Japan's 10‑Year JGB Auction Triggers 11‑bp Yield Drop to 2.57%
Japan's finance ministry sold a fresh tranche of 10‑year government bonds, drawing a bid‑to‑cover ratio of 3.53 and pulling the benchmark yield 11 basis points to 2.57%. The strong demand signals relief for a market that has been grappling with rising yields across Asia.
Board Raises $20M Series A to Launch AI‑powered Tabletop Gaming Platform
Board, the New York‑based game startup founded by former Mirror founder Brynn Putnam, closed a $20 million Series A led by Union Square Ventures. The round adds angel investors Biz Stone, Tim Ferriss and Scott Belsky, and brings USV General Partner...
Lululemon Athletica Inc (LULU) Q1 2027 Earnings Call Transcript
Lululemon reported Q1 net revenue of $2.5 billion, up 4% year‑over‑year, driven primarily by a 30% surge in China Mainland sales and a 13% rise in the Rest of World. North America revenue fell 3% as comparable sales slipped 6%, while...
Men Top Parental Leave Applications
Men overtook women in applications for Taiwan’s flexible parental leave in June, accounting for 50.3% of submissions last month. Since the policy’s launch on Jan. 1, more than 24,000 applications have been filed by nearly 12,000 workers, with fathers representing 48.4%...
Kyodo News Digest: June 4, 2026
The U.S. Trade Representative announced a proposal to impose an additional 12.5% tariff on imports from Japan, China, South Korea and more than 40 other nations, citing concerns over forced‑labor goods. In Japan, Yamada Holdings and Edion Corp are moving...
Torrid Holdings Inc (CURV) Q1 2027 Earnings Call Transcript
Torrid Holdings reported first‑quarter net sales of $246 million, modestly beating its internal guidance despite a year‑over‑year decline. Comparable sales fell 1.7%, though excluding footwear the metric would have shown a 1.2% increase, highlighting a temporary headwind from its footwear assortment....
Nexstar, Scripps, Sinclair on Merger Madness
Nexstar secured FCC and DOJ clearance for its $6.2 billion acquisition of Tegna, but a federal judge’s preliminary injunction has stalled integration. The broadcaster is appealing the order in the Ninth Circuit while defending the merger in California‑based antitrust litigation brought...
Cooper Companies Inc (COO) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Cooper Companies posted Q2 2026 results with consolidated revenue of $1.024 billion, up 6.2% year‑over‑year and organic growth of 2.9%. Operating margin improved to 26.9% and non‑GAAP EPS rose 20% to $1.10, while free cash flow reached $159 million, funding a $92 million...
Tech’s Biggest Bull Was in Despair. An AI Spree Has Him Back on Top.
After a period of despair marked by halved SoftBank shares and missed startup bets, Masayoshi Son rebounded dramatically. On June 3, 2026, he met French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace and announced a $52 billion commitment to build data centers in France as...
Nexstar Says No to RSNs
Nexstar’s President and COO Michael Biard told a symposium that the company will not invest in recreating the regional sports network (RSN) model. He said carrying full‑season broadcasts on its Big Four affiliates or CW stations would disrupt existing programming...
Rubrik Inc (RBRK) Q1 2027 Earnings Call Transcript
Rubrik reported record net new subscription ARR of $115 million, driving total subscription ARR to $1.46 billion, up 34% year‑over‑year. Subscription revenue surged 50% to $365 million and free cash flow jumped tenfold to $238 million. The company highlighted rapid expansion of its identity...
Toro Co (TTC) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Toro Co reported first‑quarter 2026 net sales of $1.04 billion, up 4.2% year‑over‑year, with both Professional and Residential segments beating guidance. Adjusted EPS rose to $0.74 from $0.65, driven by a 7% Professional sales increase and the recent Tornado Infrastructure acquisition...
Sports Symposium Notebook
Gray Media announced a long‑term extension of its Phoenix Suns broadcast partnership through 2030, covering both over‑the‑air (OTA) and streaming distribution. Gray EVP/CFO Jeff Gignac said the Suns deal’s success is sparking interest from other franchises seeking similar hybrid agreements....
Columbus McKinnon Corp (CMCO) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Columbus McKinnon reported fourth‑quarter fiscal 2021 revenue of $186.2 million, landing at the high end of its guidance despite a 1.7% year‑over‑year decline. Adjusted operating margin slipped to 10.1% and free cash flow reached $21 million, while the company generated $27 million of...
CES Energy Solutions Corp. Announces Refinancing of Its 6.875% Senior Unsecured Notes With 5.625% Senior Unsecured Notes
CES Energy Solutions Corp. announced a private‑placement of $300 million CAD (≈$222 million USD) of 5.625% senior unsecured notes due June 15, 2033. The proceeds will be used to redeem its $275 million CAD (≈$204 million USD) 6.875% notes due 2029 at a 103.438% price and...
Quobly Closes €115 Million ($133.5 Million USD) Series A to Industrialize Silicon-Spin Qubit Processors
Grenoble‑based Quobly closed a €115 million ($133.5 million) Series A round led by Bpifrance, SEALSQ and STMicroelectronics to industrialize its silicon‑spin‑qubit processors. The financing builds on a €19 million ($22 million) seed phase and will fund FD‑SOI wafer fabrication, packaging and commercial delivery. Quobly’s architecture...
Former Clems, DDB + TBWA Executive Launches AI Platform Tackling Marketing’s Briefing Problem
Richie Taaffe, a veteran of DDB, Clemenger BBDO and TBWA, has launched Deece, an AI‑driven marketing platform aimed at fixing the chronic briefing problem. Australian ADMA data shows only 43% of marketers meet brief‑writing competency expectations, while Deece users report...
Australiantina Here at Last
Recent Australian National Accounts data reveal a sharp rise in unit labour costs alongside stagnant or declining labour productivity, especially within the public sector. The left‑hand chart shows public‑servant wage growth outpacing output, while the right‑hand chart highlights that government‑related...
Booking.com CTO: The New Bottleneck Is Teamwork
Booking.com’s interim CTO Vipul Hingne told the Skift Data + AI Summit that AI now writes code in minutes, shifting the bottleneck from coding to cross‑team collaboration and review. He warned that rapid AI‑generated code stalls without effective coordination, and...
Uncomfortable Growth® Uncut. Season 5, Episode 3: Ian Perrin
In the latest Uncomfortable Growth® Uncut episode, host Rowena Millward sits down with Ian Perrin, managing partner at Speed, to explore how his upbringing under apartheid South Africa shaped his leadership style. Perrin describes how the era’s forced questioning of...
'A Wake up Call': UK Energy Industry Delivers only Marginal Improvement in Gender Balance
The latest Powerful Women study shows that gender balance on the boards of the UK’s largest energy companies has barely moved, edging up to roughly 22% female representation. Female presence in senior executive roles remains under 15%, indicating that progress...
Littler and Its Attorneys Recognized in 2026 Chambers USA Guide Across Key Practice Areas
Littler, the world’s largest employment‑law firm, has been highlighted in the 2026 Chambers USA guide. The firm secured a Band 2 ranking nationally in Labor & Employment, E‑Discovery & Information Governance, and Occupational Safety and Health. Eighty of its attorneys earned...
Twitch Adds Auto‑generated Captions to Clips
Twitch now allows viewers to add captions to Clips. Captions are auto-generated and currently do not appear to be editable.
Never Cold‑Email Engaged Leads—Cross‑Check Your CRM
The cold email mistake nobody catches: emailing buyers who already engaged with your marketing. Someone downloaded your lead magnet, attended your webinar, replied to a newsletter — and now they're getting a "cold" email from your outbound team. The email reads...
Trump Administration Turns to a New Rationale to Justify Old Tariffs
The Trump administration announced a new set of tariffs ranging from 10 percent to 12.5 percent on imports from 59 countries and the European Union, citing forced‑labor concerns. The measures will be imposed under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, a...
Five Top CEOs Will Take the Stage at BoF VOICES 2026
BoF VOICES 2026 will feature five top CEOs—Luca de Meo (Kering), Sidney Toledano (former LVMH Fashion Group), Michelle Gass (Levi Strauss & Co.), Joanne Crevoiserat (Tapestry) and Geoffroy van Raemdonck (Saks Global)—who will discuss leadership amid macro‑economic turbulence, generational shifts, and technological change. The...
NASCAR Debuts Driver‑led Mini‑movie to Spark Event Buzz
Mini movie incoming @NASCAR. Yes, we're launching a 30-minute scripted film featuring six Cup Series drivers. The idea came from the reaction to our San Diego race announcement video. Fans and non-fans kept commenting that they'd watch that movie. What started as...
Brook Bay Capital, Inovia, and Highgate Technology Ventures at Skift Data + AI Summit 2026
At the Skift Data + AI Summit 2026, investors Gilad Berenstein of Brook Bay Capital, Mia Morisset of Inovia, and Kurien Jacob of Highgate Technology Ventures debated whether travel‑AI startups that prioritize revenue growth or cost reduction attract more funding....
Trump’s New Section 301 Tariffs Hit 86 Nations, Burden Americans
Tariff Man Trump's reciprocal tariffs were deemed to be illegal by the US Supreme Court. Now, Trump is trying another angle. He is using section 301 of the US Trade Act to impose tariffs of 10-12.5% on 86 countries. TARIFFS ARE...
USTR Proposes Additional Tariffs on Certain Nations, Citing Failure to Impose or Enforce Ban on Forced Labor
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced a proposal to impose additional tariffs on several countries that have not enforced or instituted bans on forced labor. The move follows the 2021 Executive Order targeting products made with forced labor and expands...
SpaceX's IPO Is Set to Be Biggest Ever and Could Make Elon Musk a Trillionaire
SpaceX announced plans to raise up to $75 billion by selling 555.6 million shares at $135 each, valuing the company at roughly $1.77 trillion. The offering would become the largest U.S. IPO ever, dwarfing Saudi Aramco’s $26 billion debut in 2019. Elon Musk would...
Substack Gives Creators More Control Over How Users Respond
Substack, now valued at over $1 billion, is rolling out a new moderation tool called Reply Rules to give creators direct control over how readers comment on their newsletters. The feature lets writers set brief guidelines—such as prohibiting AI‑generated spam, slurs,...
Get Your First AI Paying Customer Live with Dan Martell
Are you building something with AI right now, and don't know how to get your first paying customer? I have a session just for you. Tomorrow I am going live with @danmartell, a 5x SaaS founder with three successful...
US Manufacturing PMI Surges Into Expansionary Zone
GS: US Manufacturing PMIs Have Risen Notably This Year and Are Now Firmly in Expansionary Territory https://t.co/wfAc8dnQf0
The Emancipation of Jeff Immelt
Jeff Immelt, former chief executive of General Electric, has spent the past nine years reshaping his post‑GE image. Since 2018 he became a partner at venture‑capital firm New Enterprise Associates and a lecturer at Stanford Business School. At GE he...
Human Adoption, Not Technology, Is AI’s Real Challenge
RT As AI devices get more capable and efficient, the real challenge becomes human: getting employees to try, adopt, and trust these new experiences. #FutureOfWork #AI @Star_CIO https://t.co/rNDUA2uhNx
Thunder Ratings Lead NBA as Teams Navigate Uncertain Local TV Future
The Oklahoma City Thunder led NBA local television ratings this season, averaging 1.8 million viewers per game—higher than many nationally televised matchups. Overall league viewership remained flat, but streaming minutes jumped 37% year‑over‑year. With the FanDuel Sports Network RSNs winding down,...
Benchmark's 15-Year Tech Track Record Sparks Rapid Fund Oversubscription
Never say never ;-) But - 15 years is an eternity in tech land. And if there’s one fund that earned the right to raise a larger growth fund, it’s Benchmark. I bet it was oversubscribed in half an hour.
How to Cultivate Your “Personal Power” As a Leader
In this episode, HBR’s Alison Beard talks with Tulane professor and executive coach Chris Lipp about "personal power"—the internal belief in one’s ability to create impact that transcends formal hierarchy. Lipp outlines three foundations of personal power—sense of control, internal...
The Platform Gravity Belt: Core HR, HRIS, Payroll, Benefits, and Financial Wellness Read Together
The article examines the emerging "gravity belt" model that unites core HR, HRIS, payroll, benefits, and financial‑wellness tools on a single platform. While most work‑tech funding surged in 2021 and then fell, this cluster has resisted the downturn by focusing...
Apoha Emerges From Stealth With $36 Million in Funding
London‑based deep‑tech startup Apoha has emerged from stealth with a $36 million Series A round to build its Liquid State Intelligence platform, which positions molecular behavior as a new fundamental data class. The round was led by European VC Singular and included...
Alphabet’s $80 Billion Flex
In this episode, Travis Hoy, Lou Whiteman, and Tyler Crow dissect Alphabet’s decision to raise $80 billion in equity, including a $10 billion stake from Berkshire Hathaway, to fund its massive AI and cloud capex outlays that will outpace its operating cash...
Dish Founder Charlie Ergen Makes Deal to Acquire Controlling Stake in HC2 Broadcasting
Dish Network founder Charlie Ergen, through his SPAC Conx Corporation, has agreed to purchase a controlling 75% stake in low‑power TV owner HC2 Broadcasting. The transaction includes a $105 million bridge loan to retire existing HC2 debt and a commitment of...
Sam's Club Names Steve Schrobilgen Chief Operating Officer
Sam's Club announced Steve Schrobilgen as its new executive vice president and chief operating officer, succeeding retiring COO Tom Ward. Schrobilgen returns after a stint as chief operations officer at Walmart Canada, where he championed AI integration and operational transformation....
How to Cultivate Your “Personal Power” As a Leader
Chris Lipp, a Tulane professor and executive coach, defines “personal power” as the internal belief in one’s ability to create impact, built on three pillars—control, agency, and action. He argues that this form of power, unlike formal hierarchy, can be...
Core PCE Inflation Holds at 3.3% in April, Matching Forecasts
Core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) inflation remained at a 3.3% annual rate in April, exactly meeting economists’ forecasts. The data, alongside a revised 1.6% Q1 GDP estimate and a personal savings rate at a two‑year low, suggests the Federal Reserve...
Walmart Launches Exclusive Greenworks Pro Tools to Chase Home‑Improvement Market
Walmart unveiled an exclusive Greenworks Pro power‑tool line and broadened its hardware assortment, targeting DIY customers who avoid specialist stores. The move pits the retail giant against Home Depot and Lowe's, whose Q1 fiscal 2026 sales hit $41.8 billion.
Noble Mobile Acquires Helium Mobile, Expanding Budget Carrier Reach
Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang's Noble Mobile announced Tuesday that it has acquired Helium Mobile, a crypto‑backed low‑cost carrier with roughly 600,000 sign‑ups. The deal, terms undisclosed, makes Noble the larger budget player and promises future access to Helium’s decentralized...
Starbucks Brings Back S’mores Frappuccino, Betting on Nostalgia to Lift Summer Sales
Starbucks announced that its discontinued S’mores Frappuccino will return to U.S. stores on June 30, 2026, alongside a new s’mores‑inspired cold brew. The move is part of the chain’s “Back to Starbucks” strategy to revive legacy flavors, drive foot traffic...
Eli Lilly Secures $162 M Upfront in Asian Deals and Wins Full PBM Coverage for Obesity Portfolio
Eli Lilly announced two Asian licensing agreements on June 1, 2026, delivering $162 million in upfront payments and up to $4.2 billion in milestones. The same day, CVS Caremark added Lilly’s oral obesity pill Foundayo and injectable Zepbound to its formulary, covering roughly...