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time ever, while U.S. government revenues rose 53% from the year-ago period to $426 million. Palantir beat on earnings with 16 cents per share versus Wall Street's expectations of 14 cents per share. The company also upped its full-year guidance, forecasting revenues between $4.142 billion and $4.150 billion, up from its previous forecast of $3.89 billion to $3.90 billion.

So far this year, the stock is up more than 143%, and since its October 2022 IPO, PLTR has surged an eye-catching 1,890%. In September, it was reported that the company agreed to a £1.5 billion defense deal with the U.K. That comes not he back of an announcement in early August that the U.S. Army is consolidating 75 contracts into a single 10-year arrangement with Palantir valued at $10 billion.

In a long-awaited move, StubHub (NYSE:STUB), the leading online ticket resale marketplace, priced its initial public offering (IPO) yesterday at $23.50 per share, valuing the company at $8.6 billion. The offering raised $800 million through the sale of approximately 34 million shares, with an option for underwriters to purchase up to 5.1 million more. This debut on the New York Stock Exchange caps years of delays, including pauses in 2024 amid market volatility from tariffs and earlier in 2025 due to economic uncertainty.

Anthropic, the AI startup behind the chatbot Claude, finalized a deal on Tuesday for a new, $13 billion Series F funding round that catapults its valuation from $61.5 billion to $183 billion, making it one of the most valuable startups ever. Anthropic has more than 300,000 business customers and has seen a sevenfold increase in its number of large clients with projects above $100,000 in the past year, the company said in a statement.

In the second quarter of 2025, JOYY's revenue reached US$ 507.8 million, representing 2.7% quarter-over-quarter growth. Its livestreaming revenue grew 1.1% quarter over quarter, while non-livestreaming revenue achieved 25.6% year-over-year growth, contributing 26.1% of total revenues. The Company's non-GAAP 1 EBITDA reached US$48.2 million, growing by 25.7% year over year and 19.3% quarter over quarter. JOYY's GAAP and non-GAAP 1 net profit in the second quarter increased approximately 16.8% and 3.9% year-over-year to US$60.8 million and US$77.0 million, respectively.

Learning and Development (L&D) departments often face pressure to demonstrate their value while operating with constrained resources. In the face of economic turmoil or unpredictable market conditions, customer training can present a promising avenue for L&D departments looking to drive significant business impact. This article explores how leveraging existing L&D resources can enhance customer education initiatives and ultimately transform L&D from a perceived cost center into a vehicle for revenue growth and retention.

TikTok's operations in the United Kingdom, Europe, and Latin America more than doubled revenues since 2022, when the company brought in $2.6 billion, according to filings submitted to Companies House, the U.K's corporate registry.

US companies have invested between $35 billion and $40 billion in generative AI projects, but most efforts remain in the pilot stage with little impact on revenues.

Foxconn's Cloud & Networking revenue has jumped 47%, driven primarily by AI server demand, overtaking its consumer electronics business for the first time.

The Snowflake Platform enhances enterprises' data management under an AI Data Cloud, focusing on self-managed services, governance, and visibility without requiring extensive end-user hardware.

Snap reported a 9% increase in revenue year over year, totaling $1.345 billion. Daily active users rose by 9% to reach 469 million.

ChatGPT can handle repetitive tasks, generate content frameworks, and streamline customer communications-freeing entrepreneurs to focus on high-value activities.

The deterioration took its toll. The morale of the whole store was basically terrible. When he started, people rarely talked about leaving.

High employee turnover, low customer satisfaction stats, and missed revenue targets are symptoms of ineffective sales transformation and enablement programs.

Meta's current focus on AI-powered systems has enhanced its ad conversion rates, resulting in a 9% increase in average ad prices, indicating a significant shift in value generation.

BuzzFeed's revenue reached $46.4 million in Q2 2025, beating estimates by 17.7%. High-margin areas like programmatic advertising and affiliate commerce contributed significantly to this growth.

Despite posting revenue growth, Better's adjusted EBITDA loss increased slightly to $27 million in Q2 2025. The company aims for adjusted EBITDA breakeven by Q3 2026.

Warner Brothers Discovery will separate back into two independent, publicly traded companies by mid-2026. The separation follows a merging process that began in 2022.