Office Spaces Are Accommodating for AI Experimentation, Gensler Co-Chair Says
Gensler’s global co‑chair Diane Hoskins and WeWork CEO John Santora said AI is reshaping office design, prompting firms to remodel for collaborative and quiet zones. Their research shows a three‑day‑a‑week office schedule is the sweet spot for U.S. workers returning post‑pandemic. WeWork now hosts roughly 220 AI‑focused companies, turning its spaces into informal labs where teams share ideas across firm lines. Leaders are urged to plan for AI‑driven disruption rather than merely react to it.
AI Promises Jobs, Delivers Power and Pay Cuts
Perplexity’s CEO is just the latest tech leader to tell the public their jobs will be sacrificed on the altar of the glorious AI future. It’s a compelling narrative, but it distracts us from the real impact of AI: not to...
Fed's 2021‑22 Mistakes Fuel Ongoing Inflation Legacy
Warsh opens the hearing by noting that today's inflation is a residual of the Fed's past mistakes "The Fed missed its mark, and we are still dealing with the legacy of the policy errors in 2021 and 2022." "Once you let inflation...
Why Enterprise AI Fails Without Data Independence: The Hidden Bottleneck in Every ERP Transformation
Enterprise AI projects are stalling because critical data is trapped in aging ERP systems slated for retirement. Legacy platforms like SAP ECC, Oracle EBS, and mainframes keep business history locked, forcing companies to either maintain costly legacy environments or lose...
US Pending Home Sales Accidentally Rise
Contract signings for existing U.S. homes unexpectedly rose 1.5% in March, marking the second consecutive monthly gain and defying forecasts of a flat reading. The increase came despite mortgage rates climbing roughly 40 basis points as oil price spikes lifted...
R26679 - Treasury Specialist
Euronext is hiring a Treasury Specialist on a fixed‑term basis in Rome to supervise its clearing treasury processes. The role reports to the team lead and handles daily reconciliations, regulatory capital calculations, and middle‑office controls. It also supports broader Group...
Two Analysts Clash on Tim Cook’s Legacy
two of my favorite tech analysts coming to fairly different conclusions on tim cook's reign. Ben Thompson: basically, Cook is an operational genius who implemented Steve Jobs' ideas exceptionally well, but we've gotta acknowledge he had pretty great timing on...
Trump Says 'I'll Remember' Companies that Don’t Seek Tariff Refunds
President Donald Trump told CNBC he will "remember" U.S. companies that do not seek refunds for the tariffs he imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which the Supreme Court ruled illegal in a 6‑3 decision. A day later,...
2s10s: The Trade Hiding Inside Hong Kong's 140bp Headline
The article argues that the popular notion of shorting Hong Kong 10‑year bonds against long US 10‑year Treasuries is impractical, and instead recommends a 2s10s steepener trade within the Hong Kong curve. The suggested position is DV01‑neutral—long the 2‑year and short the...
Beyond the Feed: Why French Creators Are Trading Social Media for Cinema Seats
French creators are increasingly abandoning short‑form social platforms for the cinema screen, a trend accelerated by the Union of Influence Trades and Content Creators (UMICC) since its launch in early 2023. The guild now counts roughly 12,000 members, many of...
Zoho Analytics Now Connects to Tally Prime
Zoho Analytics has introduced a native connector for Tally Prime, allowing finance teams to automatically sync ledgers, vouchers, inventory and other accounting modules directly into the analytics platform. The integration eliminates the repetitive export‑to‑Excel workflow, delivering real‑time dashboards that update...
Tortugas Takes Neuro Deep Dive with $106M to Develop Eisai, Hansoh Programs
Tortugas, a Massachusetts‑based biotech, launched with $106 million in seed and Series A funding, securing clinical assets from Japan’s Eisai and China’s Hansoh Pharmaceutical. The capital will support two mid‑stage, oral small‑molecule trials targeting CNS disorders such as schizophrenia, tinnitus, and focal...
Google Rolls Out New AI Safety Features in Ads Advisor
Google is upgrading Ads Advisor, its AI assistant in Google Ads, with three new agentic safety features. The enhancements include proactive policy assistance, continuous security monitoring, and instant certification capabilities powered by Gemini. By scanning accounts and websites automatically, the...
3 New Ways Ads Advisor Is Making Google Ads Safer and Faster
Google Ads is rolling out three AI‑driven safety upgrades in its Ads Advisor tool. The platform will now proactively flag complex policy violations and guide advertisers through fixes, monitor accounts 24/7 with personalized security recommendations, and automate certification processes using...
Technographic Data Providers: Why Paying Less Costs More Later
The guide warns that low‑cost technographic data providers often deliver inaccurate, non‑compliant records that inflate outreach expenses and erode pipeline quality. It compares seven leading vendors, highlighting Cognism’s GDPR/CCPA compliance, verified mobile reach, real‑time enrichment, and integrated intent signals. While...
PrimeInvestor Nets ₹19.5 Cr From Rainmatter To Expand Portfolio Management Services
Indian wealth‑tech startup PrimeInvestor announced a seed round of ₹19.5 cr (≈$2.1 m) led by Rainmatter Capital, Zerodha’s investment arm. The capital will be used to scale its subscription‑based portfolio management services, which currently include mutual‑fund‑only, hybrid, and pure‑equity strategies under a...
The Financial Cost of Burnout in Accounting
A recent Accountex report finds 41% of accountants view burnout as normalized, exposing hidden financial costs. Presenteeism alone costs UK employers about £21 billion (≈$27 billion) annually, while turnover rates rose to 17.9% and 34% of firms struggled to recruit finance talent....
OpenAI Turns on Cost-per-Click Ads Inside ChatGPT
OpenAI has activated cost‑per‑click (CPC) advertising inside ChatGPT, allowing marketers to bid $3‑$5 per click. The move follows a rapid decline in CPM rates, which fell from $60 to $25 per thousand impressions within ten weeks. By shifting to a...
Why Your Marketing Keeps Falling Off a Cliff (and What to Do About It)
Accounting firms struggle to keep marketing consistent amid client work, tax season and staff turnover. Generic AI writing tools often produce robotic, jargon‑filled copy that feels disconnected from a firm’s voice. Plot AI, launched for bookkeepers and accountants, uses a...
VivoPower Becomes EBITDA Profitable: $31 Million Revenue, $10 Million EBITDA From Completion of Norway Data Center Acquisition
VivoPower closed a $41 million acquisition of a Norway data‑center portfolio, instantly boosting its top line to $31 million in revenue and delivering $10 million of EBITDA on a pro‑forma basis. The deal was fully funded without any new public equity, preserving shareholder...
Mike Tomlin Reportedly Joining NBC’s ‘Football Night in America’
Mike Tomlin, who resigned after a 19‑year, 193‑114 run with the Pittsburgh Steelers, is set to sign with NBC as the lead analyst on its revamped "Football Night in America" studio. The network has already dismissed veteran Tony Dungy and...
Policy Paper: World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund 2026 Spring Meetings, Development Committee: UK Governors' Statement
At the 113th Development Committee meeting in Washington, UK Development Minister Baroness Chapman and Chancellor Rachel Reeves presented the UK Governors’ statement for the World Bank and IMF Spring 2026 gatherings. The statement reaffirmed Britain’s commitment of £1.2 billion (≈ $1.5 billion) to...
AI Boosts Output, but Multiplies Management Fatigue
I had a conversation recently where someone said AI has made them more productive but also somehow more exhausted. I know exactly what they mean. The promise was that AI would take things off your plate. And it does. But what's...
Why Uncertainty Changes How IT Must Reason
Murray Cantor argues that uncertainty is the defining feature of IT investment and that Bayesian reasoning provides the logical framework to manage it. He shows how modern tools make Bayesian analysis feasible on ordinary hardware, turning sparse data into actionable...
DHL CEO Warns Gulf Energy Shock Could Push Global Economy Toward a Tipping Point
DHL Group CEO Tobias Meyer warned on Bloomberg TV that a sustained disruption in Gulf crude flows, especially through the Strait of Hormuz, could tighten freight markets and lift transport costs. He noted that the impact is already visible in...
The VERIFY Method for Building a Winning Personal Brand in the AI Era (7 Prompts)
The post introduces VERIFY, a six‑element coherence audit designed to forge a personal brand that can’t be commoditized by AI. It argues that while AI can automate generic tasks, identity, trust, and financial sovereignty remain uniquely human assets. By evaluating...
A Year After U.S.A.I.D.’s Death, Fired Workers Find Few Jobs and Much Loss
A year after the Trump administration shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development, former staff and contractors are struggling to find work, with less than half securing full‑time employment. Many have depleted savings, tapped retirement accounts, and rely on...
Hire Social Strategists Who Prioritize the WHY Over Trends
What do I look for in a social media STRATEGIST? Not trends, or ~culture~, or even content. I look for social media professionals that can explain the WHY behind their ideas. Social Media Strategy is all about coming up with strategic...
UBS Set for Long-Awaited Clarity on Switzerland’s Capital Rules
Switzerland’s Federal Council will soon issue an executive order stripping software and deferred‑tax assets from UBS’s regulatory capital, a move that could shave roughly $11 billion off its CET1 metric. At the same time, a draft law would require the bank’s...
PayPal, NFL Make Connection
PayPal has secured a multi‑year deal to become the NFL’s official peer‑to‑peer payments partner, positioning its apps—including Venmo—as the go‑to tool for fans to send, pool, and split money for tickets, tailgating and other expenses. The partnership promises exclusive sweepstakes,...
You Feel Scattered, but You Don’t Know Why.
The post argues that a founder’s personal clarity directly shapes a brand’s consistency. When founders feel uncertain, the brand shows hesitation—content is delayed, websites are labeled outdated, and teams over‑explain. Conversely, resolved founders see tighter messaging without additional hires or...
Iran War Helps New BP Leader
BP has installed a new chief executive who is reshaping the company’s strategy after years of strategic drift and the Deepwater Horizon fallout. The ongoing war in Iran has lifted global oil and gas prices, giving BP a timely earnings...
Private Credit Under Fire: Risks, Realities & the BDC Buying Opportunity
A webinar titled “Private Credit Under Fire: Risks, Realities & the BDC Buying Opportunity” will be held on April 24, 2026, to dissect the gap between negative headlines about private‑credit defaults and the sector’s solid fundamentals. Panelists from White Wolf...
Pivot Podcast Clinches Third Consecutive Webby for Business
For third year in a row, @pivotpodcastofficial wins Webby for Best Business Podcat. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 🕺🕺🕺
Clean Food Group Raises £4.5M to Bring “World’s Largest” Yeast-Oil Facility to Full Capacity
Clean Food Group (CFG) raised £4.5 million (≈$5.6 million) in a round led by Clean Growth Fund and New Agrarian, plus a £700,000 (≈$875,000) Innovate UK grant, to finish scaling its 1‑million‑litre fermentation site in Knowsley, Liverpool. The plant, billed as the world’s...
7 Proven EAM Best Practices To Maximize Facility Asset Performance
Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and CMMS programs succeed when disciplined processes, not just technology, are applied. The article outlines seven best practices—building a comprehensive asset inventory, standardizing data entry, establishing a work‑order prioritization framework, creating a balanced preventive‑maintenance schedule, defining...
DRC’s Economic Rise Gains Momentum as Mining Boom and Currency Reforms Reshape Growth
The International Monetary Fund projects the Democratic Republic of Congo’s GDP to reach roughly $123 billion in 2026, positioning it as the fifth‑largest economy in Sub‑Saharan Africa. Growth is driven by a mining boom that now contributes about 25% of GDP...
Schroders' Madeleine Cobb: 'You Won't Get People to Move with You if You Don't Understand Their Perspective'
Schroders' global head of corporate sustainability, Madeleine Cobb, stresses that driving ESG progress requires truly understanding stakeholder perspectives. She describes the sustainability function as a daily "pick‑and‑mix" where plans set in January rarely survive unchanged. Schroders is actively reducing its...
Know Your Starting Point to Accelerate Success
At 25, I was broke, working a job I hated, and had zero idea what to build. These 4 questions could've cut a decade off my journey. 1. Where are you actually starting from? Not where you want to be. Where you...
Rising Living Costs Reveal Fed’s Missed Inflation Target
Warsh on cost of living: when the cost of living has gone up for virtually all deciles of the American public, it's a sign that the Fed missed its mark. The fatal policy error is a legacy we still live...
Master Claude AI Prompting for Every Content Creation Stage
A lil' tutorial on how to get *really* good at prompting @claudeai + the most useful prompts I've found for content co-creation at every stage of the process. If you want access to these (free) bad boys, reply PROMPTS 👀 https://t.co/vbJN2LFHFa
Firms Caught Between US Push and China Warning
US wants China out of upstream supply chains. China warns against it. When trust of both parties is thin, what do firms do.? Geopolitics and war? Taiwan. Where and what is next? Supply chain alignment vs fluidity. Welcome to the...
Team Tackles SEO, GSC Bugs, and AI Ads
On It's New, @MordyOberstein covers @johnmu on SEO statements, I cover GSC bugs and read more best practices and @TheMarketingAnu covers the Microsoft Ads AI news - no smiling thanks to @gregfinn https://t.co/a66J6LjzNe
Scaling Investment Firm Culture Without Losing Identity
Investment firms are being transformed by culture, trust, and scale. Scott MacDonald speaks with WCM’s Sloane Payne and Dave Joerger on scaling culture and preserving identity through growth. https://t.co/m37ULgp642 With thanks to @cartainc.
Two Senators, Decades‑Long Ties, Introduce Fed Nominee
Sen. Dave McCormick is introducing Kevin Warsh at his confirmation hearing, one of at least two senators who have known the Fed chair nominee for decades (Bill Hagerty being the other)
Rising T‑Rates May Trigger Emerging Market Problems
Coach thinks T-rates could turn higher from here. That could cause a few problems. https://t.co/rnBUpVg4z1
Gold Bull Run Set for $6‑7K Amid US Policy Fear
My take with @WallStBullion on why the GOLD BULL is here to stay: "Gold will peak out at $6,000-$7,000/oz. People are worried erratic US policy. They don't want to get trapped in the dollar system for fear of sanctions. So they...
China’s Rare Earth Export Decline Exposes Deal Fragility
China. Drop in exports to the US. Rare earth minerals. What happened to the deal with China? The art of the quick “deal” meets political reality.
Trump's UN Trade-Over-Aid Proposal: Correct Yet Comically Bizarre
Good WaPo editorial on the Trump admin's correct - but bizarrely hilarious - UN proposal to promote "trade over aid." Physician, heal thyself. https://t.co/DIWuaiXQJ7 https://t.co/0Iub90NIKy
Spurs Postpone Fiesta Jersey Night Until Second Round
The San Antonio Spurs told @Sportico that they will not have another Fiesta shirt night until the second round And, in adherence to the NBA's policy of only primary jerseys in the Conference Finals and Finals, they wouldn't wear the Fiesta...