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Liftoff IPO Filing Signals Possible End to Adtech Market Freeze

Could the adtech IPO drought be coming to an end?This week, Blackstone-backed mobile adtech firm Liftoff filed to go public in the US, potentially ending a yearslong freeze that has seen only one major pure-play adtech IPO — connected-TV firm MNTN’s debut last spring — since 2021.If the IPO market…

US Job Market’s Great Freeze May End in 2026 — in Hiring or Layoffs

The frozen job market could be heading into “a moment of reckoning” this year, said Claudia Sahm, the chief economist of New Century Advisors. The job market has been stuck in a low-hire, low-fire state, partly due to economic uncertainty, such as businesses figuring out how tariffs affect them. It’s…