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Gen Z’s relationship with sport is shifting from season‑long sponsorships to moment‑driven, digital‑first engagement. A Pureprofile study of 1,004 Australian 18‑29‑year‑olds shows 83% interact with sport, yet only 42% attend live events, preferring high‑impact tentpole moments. Merchandise consumption focuses on limited‑edition, athlete‑linked, sustainable pieces that signal identity. Brands that embed themselves in shareable, values‑aligned moments will capture attention and loyalty in a media landscape where relevance outweighs reach.
Will soon be rolled out across Europe -> Google plans to test search changes in Europe, displaying results from competing vertical search services next to its own, seeking to avoid EU fines "The previously unreported changes to its search...
Good outline of the $VRE buyout. There’s probably a small chance of an overbid here. But, to be honest, probably close to zero, at a 5% implied cap rate. But we’ll see. Downside is only ~10% and the buyer isn’t walking, so...
In a recent MIT CISR interview, Summer Collins, One NZ’s Chief AI and Data Director, detailed the telco’s enterprise‑wide push to embed artificial intelligence into its core operations. The initiative centers on a unified data platform, AI‑driven customer service tools,...
One New Zealand is undertaking a company‑wide transformation to embed artificial intelligence into every layer of its operations, as explained by Chief AI and Data Director Summer Collins. The initiative centralises data from network, customer, and service systems onto a...
India has re‑asserted Sri Lanka as its most dependable South Asian partner through swift humanitarian aid after Cyclone Ditwah and a $4 billion financial lifeline during the 2022 debt crisis. Operation Sagar Bandhu delivered $450 million in disaster relief without adding to Colombo’s debt burden, while...
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) released a proposed Implementation Guide addressing subsidies under Statement No. 103, Financial Reporting Model Improvements. The guide adds eight new Q&A items and revises Question 4.5 of Implementation Guide 2025‑1. Classified as Category B GAAP, the guidance is...
The Brand To Table podcast explains why restaurants must actively respond to Google reviews. Host Henry Kaminski Jr. outlines how thoughtful replies signal care, improve online reputation, and boost local search visibility. He introduces the AAR Method—Appreciate, Address, Redirect—to turn...
Jumia reported full‑year 2025 revenue of $188.9 million, up 13% year‑over‑year, while GMV reached $818.6 million, a 14% increase. The fourth quarter showed a 34% revenue jump to $61.4 million and a 36% rise in GMV, driven by a 26% surge in active...
The misalignment between marketing and sales often stems from the different mindsets that each team brings to the table. Although both teams share the same overarching goal of driving business success, their approaches to engaging prospects can differ significantly. If...
Perth‑based Hazer Group reported a strong start to FY26, posting $1.5 million revenue in the first half, primarily from an R&D tax refund and two paid project studies. Operating expenses were cut by 27%, reflecting a leaner cost structure as the...
In this episode, Dov Baron and I discuss why the future of leadership isn’t more automation — it’s deeper connection. “If you use AI, you cannot exclude human connection.” If you lead teams — especially across generations — this one is essential. 🎧...
2026’s leading women CEOs in pharma and biotech are steering some of the industry’s biggest strategic moves, from multi‑billion‑dollar investments to landmark FDA approvals. The list includes Julie Kim’s upcoming Takeda leadership, Emma Walmsley’s transition at GSK, Reshma Kewalramani’s growth...
This is an extreme spike in the SONAR Truckload Rejection Index – Flatbed (STRIF.USA) from 2018–2026. A 40% rejection rate means: * Strong industrial throughput * Tight labor + equipment capacity * Improving pricing power in physical economy * Early/mid expansion phase dynamics It usually leads: *...
This is a thread that only Adam Tooze, a few international economist and a couple of very well paid trade lawyers are likely to enjoy … The basic question is what did Congress mean back in 1975 when they wrote about...
Morningstar DBRS assigned a BBB rating with a Stable trend to ARC Resources Ltd.'s senior unsecured notes offering, comprising C$400 million at 3.349% due 2029 and C$550 million at 4.104% due 2033. The company plans to use net proceeds to refinance existing...
Revenue does not equal product-market fit. If sales rely on your network, do not scale. Churn drops, retention holds, 40% of users say they need it, and your team repeats the sales process without you. Build, test with users, iterate, and prove demand...
The article presents five leadership moves to stop missed deadlines and rebuild team credibility. It urges leaders to diagnose the real causes of delays, turn simple agreement into firm commitment, and protect focus from constant interruptions. It also stresses surfacing...
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is leading a week‑long trade mission to India, concentrating on agriculture, potash and uranium. The trip coincides with the Raisina Dialogue and runs alongside Prime Minister Mark Carney’s meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Moe aims...
HR leaders at Gruns and Morning Brew stress that exit interviews should be the culmination of an ongoing relationship, not a one‑off conversation. Building trust ensures departing employees share candid insights that can still be acted upon. They recommend aggregating...
The USDA Economic Research Service forecasts a 2.5% rise in overall grocery prices for 2026, slightly below the 20‑year average of 2.6%. Seven of the 15 food‑at‑home categories, including beef, fish, sugar and non‑alcoholic beverages, are expected to outpace the...
Oregon‑based Housecall Providers has signed a definitive agreement to affiliate with Chapters Health System, extending the nonprofit’s footprint in the Pacific Northwest. The transaction is slated to close in late spring or early summer 2026, subject to regulatory clearance. The...
Intuitive Machines announced a $175 million equity investment following its January acquisition of Lanteris Space Systems, the former Maxar spacecraft manufacturing unit. The funding will expand the 1300 satellite platform, enhance near‑space network services, and pursue a solar‑system internet independent of...
Formula One has shifted its U.S. broadcast rights from ESPN to Apple, securing a $140 million per‑year deal that eclipses ESPN’s $80‑90 million payments. CEO Stefano Domenicali argues the Apple partnership will ultimately reach a larger audience, especially among cord‑never viewers, by...
MEPs have pressed the European Commission to clarify how the Global Gateway initiative raised its claimed €306 billion in financing. They highlight a stark gap between the €150 billion projected for Africa and the under €10 billion actually earmarked as EU guarantees. The...
ENGIE announced a £10.5 billion equity purchase of UK Power Networks, valuing the distribution operator at a £15.8 billion enterprise value. The acquisition gives ENGIE its second‑largest market globally and adds 192,000 km of mostly underground network serving 8.5 million customers across London and...
How much money is too much money for employees to take out in a secondary? What are the appropriate guard rails to run a tender offer as a CFO? And is the rise of SPVs helping or hurting the reputation...
Torii’s 2026 SaaS Benchmark Report reveals that large enterprises now run an average of 2,191 applications, with more than 61% of those tools operating without formal IT approval. AI experimentation is intensifying the problem, as employees juggle roughly 40 apps...
Alphabet-owned Intrinsic, a robotics‑software specialist, is joining Google while remaining a distinct entity. The integration will link Intrinsic’s Flowstate platform and Vision AI model with Google DeepMind, Gemini AI models, and Google Cloud services. Earlier, Intrinsic expanded through acquisitions of...
The Diversity Council of Australia’s Inclusion@Work Index surveyed about 3,000 workers for 2024‑2025, finding that 76 % now support organisational D&I action, up from 74 % a year earlier. Opposition fell to a record low of 5 %, while 62 % say their employer...
Nexstar Media Group announced layoffs of longtime KTLA anchors Glen Walker and Lu Parker, along with veteran meteorologist Mark Kriski, as part of a company‑wide cost‑reduction drive. The cuts extend to other major‑market stations such as Chicago’s WGN and New York’s WPIX, reflecting...
U.S. hospitals are pairing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems with AI‑powered human capital management (HCM) platforms to tighten workforce planning as clinical services expand. Leaders at Johns Hopkins, Henry Ford and Rush describe multi‑year integrations that promise real‑time staffing visibility,...
As someone who has spent a lot of time with large companies talking about AI, I can say fairly confidently that no big organizational changes happened as a result of AI in 2025 I don’t think that tells us...
Shiny Object Syndrome: New ideas waste effort Shiny Object Strategy: New ideas multiply effort https://t.co/ih5duOIBiU
ProGlove runs a SaaS platform on AWS using an account-per-tenant architecture, currently operating about 6,000 tenant accounts—half active—with over 120,000 service instances and a million Lambda functions. The approach gives each customer isolated compute, storage, and IAM boundaries, simplifying security,...
Just a reminder. With the KOSPI all but a semiconductor ETF in drag, tonight's Nvidia news will have serious global ripples.
Most companies don’t lack data. They lack the courage to accept what the data tells them. More measurement won’t fix bad framing. Better leadership will. #Leadership #BusinessStrategy #CEO #Innovation #DecisionMaking #ExecutiveLeadership https://t.co/r0gaUrC7bj
The Ukrainians remain outnumbered. However, since Russian units are scattered, isolated, and unable to communicate, they are left vulnerable. So, organized Ukrainian offensives are finding success…for now. #ukrainewar #starlink #geopolitics https://t.co/C4sJyTga9A
Is this still a K-shaped economy? This was a hot topic of conversation at the #NABE conference this week. In 2026, I told @hdubroff that I see more of "E" shaped economy. https://t.co/rYUsXmGuCy https://t.co/JHiwnPutqZ
Americans are exhausted by prices that remain far above pre-pandemic levels. From a year earlier: Coffee +18.3%. Ground beef +17.2%. Electricity +6.3%. AFFORDABILITY = TRUMP'S ACHILLES HEEL. https://t.co/b1uvKYJPHt
Cold email that's super-targeted, enters the conversation already taking place in their mind, and simply works to get them to continue that conversation with you, is much warmer than you think.
"with FWA ... we're building a long-term sustainable business. We have over 5.7 million subs in our base...and we see a lot of room to grow there. So we can do both and we have the capacity and the network...
Having sat through thousands of crawl-walk-run presentations in my life, I thought it might be helpful to expand the model a bit to cover more, um, realistic implementation paths. https://t.co/fGXlclB0Qi
Fun fact: Asha Sharma's appointment as CEO of Xbox is her second time working on Microsoft's gaming brand A Microsoft rep confirmed to me that she did some Xbox work back during her initial 2011-2013 Microsoft stint but didn't specify what...
Surprised no journalists have read $BXSL's 10-K filed this am, but I'll front run them with the story: Blackstone marked the Medallia loan at 78 in Q4, down from 82 in Q3. It's safe to say the PE sponsor's (and co-investors') $5...
The US spends $100B annually on IT, and nearly 80% of that goes to maintenance instead of building new things. @cognition is ushering in an era of software abundance to the public sector 🇺🇸
#TimTalk - Middle managers are the bridge between senior strategy and frontline execution, how can the manager maintain communication? with Gary Cookson https://t.co/aeHGNcfHqc via @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesLeader #Leadership #Culture #Success #Management #HumanResources #HR
Germany joining the chorus call for China to allow the RMB to rise -- a big change from 15 years ago, when Germany didn't think China's currency management was its problem https://t.co/1J5Z0lrxma
Hutchins Fiscal Impact Measure: Local, state & federal fiscal policy shaved 1 pct pt from GDP growth in Q4. We expect it will be *add* 2.6 pts in Q1 as effects of shutdown are reversed, will be roughly neutral...
The spot market is finally crossing over and passing the contract market. Why does this matter? Because it provides the best data we've seen yet that the Great Freight Recession is ending. Is this a blip or a permanent shift? Is @rxoinc...
