Blog•Feb 25, 2026
A Cartload of Fertiliser
European carbon prices have slumped from over €92 to about €72 per tonne, eroding the financial incentive for low‑carbon fertilizer production. The author highlights a stark price contrast by purchasing five kilograms of Russian NPK fertilizer for €6.60, underscoring how cheap fossil‑based inputs remain competitive. Yara, Europe’s largest fertilizer maker, warns that the falling carbon price makes its green ammonia ambitions unprofitable. The CEO stresses that a profitable carbon signal is essential for scaling renewable‑hydrogen‑based fertilisers.
By Irina Slav on energy
News•Feb 25, 2026
Crowe Reports Global Revenue of $6.5 Billion in 2025
Crowe Global reported $6.5 billion in revenue for its 2025 financial year, marking a 12% increase over the prior period and continuing a 10% growth streak. The network posted strong regional gains, led by Europe at 21% and the Middle East...
By CPA Practice Advisor
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Astera Labs: Fiscal 4Q25 and FY25 Financial Results
Astera Labs reported record FY2025 revenue of $852.5 million, a 115% year‑over‑year increase, and a Q4 revenue of $270.6 million, up 17% sequentially. GAAP operating margin reached 20.3% for the year, while non‑GAAP margin was 39.2%, reflecting strong profitability. The company began...
By StorageNewsletter
Podcast•Feb 25, 2026•29 min
Overcoming the Manufacturing Talent Shortage with Better Systems
In this episode of the MRP Easy Manufacturing Podcast, Sarah Duff, commercial director of Smart Manufacture, explains how small and mid‑size manufacturers can mitigate the current talent shortage by improving their systems rather than hiring more staff. She highlights that...
By MRPeasy Manufacturing Podcast
News•Feb 25, 2026
TCN Secures Arum Approved Status for Operator Platform
TCN’s cloud‑based contact‑center solution Operator has earned Arum Approved System status after an independent assessment, confirming it meets rigorous operational, compliance and scalability standards for regulated credit and collections environments. The certification highlights Operator’s omnichannel capabilities, rules‑based automation and configurable...
By ERP Today
News•Feb 25, 2026
Why Leave Management Faces Growing Compliance Risk
Regulators worldwide are tightening oversight of employee leave, and companies that stumble risk fines and reputational harm. A recent Pulpstream study shows only one‑fifth of organizations feel very confident in their leave‑management compliance, while roughly 70 % rate audit readiness at...
By HRTechFeed
News•Feb 25, 2026
Why Leave Management Faces Growing Compliance Risk
New research from Pulpstream reveals that only one‑fifth of organizations feel very confident in their leave‑management compliance, while roughly 70% rate audit readiness at three out of five or lower. HR leaders face rising leave volumes driven by expanding state...
By Human Resource Executive
News•Feb 25, 2026
Film Festival Alliance Appoints Mallory Martin Its Next Executive Director
Film Festival Alliance (FFA) announced Mallory Martin as its new executive director, succeeding Barbara Twist. Martin was chosen from a pool of 250 candidates and will assume the role on March 9, 2026. She brings more than 15 years of festival leadership, most recently serving...
By IndieWire — Business
News•Feb 25, 2026
Tariff Volatility Pushes Global Supply Chains Into Regional Reset in 2026
Genpact’s supply‑chain chief warns that escalating tariff volatility is driving firms to diversify suppliers and shift toward regionalized networks by 2026. Pandemic‑era investments in control towers and risk‑monitoring tools have equipped shippers to react quickly without external advisory projects. Companies...
By FreightWaves
Podcast•Feb 25, 2026•1h 16m
UNPOPULAR OPINION: Losing Actually Turns You Into a WINNER
In this episode Gary Vaynerchuk argues that embracing loss and failure is a catalyst for long‑term success, emphasizing that true happiness and love of the game matter more than trophies or money. He stresses the necessity of relentless, authentic content...
By The GaryVee Audio Experience
News•Feb 25, 2026
Firecircle Expands Award-Winning 5×5 Method with New Tourism Entrepreneur Guidebook
Firecircle, a digital training and mentorship firm for tourism entrepreneurs, has published a new guidebook titled "Firecircle 5×5 Method – The Definitive Guide to Igniting and Transforming Your Tourism Business" on Amazon. Authored by founder‑CEO Deneen Allen, the book delivers...
By Hotelier Magazine (Canada)
News•Feb 25, 2026
Philadelphia’s New Brand Platform Positions Cream Cheese as Kitchen Staple
Philadelphia Cream Cheese unveiled its biggest ever marketing push, the “Really Philly Good” platform, developed by Johannes Leonardo. The campaign introduces a cowboy‑esque brand character, Phillyboy, featured in 19 short spots across linear TV, streaming, YouTube, social and audio. Targeting...
By Marketing Dive
News•Feb 25, 2026
Japanese Chemical Firms Pivot From China to India
Japanese chemical giants such as Mitsui Chemicals and Sumitomo Chemical are scaling back their China operations and redirecting capital to India. Investment in China dropped 46% year‑over‑year in 2024, while the number of Japanese sites in India rose to 5,205,...
By Chemical & Engineering News (ACS)
News•Feb 25, 2026
Why Social Media Demands a Strategic Rethink
Social media has moved from a peripheral branding tool to the core of product discovery, trust building, and direct sales. Brands like American Eagle demonstrated the impact, gaining 790,000 new customers in six weeks and boosting denim sales 34%. The...
By Retail Gazette
News•Feb 25, 2026
Kinfolk Closes $7M Seed Round for AI-Driven HR Platform
London‑based Kinfolk announced a $7.2 million seed round led by AlbionVC, bringing its total capital to $8.5 million. The startup offers an AI‑native HR workforce‑operations platform that combines agentic AI, Slack/Teams integration, request management, lifecycle automation, and analytics. Kinfolk positions the solution...
By Tech.eu
News•Feb 25, 2026
Careful With Google Business Profile Verification Flow
Google has revamped the Google Business Profile verification flow, requiring merchants to choose from five specific business type options. Selecting the wrong category can disqualify a listing—especially the “online only” choice—or flag it for compliance review, raising suspension risk. The...
By Search Engine Roundtable
News•Feb 25, 2026
Corporate Report: Statement of Excesses 2024-25
HM Treasury released the Statement of Excesses for the 2024‑25 financial year on 25 February 2026. The 16‑page document asks Parliament to approve any departmental outlays that exceeded the original estimates. It details spending that fell outside the plans set...
By HM Treasury – Atom feed
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Podcast REPLAY: D-Wave (QBTS), SPACs, and the Quantum Revival
Quantum computing has become a top‑performing de‑SPAC sector, driven by SPAC listings that fast‑tracked capital to the industry. After a bearish period in 2021‑22, recent hardware and algorithmic breakthroughs revived investor enthusiasm. The podcast revisits a February 2025 interview with D‑Wave...
By SPACInsider
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Digital Health Rewired 2026 Programme Published
The Digital Health Rewired 2026 conference programme, featuring ten themed stages, has been released. More than 300 senior health‑IT leaders, including NHS CEOs, CIOs, CCIOs and CNIOs, will present sessions on digital transformation, cyber security, AI, and electronic patient records....
By Journal of mHealth
News•Feb 25, 2026
SolveAI Raises $50M to Help Employees Build Their Own Enterprise Software
London‑based SolveAI announced a $50 million funding round – $45 million Series A led by GV and a $5 million pre‑seed from Accel – to scale its AI‑driven no‑code platform. The solution lets employees across functions generate fully compliant enterprise applications using natural‑language prompts,...
By Tech.eu
News•Feb 25, 2026
One in Five Employers Say They Have No Clear Objectives for Their Employee Benefits
CIPD’s 2026 Reward Survey reveals that 22% of UK employers offer employee benefits without any defined objectives, hampering their ability to gauge impact. While 77% link benefits to at least one goal—most often retention (44%) and engagement (37%)—only 31% connect...
By Onrec
News•Feb 25, 2026
Proven Ways UKG Pro WFM Can Improve Healthcare Scheduling
UKG Pro Workforce Management (WFM) offers a structured, data‑driven approach to healthcare scheduling, tackling the sector’s chronic staffing volatility. By enabling early offers of open shifts through advanced scheduling, organizations can pre‑empt gaps, lower overtime, and align skill sets with patient...
By HRTechFeed
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Gold's Historic Premium Signals Potential 2025 Bust
The 2026 Gold Rush Risks a 2025 Bitcoin-Like Bust - At almost 3x, gold has never sustained a greater stretch vs. its 120-month moving average with inflation so low. The graphic highlights a historic oxymoron for the traditional haven: its...
By Mike McGlone
News•Feb 25, 2026
Streem and Ermewa Shape Their Corporate Direction
Streem has appointed Peter Reinshagen to spearhead sector‑related initiatives and broader development in European rail freight, leveraging his experience as Ermewa’s Managing Director. Within Ermewa, Deputy Managing Director Cyrille Guyon steps up as Managing Director, providing continuity after a decade...
By Railway Pro
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Remarks by Chair Atkins on Capital Formation and the INVEST Act
Chairman Paul Atkins highlighted the steep 40% drop in U.S. public companies and outlined a three‑pillar strategy to revive capital formation. He praised the bipartisan INVEST Act and the Empowering Main Street in America Act for introducing “test‑the‑waters” IPO pilots,...
By Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
SEC Adds Flexibility to M&A, Proxy, and Tender Offer Rules with New Interpretations
On January 23 2026 the SEC’s CorpFin issued new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations that broaden flexibility for M&A, proxy and tender‑offer rules without formal rulemaking. The revisions permit lock‑up agreements without meeting traditional prospectus conditions, allow privately placed shares to be registered...
By Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
SEC Adds Flexibility to M&A, Proxy, and Tender Offer Rules with New Interpretations
On Jan. 23, the SEC’s CorpFin division issued new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations that loosen proxy‑broker search timing, broaden lock‑up registration on Forms S‑4/F‑4, and add leeway for cross‑border tender offers. The staff also reversed its stance on voluntary Notices of...
By Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Data Moats Drive Billion-Dollar Valuations Over Commodities
So Profound was valued at $1B… while Similarweb is valued at just ~$158M ($229.58M market cap minus $72M in cash). Make it make sense. One is essentially a commodity product, competing with a horde of startups offering very similar tools: AirOps, Peec...
By Tim Soulo
News•Feb 25, 2026
Press Release: Finastra Teams up with CargoX to Further Adoption of Digital-at-Source Electronic Trade Documentation
Fintech leader Finastra announced a strategic partnership with blockchain document‑transfer platform CargoX to embed electronic trade documents (eTD) into its Trade Innovation solution. The integration, delivered via Finastra's open API and Trade Innovation Nexus, supports over 65 eTD types and...
By Treasury Today
Social•Feb 25, 2026
US Treasury Borrowing No Longer Cheap Despite 4% Yield
There's lots of buzz about 10-year Treasury yield falling to 4%. But when you look at this yield vs US peers - hedging those yields back into US Dollars - the US picture isn't nearly so sanguine. The days when...
By Robin Brooks
News•Feb 25, 2026
Elizabeth Arden Taps Leighton Meester to Front First Perfume Launch in Eight Years
Elizabeth Arden has introduced its first perfume in eight years, unveiling Eternal Aura with actress Leighton Meester as the campaign face. The floral‑amber fragrance, co‑created by perfumers Natasha Côté‑Mouzannar and Anne Flipo, launches at $69 alongside a $47 body balm. The global rollout...
By Cosmetics Business
News•Feb 25, 2026
Dentsu Woos Back Robinson as First Chief Growth Officer
Dentsu UK&I has appointed Amy Robinson as its first Chief Growth and Marketing Officer, tasked with uncovering new market opportunities for the agency and its clients, including prospects such as Tapestry, Vodafone, BMW and Comic Relief. Robinson returns from Publicis,...
By DecisionMarketing
News•Feb 25, 2026
Private Equity Still Vital to CalPERS’ Strategy Under TPA: CEO
At NEXUS 2026, CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost announced that the pension fund’s revitalized private‑equity program will operate with a degree of independence from its newly adopted total‑portfolio approach (TPA). The move signals a renewed commitment to private‑equity as a core return...
By Private Equity International
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Marginal Well Models and Russia's Weak Wellhead Economics
Russian oil drilling contracted 3.4% in 2025, marking the first decline since 2021, with a sharp 10% drop in the second half of the year. The slowdown is attributed to a weaker Urals crude price and a stronger ruble, which...
By EMOGCP – Russian Oil & Gas Monitor
News•Feb 25, 2026
Budget 2026: Godongwana Talks up AI, Data Infrastructure
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana used the 2026 budget launch to declare data and artificial intelligence infrastructure as critical as electricity, ports and transport. He announced plans to expand data‑centre capacity, citing 55 existing facilities and R50 billion of investment expected over...
By ITWeb (South Africa) – Public Sector
News•Feb 25, 2026
Australia Ships LNG 16,000 Miles to Canada as Asia Demand Slumps
Australia’s Gorgon‑linked LNG exporter sent a cargo aboard the Maran Gas Hector to eastern Canada, covering roughly 16,000 miles – the longest route for Australian LNG to date. The move reflects a sharp slowdown in Asian demand, where shipments to...
By gCaptain
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Nelson Peltz Flags WEN Undervaluation, Potential Buyout
$WEN targeted by LT shareholder & former Chairman Nelson Peltz (13D filed). - Says shares are undervalued and strategic options incl. a buyout may be explored. - He looked at a deal in 2022 but walked. - Stock at ~8x...
By Dalius – Special Sits
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Bureaucracy Stifles Innovation: Decision Latency Kills Supply Chains
🔴 Red Tape is quietly killing innovation in your business. Here's how. Let me be blunt. In most companies I've worked with — across continents, across industries — the biggest enemy of innovation isn't a lack of ideas. It's bureaucracy. Red tape. The...
By Dr. Muddassir Ahmed
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Asia Daily: February 25, 2026
China signaled it will weigh counter‑measures after the United States imposed a temporary 15% tariff on all imports, while urging Washington to cancel unilateral duties and resume frank trade talks. A new IISS study warned that ongoing anti‑corruption purges have...
By The Asia Cable
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Capital Raising Is the Real Estate Bottleneck
The biggest bottleneck in real estate is raising capital for your first deals. In my case, I raised $400k from eight friends after calling everyone I knew when I was 26. Others who’ve built real estate portfolios, how did you raise the...
By StripMallGuy (Don Tepman)
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Closing Short: When Business Sales Lack Funds
What happens when a small business is sold… and there isn’t enough money at the closing table? https://t.co/2PBFSkyCNC #SmallBusiness #BusinessSale #BuyingABusiness #SellMyBusiness #BusinessBroker #Entrepreneurship https://t.co/skl9JQoWaW
By David C. Barnett
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Verification Flow Directly Affects Google Business Visibility
The Google Business Profiles verification flow can have a big impact on your business's visibility https://t.co/E9hhX7waHp @ClaudiaTomina explains https://t.co/HIfXAXVHx6
By Barry Schwartz
Social•Feb 25, 2026
UK’s Single Trade Window: Shaping Tomorrow’s Customs Efficiency
I wrote a short blog on the future of the UK’s Single Trade Window on the back of last week’s FT article co-authored by @pmdfoster /1 https://t.co/b4rmt3AXzu
By Dr. Anna Jerzewska
Social•Feb 25, 2026
SciSpace Integrates GitHub, Notion, OneDrive, Eclipsing Rivals
🚨 SciSpace just made Perplexity, Elicit, and Consensus look outdated. You can now pull directly from GitHub, Notion, and OneDrive inside their research agent. No downloading. No copy-pasting links. No switching tabs. Here's how: ↓
By Hasan Toor
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Yen Rebounds, Forint Climbs, Yuan Rallies Onward
JPY reversing weaker HUF gaining (on negative polls for Orban) CNH continues to rally consistently
By Jens Nordvig
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Indonesian-Chinese Shift Assets to Singapore, I’d Follow
You can tell that Indonesian-Chinese have moved assets to Singapore the past year. I would have done the same.
By Michael Fritzell
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Yen Rebounds; Intervention Futile Amid Debt Overhang
The Yen is heading back to where it was before the "rate check" from the NY Fed. Intervention doesn't work, especially when the underlying issue is a massive debt overhang and politicians who prefer denial to taking hard, but needed...
By Robin Brooks
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Japanese Stocks Hit Record Highs Amid Yen, JGB Selloff
Yen and JGBs Sold on New BOJ Nominees While Japanese Stocks Rally to Record Highs: The dollar was initially sold during President Trump’s State of the Union Address. However, against most of the G10 currencies, it remains within the well-worn...
By Marc Chandler
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Turkey's Reserve Losses Signal Strong Depreciation Pressure
Turkey had sustained reserve losses towards the end of last year (blue), even though Lira was falling and USD was weak. That's a sign that depreciation pressure is substantial, a reflection of the large current account deficit. Same old story...
By Robin Brooks