Landscape Forms Earns Great Place to Work Certification
Landscape Forms, North America’s leading designer and manufacturer of high‑design site furniture, announced its eighth consecutive Great Place to Work certification. The award, based on direct employee feedback, validates the company’s culture, inclusivity, and employee satisfaction. CEO David Jackson highlighted the firm’s commitment to an empowered, high‑performing workplace, while VP of People Natalie Jackson emphasized collaboration and long‑term retention. The repeated recognition underscores Landscape Forms’ strategic focus on people as a growth engine.
Masdar to Acquire Repsol Renewables Stake
Masdar has agreed to acquire a 49.99 % stake in a €849 million ($925 million) renewable‑energy portfolio in Spain, encompassing 705 MW of operational wind and solar capacity and over 565 MW of hybridisation potential. The assets, which entered service in 2025‑2026, include 13 wind...
Advanced Integration Technology (AIT) Completes Acquisition of Futuramic Tool & Engineering
Advanced Integration Technology (AIT) completed its acquisition of Futuramic Tool & Engineering on June 1, 2026, adding the Michigan‑based firm and its affiliates Sharp Tooling Solutions and Jordan Tool to its portfolio. Futuramic brings over 70 years of engineering, fabrication,...
Fortitude Re Completes Second $500m FABN Issuance
Fortitude Re, through its subsidiary Fortitude Life Insurance & Annuity Company, completed a second $500 million funding agreement‑backed notes (FABN) issuance. The private offering, priced at 5.50% with a 2031 maturity, is being issued by Fortitude Global Funding, a Delaware statutory...
Integreon Names Krishna Nacha as CEO to Lead AI-Forward Growth Strategy
Integreon announced Krishna Nacha, former head of Americas at Iron Mountain, as its new chief executive officer and board member. Nacha, who brings over three decades of B2B technology and process‑services experience, will steer the firm’s "domain‑led, AI‑forward" growth plan...
LRS Opens Door to Explore Further Risks, Optimistic for Brazil’s ILS Regime: Avla’s Astrachan
Avla Brazil, led by CEO Felippe Astrachan, participated in a R$126 million (≈ $25 million) Insurance Risk Letter (LRS) issuance with Galápagos Capital SSPE, marking the first broadly distributed LRS under Brazil's nascent ILS regime. The deal transferred credit‑insurance risk to capital markets...
SBIC Reform and Its Impact on Business Development Companies
The Investing in All of America Act, signed on May 19, 2025, expands the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program by raising individual fund leverage caps from $175 million to $250 million and the family limit from $350 million to $475 million. These higher...
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar Offers a Look Inside the Company’s Finance Function
OpenAI’s CFO Sarah Friar detailed how the company’s 200‑person finance function is becoming AI‑native. Over the past two years the team has embedded ChatGPT and custom GPTs into tax, auditing, pricing and economic research, and even built a bespoke investor‑relations...
#325 Stephen Logue Consultant at Hospitality Blueprints - Why Cleanliness and Service Can Beat Food
In this episode, Michael Tinser talks with Stephen Logue, a former business economist turned restaurateur and consultant, about the five core levers that drive restaurant success: cleanliness, service, atmosphere, food quality, and value for money. Drawing on decades of experience...
ITV Says Its Biggest-Yet World Cup Is a ‘Six-Week Super Bowl’ for Advertising
ITV says its World Cup coverage is its most lucrative ever, dubbing the six‑week tournament a "Super Bowl" for advertisers. The broadcaster will air 51 of the 104 matches, with ad revenues projected about 30% higher than Euro 2024. A 30‑second...
Dara Denney Is Going to Cannes With a Message Most Brands in That Room Don’t Want to Hear
Performance‑creative consultant Dara Denney is returning to Cannes Lions after investing $15,000 of her own money last year, this time backed by Spotify and Darkroom to produce festival‑side content. She uses her 130,000‑subscriber YouTube channel to argue that most brands’...
AWS’ Former CEO Launches New AI Infrastructure Startup Helix Digital, Backed By Nvidia And $10B In Capital
Former AWS chief Adam Selipsky has been named CEO of Helix Digital Infrastructure, a new AI‑focused startup created by KKR. Helix launches with over $10 billion in long‑duration capital commitments, backed by Nvidia, the Kuwait Investment Authority and Vistra. The firm...
EBay’s New “Meanwhile on eBay Live” Ad Campaign Draws Seller Backlash as Ryan Cohen Attacks Its Marketing Spend
eBay has launched the “Meanwhile on eBay Live” ad campaign, promoting its live‑shopping format with influencers across TV, digital and social channels. The initiative provoked backlash from eBay sellers who feel non‑live merchants are being excluded and the messaging disparages...
US PPI Climbs at Fastest Pace in More Than Three Years
U.S. producer prices jumped 6.5% in May year‑over‑year, the strongest gain since November 2022, and rose 1.1% from April. The surge was driven largely by a 10.7% spike in energy costs, which accounted for about 80% of the overall increase....
Commodity Volatility Prompts a Rethink of Risk Frameworks
Ken Twomey, director of advisory at capSpire, tells Energy Risk that recent commodity shocks—from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to US tariffs and the latest Middle East crisis—are occurring too often to be treated as rare tail events. In this high‑volatility...
Hong Kong, Indonesia Move Towards Direct Transactions in Yuan, Rupiah
The People’s Bank of China, Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Bank Indonesia signed an agreement to establish a bilateral framework for direct yuan‑rupiah transactions. The system will enable companies and institutions to settle cross‑border trade and investment without routing through...
Abu Dhabi’s ADIC Plans $15 Billion Leveraged Hedge Fund Bet
Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC) is evaluating a $15 billion allocation to global hedge funds, using total‑return swaps to apply leverage. The plan would be one of the emirate’s largest hedge‑fund exposures. ADIC is coordinating with local banks to structure the...
EXEC: RBC Capital Is Latest to Downgrade Nike Stock
RBC Capital downgraded Nike to "Sector Perform" and slashed its price target to $50, down from $70, citing a slower‑than‑expected turnaround under CEO Elliott Hill. The broker cut EPS forecasts by 10%, leaving Nike’s FY27‑28 earnings 2% below consensus, and...
AI Social Media Employee Automates Content, Growth for Free
York AI is launching an AI social media employee that can run your content and growth on autopilot. I’ve been given early access to test it and this is not another AI writing assistant. York AI is designed to manage your entire...
Greenhouse Launches New AI Capabilities
Greenhouse announced a suite of six AI‑powered features that will roll out across its hiring platform this summer. The tools—ranging from a managed AI connector (MCP) to interview transcription, analytics chart generation, and candidate insight agents—are designed to embed AI...
New Report From Streamlabs and Stream Hachet Reveals Streaming Trends for Q1 of 2026
The Q1 2026 Live Streaming Report from Streamlabs and Stream Hatchet shows a rebound in overall viewership, with total hours watched rising to 21.49 billion, a 2.8 % quarter‑over‑quarter gain. Kick posted the strongest year‑over‑year growth, adding 4.7 % QoQ to its hours watched,...
The EBA Launches Early Consultation on Simplified EU-Wide Stress Test, with Climate Risk Integration
The European Banking Authority released a draft methodology for the 2027 EU‑wide stress test, slashing data requirements by 55% and aligning them with regular supervisory reporting. The new framework will involve 63 banks, representing about 75% of the EU banking...
ECB Raises Eurozone Interest Rates as Iran War Stokes Inflation
The European Central Bank raised its main deposit rate to 2.25%, its first hike since 2023, citing inflation spikes tied to the Iran war. Eurozone consumer‑price inflation rose to 3.2% in May, well above the ECB’s 2% target, while oil...
ConveGenius.AI Ropes in Shishir Shandilya as CHRO
ConveGenius.AI, an AI‑driven education technology firm, has appointed Shishir Shandilya as its chief human resources officer. Shandilya arrives after six years at Cashfree Payments, where he oversaw HR business partnering and built core people systems, and he also held senior...
How HR Leaders Can Turn the ‘Silver Tsunami’ Into a Talent Advantage
Singapore faces a "super‑aged" workforce, with one in four citizens projected to be 65 or older by 2030, while AI is accelerating the pace of work transformation. Rebecca Adams, Cohesity’s CPO, argues that high performance now hinges on speed, adaptability,...
Czech National Bank Preview: Stubborn Core Inflation Implies a Rate Hike
The Czech National Bank (CNB) is likely to raise its policy rate at the June 18 meeting, driven by stubborn core inflation despite headline inflation hovering near the 2% target. Core inflation stayed at 2.9% in May, buoyed by services...
GEICO Names Foy Chief Financial Officer
GEICO announced David Foy as its new chief financial officer, effective June 29, 2026. Based in Bethesda, Foy will oversee finance and real‑estate functions and report directly to CEO Nancy Pierce. He brings more than 30 years of insurance and...
STAT+: ‘Synthetic Lethality’ Could Trigger Another Round of Biotech M&A
STAT+ highlights a synthetic‑lethality trial where Tango Therapeutics’ PRMT5 inhibitor was paired with Revolution Medicines’ pan‑RAS inhibitor, delivering superior responses in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. The early‑stage data suggest the combination outperforms each monotherapy, reviving optimism for a historically...
Southwest Airlines Boardroom Drama Sidelines CEO-In-Waiting And Threatens Its Famous Culture
Southwest Airlines’ board has effectively removed CEO‑in‑waiting Andrew Watterson, leaving current CEO Bob Jordan in charge longer than expected. The board reassigned key roles—Justin Jones as chief commercial officer and Tony Roach overseeing HR—directly under Jordan, bypassing Watterson. The reshuffle...
Europe Eyes Brazil’s Rare Earth Rush
The European Union is intensifying its push to secure Brazil’s rare‑earth reserves as part of a broader strategy to reduce reliance on China. Commissioner Jozef Síkela will travel to Brazil from June 18‑24 to discuss investment, supply agreements, and local processing projects....
Quote of the Day by AMD CEO Lisa Su: "For Everything that AI Can Do, AI Can't Decide Which Problems...
AMD CEO Lisa Su emphasized that while generative AI can automate many tasks, it cannot decide which problems merit solving or make hard judgments without data. Her comments, delivered at an MIT graduation event, echo growing skepticism about AI replacing human...
This AI “Brain” Wants To Get Rid Of The Grunt Work In Creative Campaigns
Innovid, the Mediaocean‑owned omnichannel ad platform, unveiled NIVO AI, an orchestration layer that acts as a conversational "brain" for creative campaign workflows. NIVO links predictive, reporting and delivery agents through natural‑language prompts, eliminating the spreadsheet‑driven manual steps traditionally required to...
This AI “Brain” Wants To Get Rid Of The Grunt Work In Creative Campaigns
Innovid, now part of Mediaocean, launched NIVO AI, a conversational brain that automates the grunt work of creative campaign setup. The tool replaces spreadsheet‑driven asset tagging with natural‑language prompts, instantly generating and powering ads across channels. By linking predictive scoring,...
AI Is Devaluing Resumes, Masking Identity of Top Talent, Research Finds
A 2026 Talent Acquisition Trends Study of 998 hiring leaders finds only one‑third of employers are very confident resumes reflect true skills. Yet two‑thirds still start hiring with resume screening, and 92% report AI‑generated resumes are common. Candidates increasingly want...
7 Best Ways to Get Funding for Your Startup Idea
The article outlines seven primary ways startups can secure capital, ranging from self‑funded bootstrapping to venture‑capital rounds and crowdfunding. Each option is broken down with its key advantages—such as equity preservation for grants or rapid scaling for VC—and its main...
Solidigm Announces New Co-CEOs Xin Guo and Richard Chin
Solidigm, a leading enterprise data‑storage firm, announced Xin Guo and Richard Chin as co‑chief executive officers. Guo, who has held senior engineering roles at Intel and holds 40 U.S. patents, will steer global strategy and technology development. Chin, formerly with...
CMLS Appoints New CEO at a ‘Pivotal Time’ for the Industry
The Council of Multiple Listing Services (CMLS) announced Jessica Edgerton, former chief legal officer of LeadingRE, will become its CEO on July 1, succeeding longtime leader Denee Evans. Edgerton steps in as the MLS industry faces intensified DOJ scrutiny, class‑action lawsuits,...
The Death Of The Siloed Sports Ad: How Mobile Data Rewrote The Mega-Event Playbook
The 2026 World Cup is set to attract over 1.5 billion viewers, making it the most‑watched live event ever. Start.io research shows 65.7% of soccer fans—about 40 million people—are already planning travel, signaling intent far beyond passive viewership. Marketers are urged to...
US "Reciprocal" Trade Deals Are Designed to Constrain China to Varying Degrees
The Trump administration has secured Agreements on Reciprocal Trade (ARTs) with nine partners—Argentina, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan—each embedding seven mechanisms to steer supply‑chain behavior. The deals do not name China, but they are designed to...
We’re Bringing Walmart Connect to Display & Video 360.
Google’s Display & Video 360 now integrates Walmart Connect, allowing advertisers to tap Walmart’s audience data for YouTube campaigns. The partnership gives access to insights on 150 million weekly U.S. shoppers and enables closed‑loop measurement of ad‑driven sales at Walmart. The integration...
Clinch Launches Operational GEO Solution for the AI Discovery Era
Clinch introduced an operational Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO) solution, powered by Whitebox, that measures brand visibility across generative AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity. Integrated into Clinch’s Flight Control, GEO feeds AI‑derived insights—sentiment, rankings, citation sources—directly into...
John Kim – The Hidden Costs of Hiring and How AI Amplifies the Problem
The article highlights how modern recruiting incurs hidden costs that are magnified by poorly designed AI tools. Human inertia, legacy hiring processes, and biased algorithms create noise rather than efficiency. It argues that AI often amplifies existing prejudices instead of...
Interviewing SEOs in an AI-First World
The SEO talent market has flipped: supply now outpaces demand as AI automates routine recommendation work. AI can generate audits, content briefs, and keyword clusters in minutes, driving the cost of ideas toward zero. Consequently, employers are valuing professionals who...
"We Don't Need Anything that Canada Has," Trump Says of CUSMA
President Donald Trump reiterated his stance that the United States does not need Canadian or Mexican goods, casting doubt on a renewal of the Canada‑U.S‑Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). The trilateral pact, which shields about 90 percent of Canadian exports from US tariffs...
Rupture and Resilience
PIMCO’s 2026 Secular Forum warns that the global economy is in a state of rupture, driven by accelerating geopolitical fragmentation, energy‑price shocks and a $14 trillion AI‑and‑defense investment surge. The firm argues that the earlier yield‑advantage reset now lets investors build...
Words Can Capture Attention Without Fancy Images
Do images really matter on social media posts? As a writer, I've been wrestling with this. I don't think they should, but do they? If Instagram is not your playground and you prefer LinkedIn or Facebook or X, you've seen it. Some marketers...
ECB Raises Rates, Flags Higher Inflation, Slower Growth
🇪🇺 ECB hikes rates for the first time since September 2023. Inflation projections revised higher (though 2026 core HICP at 2.5% looks a bit lower than feared); GDP growth projections down (0.8% in 2026). July may be live, but the ECB is...
African Demand + Capacity = Import Explosion Feeding Container Growth
Container traffic between the Far East and Sub‑Saharan Africa surged dramatically, with 2025 volumes climbing 26.5% to 4.79 million TEU and the first four months of 2026 already up 28.3% year‑to‑date at 1.74 million TEU. The boom reflects a convergence of exploding...
Teradata Consolidates Data, AI and Technology Functions Under Josh Fecteau
Teradata has appointed its Chief Data and AI Officer, Josh Fecteau, as chief information officer, merging the company’s Data & AI organization with its Technology Services function. The restructuring places data, artificial intelligence and technology operations under a single executive...
Podcast: Inside IQM’s $1.7B Quantum Computing Deal with Real Asset Acquisition Corp. (RAAQ)
IQM and Real Asset Acquisition Corp. (RAAQ) announced a $1.7 billion SPAC combination, positioning IQM as the first pure‑play quantum‑hardware company to go public via a special purpose acquisition. The deal, unveiled in February, reflects a growing wave of quantum firms...