Safilo makes offer for part of InSpecs as it attracts other takeover interest

Published October 30, 2025 There’s a lot of acquisition speculation swirling around UK-based eyewear business Inspecs at present. Italian eyewear giant Safilo has confirmed that it’s made a non-binding offer to the business. It doesn’t want to take over the whole company but is interested in Inspecs’ Eschenbach Group and BoDe businesses. Inspecs’ O’Neill eyewear…

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Meta, Google, and Microsoft Triple Down on AI Spending

While Microsoft didn’t offer a specific forecast for its AI capital expenditures for the next quarter or coming year, the company’s chief financial officer, Amy Hood, said that the company’s total spend will “increase sequentially, and we now expect the fiscal year 2026 growth rate to be higher than fiscal year 2025.” Tech companies are…

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Courtney Cox’s fragrance brand Homecourt inks $8 million in funding

Published October 29, 2025 Luxury home and personal fragrance brand Homecourt announced on Wednesday it has raised $8 million in a Series A funding round led by Cult Capital. Courtesy The company, co-founded by actress Courtney Cox and entrepreneur Sarah Jahnke in 2022, will use the funding to build brand awareness, expand its team, and establish “infrastructure” for its “continued…

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