TEMPE – October 30, 2026 -- Warrensburg, Missouri, and Newark, Delaware, recorded year-over-year microbusiness growth of 16.1% and 16.0%, ranking second and third in GoDaddy's inaugural Most Entrepreneurial College Towns list, behind Stanford University.

SHERIDAN, Wyo. – October 30, 2026 -- The global graphene market is valued at USD 970 million in 2026 and will reach USD 3.94 billion by 2031, a CAGR of 32.4% over 2026-2031, according to a new study by Wissen Research. The report describes a market moving from research-led development to targeted industrial commercialization, with suppliers prioritizing scalable manufacturing and customer-specific integration over laboratory performance alone.

Zug – October 30, 2026 -- Some 87% of surveyed real estate professionals expect capital investors to withdraw from Berlin, even though only 14% consider an actual socialization of housing stock by 2031 likely. The flash survey of 414 property professionals in Germany, Austria and Switzerland was published days after the Berlin election.

PALO ALTO – October 30, 2026 -- Aragon Research predicts that by the end of 2027, half of all enterprise sales representatives will direct a team of three to four specialized AI agents handling prospecting, customized proposals and client onboarding. The forecast comes with the release of its Globe for Revenue Enablement Platforms, 2027, which evaluates 14 providers.

Berlin – October 30, 2026 -- Sparkasse is Germany's strongest bank brand with 67 points in the Markenstärke index, one point ahead of ING (66) and two ahead of Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken (65), according to the Markenradar® Banken 2026 from Berlin-based Delphi Research. The study surveyed 4,400 bank users aged 16 to 70, who rated 18 bank brands. Trade Republic is the strongest neobank in fourth place with 52 points.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – October 29, 2026 -- Twenty-nine percent of U.S. consumers plan to do most of their holiday shopping in early to mid-December, up from 19% in 2025, while Black Friday's share fell from 25% to 17%, according to the Bank of America 2026 Holiday Spending Survey.

Palo Alto – October 29, 2026 -- Hesai Group held a 62% share of the global robotaxi lidar market in 2025, more than all other suppliers combined, according to Yole Group's Robotaxi 2026 report. The figure is up from the 61% Yole attributed to the Nasdaq- and HKEX-listed company in its previous report.

Munich – October 29, 2026 -- Arrivals from China in Germany are forecast to rise 178% between 2026 and 2036, the steepest increase among major source markets, according to a new Accor tourism study based on Tourism Economics projections.

Other Asian markets follow closely. South Korea is expected to grow 94%, Japan 92% and India 84% over the same period.

Munich – October 29, 2026 -- Only 17 percent of German CFOs report measurable value from AI initiatives, while 70 percent expect measurable benefits within two years, according to Deloitte's latest CFO Survey. The poll covered more than 120 finance chiefs at large German companies between September 10 and October 2.

Munich – October 29, 2026 -- Only 41 percent of German business decision-makers rate their company as well or very well prepared for cyberattacks, according to a YouGov survey commissioned by electronica, the electronics trade fair.