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2445 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings. Page 9 of 41.

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Columbia CapitalUSUS digital-infrastructure growth investor; acquired by Digital Realty for $485m in June 2026.
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Columbia UniversityUSIvy League university; research confirmed 75% of unemployed Americans never file UI claims.
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ComcastUSUS media and telecoms conglomerate; owner of Sky and NBCUniversal; agreed £1.6bn acquisition of ITV's broadcast division on 25 June 2026.
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Commerce DepartmentUSUS cabinet agency administering export controls, trade policy, and national security import reviews.
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Committees for the Defense of the RevolutionCUCuba's mass civil-society organisation operating at street and neighbourhood level to monitor dissent and enforce social control; designated under EO 14404 on 4 June 2026.
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Common CauseUSNon-partisan watchdog fighting a DOJ bid to dismiss its national voter-database lawsuit.
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Commons Science, Innovation and Technology CommitteeGBUK House of Commons committee scrutinising science and technology policy.
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Commonwealth Bank of AustraliaAUAustralia's largest bank by market capitalisation.
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Communist PartyCNChinese Communist Party; the ruling party whose State Council issued Decree No. 835 as a reserve counter-sanctions instrument against the US.
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Communist Party of CubaCUPartido Comunista de Cuba; Cuba's sole legal party, constitutionally supreme over the state.
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Compass DatacentersUSUS data-centre developer that abandoned three Virginia sites in 2026 over court and tax-abatement setbacks.
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Competition and Markets AuthorityGBUK competition regulator; first in the world to order Google to give publishers AI-scraping opt-outs.
Comune di RomaITRome's municipal government; recalibrating STR policy after Eurostat disclosed a one-third undercount of EU rental growth.
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CONCACAFUSFootball confederation governing North/Central America and the Caribbean; co-organiser of the 2026 World Cup.
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Concept VenturesGBUK early-stage venture capital firm; co-invested in Dex's $5.3m seed round.
ConductGBLondon-based enterprise-AI company founded in 2024 by three ex-Palantir engineers; builds agentic AI to automate complex business-process migrations, starting with SAP ERP transitions.
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Confederation of African FootballEGAfrican football governing body responsible for the continental qualifying pathway to the FIFA World Cup.
Congreso de los DiputadosESLower house of Spain's parliament; 350 MPs.
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Congressional Leadership FundUSRepublican House super PAC; principal outside-spending vehicle for GOP House races.
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CONIITItaly's Olympic Committee; its Collegio di Garanzia rules on Malagò's FIGC eligibility by 15 June.
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Conservative PartyGBUK official opposition led by Kemi Badenoch; squeezed between Reform on the right and Labour.
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Constitutional Court of TürkiyeTRTürkiye's highest constitutional court; annulled CHP leadership election on 21 May 2026.
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ContourGlobalESInternational power company with Spanish generation assets; named in CNMC's blackout investigation.
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Cook Political ReportUSNon-partisan US race-rating service; moved seven House seats toward Democrats on 18 June 2026.
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Coordination HeadquartersUkrainian body that manages POW lists and coordinates prisoner exchange negotiations with Russia.
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Coral Maritima S.A.CUThe Cuban shell company OFAC says received the Mariel Container Terminal in a mid-June transfer designed to evade sanctions.
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COREPERBEEU ambassadors' body that prepares Council decisions and authorises European Commission actions.
CoreWeaveUSGPU cloud provider; hosts OpenAI's compute under an $11.9bn contract.
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Coreydan S.A.CUA Cuban fuel-import company designated alongside Enetec S.A. on 13 July for operating in Cuba's energy sector.
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Cornish MetalsGBUK-listed mining company restarting Cornwall's South Crofty tin mine with sovereign backing.
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Corporate Europe ObservatoryBEBrussels-based investigative NGO that tracks corporate lobbying influence on EU legislation.
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Corriere della SeraITItalian newspaper of record, Milan; published the May 2026 European CEO sovereignty letter.
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Corteva CatalystUSVenture arm of Corteva Agriscience; co-led $105m Tropic Biosciences Series B.
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COSCOCNChinese state-owned shipping giant; key conduit for sanctioned Iranian crude oil exports.
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CosineGBBritish air-gapped sovereign AI company built for defence, nuclear, and regulated industries.
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Council of the European UnionBEEU institution of member-state governments that adopts sanctions by unanimity; held Cuba measures at the water's edge in June 2026.
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Council on Foreign RelationsUSNon-partisan US think tank founded 1921; publishes Foreign Affairs and shapes policy frameworks on Iran, Russia-Ukraine, and European security.
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Court of Arbitration for SportCHLausanne-based independent sports tribunal; final external appeal above FIFA and all federation disciplinary committees.
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CovestroDEGerman specialty chemicals company (spun off from Bayer) operating high-energy-intensity European plants.
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Cranfield UniversityGBBritish postgraduate university with defence and aerospace research at Shrivenham.
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CREFRFrench independent energy regulator; sets nuclear sale price and mandates gas storage booking under VNU.
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CREAFIFinnish independent research centre; the primary quantitative tracker of Russian fossil-fuel export revenues since 2022.
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Credit Agricole CIBFRCorporate and investment banking arm of France's largest retail banking network.
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CrowdSecFrench open-source, crowdsourced cyber threat-intelligence and collaborative detection firm.
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CrowdStrikeUSUS cybersecurity firm; one of twelve Glasswing partners granted Mythos AI access.
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CRUIEIrish statutory utility regulator that sets the conditions under which data centres may connect to the national grid.
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Crucial Defense TechnologiesUSUS defence technology company; partner in Mountain Horse Solutions' Pentagon Lethality Prize winning submission.
CrusoeUSAI cloud operator; OpenAI declined option on its Abilene, Texas flagship lease.
Crypto.comSGSingapore-based crypto exchange pivoting aggressively to AI automation.
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CSECACanada's cryptologic intelligence and cybersecurity agency; Five Eyes member, co-signed the 16-agency advisory.
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CSMC (Comercializadora de Servicios Médicos Cubanos)CUCuba's state operator marketing overseas medical missions, OFAC-designated 23 July 2026 over forced-labour allegations.
CSWGBChristian Solidarity Worldwide; UK-based religious-freedom NGO, co-signatory of the 13 May 2026 Acuerdo de Liberación to the EU.
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CtrlS DatacentersINIndia's largest Tier IV-rated colocation operator; received $840m CPPIB equity stake in June 2026.
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CubadebateCUCuba's state-run digital news portal; official platform for Communist Party and government statements.
Cuba DecideCUCuban dissident political initiative led by Rosa María Payá; co-signatory of the 13 May 2026 Acuerdo de Liberación to the EU.
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CubalexCuban human-rights group demanding Havana account for Otero Alcantara's July disappearance.
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CUPETCUUnion Cuba-Petroleo: Cuba's state oil and gas company managing domestic production of approximately 40,000 barrels per day and import licensing; designated under EO 14404 on 11 June 2026.
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CureneticsGBUK biotech-quantum startup applying quantum algorithms and AI to cancer vaccine target identification.
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CursiveGBUK AI startup developing continuous-learning AI agents, backed by the UK Sovereign AI Fund.
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CuspAIGBCambridge-based AI-materials company founded in 2024 that uses machine learning to generate and simulate novel molecular structures, reducing the need for physical lab iteration.