Mike Mignola Reveals New Graphic Novel 'Uri Tupka and the Devils'
Mike Mignola’s new graphic novel "Uri Tupka and the Devils" arrives on November 16, 2026, published by Dark Horse Comics. The 104‑page hardcover continues the "Lands Unknown" anthology, following Uri Tupka’s quest for pre‑creation secrets after the events of "Uri Tupka and the Gods." Written and illustrated by Mignola with colors by Dave Stewart, the story blends folklore, horror, and philosophical inquiry. It marks Mignola’s third original graphic novel in two years, reinforcing his expanding mythic universe.
IIDA NY to Host Third Annual Career Night
The International Interior Design Association’s New York Chapter will host its third annual Career Night on March 25 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Kielhauer Showroom. The evening brings design students and early‑ to mid‑career professionals together with leading architecture...
Skills: The Common Language of Human-AI Collaboration
AI is moving from a speculative tool to a daily colleague, prompting HR leaders to rethink their function as "Hybrid Resources" that manage both people and AI agents. A recent Cornerstone OnDemand webinar highlighted that 77% of employees already use...
CB Hot Suit Takes: Celia Wallace, Founder + Director, Three Are One
Celia Wallace, founder and director of the boutique agency Three Are One, rose to prominence after a Saatchi & Saatchi scholarship and a breakout T‑Mobile "Life for Sharing" campaign that lifted sales 52% during the 2008‑09 recession. The campaign’s brand‑first approach...
How-To Guide to Planning Your Next AP Automation Project
The guide outlines a step‑by‑step methodology for finance leaders to launch an accounts‑payable (AP) automation project, emphasizing strategic alignment with broader business goals. It recommends a phased rollout—starting with invoice capture and validation before adding approval workflows and payment automation—to...
Tradie AI Receptionist Startup Banks $900,000 in Pre-Seed
Australian startup Chime Labs secured $900,000 AUD (~$600,000 USD) in a pre‑seed round led by 500 Global and supported by angel investors. Founded by former Googlers Alexis Griveau and Mathew Pretel, the company offers an AI‑powered receptionist that answers calls...
NHL’s New Jersey Devils Part Ways With GM / President Tom Fitgerald
The New Jersey Devils announced they have terminated general manager and president of hockey operations Tom Fitzgerald with only five games remaining in the 2025‑26 season. Fitzgerald, who rose from assistant GM to full‑time GM in 2020 and led the...
Cosmic Is Born
Cosmic Group has unified its recently acquired semiconductor test companies under a single global brand, creating two complementary divisions—Cosmic Equipment and Cosmic Services. The restructuring follows acquisitions of Test Inspire, Gedec, RoodMicrotec, ipTEST, and Focused Test, expanding the group to...
Plansee Group Increases Stake in Molymet
Plansee Group has raised its ownership in Molymet to a 31 percent stake, cementing its position as the largest single shareholder in the world’s leading molybdenum and rhenium processor. The move underscores Plansee’s strategy to secure a stable, independent supply...
TPB Wins WeThinkMedia to Streamline Trans-Tasman Programmatic Buying
The Programmatic Bureau (TPB) has named WeThinkMedia as its exclusive Australian sales representative, giving Australian advertisers a single gateway to New Zealand programmatic inventory across DOOH, CTV, audio and display. The partnership aims to cut the fragmentation that has traditionally complicated...
Aussie Indie Crashes US Podcast Charts, Takes on NYT and NPR
Mashed Pumpkin Productions, a Queensland indie, has entered the U.S. podcast arena with its series “What I Survived,” reaching #31 on the overall Apple Podcasts chart. The show also topped the Documentary chart and placed fourth in Society & Culture...
Kura Sushi USA Inc (KRUS) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Kura Sushi USA reported Q1 2026 total sales of $73.5 million, a 13% year‑over‑year increase, while comparable restaurant sales slipped 2.5%. A 3.5% menu price hike took effect in November, but tariff‑driven food and beverage costs rose to 29.9% of sales,...
Taishin Securities to Be Fourth-Largest Following Merger
Taishin Securities merged with MasterLink Securities, boosting its market share to 5.13% and catapulting it from 16th to the fourth‑largest broker in Taiwan. The combined firm will operate 55 offices with a workforce of 2,763 employees. The merger also lifted...
Heidelberg Materials North America Completes BURNCO Acquisition
Heidelberg Materials North America has finalized the purchase of BURNCO’s Edmonton, Alberta assets, adding a cement plant and aggregate operations to its portfolio. The deal expands Heidelberg’s footprint in Western Canada, boosting regional production capacity and diversifying its product mix....
Aehr Test Systems (AEHR) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Aehr Test Systems reported Q3 fiscal 2026 revenue of $9.9 million, a 27% YoY decline, as WaferPak shipments fell and the product mix shifted away from higher‑margin items. Bookings slipped to $6.2 million, but post‑quarter orders lifted the effective backlog to $18.3 million,...
Phoenix Education Partners Inc (PXED) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Phoenix Education Partners reported Q1 2026 results with revenue of $262 million, up 2.9% year‑over‑year, driven by a 4.1% rise in total degree enrollment to 85,600 students. Employer‑affiliated (B2B) enrollment grew to roughly 34% of the student base, lifting adjusted EBITDA...
Levi Strauss & Co (LEVI) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Levi Strauss reported 7% organic net revenue growth for fiscal 2025, driven by strong direct‑to‑consumer (DTC) expansion and diversification beyond denim. DTC now accounts for roughly half of sales, growing 11% year‑over‑year and delivering notable margin improvement. Non‑denim categories, especially...
Who Decides What News Means?
Matt Brittin, a former Google executive, has been appointed BBC director‑general, bringing platform and digital‑audience expertise rather than a journalism background. The article argues his tech savvy is crucial as AI and algorithmic news delivery reshape how Britons consume information,...
Treasurise Awards 2026: Showcasing the Best Institutions in MENA and South Asia- #CapitalMarkets #Finance #Treasury #Finance
In 2025 treasury leaders across South Asia and MENA shifted from back‑office reporting to real‑time, AI‑enabled command centres, tackling volatility, supply‑chain strain and regulatory change. They embraced sustainable finance, exemplified by Standard Chartered’s green trade‑finance bond for Envision Energy India...
EDITORIAL: Mideast War Tests Economic Resilience
More than a month after the Middle East war began, surging oil prices are driving inflation in Taiwan. The National Development Council expects CPI up about 1.5% month‑over‑month, while the manufacturing PMI stays above 50, indicating continued expansion. Export growth...
Tankers with Qatar LNG Attempt to Exit the Strait of Hormuz
Two Qatar‑linked LNG tankers, Al Daayen and Rasheeda, moved toward the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first possible loaded transit since U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran began in late February. The waterway’s effective closure has halted about one‑fifth of global...
Saudi Arabia Raises Asia Oil Price to Record
Saudi Aramco announced a record‑high Arab Light price for Asia, adding a $19.50 premium over regional benchmarks for next‑month sales. The hike follows a widening Middle East conflict and Iran’s near‑closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which has strained global...
Airstrikes on Iran Kill 25; Ceasefire Proposal Shared
Israel and the United States launched coordinated airstrikes on Iran, killing at least 25 people, including IRGC intelligence chief Majid Khademi, and striking the strategic South Pars gas field. Tehran responded with missile attacks on Haifa and Gulf allies, prompting air‑defence alerts...
Balancing-SRT-Regulatory-Safeguards-and-Market-Innovation-Part-Two
The second part of the Capital Relief Trades primer examines how recent regulatory adjustments are reshaping the Structured Receivable Transaction (SRT) market. It highlights an 18% year‑over‑year increase in European SRT issuance during Q1 2026, driven by more flexible reporting...
Greenbrier Companies Inc (GBX) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Flux Power Holdings reported its first profitable quarter, posting net income of $600,000 ($0.03 per share) and a 34.7% gross margin, up from 28.6% a quarter earlier. Revenue rose sequentially to $14.1 million but remained below the $16.8 million year‑ago level, while...
Skillsoft Corp (SKIL) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Skillsoft reported Q4 2026 revenue of $129 million, a 6% year‑over‑year decline, primarily due to a 17.6% drop in its Global Knowledge (GK) segment, which accounted for 73% of the revenue shortfall. The Talent Development Solutions (TDS) business showed resilience, posting...
Trump's Deadline Looms but Asian Nations Already Have Deals with Iran
President Trump warned Iran of a "one‑night" strike unless the Strait of Hormuz was reopened by Tuesday night. While the deadline loomed, several Asian nations – including the Philippines, India, Pakistan and China – secured bilateral agreements with Tehran for...
Ninety One Eyes Launch of Global EM Infrastructure Debt Strategy Targeting up to $1bn
Ninety One, the manager behind PIDG’s Emerging Africa and Asia Infrastructure Fund, plans to launch a global emerging‑markets infrastructure debt strategy targeting up to $1 billion. The fund will focus on senior secured loans for power, transport and social‑sector projects across...
AWARD Lab GenAI Sprint Launches with Leonardo.ai and OMA
AWARD has teamed with Leonardo.ai and the Outdoor Media Association to launch the first AWARD Lab GenAI Sprint, a competition for AWARD Crash and Uni alumni that runs May 7‑9. Teams use Leonardo.ai to generate creative concepts for a non‑profit brief...
‘A Whole Civilisation Will Die Tonight’: Trump Ramps up Iran Threats as Deadline Draws Nearer
Donald Trump escalated rhetoric against Iran, posting a bombastic Truth Social message that a "whole civilisation will die tonight" and setting an 8 p.m. Eastern deadline for possible strikes. The warning sent European markets into early‑day volatility, with the FTSE 100,...
From Priming to Performance: The Omnichannel Multiplier
Atomic 212° demonstrated that pairing digital audio with programmatic digital out‑of‑home (DOOH) creates a measurable priming effect, boosting long‑term memory encoding by roughly 17‑18%. The combined media sequence drove a 5.2‑times increase in conversion efficiency when retargeted through Yahoo DSP....
US Personal Injury Firm Attracts $125m Private Equity Investment
Arizona‑based personal injury firm Rafi Law Group has created a management services organization, Rafi Law Services, funded with a $125 million private‑equity investment that values the platform at about $450 million. The capital will finance technology upgrades, administrative scaling and a push...
Iran Conflict Pushes Advisor Sentiment to Lowest in Nearly a Year
The Financial Advisor Confidence Outlook (FACO) survey showed sentiment slipping to a -8 score in April, the lowest level in nearly a year. The decline was driven by heightened geopolitical risk from the Iran war and lingering dissatisfaction with the...
The League of Legends KeSPA Cup Will Air Globally on Disney+
Disney+ has secured a global streaming partnership with the Korea Esports Association, making the 2026 League of Legends KeSPA Cup and other major Asian esports tournaments available on its platform. The deal also includes live coverage of Esports Champions Asia...
RBB Bancorp Director Christopher Lin to Retire Following Annual Meeting
Iran rejected a U.S.-backed cease‑fire proposal, prompting President Trump to warn that Tehran "could be taken out" if negotiations fail. The rejection sparked a modest rise in oil prices and lifted U.S. equity markets, which closed higher on renewed hopes...
Office Eyes B40bn via Infrastructure Funds
Thailand’s state‑owned enterprises are set to raise more than 40 billion baht (about $1.1 billion) through newly created infrastructure funds, a move championed by the finance ministry to ease the country’s public‑debt burden. The State Enterprise Policy Office aims to launch around...
Rapid AI Evolution Collides with Sophisticated Scams
Thailand’s financial sector is moving into a "Banking 5.0" era where generative AI shifts from experiment to core infrastructure, accelerating automation, fraud detection and personalized services. Regulators, led by the Bank of Thailand, are deploying AI‑based supervision to shift oversight from...
Pundits Warn of Stagflation Risk
Thailand is confronting a growing stagflation threat as soaring global oil prices lift domestic fuel costs and inflation. Public debt has risen to 66% of GDP, near the 70% legal ceiling, curbing the new government’s ability to launch broad fiscal...
Montecito Pays A Premium For Fully Leased Gilbert Medical Office Building
Montecito Medical Real Estate acquired the 50,000‑square‑foot OrthoArizona medical office building in Gilbert for $32.3 million, making it the fifth‑largest Arizona commercial‑real‑estate deal of March. The property is 100 % leased to the orthopedic group OrthoArizona and was previously sold in 2021...
The Integration Challenge that Led Vitals AI to Shut Down
Vitals AI, a data‑reporting startup spun out of the $4 billion Csenge Advisory Group, announced it will cease operations after roughly a year. The firm served dozens of advisory firms with $10 billion in platform assets, but the technical and financial burden...
Minnesota System CEO to Retire
Astera Health CEO Joel Beiswenger announced his retirement effective July 1, ending an 18‑year tenure that began as CFO in 1998 and as CEO since 2008. Under his leadership, the system completed a merger to form Astera Health, partnered with Wadena...
Fintech VC Triple Bubble Nails $10 Million First Close on Its $50m Fund
Fintech venture fund Triple Bubble announced a $10 million Australian‑dollar first close (≈$6.6 million USD), anchored by Commonwealth Bank’s x15ventures. The fund, founded by Dom Pym, Brian Collins and Judy Anderson‑Firth, targets a $50 million Australian‑dollar final close (≈$33 million USD) by Easter 2028, drawing commitments from fintech founders...
OpenAI Alums Have Been Quietly Investing From a New, Potentially $100M Fund
Zero Shot, a venture fund founded by former OpenAI engineers and prompt experts, closed its first $20 million on a $100 million target. The team—Evan Morikawa, Andrew Mayde, Shawn Jain, Kelly Kovacs and Brett Rounsaville—has already written checks to AI‑focused startups such...
Markets Close Slightly up as Trump Ties Hormuz Reopening to Iran Ceasefire, Tehran Rejects Proposal
President Trump has made reopening the Strait of Hormuz a non‑negotiable condition for any cease‑fire with Iran, setting a Tuesday evening deadline. Tehran rejected the Pakistan‑brokered proposal, insisting on a broader, permanent peace that includes sanctions relief and reconstruction support....
Bureau Veritas Acquires Lotusworks
Bureau Veritas announced a €375 million agreement to acquire Lotusworks, a specialist in commissioning and quality assurance for mission‑critical assets. Lotusworks, based in Ireland, generated €131 million in 2025 revenue and serves semiconductor manufacturers and data‑center owners across the U.S. and Europe....
Turning AI Ideas Into Reality at SAP: What to Do Next?
SAP announced a comprehensive AI roadmap for its Human Capital Management suite, unveiling a unified AI platform that embeds generative models across recruiting, talent management, and employee experience. The company emphasizes data hygiene, pilot‑scale experiments, and robust change‑management as prerequisites...
UPMC Hospital Union Decertification Bid Dismissed
The National Labor Relations Board dismissed a petition to decertify SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania as the bargaining representative for roughly 290 service and maintenance workers at UPMC Washington Hospital. The board ruled that a collective bargaining agreement ratified on February 10 2025, and...
Tommy Hilfiger Enlists Travis Kelce As Ambassador, Collaborator
Tommy Hilfiger has signed NFL star Travis Kelce as a global ambassador and creative collaborator. Kelce will star in a fall‑2024 ad campaign and co‑design a capsule collection that blends Hilfiger’s classic prep aesthetic with his bold, athletic style. The...
This President Defended Taking Pride Flags Off Faculty Windows. Now She's Paused the Practice.
Boston University announced it will pause the removal of pride flags and other signs from faculty windows after intense campus and public criticism. President Melissa L. Gilliam said the issue merged policy discussions with core values, prompting a need for...
IVWorks Secures $4.5M Funding to Expand ‘reGaN’ Technology Into RF and AI Power Semiconductor Markets
IVWorks announced a $4.5 million financing round, bringing its total capital raised to $33 million, to accelerate deployment of its proprietary reGaN technology. The company will use the funds to scale mass‑production infrastructure and secure its supply chain for GaN epitaxial wafers...