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12:01 AM, 26th August 2026, 5 days ago The Scottish government is unlikely to meet its target of delivering 110,000 affordable homes by 2032, according to new research. Research by the Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI) workforce shortages and rising material costs are among the factors putting pressure on housebuilding and making the target increasingly…

Aldermore has appointed Andy Porter as business development manager within its commercial real estate (CRE) team. Porter brings more than 20 years of experience across property finance, commercial banking and credit risk. He joins Aldermore from United Trust Bank, where he was senior director of property development. Prior to that, Porter spent more than 12…

The legal architecture governing software rests on a useful assumption: However sophisticated the technology becomes, somewhere behind it sits a person or company responsible for the consequential decision. Agentic artificial intelligence, however, is beginning to put distance between those two things. “Agents don’t just execute decisions. They can make them,” Anant Raut, counsel at Zaiger…

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At its meeting in June, Federal Reserve officials were split about the future of interest rates, with policymakers talking about scenarios in either direction, according to meeting minutes released Wednesday. In new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s first meeting June 16-17, Federal Open Market Committee participants saw outcomes where inflation could ease and allow lower rates,…

Equinix is dramatically increasing both its revenue outlook and its planned development spending, signaling confidence from the world’s largest data center firm that it is uniquely positioned to capitalize on the AI infrastructure boom.  Equinix CEO Adaire Fox-Martin speaks at a conference in 2019. Equinix reported strong second-quarter earnings Wednesday, with revenue up 16% year-over-year. Booking grew…