OneLink API 2.0: The New Deep Linking Infrastructure Built for Growth and Scale
AppsFlyer unveiled OneLink API 2.0, turning deep‑link creation into a programmable infrastructure. The upgrade adds programmatic QR generation, custom time‑to‑live controls, and higher rate limits for developers. It targets three high‑impact use cases—QR‑everywhere, personalized CRM/lifecycle journeys, and secure authentication. Early adopters such as Albertsons and Apartment List reported double‑digit traffic gains and higher Day‑0 engagement after implementing the new suite.
Philip R Lane: Europe and the World Economy
Philip R. Lane highlighted Europe’s deep integration into global trade, finance and supply chains, noting that the euro area’s trade openness is among the world’s highest. Over the past three decades, participation in regional and global value chains has doubled,...
Attribution Obsession Is Ruining Your Strategy
The article argues that an obsessive focus on granular attribution models flattens the true complexity of customer journeys and can misguide marketing spend. It highlights how last‑click credit often pushes budgets toward paid channels while ignoring brand‑building and referral tactics....
Behind The Raise: ARDHANN
ARDHANN, a Manchester‑based deep‑tech startup, has developed a sensor‑embedded composite laminate that can detect internal damage in hydrogen infrastructure before failure. The company secured a £500,000 (~$620,000) pre‑seed round to build a second‑generation prototype and fund paid pilots with Indian...
Thailand Sees 2% Growth and 3% Inflation in 2026: Central Bank Chief
The Bank of Thailand forecasts 2 percent GDP growth for 2026, with headline inflation around 3 percent, after April’s 2.89 percent spike. Growth is expected to ease to 1.7 percent in 2027 while inflation falls to 1.4 percent. Exports are projected to rise 12‑13 percent, potentially...
Gudrun Scharler Announced as New CEO of Riedel Networks
Riedel Group announced Gudrun Scharler as the new CEO of Riedel Networks, succeeding Michael Martens after a structured handover. Scharler arrives with senior leadership experience at Nets Group, Sunrise Communications and Telefonica Germany, where she led customer‑focused transformation initiatives. Martens...
Gold Replaces US Treasuries as World’s Top Reserve Asset, ECB Says
The European Central Bank’s latest reserve composition report shows gold has overtaken U.S. Treasury securities as the world’s largest official reserve asset. Gold now accounts for roughly 20% of global reserves, edging out Treasuries at about 19%. The shift reflects...
Christopher J Waller: Policy Risks Have Changed
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher J. Waller warned that the Middle East conflict has turned energy‑price shocks into a lasting inflation risk, prompting him to drop the FOMC’s "easing bias" language and hold rates steady. While the labor market appears stable...
Plum Insurance Launches Rs 15 Cr ESOP Buyback for Current and Former Employees
Plum Insurance, the Bengaluru‑based employee health benefits platform, announced a Rs 15 crore (~$1.8 million) ESOP buyback covering 199 current and former staff. Participants can liquidate up to 25% of vested options, with 17 employees slated to receive payouts exceeding Rs 20 lakh (~$24 k). The...
SEALSQ Acquires Majority Stake in Wecan Group and Invests €5.4 Million to Scale Post-Quantum Financial Security Solutions
SEALSQ Corp has taken a majority equity stake in Geneva‑based Wecan Group, following a 28% investment made last year. The deal includes a €5.4 million (approximately $5.9 million) infusion to accelerate Wecan’s Compliance Copilote and embed post‑quantum security across its platform. Wecan,...
Sumsub Partners iMind Amid South Korea AML Push
Sumsub, a global identity‑verification provider, has teamed up with South Korean compliance specialist iMind to reinforce fraud prevention across the country’s payments sector. The partnership comes as the Financial Supervisory Service reported a doubling of fraudulent accounts to over 7,000...
CPEC 2.0: New Green Hope or New China Debt Trap for Pakistan?
Pakistan’s power sector is drowning in a $6.7 billion circular debt, largely tied to China‑Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Phase One plants that must be paid for whether they generate electricity or not. The IMF warns that these take‑or‑pay contracts threaten macro‑stability, while...
Will the Stock Market Notice the US Economy Is Overheating?
U.S. manufacturing activity surged, with the ISM PMI reaching its strongest level since mid‑2022, but the gain is driven by input stockpiling and a sharp inflation melt‑up rather than genuine demand. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 nudged to a new record on...
How Swisse Is Preparing for the Future of Search
Swisse Wellness appointed Alex Rienecker as head of digital five years ago and she now runs a 10‑person omnichannel team covering retail media, search marketing and CRM. The team has embraced TikTok to reach Australian consumers shifting toward social search,...
Rational Sycophants and Catastrophic Risks
Researchers Robert Axelrod and Scott E. Page publish a PNAS paper describing “rational sycophancy,” where advisors deliberately endorse proposals that have a negative expected value but a positive median. The phenomenon emerges in long‑tailed outcome distributions where a small fraction...
Treasurers Push Banks for Practical Innovation - Weekly Roundup: 2 June
European treasurers are demanding practical cash‑management improvements, favouring pricing, service and workflow efficiency over banks' flashy digital promises, according to Crisil’s Voice of Client‑2025 study of firms with revenues above €500 m (≈ $545 m). Meanwhile, Gartner warns CFOs that 84% of AI...
Beijing Clarifies Outbound Investment Rules After Manus Deal Block
China’s State Council has issued new outbound investment rules that take effect on July 1, 2026, mandating approval for overseas transfers of goods, technologies, services and related data subject to export controls. The regulations broaden Beijing’s oversight of capital outflows and...
Recent Acquisitions Announcements Show Enterprise Software Vendors Are Buying the AI Execution Layer
A wave of strategic acquisitions shows enterprise software vendors moving beyond analytics to own the AI execution layer. Asana bought StackAI to add no‑code, cross‑system agent workflows, while Coupa acquired Rossum for AI‑driven document processing in spend management. Salesforce’s purchase...
Swedish Oplane Raises €4.5M Seed to Automate Threat Modeling for AI Coding Teams
Swedish AI security startup Oplane secured €4.5 million (about $4.9 million) in a seed round led by Seed Capital, with participation from Icebreaker.vc and several angels. The company offers an agentic platform that automatically generates threat models and remediation suggestions for code...
Fast&Up Fuels MPL Scindia Cup Season 3 Through New Energy Partnership
Fast&Up India has been appointed the official energy partner of the Madhya Pradesh League (MPL) Scindia Cup for its third season, which runs from June 3 to June 26 in Indore. The partnership will see the sports‑nutrition brand supply players with hydration...
Japan's Public Stocks Valued at One‑Third Private Equity Price
Why do public companies in Japan often trade for 1/3 of the value a private equity fund would pay to acquire them? Or another way to say it, why is the underlying value often worth 3x the public market price? I discuss...
Opus 4.8 Enables Full
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Nexwave Boosts Tech Leadership with Stefan Buchman as New CTO
Consultancy nexwave appointed Stefan Buchman as chief technology officer to accelerate its Microsoft AI, data, cloud, and modern application offerings. Buchman, formerly CTO at Slalom and Cevo Australia with experience at AWS and HPE, will drive technology and product strategy,...
Southampton's Finances Reveal Stark Premier League Gap
As the fallout from "Spygate" continues, a review of Southampton's finances, based on the latest available accounts from 2024/25, which highlights the significant differences between the Championship and the Premier League #SaintsFC https://t.co/1eQ0mSTHDp
Deal Closed. Cash Unknown. Why Treasury Infrastructure Belongs at the Top of the Integration Checklist
After an M&A close, CFOs often lack real‑time insight into the acquired entity’s cash position, relying on fragmented phone calls and manual bank‑statement aggregation. This visibility gap, combined with ad‑hoc payment approvals, creates a fertile environment for insider fraud and...
Peter Warren's Acquisition of Wakeling Automotive Sites Requires Phase 2 Review
Peter Warren Automotive Holdings has sought to acquire 30 dealership sites from Wakeling Automotive, prompting the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to move the case from Phase 1 to a Phase 2 review. The combined entity would operate 25 of the...
Why Every Generation Is Asking for Dignity at Work with Angela R. Howard
Angela R. Howard, founder of Call for Culture, joins The Future of Work® Podcast to argue that every generation’s workplace grievances—dignity, respect, fair pay—are fundamentally the same. She warns that AI’s rise will magnify the need for human‑centric leadership while...
The Biggest AI Marketing Mistakes to Avoid in 2026
The article outlines the eight most costly AI marketing mistakes in 2026, from letting AI write voice‑critical content to automating broken processes and ignoring AI‑driven search. Each mistake is paired with a practical fix that emphasizes using AI for production...
AI Marketing Consultant vs Agency vs In-House 2026
The post breaks down how to choose between an AI marketing consultant, an agency, or an in‑house team by focusing on three factors: the amount of work to be built versus advised, speed of delivery, and post‑implementation ownership. It argues...
AMRO Flags Rising Philippine Stagflation Risk as Stronger Inflation Pass-Through Threatens Consumption
The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) lowered its 2026 Philippine growth forecast to 4.1% and raised its inflation outlook to an average 6%, signaling a potential stagflationary episode. The higher inflation pass‑through is expected to erode household consumption, the engine...
Atlassian's VP of HR on Why AI Is Making Teams Slower, Not Faster
Atlassian’s State of Teams 2026 report finds AI accelerates individual output but creates a "fragmentation tax" that costs Fortune 500 companies roughly US$161 billion annually due to team dysfunction. The survey of 12,035 knowledge workers and 172 Fortune 1000 executives shows 89% see faster...
Tega Industries Strengthens Global Consumables Offering with Acquisition of Molycop
Tega Industries Ltd. completed the acquisition of Molycop for an enterprise value of roughly $1.45 billion, expanding its critical‑to‑operate consumables portfolio. The deal, timed with Tega’s 50th anniversary, merges Tega’s strong presence in Europe, the Middle East, CIS, Latin America and...
ZIM Selects New CEO with Hapag-Lloyd Deal Still Pending
Israeli container carrier ZIM announced Chen Lichtenstein as its new president and chief executive officer, effective July 1. Lichtenstein, a former CFO of Syngenta and veteran of Goldman Sachs, comes from outside the shipping industry. His appointment coincides with a proposed...
The Razor’s Edge of Progress: How King Gillette Built an Abundance Revolution
King C. Gillette transformed personal grooming in the early 1900s by inventing a safety razor that used disposable blades. The design eliminated the need for sharpening, offering a cheap, convenient alternative to straight razors. Gillette patented the blade‑replacement system and...
The Fundamentals Of Market Engineering
Bruce Cleveland’s new book *Market Engineering* presents a disciplined framework for shaping markets through five tenets—category design, positioning, messaging, storytelling, and thought leadership. He argues that superior products fail without a compelling market narrative, and that leaders must engineer the...
Bellamy’s Organic Launches New Australian FIFA World Cup 2026 Sponsorship Campaign via Optimo
Bellamy’s Organic, an official FIFA World Cup 2026 sponsor, has launched an Australian consumer campaign through agency Optimo. Running from June 1 to July 30, the initiative features a 12‑week tram wrap in Melbourne, an eight‑week light‑rail wrap in Sydney, and a suite...
Ecommerce SEO Strategy: How to Drive Organic Traffic | Eastside
Eastside’s June 2026 guide argues that ecommerce brands must treat SEO as a core, long‑term acquisition channel rather than an optional add‑on. While paid ads now capture 36% of revenue, they require a continuous spend of roughly 10% of online...
Thailand's Inflation Steady as Money Growth Hits Golden Range
Thailand's inflation comes in at 2.9%/yr in April. Thailand’s Broad Money is growing at 5.8%/yr. That is WITHIN Hanke’s Golden Growth Rate of 5.4-7.4%/yr, a rate consistent with Thailand’s inflation target of 1-3%/yr. THE INFLATION STORY = A MONEY SUPPLY STORY. https://t.co/bS8N74o0XL
Skyroot's Provisional FY26 Financials Show Rs 101 Cr Revenue; Projects Rs 13,205 Cr by FY32
Hyderabad‑based Skyroot Aerospace reported its first operating revenue of Rs 100.6 crore (≈$12 million) for FY26, generated entirely from its Space Systems division. The company, which became India’s first spacetech unicorn after a $60 million funding round, posted a widened negative EBITDA of Rs 130.3 crore....
India's CPI Inflation Expected to Rise to 4.8% with Crude Oil Averaging USD 90/Bbl in FY27: Report
India’s consumer price index is projected to climb to 4.8% in FY27, a 70‑basis‑point rise driven by crude oil averaging $90 per barrel. The higher oil price and a downgraded monsoon outlook are expected to pull GDP growth down to...
Cleary Discusses SEC’s Proposed Filer Status Framework and Expanded Disclosure Relief
On May 19, 2026 the SEC proposed consolidating five filer categories into two—large accelerated filer (LAF) and non‑accelerated filer (NAF)—and raising the LAF public‑float threshold from $700 million to $2 billion. The plan would extend scaled disclosure accommodations to roughly 81% of...
How Publishers Are Modeling – and Mitigating – a Future with Significantly Less Google Search Traffic
Publishers are bracing for a "Google Zero" future where AI‑driven, zero‑click search dramatically reduces referral traffic. Executives at Time, Condé Nast and other large titles disclosed models that simulate the loss of Google clicks, track AI Mode adoption, and forecast 30‑40%...
Why Retailers Like Target and Aerie Are Moving Beyond Straight Affiliate Deals with Creators
Retailers such as Target, Urban Outfitters and Aerie are replacing generic affiliate schemes with hybrid creator programs that blend gamified communities, tiered rewards and performance‑based pay. Target has launched Club Target for emerging creators and an invite‑only Target Ambassadors tier...
Luxury Brands Play the Celebrity Card for Gen Z
Luxury houses are betting on Gen Z‑favored celebrities to revive relevance, but authenticity is proving decisive. Louis Vuitton’s appointment of Olympic skater Alysa Liu and its collaborations with Zendaya illustrate how a well‑matched star can amplify a collection, while mismatched...
Roblox Seeks to Tame the ‘Wild West’ of Creator-Brand Partnerships with Brand Link
Roblox unveiled Brand Link, a private, curated directory of more than 200 vetted creator experiences, to streamline brand‑creator partnerships and improve brand safety. The offering now also aggregates top off‑platform video creators through the Video Stars program, giving advertisers a...
How I Made It: Melissa Ramos, Owner, M95 Machining
Melissa Ramos, owner of M95 Machining, runs every aspect of the shop—from CAM programming and machine setup to final part delivery—using two vertical three‑axis mills for rapid prototype work. The family‑run business serves over 200 customers across public transit, automotive...
Application Rationalization: How to Prune Your Tech Stack
Application rationalization is a systematic audit of an organization’s software portfolio aimed at pruning redundant, low‑value SaaS tools. By inventorying every app, measuring actual usage, and mapping functions, companies can apply Gartner’s TIME framework—Tolerate, Invest, Migrate, Eliminate—to decide which solutions...
What Does the Oil Crisis Mean for You?
The episode dissects the current oil crisis sparked by the US‑Iran conflict, highlighting how the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has removed roughly 11 million barrels per day from global supply—more than double the shortfalls of the 1973 and 1979...
Eternal's District Ramps up Sports Push, Eyes Acquisitions
Eternal’s District platform is intensifying its push into India’s fast‑growing amateur sports sector, moving beyond ticketing into venue bookings, brand partnerships and potential acquisitions. The app, launched in late 2024, now offers court reservations for a dozen sports and recorded Rs 2,736 crore...
Sooryavanshi’s Catch! Brands Set Tight Field as Endorsement Race Heats up After IPL Breakout
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, the 15‑year‑old IPL breakout and highest run‑scorer, is drawing interest from at least six major brands eager to lock in his endorsement power. His commercial value has surged past ₹1 crore per deal (≈$120,000), up from earlier ₹50 lakh (~$60,000) contracts....