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Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry introduced a proposal for a state infrastructure bank as part of his $46.9 billion fiscal 2026 budget. The revolving‑finance model is intended to stretch state dollars, leverage federal programs and fund projects without raising taxes. Landry highlighted the upcoming Calcasieu River/Interstate 10 bridge, partially financed by $1.33 billion in private‑activity bonds, and noted the budget trims the prior $50 billion plan while reducing state debt by $190 million. He also urged voters to approve Amendment 3 to address teachers’ retirement liabilities and continue the push to eliminate the state income tax.
U.S. 10-year Treasury yields edged up to about 4.11% on Tuesday, remaining below the 200‑day moving average of 4.20%. The modest rise came as oil prices fluctuated around the $100 per barrel mark, tempering inflation concerns. Investors noted that the...
DemandFactor announced it is rebranding as Demand.com, a move that aligns its corporate identity with a broader full‑funnel demand generation platform. The new name emphasizes the company’s focus on end‑to‑end B2B demand generation, performance marketing, partner activation, recruitment, and agency...
The Global Regulation Tomorrow Plus podcast launches a three‑part series on building regulatory and operational resilience amid rising geopolitical tensions. In the first episode, hosts Jonathan Herbst, Georgia Karamani and Simon Lovegrove focus on prudential challenges, including exposure mapping, stress...
Shirofune has added a real‑time automation layer to its Amazon advertising platform, targeting high‑traffic sales events such as Prime Day and Cyber Monday. The new feature tracks cost and performance metrics on an hourly basis, allowing advertisers to either maximize...
"Iran is only part of the story. There’s also the emergence of AI as a disruptive technology capable of suddenly wiping out, as well as creating, wealth for shareholders and creditors. There are the soured loans that are starting to...
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has issued its first two shared certificates for software‑engineering and data‑engineering candidates, making a vetted pool of talent available to federal agencies for two‑year temporary roles. Each candidate has cleared a technical assessment, resume...
Baukjen founder Baukjen de Swaan Arons details the premium womenswear label’s push into the United States and Europe while maintaining a sustainable growth model. She outlines the operational hurdles of scaling production, supply‑chain transparency, and brand positioning in new markets. The diary...
The article proposes that brands launch dedicated "side quest" social media accounts rather than cramming all content onto a single main page. It notes that platform algorithms now surface fresh accounts quickly, citing creators who amassed millions of views within...
Nadine Merabi has appointed former Jigsaw CEO Hash Ladha and ex‑Matches chief Nick Beighton as part‑time advisers to help reshape its organisational structure. Ladha will work two days a week and Beighton three days a month, both serving as non‑executive directors...
The op‑ed argues that waiving the Jones Act would not reduce U.S. gasoline prices because foreign‑flagged tankers are more expensive to charter than domestic Jones Act vessels. Using Worldscale data, the author shows a Houston‑to‑New York freight rate of WS410 equals...
The latest Wide Boundary News episode dissects the U.S. and Israeli offensive against Iran and the looming threat of a Strait of Hormuz closure. It argues that oil, often seen as a modest 3% of GDP, actually underlies virtually all...
The tax industry faces a structural talent shortage as graduate numbers fall and busy seasons accelerate turnover. Artificial intelligence is being deployed to automate data extraction, document processing, and research, allowing junior staff to focus on higher‑value work. While AI...
The article warns that executives often suffer a Mandela‑Effect in third‑party risk management, believing their programs are mature until a breach exposes hidden gaps. Forrester’s latest TPRM platform wave shows due diligence is merely the starting line, and real‑time context...
India’s Finance Ministry has asked Parliament to approve a ₹1 lakh crore Economic Stabilisation Fund aimed at cushioning the economy from market turbulence caused by the war in West Asia. The fund is part of the second batch of Supplementary Demands for...
Global equity markets began 2026 on a firm footing despite heightened geopolitical tension, with emerging‑market equities delivering an 8.85% return in U.S. dollar terms. In contrast, U.S. growth stocks slipped 1.51% while small‑cap and value segments posted solid gains. Bond...
Europe continues to dominate U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments, absorbing the majority of cargoes despite a tightening Asian market. The recent Middle East conflict has slashed regional energy exports, reducing the incentive for U.S. producers to divert LNG to...
A joint study by the Wharton Neuroscience Initiative and Slalom examined how individual chronotypes—natural sleep‑wake rhythms—affect creative performance. Using the Morningness‑Eveningness Questionnaire and a divergent‑thinking task, researchers found that employees generated more ideas and higher‑quality concepts when work aligned with...
Mario Rodríguez has been appointed president of Mediaset España, the leading free‑to‑air broadcaster in Spain. The veteran executive joins the role after nearly three decades with the group, most recently serving as Corporate General Manager and Director of Institutional Relations....
It's a while since the last IEA emergency oil release, so I put together a briefing note on how it works in practice as it follows a strict technical and diplomatic protocol. The below is a (simplified) guide to follow...
Columbia University’s graduate‑student union, Student Workers of Columbia‑UAW, has opened a strike‑authorization vote as negotiations stall. The union is demanding a minimum PhD salary of $76,000, a childcare subsidy of up to $50,000 per child, $36.50‑hour wages for casual workers,...
trump may want to end the iran war quickly. but closing the strait of hormuz or even threatening it keeps oil high and the conflict alive. @gzeromedia
One year after President Trump’s immigration crackdown, net migration turned negative in 2025—the first decline in 50 years—yet U.S.-born unemployment rose and labor‑force participation fell. Immigrants continue to dominate manual‑intensive sectors such as construction and food services, leaving firms unable...
Partners Group CEO David Layton said concerns that artificial‑intelligence‑driven credit risk are exaggerated, calling the current AI and credit‑market anxiety ‘wildly overdone.’ He highlighted that the firm has deliberately kept leverage on its private‑credit evergreen funds lower than many competitors....
The article identifies three common self‑deceptions leaders tell themselves—lack of time, fear of collapse, and avoidance of uncomfortable truths—and shows how each creates a hidden "leadership debt" that compounds over time. Quick fixes replace robust processes, over‑involvement creates a single...
Position Green, a sustainability software and advisory firm, unveiled an ROI Calculator that translates decarbonization projects into quantifiable financial metrics. Developed using a model from Stockholm School of Economics professor Rickard Sandberg, the tool provides ROI, NPV, payback period, emissions...
Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser warned that the Iran‑Israel‑U.S. war could trigger a catastrophic shock to global oil markets if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. The conflict has already halted up to 20% of world petroleum trade, pushed Brent...
Someone asked me: How did you share bad news without getting fired? Here’s the truth: I took responsibility—no fluff, no blame game. Examine the factors that contributed to the outcome with transparency, data, and lessons learned. Most leaders won’t fire...
Today we're launching Ground Floor Growth, a talent collective for the most talented, high-agency people who want to get in on the ground floor of tomorrow's biggest companies. At @hustlefundvc, we look for founders who are curious, data-driven, and execute with...
Google announced a $4.75 billion cash acquisition of renewable‑energy developer Intersect, aiming to accelerate electricity generation for its expanding data‑center portfolio. Existing investors, led by TPG Rise Climate, have spun off Intersect’s grid‑tied power assets into a new independent power producer...
Oil production around Kirkuk, in Iraqi Kurdistan, is connected to global markets via a pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan This is Iraq’s only crude supply that can bypass the currently-closed Strait of Hormuz Shut-ins in the Basra area by the...
What impact will closing the Strait of Hormuz have? ING takes a guess featured in the Chartbook Top Links of today. https://t.co/aiQTNxvQMb
Tech sector layoffs have surged to nearly 37,000 jobs in Q1 2026, affecting 59 companies including Salesforce, Workday and Amazon. Salesforce announced a reduction of about 1,000 positions, yet CEO Marc Benioff continues to dismiss claims that AI is driving...
Most productivity advice starts with tools. My new book starts somewhere else. Productiveness: the state of being productive. Follow the quiet build: https://t.co/S2Z73N4u1G https://t.co/vgR8kcI0Ma
Reels are still the best way to get reach on Instagram. They sit at the top of the funnel, getting your content in front of non-followers. Don't overthink it too much. A 7-second video could reach millions. https://t.co/BKpixb0Agz
The American Federation of Musicians (AFM) will stage a live‑music rally in Times Square on March 11, coinciding with the second round of Sound Recording Labor Agreement talks with Sony, Universal, Hollywood Records and Warner. The union’s core demands focus...
CIOs are quietly pulling workloads back from the cloud. Not because cloud is bad. Because AI workloads need deterministic performance, and shared infrastructure delivers "noisy neighbor" effects. The cloud-first era is becoming the workload-first era.
Founders: Your prospects will be using your competition's products. Use this. - Job boards = hiring pain - LinkedIn Recruiter = sourcing investment - Marketo forms = marketing automation spend Look for buying signals in plain sight.
Non-listed Business Development Companies (BDCs) are experiencing a slowdown in fundraising momentum, according to Stanger. Simultaneously, redemption requests from investors are rising, though they remain within manageable levels. Net asset values (NAVs) continue to climb, reflecting strong underlying portfolio performance....
Cold outreach emails sognificantly increased for me over the last few weeks. Probably ai. Going right into spam.
Too many people get the entrepreneurship stimulation they need just by reading books and hanging out on social media. Doing the work is uncomfortable and if you've never depended on yourself to earn enough money to pay all of your bills...
The episode features three main segments: an interview with trader Peter Robbins about his new book, The Trader's Journey, where he emphasizes realistic expectations, personalizing strategies, and the psychological side of trading; a discussion with analyst Alison Hadley on how...
Most of the crude that ships out of the Strait of Hormuz is medium-to-heavy sour Western Canadian Select at Houston vs WTI, which reflects a clean light-heavy quality differential, had weakened (widened) on Venezuela reentering the USGC market—Hormuz closure entirely reversed...
China's main foreign policy strategy assumption seems to be that every other leader in the world is a stone cold moron and that they need to protect themselves as much as possible by not relying on anyone else for imports...
If the Amazon and Shenzhen PICEA Robotics deals to acquire iRobot had been placed side by side for comparison, there is no question which option most people would have preferred, but that is not how business works. https://t.co/au4fmlVBrO https://t.co/ccf8aW6asz
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate today: 6.09% Same day last year: 6.72% -------------------- 10-year Treasury yield: 4.12% Spread today: 197 bps
Enterprise hits and misses - today's #CIO needs a re-think, and software supply chain fallout is here https://t.co/cYYiUJT99d by @jonerp. #EnSw
Japan becomes the second country to lock in a NdPr price floor. Countries seem to recognise the issue with rare earths but equity investors seem not to... https://t.co/5GI3bRV7K3
From bid adjusts to the board room. What does it really look like for one person to execute with the capacity of an entire team. Meet Anmar, join him for a day: https://t.co/3HFBm3qZ8k
If your AIOps and SecOps tools can't share context, play nicely with AI agents, or support protocols like MCP, you're going to struggle with the next wave of automation and cross-team convergence. #CIO #AI #CISO https://t.co/e3w3lXkvfc
