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President Donald Trump will travel to Beijing from March 31 to April 2, the first U.S. presidential visit since 2017. A Supreme Court ruling that invalidated his broad emergency‑tariff authority removes a key leverage tool, giving President Xi Jinping stronger bargaining power as the two leaders prepare for trade talks covering soybeans, aircraft, rare‑earths and Taiwan.
Carmanah Minerals Corp. has appointed global entrepreneur Karim Rayani as Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director, replacing outgoing CEO Fraser Rieche. Rayani, a major shareholder, will steer a rebranding and an aggressive exploration push on the 145‑km² Heritage Gold‑Silver...
Crossbow Therapeutics announced a $77 million Series B financing co‑led by Taiho Ventures and Arkin Bio Capital. The cash will fund the completion of the Phase 1 CROSSCHECK‑001 trial of CBX‑250 and jump‑start development of its broader T‑Bolt platform. Investors include a...
Broadcast giants Nexstar and Tegna face a legal challenge over their proposed merger, which critics say would create the largest concentration of TV station ownership in U.S. history. Opponents, including Newsmax and ACA Connects, argue the deal would give Nexstar...
The New York Public Utilities Commission approved the $34.5 billion Charter‑Cox merger, attaching conditions that require a $100 million investment to deliver symmetric gigabit service and replace 500 outdoor Wi‑Fi nodes. The FCC has already cleared the deal, but California regulators have...
Media24 announced a strategic pivot toward performance‑led publishing, consolidating advertising, content marketing, and data analytics into a single commercial engine. The platform is built to deliver measurable campaign performance rather than relying solely on traditional inventory metrics. By unifying these...
Credit‑Linked Notes (CLNs) are being hailed as the premier tool for capital‑relief trades in the structured credit market. Recent commentary highlights their ability to off‑load credit risk while preserving balance‑sheet efficiency. The piece situates CLNs amid a shifting regulatory landscape,...
Ecopetrol reported Q4 2025 net income of COP 9 trillion, nearly hitting its financial plan despite a 15% Brent price decline and the loss of COP 1.6 trillion in non‑recurring gains. EBITDA reached COP 46.7 trillion, a 39% margin, with production steady at 745,000 bpd and domestic output...
The February 2026 Tech M&A episode breaks down 394 tech transactions, highlighting five mega‑deals—including a $9.9 billion deal and a $9.2 billion acquisition of InPost by FedEx—while showing that startups still account for 45% of deals and cross‑border activity hits 35%. It...
In this brief episode, the host debunks five persistent myths that erode founder value in tech M&A: the belief that companies are bought rather than sold, the ineffectiveness of soft overtures, the flawed serial approach to buyer outreach, outdated bid...
When you're running a real estate fund, there's lots of balls in the air, the stakes are high, and you deal with a healthy level of pressure and stress. Something I came up with to help balance things: I ask my team...
Iran has successfully broken through Qatari air defenses for the second day in a row, this time striking the globally significant Ras Laffan energy complex. The strikes come after Iran’s own natural gas processing plants along the shared North Dome/South Pars...
YouTube introduced Reimagine, an AI‑driven feature for Shorts that converts a single frame into a new eight‑second video using Google’s Veo model. The tool embeds directly into the Shorts editor, offering preset visual variations rather than freeform prompts. It aims...
Atlassian dismissed a U.S. engineer who called the CEO a “rich jerk” during an internal AMA, turning a casual video call into a U.S. labor board hearing. The incident underscores how open‑forum formats can quickly spiral into legal disputes, especially...
LinkedIn unveiled Premium Creator Sponsorships with Top Voices 360 and expanded its BrandLink suite, giving B2B marketers new ways to partner with influential creators. The platform now lets brands place ads alongside top creator content, bundle BrandLink and Event Ads, and...
Qualtrics CEO Jason Maynard announced at X4 2026 that the traditional insight gap is now closed and the company is pivoting toward real‑time, AI‑driven actions that deliver measurable outcomes. The new strategy hinges on “experience context,” turning data into decisions via...
Forrester positions itself as the connective tissue across the marketing ecosystem as AI reshapes commercial models in 2026. The firm offers research that spans marketing, technology, AI, CX, and EX, delivering a "total experience" view for CMOs, agencies, and martech...
International Women’s Day sparked a look at women’s contributions in western Canadian agriculture, where many farms already judge ideas on merit rather than gender. The author observes that most conversations stop at “equality” – simply giving women a seat at...
Jane Lu, founder and CEO of Australian fashion brand Showpo, grew the company to a $100 million global business by rejecting the long‑hour hustle and building systematic, automated workflows. Early 15‑hour days became a bottleneck, prompting her to prioritize repeatable processes...
Australian fashion retailer Showpo’s founder Jane Lu describes herself as a “lazy CEO,” a label she uses to champion systems‑driven growth over endless hustle. Starting the business from her parents’ garage, Lu has scaled Showpo to more than $100 million in...
Robert Allbritton, the former owner of Politico, announced a major expansion of his political news startup NOTUS. He plans to double the company’s workforce from 50 to 100 employees within the year. The first hires include three reporters recently recruited...
Capteris Equipment Finance is set to sell a $436.9 million asset‑backed securities (ABS) transaction, Series 2026‑1, backed by 216 commercial equipment leases from 57 obligors. The deal issues six tranches, with senior A1 and A2 notes receiving the bulk of capital and...
Israel launched an airstrike on Iran’s South Pars gasfield, a hub that generates roughly 20% of the nation’s electricity. Tehran retaliated by threatening attacks on oil and gas infrastructure throughout the Gulf region. The exchange is part of a broader...
I built a skill for Claude Code that writes cold email sequences that actually get replies. You tell it who you're reaching out to and what you're selling, and it builds a multi-touch sequence with personalized openers, value-driven follow-ups, and a...
Citi analysts say Netflix is poised to raise subscription prices later this year now that the Warner Bros. Discovery merger has collapsed. A 5% increase in average revenue per user could boost the stock by up to 6% and move Netflix...
Qualiphi, an Egypt‑based AI career services platform, completed a six‑figure acquisition of Career Club from iCareer in the second half of 2025. The deal expands Qualiphi’s AI‑powered ecosystem across Egypt and the GCC, adding virtual career centre tools and strengthening...
Authentic leadership has moved from buzzword to business imperative as employees demand genuine connections. It centers on self‑awareness, transparency, and aligning actions with core values, even when choices are difficult. The approach strengthens trust, boosts engagement, and supports long‑term strategic...
If you do AI inference via OpenAI’s API, you should use the flex tier for half price. My requests always try to use flex tier first, and on 429 / 500 errors, I use the default service tier. 95% of my...
Akọ AI Ltd, a newly incorporated UK AI firm, has launched a decision‑intelligence platform aimed at small and medium‑sized manufacturing firms. The platform applies industrial‑engineering analysis to determine whether automation is the right solution before recommending any technology. Targeting manufacturers...
Building a business that runs without you requires an obsession to letting go. scaling it requires restraint. Start small: Stop solving and start coaching. Document decisions and set standards. Your job shifts from doing --> designing.
Mike De Luca & Pam Abdy had a great #Oscar night, but will their auteur-friendly approach survive WB's sale to Paramount? One insider says David Ellison wouldn't back anything that would 'lose $100 million out of the gate' (a reference...
Massimiliano Gioni, artistic director of the New Museum, emphasized the institution’s non‑collecting model, focusing on producing 24 new works co‑created with international partners. The museum’s strategy ensures artists retain ownership of the pieces, reinforcing its mission to champion new art...
This is a remarkable chart. Oil surges like the one we’ve seen recently have consistently preceded recessions. Chart by @thierryborgeat https://t.co/GpMNhNl06Y
thinking: products that help humans get credit for the work accomplished by agents they supervise in the enterprise will have better adoption than agentic solutions that do the work instead of humans. credit feeds ego, drives adoption...and accountability.
The power sector faces a looming workforce crisis as an aging labor pool retires faster than new talent arrives, even as billions flow into energy infrastructure. A partnership between Stony Brook University and Haugland Group has created a multi‑tiered training...
Demand destruction started in Asia and spreading to Egypt. The only way this equation will square when supply is short is for demand to fall. Prices higher & demand falling means growth will be a challenge. The crisis will move from...
Remember my Manifesto? He’s legally elected FOMC Chair through December 31, 2026 regardless of who’s Chair of the Fed Board “Powell would also be eligible as a governor to remain in charge of rate-setting FOMC, potentially extending his influence over monetary...
The article explains how investors can boost risk‑adjusted returns by properly sizing positions rather than merely finding ideas. It introduces a simple upside‑to‑downside framework, illustrates it with PayPal and Perimeter Solutions, and ties the ratio to a practical allocation rule...
Since our January 13th macro memo, our top weighted pick BWET has more than tripled (and seems set to go even higher). Today, we released to subscribers a new list of names that have yet to reprice as violently in...
Turning Iran into Yemen isn't the strategic victory some people may expect if Red Sea shipping is anything to go by.
New Zealand’s fourth‑quarter GDP expanded only 0.2% quarter‑on‑quarter, missing the 0.4% consensus, while annual growth held at 1.3% year‑on‑year, below the 1.7% forecast. Both production‑based (0.2% q/q) and expenditure‑based (0.1% q/q) measures signalled a sharp slowdown in domestic demand. The weaker...
Let me be your Fed whisperer. What the Fed decided, what we can infer about it's next steps, how Iran and tariffs factored in, and what it all means for you. https://t.co/3JC756KIAH
Unpopular opinion: Zuck demonstrates superhuman levels of guts in his willingness to bet the company on entirely new directions, even though (especially since) this bet failed.
Raven.io, a runtime‑focused cybersecurity startup, announced a $20 million seed round. The round was led by Norwest with a post‑seed tranche led by Elron Ventures, and included investors such as SentinelOne, UpWest, and RedSeed. The capital will accelerate product development, expand...
RT AI isn't just changing senior roles - it's quietly erasing the "learn by doing" years. If we hollow out entry-level jobs now, we'll face a talent debt later. #AI #Hiring #CIO #CHRO @Star_CIO https://t.co/W7YbwP6jrL
ive literally never thought about this before this is an extremely interesting way to think about ad spend: bringing the rigor of quant trading to paid ads
The Federal Reserve left its policy rate unchanged at 3.50‑3.75% and, via the latest dot‑plot, signaled only a single 25‑basis‑point cut for 2026 and another in 2027. The announcement sent the Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq and Russell 2000 down between 1.3% and...
Qatars industrial complex housing the world’s largest LNG export plant suffered “extensive damage” after an Iranian missile strike 🇶🇦 ⚠️ The plant provides 20% of global LNG supply, and was shut earlier this month. But a delayed restart (due to...
🦾@RevolveSurgical just received FDA 510(k) clearance for their surgical robot platform. They built a system that mounts directly to the operating table—zero footprint, one-person setup. Their goal is to bring physical AI to operating rooms at scale. https://t.co/CWRG5009yK https://t.co/smBh8Hc9nN
Did he just get a briefing about what CPI is likely to be in 3q26, just ahead of midterms?
