News•Feb 17, 2026
BioWare Continues Mass Effect 5 Development With New Senior Hire
BioWare has posted a senior‑level opening, confirming that Mass Effect 5 has moved beyond pre‑production. The studio is re‑uniting original trilogy talent, including Dusty Everman and Parrish Ley, and has chosen Unreal Engine 5 over the troubled Frostbite platform. With Dragon Age completed, BioWare can focus resources on the sci‑fi sequel, though analysts project a 2028 launch after a three‑to‑four‑year development cycle.
By VideoGamer.com
News•Feb 17, 2026
Tripadvisor Engages with Starboard as Activist Seeks Board Control, Sale
Tripadvisor disclosed multiple discussions with activist investor Starboard Value, which owns about 9 % of the company and is seeking board control and a possible sale. Starboard criticizes a 50 % share decline since CEO Matt Goldberg’s 2022 appointment, slow adoption of...
By Yahoo Finance – News Index
Social•Feb 17, 2026
A Concise Summary Transforms Generic Resumes Into Impact
Something small we worked on recently that made a big difference: the summary section. A lot of resumes I review are well-written… but too broad. They sound strong. They just don’t say enough.
By Theresa Park
News•Feb 17, 2026
Market Isn't Being Rational Right Now: Qu
PSP Growth Managing Director Momei Qu told Bloomberg Surveillance that the market is acting irrationally, with NVIDIA’s stock sliding despite record AI‑related capital expenditures announced by the so‑called “MAG 7” firms. Qu said investors are torn between fears that massive AI...
By Bloomberg – Markets
News•Feb 17, 2026
Quest Trusted Data Management Platform Makes It Easier for Organizations to Create Reusable Data Products
Quest Software unveiled the Trusted Data Management Platform, a unified suite that combines data modeling, cataloging, governance, quality, and a marketplace to deliver AI‑ready data across enterprises. The solution promises up to 54% faster data‑product delivery, up to 40% cost...
By SD Times
News•Feb 17, 2026
Revamping High Volume Hiring Strategies
High‑volume hiring, often overlooked, is essential for maintaining business continuity. Companies struggle with a pronounced supply‑demand mismatch, especially for frontline positions. The article argues that future talent acquisition must balance operational efficiency with strategic use of technology. Emphasizing technology as...
By HRTechFeed
News•Feb 17, 2026
Warning Shots Off Yemen Underscore Ongoing Gulf of Aden Security Risks
A merchant vessel near Aden, Yemen, encountered armed skiffs that fired warning shots, later identified as a local militia rather than Houthi forces or pirates. The UK Maritime Trade Operations downgraded the event to suspicious activity after confirming no direct...
By gCaptain
Social•Feb 17, 2026
Joining Benchmark: Passion for Series A Venture Investing
I’m really excited to share that I’m joining Benchmark. The past two years as a full time investor have been the most rewarding of my career. I really love venture capital, which is not something I ever imagined I’d say when...
By Jack Altman
News•Feb 17, 2026
Fears that Basel III Regulations Could Penalise Africa
The Basel III regulatory package, delayed to a full 2027 rollout, tightens capital quality, leverage and liquidity requirements for banks worldwide. African banks risk higher capital costs because their sovereign debt is risk‑weighted more heavily, potentially limiting credit to the...
By African Business
Social•Feb 17, 2026
Big Tech Cuts Buybacks, Shifts to AI Spending
‼️The largest US stock buyer since 2009 is STEPPING BACK: Combined buybacks by Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, and Oracle fell to $12.6 billion in Q4 2025, the lowest in 7 YEARS. This marks the 3rd quarterly decline, a -70% DROP from the...
By Global Markets Investor (newsletter author)
Podcast•Feb 17, 2026•16 min
Use the Ledge Technique for Overcoming Objections (Ask Jeb)
In this episode of Ask Jeb, host Jeb Blunt helps caller Rick Van Ness, who runs a healthcare claim‑filing company, overcome the objection that prospects view his service as "outsourcing" rather than "augmentation." Jeb walks through a multi‑level outreach strategy—targeting...
By Sales Gravy
Blog•Feb 17, 2026
Africa’s MTN Group to Acquire IHS Holding for $6.2 Billion in Cash
MTN Group announced a $6.2 billion cash acquisition of IHS Holding, offering $8.50 per share—a 2.53% premium to the prior close. The deal will be funded by $1.1 billion of MTN cash, $1.1 billion from IHS’s balance sheet, and a rollover of existing...
By Inside Arbitrage – Blog
News•Feb 17, 2026
Communicators Drive Workplace AI Adoption
Generative AI is now a strategic priority, with 90% of surveyed leaders citing productivity and efficiency as primary motivators. A new Institute for Public Relations study shows communicators act as translators between IT and the broader workforce, often becoming early...
By O’Dwyer’s PR
Blog•Feb 17, 2026
Mostly Holding Last Week's Impressive Gains
U.S. Treasury bonds extended last week’s rally by a few basis points in early domestic trading, though the advance faded later in the session. Market participants attribute part of the prior week’s rise to defensive positioning ahead of a three‑day...
By Mortgage News Daily – MBS Live Commentary
Blog•Feb 17, 2026
Sphinx Raises $7M Seed Round for AI Compliance Agents
Sphinx announced a $7 million seed round, led by Cherry Ventures with participation from Y Combinator, Rebel Fund, Deel Ventures and Singularity Capital. The San Francisco‑based startup builds browser‑native AI agents that embed directly into existing case‑management systems, third‑party portals and internal dashboards...
By Corporate Compliance Insights
News•Feb 17, 2026
Wolfspeed Adds VP of Sales for EMEA
Wolfspeed announced the appointment of Stefan Steyerl as Vice President of Sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, effective March 1. Steyerl brings more than 25 years of semiconductor sales leadership, most recently from Allegro MicroSystems and earlier roles...
By Semiconductor Today
News•Feb 17, 2026
Zambia’s Copper Industry Expands Amid Rising Global Demand and Investment
Global demand for copper, driven by AI, renewable energy and electric vehicles, is spurring a rapid expansion of Zambia’s mining sector. Since 2022, more than $12 billion has been poured into the industry, lifting 2024 output by roughly eight percent to...
By Copperbelt Katanga Mining
Social•Feb 17, 2026
Business Inflation Expectations Return to Pre‑Pandemic Levels
Two different measures of business inflation expectations have essentially returned to pre-pandemic levels. The Atlanta Fed survey (dark line), which asks businesses how much they expect their own unit costs to change, is back at 2%—right where it was in 2019....
By Nick Timiraos
News•Feb 17, 2026
Black Women Employment Sees One of Its Sharpest Annual Declines in Past 25 Years
New Economic Policy Institute analysis shows Black women’s employment rate fell to 55.7% in 2025, a 1.4‑point drop and one of the steepest annual declines in the past 25 years. The decline was most pronounced among college‑educated Black women, whose...
By HR Dive
News•Feb 17, 2026
Leading With Grounded Confidence
Wharton Executive Education and its Center for Leadership and Change Management have launched Nano Tools for Leaders, a set of bite‑size practices inspired by Brené Brown’s *Strong Ground* and Adam Grant’s research. The tools teach leaders to anchor decisions in two core...
By Wharton Knowledge
News•Feb 17, 2026
Financing the Global South’s Infrastructure Boom
Private participation in infrastructure across the Global South reached $100 billion in 2024, a 20% rise over the previous five‑year average. The article highlights India’s PPP surge, which drove infrastructure credit to over 15% of bank lending but also triggered an...
By Project Syndicate — Economics
News•Feb 17, 2026
UK Unemployment Hits Highest Level Since 2021 – Will Interest Rate Cuts Follow?
The UK's unemployment rate rose to 5.2% in the three months to December 2025, the highest level since 2021, while wage growth slowed to 4.2% and job vacancies remained flat. Morgan Stanley research shows AI is already reshaping the labour market,...
By MoneyWeek – All
Blog•Feb 17, 2026
Techscaler Plans New York Trip in Expanded Export Push
Scotland’s Techscaler programme is expanding its international itinerary, adding a June 2025 visit to New York and New Jersey and outlining a 2026 schedule that includes Japan, Silicon Valley, Singapore, and Hong Kong/China. Backed by £42 million and serving more than 1,400 tech...
By UK Defence Journal – Air
Blog•Feb 17, 2026
Orthofuse Raises £2.2m for 3D-Printed Implants
Orthofuse announced a £2.2 million seed round to accelerate its 3D‑printed orthopaedic implant platform. The company targets trauma and spinal‑degenerative surgeries, where poor bone quality and time‑sensitive procedures demand more adaptable solutions. Using additive manufacturing and novel implant architectures, Orthofuse aims...
By Health Tech World
Blog•Feb 17, 2026
The New Talent Architecture: Building Organizations for the AI Era
The article argues that traditional, role‑centric talent models are obsolete in the AI era and proposes a new talent architecture built on five pillars. It emphasizes shifting to skills‑based inventories, designing explicit human‑AI collaboration layers, embedding continuous learning into daily...
By TLNT (The Business of HR)
Blog•Feb 17, 2026
Leading Digital Innovation
MIT Center for Information Systems Research reports that digital innovation succeeds when organizations deploy three complementary leader types—initiative, shared‑resource, and portfolio leaders—rather than relying on a single heroic executive or centralized unit. The briefing explains how each role contributes to...
By EA Voices
News•Feb 17, 2026
Azure Reliability, Resiliency, and Recoverability: Build Continuity by Design
Microsoft Azure’s latest blog delineates three core continuity concepts—reliability, resiliency and recoverability—explaining how each fits into the Cloud Adoption Framework and the Azure Well‑Architected Framework. It describes reliability as the ultimate service‑level goal, resiliency as the ability to stay operational...
By Azure Blog
News•Feb 17, 2026
Colliers Going All-In on AI, CEO Hennick Says
Colliers announced a multiyear, record‑high AI investment, raising its IT capital expenditures to a level never seen in the company’s history. The spend is expected to deliver productivity gains and higher margins within two to three years across its commercial...
By Facilities Dive
Blog•Feb 17, 2026
North Star Organizational Transformation
The article outlines a North Star‑driven digital transformation framework, beginning with a concise, inspirational mission statement that positions the company as customer‑first, data‑powered, and agile. It defines four strategic pillars—Customer Experience, Data & Insights, Agile Platforms, and People & Culture—and...
By Future of CIO
News•Feb 17, 2026
Sarbananda Sonowal Hails PM Modi’s Trade Push, Calls It Break From Congress Era
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trade agenda, saying it marks a decisive break from the Congress era of policy paralysis. He highlighted nine free‑trade agreements signed since 2014 that give India preferential access to 38 developed economies and...
By The Economic Times (India) – Economy
Blog•Feb 17, 2026
Japan Sees the Writing on the Wall
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party captured a two‑thirds majority in the lower house, giving Prime Minister Fumio Takahashi a strong personal mandate and near‑total legislative control. The win enables swift policy action, including the start of constitutional amendment proceedings to...
By Zeihan on Geopolitics (Insights)
Social•Feb 17, 2026
Brain Health Becomes Decade‑Long Priority Through Daily Habits
The next decade is the brain health decade, as I discussed with Bristol Myers Squibb (@bmsnews) CEO Chris Boerner at their Global Town Hall last week when @Thrive Global launched our brain health partnership to their 34,000 employees. BMS is...
By Arianna Huffington
Social•Feb 17, 2026
Amy Armitage Explores Future of Work & Human Capital
Directionally Correct Podcast #158 - Amy Armitage - The #FutureofWork, #HumanCapital, & The Conference Board https://t.co/OV3Xj5RfMu #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator
By Dave Millner
News•Feb 17, 2026
Blackstone to Acquire Home Services Firm Champions Group From Odyssey
Blackstone announced a definitive agreement to acquire Champions Group, a leading home‑services provider, from Odyssey. The transaction includes a minority equity stake retained by Odyssey and the company’s management, ensuring continued alignment of interests. Financial terms were not disclosed, but...
By PE Hub
Social•Feb 17, 2026
Built Rails Infrastructure for Per‑Customer SQLite, Even When Plans Shifted
The original plan for Fizzy was to ship the SaaS version with one sqlite database per customer. That didn't end up happening, but we built all the Rails infrastructure needed to make it possible. Mike goes through it all here:...
By David Heinemeier Hansson
Social•Feb 17, 2026
TLT Seen as Lower High, Still Hating Treasuries
I think I might be the only person in the world who still hates US Treasuries here. $TLT is just another lower high imo until proven wrong.
By Quinn Thompson
News•Feb 17, 2026
Amid the Madding Crowd, Startups Find Their 'Target' Elusive
Startups at the India AI Impact Summit are grappling with soaring stall fees and a disappointing quality of visitors, prompting doubts about the return on their investment. Tightened security for VIP delegations and on‑site organizational chaos have further hampered exhibitors’...
By Mint AI
Social•Feb 17, 2026
IT Teams Prioritize Scalable, User‑Friendly, Manageable Infrastructure
IT teams prioritize scalability and ease of use for technology, aiming to simplify stacks and build a manageable, growing infrastructure. Their focus is on technical efficiency. #ITManagement #TechStrategy https://t.co/UHwoWoB1Q6
By Eric Kimberling
Social•Feb 17, 2026
Chinese State Banks Boost FX Securities by $90B Monthly
Notable acceleration in the fx securities book of the Chinese state banks (And their reverse repo/ other funding of global financial institutions) in January -- consistent with the $90b monthly increase in the reported fx balance sheet https://t.co/PNDncW2w2s
By Brad Setser
News•Feb 17, 2026
As Rwanda’s Mineral Exports Surge, Trade Deficit Narrows
Rwanda’s mineral exports jumped 46.2% in 2025, driven by soaring tin, tungsten and tantalum prices and increased mechanised mining. The surge helped narrow the country’s trade deficit from $3 billion to $2.7 billion, with raw tin even achieving a positive balance with...
By The East African
Social•Feb 17, 2026
U.S. Corn Inspections Surpass Expectations, Soy Exports to China Strong
🇺🇸Last week's U.S. corn inspections easily beat all trade expectations (though they weren't a weekly record). FYI the previous week's corn volume was hiked significantly. Soy inspections were near the top end of estimates - 57% of the beans were...
By Karen Braun
Social•Feb 17, 2026
Mistaking Short‑Term Labor Shortage for Full Employment Undermines Jobs
I disagree, but I don't think David is alone in this. To me, the biggest risk of confusing a temporary labor supply shortage that drives up inflation with full employment was that it would undermine actual full employment. We are...
By Adam Ozimek
News•Feb 17, 2026
Sahai to Appear At Two Investor Conferences, Pitching Sinclair
Sinclair Inc. CFO Narinder Sahai will present at two investor conferences in March, using the platform to promote the company’s transition to ATSC 3.0 broadcast technology. The appearances aim to showcase Sinclair’s growth strategy, its portfolio of stations—including flagship WBFF‑TV in...
By Radio & TV Business Report (RBR+TVBR)
Social•Feb 17, 2026
IEA Paris Meeting Tests Net‑Zero Shift Against US Oil Priorities
For energy policy making, a key week in Paris as @IEA energy officials gather Feb 18-19 for a biennial ministerial meeting. The IEA’s drift toward net-zero advocacy and overtures to China will be tested as US officials push to a return...
By Javier Blas
Social•Feb 17, 2026
Swiss Market Hits Record High as US Stocks Slide
Switzerland is hitting a new all-time high again today as U.S. stocks break down to new 6-month lows relative to European stocks. https://t.co/z6UH4K1Vfo
By J.C. Parets, CMT
Blog•Feb 17, 2026
The $145M Federal Subsidy Nobody in Health Tech Is Talking About Yet
The episode breaks down the Department of Labor's newly announced $145 million Pay‑for‑Performance Incentive Payments Program, aimed at alleviating the looming 3.2 million‑worker shortage in U.S. healthcare. It explains why the program’s performance‑based funding model—paying per enrolled apprentice rather than upfront grants—creates...
By Thoughts on Healthcare Markets & Tech
Social•Feb 17, 2026
Nowcast IQ Predicts US Growth Despite Market Pessimism
A few of our weekly inputs have come in for US growth. We continue to rebound hard cyclically. EURUSD down, US assets (soon) up, and ISM PMI towards 60 by summer. Our Nowcast IQ is telling a VERY contrarian story to...
By Andreas Steno Larsen
News•Feb 17, 2026
Upcoming Webinar | Confidently Navigate the EU Pay Transparency Directive
The EU Pay Transparency Directive, one of the most comprehensive pay‑equity laws, will take effect in 2026 across all member states. It requires employers to publish gender‑pay gap data and detailed compensation breakdowns. To help organizations prepare, HRtechBot is hosting...
By HRTechFeed
News•Feb 17, 2026
Somalia Cleared to Adopt EAC E-Passport, Envoy Says
Somalia has been granted official authorization to adopt and print the East African Community (EAC) e‑Passport, a key step in its regional integration. The decision was handed to Somalia’s Minister of Internal Security and the Director‑General of Immigration in Dar...
By The East African
News•Feb 17, 2026
Concord Hospitality Promotes Three Executives to Senior Roles
Concord Hospitality announced the promotion of three senior executives: Joe Trumfio to senior vice president of investment operations, compliance and reporting; Cathryn Andrews to senior vice president of hotel accounting; and Alex Langston to senior director of risk management. Trumfio’s newly...
By Hotel Business