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ContextVision AB announced that its share buy‑back programme, originally launched in September 2025 for up to NOK 10 million and 4 million shares, was extended to 11 May 2026 with unchanged terms. Between 9 March and 16 March 2026 DNB Carnegie repurchased 1,188,241 shares for a total of NOK 4.596 million, bringing the cumulative buy‑back to 3.14% of the company’s share capital. The daily transactions averaged roughly 27,000 shares at a weighted price of about NOK 3.1 per share. The company now holds 2,429,698 of its own shares following the latest purchases.
Moody's reports that structured finance is becoming essential for originating investment‑grade private credit. Alternative asset managers are creating joint ventures, using minority equity positions to package and distribute IG debt. This approach broadens investor access to higher‑quality credit while providing...
Your most important job as a founder: eliminate mediocrity. And here's my favorite quote on this from Frank Slootman: -- "Mediocrity is the silent killer. Organizations are not getting killed by their C players. Everybody knows who they are, and performance eventually is...
The hiring manager's dilemma: Claude Max costs $200/month A junior analyst costs $60K/year Both can write reports, analyze data, and respond to emails. Only one complains about work-life balance. The real question every founder should ask: "What am I paying humans to do that only...
The article outlines a shift toward "distributed deterrence," where precision‑strike weapons such as cheap missiles and long‑range drones enable smaller states to threaten critical infrastructure far beyond their borders. Declining costs and mobile launch platforms make these capabilities accessible to...
NX Group completed the merger of PT. NX Lemo Indonesia Logistik and PT. Nippon Express Indonesia on March 1, 2026, creating a unified freight forwarding powerhouse. The consolidation ends a fragmented structure by bringing air and ocean services under one...
Virbac, a French animal‑health group, published its 2025 consolidated accounts on March 17, 2026. The full financial report is hosted on the corporate website under the Investors → Financial Reports section. The statements were examined by the board of directors and are awaiting...
An employee and a coworker were scheduled to leave at 5:30 am for a conference, but the coworker arrived 35 minutes late. The employee waited only 15 minutes before departing alone in the company car, arriving on time while the coworker drove separately....
Cosmos, a visual inspiration platform founded by Andy McCune and Luca Marra, launched publicly in 2024 and quickly rose to prominence, earning a spot on Apple’s 2025 top‑25 apps and topping the design category in 28 countries. In January 2026...
At the Best Fleets to Drive For conference, safety leaders from Nussbaum Transportation and TransPro Freight Systems highlighted how integrating safety and operations teams can eliminate friction and boost performance. Both companies train driver managers on operational tasks and create...
Surf, a New York‑based cybersecurity startup, announced a $57 million Series A round led by Accel to develop AI‑driven security agents. The funding underscores growing investor confidence in “agentic AI” that can autonomously detect and remediate threats. Surf’s platform continuously monitors cloud...
The operators losing money on Meta aren't spending too little. They're touching the account too much. What a $50K+/month account actually looks like: 1-3 campaigns max ↓ Broad audiences only (no manual targeting) ↓ 6-10 creative variants per ad set ↓ CBO at...
The story has to come from the founder. This frustrates people. Founders want to delegate storytelling the same way they delegate other functions. Hire a head of marketing and let them own it. Bring in a communications expert and hand...
Nissan announced it will begin exporting the Murano SUV, built in Smyrna, Tennessee, to Japan early next year, marking the first American‑made Nissan sold in Japan since the 1990s. The move follows recent regulatory changes that allow U.S.‑produced vehicles to...
Morningstar DBRS reports that Calgary has increased its commercial paper program limit to $500 million, up from $400 million, while maintaining an R‑1 (high) rating with a stable outlook. The city’s cash and investment portfolio stands at $7.1 billion, including $756.5 million of short‑term...
Kering has appointed Pierre Houlès, a former Renault Digital leader, as its chief digital, AI and IT officer. Houlès will report to COO Jean‑Marc Duplaix and sit on the executive committee, tasked with accelerating the group’s technology architecture and AI...
The leaders who stay calm when everything shifts have something in common. They think differently. We built a workshop taught by our Master Trainers to show your whole team how. 90 minutes. Up to 300 people. An Infinite Mindset that...
Neon Polygons and Gamkat both launched puzzle games titled "Piece by Piece" on Steam within days of each other, creating a naming clash that threatened discoverability. Rather than compete, the studios teamed up, offering a double‑bundle priced at $18.57. The...
Connoisseur Media is preparing to divest a former Alpha Media property acquired during its debt‑driven merger with the group. The buyer is a North Texas owner of a Christian Contemporary Music station, which will take control of an 18 kW Class...
Jonathan Davey, Managing Director of Indigenous and Government Advisory at Scotiabank, told the Drumbeats podcast that Canada’s largest infrastructure and resource projects now require Indigenous equity participation. Recent federal programs and legal reforms have turned Indigenous partnerships from a political...
The 2026 State of Employee Listening Report shows AI‑driven listening programs accelerating, with a 27 % rise in AI‑augmented platforms. Leaders must shift from merely analyzing feedback to enabling rapid action, governed by transparency and clear governance. Speed of insight‑to‑action and...
The U.S. Treasury is expanding sanction waivers to allow imports of Venezuelan fertilizer as part of a broader effort to curb soaring input costs for American farmers. The move follows comments from Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins that the administration is...
Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart’s rare‑earth holdings have surged to over $2.4 billion, driven by a global push to diversify away from China. The portfolio, once a modest side‑investment, now represents a significant portion of her $25 billion wealth. China still controls...
The U.S. Treasury auctioned $13 bn of 20‑year notes at a 4.817% yield, stopping 0.7 bps through the issue price. Bid‑to‑cover climbed to 2.76, outpacing the six‑auction average. Foreign indirect demand surged to 69.2%, the highest since April 2025, while direct bidder participation...
The post outlines how agencies evolve from a freelancer‑style outbound process—manual lists, custom messages, and founder intuition—to a chaotic, over‑staffed operation, and finally to a scalable outreach machine built on structured targeting, repeatable messaging, and systemized signal tracking. It highlights...
YouTube is piloting a sticky banner overlay that stays visible after a viewer skips a video ad. The banner, linked to the original ad, remains on‑screen until the user dismisses it, extending brand exposure beyond the skip point. This experiment...
Today we've onboarded our latest team member to Zendesk.
Jim Reagan, now SAIC's full‑time CEO, is steering a strategic reassessment that emphasizes mission‑focused IT and engineering over traditional, cost‑plus enterprise contracts. The shift leverages the recent $205 million SilverEdge acquisition to embed artificial‑intelligence capabilities into defense and national‑security solutions. SAIC...
We measure productivity wrong. Lines of code written, tickets closed, hours logged, typing speed. All metrics built for a world where humans do the work themselves. That world is ending. When everyone on your team has an agentic workforce of...
Jose Manuel Albesa, long‑time deputy CEO and president of Puig’s beauty and fashion divisions, has been appointed chief executive officer, while founder Marc Puig shifts to executive chairman. The leadership change separates the CEO and chairman roles, aligning Puig with best‑practice...
We sent our best salesperson to Hawaii for a week. First class, Grand Wailea, all expenses paid. He still had to work, but he's AI, so he doesn’t have feelings/say in the matter. Adam Bot has been at RB2B for 6...
Canal+ and PPF, each holding roughly 29.3% of Viaplay after a €0.36 billion recapitalisation, are exploring a joint move to take the Nordic streamer private. The proposal would give the two investors close to 60% combined control, consolidating their influence over...
ISPTech, a German spin‑off from the DLR, announced a €5.5 million seed round led by Join Capital and backed by several European venture funds. The capital will fund expanded manufacturing, critical‑infrastructure testing, and the commercial rollout of its non‑toxic propulsion suites,...
Apollo’s credit fund managers announced a shift to monthly net asset value (NAV) reporting, aiming to increase transparency for investors. The strategy includes real‑time portfolio marks and, when necessary, third‑party valuation models to address pricing uncertainties. Executives say the change...
Before you ever open a 200-page PPM, real diligence starts somewhere else. You have to vet the people behind the deal. Talk to past investors. Understand their track record. See how they communicate when things go right, and wrong. Documents matter, but trust is built...
On February 17, 2026 Costa Mesa adopted an ordinance mandating staffing for self‑service checkout stations in drug and food retail establishments. The rule becomes effective April 28, 2026 and requires at least one employee for every three self‑checkout units, who...
There's a specific kind of exhaustion that comes from being busy on the wrong things. Being stuck in tasks that don't compound is one of the worst things that can happen to a founder/CEO. Before I stepped down as CEO, I tracked...
Oil prices climbing to $125 could shift the global economic outlook – Morgan Stanley’s Seth Carpenter @seekingalpha https://t.co/W6t7v236nu
Toyota New Zealand partnered with Saatchi & Saatchi NZ, Spark Foundry NZ and Digitas NZ to refresh its “Let’s Go Places” platform by turning the country’s everyday streets into a giant advertisement. The campaign highlighted that one in four vehicles on New Zealand roads is a Toyota,...
Feb payrolls: -92K. Three-month average: +6K/month. The labor market isn't softening. It's contracting. And the Fed can't cut because oil won't let them. $SPY $TLT https://t.co/RVUtPtl388
Thrilled to hear Cook’s update that he “can’t imagine life without Apple”, and has no plans to step down. As an $AAPL investor, I can’t imagine owning the stock without Cook.
Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg told shareholders that the commercial property‑and‑casualty pricing environment is softening, but the shift is "textured and nuanced" rather than binary. He emphasized that underwriting discipline remains the cornerstone of Chubb’s ability to navigate both hard and...
The equity market was "resilient" at the start of the Russia-Ukraine war as well...it took five weeks of high oil prices before stocks started to capitulate to inflation pressures in 2022. https://t.co/CXaKnBXbHv
I've analysed 500+ ad accounts. Here's the pattern: Accounts that killed ads after 24 hours never found winners. Accounts that let ads run 3-4 days found scalable campaigns. Your assumption that you should kill losers fast is wrong. You need...
Informa TechTarget unveiled two new offerings—the AI Visibility Audit and the GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) Topic Planner—to help B2B marketers navigate AI‑driven search ecosystems. The audit evaluates how audiences discover brands via AI, pinpointing gaps in visibility and accuracy, while...
New innovation: Just as at a well-run startup, there are CEO, engineering manager and design reviews, GStack now helps you keep track of what reviews are run, figures out what is appropriate (e.g. CEO doesn't have to look at infra...
Not many people think about this but there's actually an insanely strategic way to get ahead of open VC roles and it's by tracking fund lifecycles. Firms hire at new fund launches. If you can predict those new fund launches, you...
Wise Agent has introduced Lead Pipeline, a visual workflow tool that centralizes lead management for real‑estate professionals. The feature lets agents track prospects from initial contact through closing using customizable stages such as New Lead, Active Buyer, and Under Contract....
Do we really live in a world of AI email marketing hyper-personalisation? ... being as I've run a podcast for over 9 years and have interviewed over 650 people, maybe not? - Why are people still wasting out time like...
A VC’s job is to say yes. The ones who say yes are betting their reputation on you. Make it easy for them to believe.
