Cassie Duvall has been appointed Director of Catering at Mo’Bettahs, bringing over two decades of restaurant and hospitality expertise. She previously led Cafe Rio’s catering division, overseeing a team that expanded sales across more than 160 locations. At Cafe Rio, Duvall spearheaded an integrated ordering platform that linked Aloha POS with Salesforce CRM, streamlining the customer journey. At Mo’Bettahs, she will focus on process optimization, cross‑functional collaboration, and scalable growth for the fast‑growing brand.
HawkEye 360 announced a $23 million addition to its Series E round, attracting new investors Ghisallo, Principia Growth and Sixty Degree Capital alongside existing backer Strategic Development Fund. The infusion follows a $150 million debt‑equity package used to acquire Innovative Signals Analysis (ISA)...

In a special “Checking In” episode honoring International Women’s Month, Hotelier Magazine’s editor Rosanna Caira interviews Patricia Phillips, CEO and Chair of the PBA Group of Companies. Phillips, one of the few female CEOs in the hospitality sector, has steered...
Dr. Emily Williams Knight has been president and CEO of the Texas Restaurant Association and its foundation since August 2019. She leveraged her 20‑plus years of global experience to obtain critical government waivers and federal aid that helped thousands of...
lol heard a 2nd startup today that has made sales and evals based on this podcast its fun to be "just an interviewer", but i'm always mindful/humbled by the fact that we are playing with live ammo here. LS has directly...

Healthcare finance leaders are pouring capital into AI and automation to solve revenue cycle management (RCM) challenges, yet many are discovering that automating flawed workflows only accelerates errors. The emerging "automation paradox" shows that without clean data and standardized processes,...
Mark Temnycky argues that Russia’s full‑scale invasion of Ukraine has shattered the post‑Cold War security paradigm in Europe, forcing the United States and its allies to re‑arm and rethink deterrence strategies. He warns that the policy choices made by Washington,...
Yaofei Feng co‑founded Fantuan Delivery, an Asian food‑delivery and life‑service platform active in North America, the United Kingdom and Australia. Before Fantuan, he engineered large‑scale systems at Amazon, gaining deep infrastructure expertise. As Fantuan’s former CTO, Feng built the R&D...

Banco Santander’s $12.3 billion bid to acquire U.S. regional bank Webster Financial is now under pressure after President Donald Trump announced he would cut off trade with Spain. The political spat, sparked by Spain’s refusal to allow U.S. military use of...
Tony Bandanza has been appointed head of Uber’s US&C Restaurant Advertising business, overseeing strategy and execution for one of the company’s fastest‑growing revenue streams. He rejoined Uber in 2022 to lead the global Yum! Brands partnership, expanding Pizza Hut’s presence across...
Janisse Quiñones, who has led Los Angeles’ Department of Water and Power since 2024, announced her resignation to become chief executive of Luma, a private electric‑utility operator in Puerto Rico. During her tenure she bolstered grid and water reliability, guided...

WPP Media announced that Nancy Lan will lead Mindshare’s Sydney client portfolio, overseeing brands such as Unilever, IKEA, uBank and Blackmores. Lan arrives with more than two decades of leadership across Australia, Asia and Europe, including senior roles at Virgin...
FinTech payment‑authorization microservices demand continuous performance tuning, not a one‑off effort. The article presents a transaction‑grade blueprint that combines Kubernetes orchestration, OpenTelemetry tracing, and Prometheus histograms to meet strict latency and error SLOs. It walks through defining service‑level objectives, instrumenting...
The U.S. Supreme Court’s February 20 decision declared all tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) illegal, immediately halting collection and creating uncertainty for importers. In response, the administration invoked Section 122 of the Trade Act, imposing a...

Financial institutions are tightening code integrity after supply‑chain attacks. Mitsubishi UFJ VP Jamshir Qureshi introduced the Hybrid Chain of Trust (HCoT), a framework that cryptographically signs and continuously validates software and container artifacts within CI/CD pipelines. The model enables compliance‑ready...

A Fourth Circuit appeals court ruled that Inova Health Care Services is not a joint employer of two nurse anesthetists who were terminated after refusing a COVID‑19 vaccine. The nurses, employed by NAPA’s subsidiary, argued Inova’s oversight made it a...

Canadian employers have long used university degrees as a quick filter for candidates, but this practice is increasingly misaligned with the available talent pool. Lightcast’s “Fault Lines” report reveals that 66 % of job postings worldwide require a degree while only...

Circana unveiled Complete Why, an AI‑driven analytics platform for the consumer packaged goods sector, embedded in its Unify+ visualization suite. The tool models sales performance at store‑ and week‑level, evaluating up to 60 drivers such as price, promotions, distribution, competition,...

A federal appeals court ruled that Reliance Standard Life missed the ERISA‑mandated 45‑day deadline to decide a long‑term disability appeal, forcing the insurer to forfeit deference and pay $210,769.49 in past‑due benefits plus $22,544.95 in interest, totaling over $233,000. The...
A potential supply shock emerged as Myanmar's junta reportedly plans airstrikes on rare‑earth mines in the Kachin‑controlled Pang War region. Chinese mining firms responded by raising national flags on sites and ordering bomb‑shelter construction to signal locations to aircraft. China...

Mortgage rates have eased back toward the 5s today, potentially due to oil transport assurances from the President. The 30-year fixed is just 8 bps away from a 5-handle again, despite the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Jobs report on Friday...

The E.W. Scripps Company agreed to buy Lexington’s ABC affiliate WTVQ for $15.8 million, creating a duopoly with its existing NBC station WLEX pending regulatory clearance. Scripps CEO Adam Symson said the deal will deepen market scale and fund more neighborhood...
Create Music Group announced the close of a new financing round that raised more than $450 million in equity and debt, pushing its post‑money valuation to $2.2 billion. The round was led by institutional investors Ares Management, 2 Mile and Flexpoint Ford, while...

Kaufman Rossin announced that CFO Marc Feigelson will assume the chief executive role on June 1, succeeding retiring CEO Blain Heckaman. The Miami‑based firm, with more than 700 employees and $164 million in revenue, highlighted the transition as a reaffirmation of its...
When faced with a monumental project, often people say: What’s one thing you can do today that moves this forward at all? Do that. Good: It gets you unstuck and starts momentum. Bad: It’s not a plan for how to actually accomplish...
Brookfield Properties and Queensland Investment Corp. have put the 1 million‑square‑foot Victoria Gardens mall in Rancho Cucamonga up for sale. The open‑air center posted $33.6 million cash flow in 2024 and a net operating income of $32 million in 2023, reflecting a 6 %...

Missouri’s House Commerce Committee advanced a constitutional amendment that would let voters approve a plan to phase out the state’s 4.7% individual income tax in favor of higher sales and use taxes. The proposal, championed by Gov. Mike Kehoe and...

Large caps are extremely expensive, well beyond 3 standard deviations above average, but back a little from last year's all-time high. These two charts come from long-run valuation work (Advisor Perspectives / Crestmont style datasets) and show how expensive the U.S....

One of the side effects of the blasé market response to the US-Iran conflict is economic concerns seem to readily overridden by inflation expectations from higher energy prices. Expectations for Fed rate cuts through 2026 have dropped to -41bps -...

Hospice and palliative‑care providers announced several C‑suite moves, including Mettle Health’s new Chief Growth Officer, Camille Borgo, to broaden service reach. Legacy Hospice named Elaine Ziegler as CEO after Clark Blair’s departure, while Island Hospice appointed Patricia Pancner as its new chief executive....
If you can’t explain how to deliberately move a KPI, you don’t understand your growth. High acquisition doesn’t mean high value. The real question: Are you attracting customers you actually want? Curiosity about your data > more dashboards. #KPI #CLV #BusinessStrategy #MarketingStrategy #Leadership

The February PMI updates came across the wires earlier today - the final readings for much of the developed but first reading for China. Notably, the Chinese gov't's own composite dropped to a 3-year low while the 'RatingDog' surged to...
Moishe Mana purchased the 31‑story One Downtown office tower in downtown Miami for $110 million, securing roughly a 14 percent discount from its 2018 price. The 770,195‑square‑foot building houses 450,000 sq ft of office space, a 750‑spot garage, and ground‑level retail, and is currently...
Did not have President Trump buying Netflix debt on my bingo card. How long until he is taking direct stakes in the media business? Remember Jared's Affinity Partners "pulled out" of part the Paramount investor group in December. $PSKY $WBD...
President Trump deployed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to Venezuela as part of his bid to revive oil & mineral production there. In between conversations with oil and mining executives, Burgum is now meeting w/ interim President Delcy Rodriguez. https://t.co/beZPI3VM4I https://t.co/vc6M08u0pz

President Donald Trump formally nominated former Fed governor Kevin Warsh to succeed Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair, aiming for quicker interest‑rate cuts. Warsh, known for advocating balance‑sheet reduction and lower rates, faces a skeptical FOMC amid the escalating U.S.-Israeli...

"US to Pay Interest If Ordered to Pay Importers Tariff Refunds" https://t.co/An3drmGJ4F It is the law, after all. Question is: how many refunds actually get issued after a lengthy court/administrative battle. The answer should be: all, now. But... https://t.co/xGmrydPr1P
CIOs can't be the "office of no" on AI. Boards want efficiency, employees want LLMs, SaaS apps ship embedded agents. The only viable path: safe acceleration with automated guardrails, not manual blockers. #AI #GenAI #CIO #SaaS #ITStrategy https://t.co/8OLLAWNSNL

The article argues that traditional industry tenure is losing relevance as founders increasingly rely on transferable execution skills rather than deep sector mastery. Open‑source tools, AI assistants, and low‑code platforms compress learning curves, turning decade‑long expertise into a matter of...

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In this episode of Behavioral Science for Brands, Michael Aaron Flicker and Richard Shilton dissect the "Lucky Yatra" campaign by Indian Railways and FCB India, which turned ticket serial numbers into a daily lottery to incentivize fare payment. They explain...
I spent 12 years figuring out how to collapse a $60K/month growth team into one person. The results: 3.15% forecast to target across $3B in GMV. 32% yoy revenue growth. 41% yoy contribution margin growth. Here's the entire playbook. https://t.co/0oPoA7oEd8
Container lines have halted 2026‑27 trans‑Pacific service contract negotiations as the Middle East war ties up roughly 10% of global container tonnage and pushes bunker fuel prices higher. The conflict adds uncertainty to cost structures and functional capacity, prompting carriers...
Container carriers are pausing or slowing 2026‑27 trans‑Pacific service contract negotiations as they gauge the fallout from the Middle East war. The conflict has immobilized an estimated 2 %‑10 % of global container tonnage, tightening available capacity. Simultaneously, soaring bunker fuel prices...

A new MMGY Travel Intelligence study of 300 planners and 1,000 attendees shows cost and safety dominate U.S. meetings decisions. Sixty‑three percent of planners flag travel expenses, while 72 % weigh crime levels when selecting cities. Despite these pressures, 90 % still...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) rules now tie clean‑energy tax credits to the origin of battery materials, demanding at least 60% of value from non‑prohibited countries and increasing this share each year. Compliance pushes...

Nasuni announced the acquisition of Resilio, a developer of high‑performance file synchronization and edge‑acceleration technology. The deal, terms undisclosed, integrates Resilio’s Active Everywhere platform with Nasuni’s cloud‑native file services to create a unified solution for rapid file access across distributed...

European upscale hotel chain Motel One completed a full migration of its 101 properties in 13 countries to Oracle’s OPERA Cloud PMS within a four‑month window. The cloud platform delivers a unified data foundation, built‑in analytics, and access to over...

Emmi Group posted CHF 4.75 bn net sales in FY25, a 9.1% year‑on‑year increase, with organic growth of 4.3% and net profit rising 3.1% to CHF 227.1 m. The performance was powered by a series of strategic acquisitions that added 7.9% to sales and...

Netflix co‑founder Reed Hastings and CFO Spencer Neumann sold a combined $48.1 million in Netflix shares, according to March 4 regulatory filings. Hastings disposed of $39.8 million worth of 410,550 shares at $96‑$97.50 each and simultaneously bought back the same number at $9.7...