Award of Excellence Winner Judaline Cassidy: Empowering Girls to Consider Careers in Construction
Judaline Cassidy, a 25‑year‑old New York City plumber, became the first female plumber hired by Duo Heating and Plumbing after proving her skills on a one‑day trial. Despite initial ridicule from a foreman, she demonstrated competence, earning full‑time employment. ENR recognized her with the Award of Excellence for championing women in construction. Her story underscores the challenges and breakthroughs for women entering skilled trades.
Sanuwave Announces Record Revenues and Financial Results for Q4 and Full Year 2025
Sanuwave Health reported record Q4 and full‑year 2025 results, with quarterly revenue of $13.4 million—a 29.7 percent increase—and annual revenue of $44.1 million, up 35 percent from 2024. Gross margin slipped to 74.7 percent in Q4 due to a $486 k inventory write‑off, while adjusted EBITDA...
Today’s Equal Pay Day. Women and Men Still Disagree About Who Has More Economic Opportunities
A new AP‑NORC poll reveals a stark perception gap: about 60% of full‑time women say men have more opportunities for competitive wages, while only 40% of full‑time men share that view. The survey also shows that roughly one‑third of women...
First Circuit Rejects Per Se Rule that Performance Improvement Plans Automatically Qualify as Adverse Employment Actions
The First Circuit ruled that placing an employee on a performance improvement plan (PIP) does not automatically constitute an adverse employment action under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act or Title VII. The court emphasized that a fact‑intensive inquiry is required,...
'Empathetic' Salesforce Bots to Help Those Fired by Uncaring Humans
Salesforce is deploying its Agentforce AI bots to the U.S. Department of Labor’s national call centre, automating triage for unemployment insurance, OSHA, Job Corps and other programs that generate roughly 2.8 million cases annually. Built on the FedRAMP‑certified Government Cloud and...
New York City Proposes Bill That Sets Higher Minimum Wages and Eliminates Tip Credits
The New York City Council introduced Bill Int. No. 757, proposing a city‑wide minimum wage that outpaces the state level and climbs to $30 per hour for large employers by 2030, with smaller firms reaching $27‑$29 per hour. The plan phases in automatic cost‑of‑living adjustments...
At Age 24, He Ditched Becoming a Lawyer to Open a Coffee Shop. Last Year It Brought In $40 Million.
Gregory Zamfotis left a budding law career at 24 to launch Gregorys Coffee on Park Avenue in 2006. The brand has expanded to 53 locations across the United States, with each store typically surpassing $1 million in annual sales. Revenue hit...
Veritone Reports Preliminary, Unaudited Q4 2025 Results and Announces Strategic Deal with Oracle
Veritone reported preliminary Q4 2025 revenue of $18.1 million to $30.0 million and a GAAP net loss ranging from $25.1 million to $37.0 million. The company highlighted a strategic multi‑year agreement with Oracle to run its AI solutions on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, aiming to...
Veritone Leans Into Oracle Cloud to Scale AI Data Pipelines
Veritone announced a multi‑year agreement to migrate its core AI workloads, including aiWARE, Data Refinery, and Data Marketplace, to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The move aims to boost performance, security, and global scalability as the company tackles massive unstructured data volumes....
New School Faculty React to Plans to Lay Off 15% of Workforce
The New School announced plans to lay off 15% of its full‑time faculty and staff by mid‑June, citing a projected $48 million deficit tied to a roughly 20% decline in student enrollment since 2021. Earlier voluntary buyouts in December and early...
Dissent Discontent: FCC’s Gomez Shares Anti-Nexstar Statement
Anna M. Gómez, the sole Democratic FCC commissioner, issued a public dissent on the Nexstar Media Group‑TEGNA merger after Media Bureau Chief Erin Boone approved the deal with rule waivers. Gómez criticized Chairman Brendan Carr and the Trump‑era leadership for politicizing...
Telstra to Add Flink to Its Event Streaming Capabilities
Telstra announced it will integrate the Apache Flink stream‑processing engine with its existing Kafka‑based event streaming platform, launching the project in the coming months. The pairing, delivered through Confluent’s managed services, aims to boost real‑time analytics across Telstra’s network observability...
EnerSys to Host 2026 Investor Day
EnerSys announced it will host an Investor Day on June 11, 2026 at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City. CEO Shawn O’Connell and CFO Andrea Funk will present the company’s EnerGize strategic framework, technology roadmap, and growth...
BitGo Holdings Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Financial Results
BitGo Holdings reported a blockbuster fourth quarter and full‑year 2025, with total revenue soaring 424% to $16.2 billion and Adjusted EBITDA jumping 904% to $32.4 million. The company posted a net loss of $14.8 million but expanded its client base to 5,322 institutions...
Memory Maker Micron Weighs Buying Shuttered Japan Display Plant
Micron Technology is in talks to purchase Japan Display's shuttered LCD production plant in Chiba, Japan. The U.S. memory maker plans to repurpose the facility for semiconductor chip assembly and testing rather than display manufacturing. Acquiring the site would give...
Hanover Capital Refis Long Island City Retail Property With $26M Loan
Hanover Capital provided a $25.8 million refinancing loan for Vorea Group’s 52,578‑square‑foot retail development at 10‑04 Borden Avenue in Long Island City. The property, opened in 2024, is 100 percent leased to experiential anchors iFly and Vibe Fitness. Hanover highlighted the asset’s proximity to...
BMO Aims to Increase Business in the U.S., Return on Equity to More than 15% by 2028
Bank of Montreal (BMO) announced a plan to lift its return on equity (ROE) above 15% by 2028, hinging on stronger performance in its U.S. operations, deeper client relationships, and expanded use of artificial intelligence. The bank reported an adjusted...
Everybody Loves Languages Corp. Shareholders Approve Amalgamation with ELL Ventures Ltd.
Everybody Loves Languages Corp. (ELL) announced that shareholders approved its amalgamation with ELL Ventures Ltd., creating a new entity called Amalco. The transaction is slated for completion around April 10 2026, subject to customary conditions. Upon closing, ELL common shares will be...
Macy’s Store Closures Update: Doomed Locations Will Shutter Over a Longer Timeline Than Previously Planned
Macy’s announced that its plan to shutter roughly 150 stores will now stretch through 2028, extending the original timeline. The retailer has already hit several sales milestones, reporting positive comparable sales and adjusted diluted EPS well above guidance. CFO Tom...
Computer Science Education Will Look Different in the Age of AI, Says Code.org's New CEO
Code.org has appointed a new chief executive who says artificial intelligence will fundamentally reshape K‑12 computer science instruction. The leader emphasizes that AI will move curricula beyond basic coding toward understanding how technology works and solving real‑world problems. Code.org plans...
PAVE Space Secures $40 Million To Move Satellites Into Higher Orbits
German‑based PAVE Space announced the close of a $40 million seed round, led by Visionaries Club, Creandum and other investors. The funding will be used to develop its orbital transfer vehicles, LYOBA and IBEX, designed to reposition satellites from low‑Earth orbit...
Portfolio Trading for Rates and Credit Is Live on MTS BondVision
Euronext’s MTS BondVision platform has launched Portfolio Trading for rates and credit, enabling buyside clients to execute baskets of bonds simultaneously via API and GUI. The service, built with dealers and buyside input, already supported trades in European government bonds,...
ORAN Development Company Lands $45M
ORAN Development Company (ODC) closed a $45 million Series A funding round, led by a consortium of technology and telecom powerhouses. The round featured investors such as Booz Allen, Cisco Investments, Nokia, NVIDIA, AT&T, MTN, and Telecom Italia, alongside Phoenix Venture Partners...
FASB Declines Airline Settlement Project
The Financial Accounting Standards Board voted not to add a project that would change how airlines record settlement payments from manufacturers for grounded aircraft. Under existing GAAP, such payments reduce the cost basis of the aircraft and are amortized over...
Defense Tech Startups Raise $405 Million in New Funding Rounds
Defense technology startups collectively raised $405 million in recent financing rounds. ORAN Development Company (ODC) secured $45 million in a Series A to build an AI‑native, open‑architecture platform that turns cell sites into distributed compute hubs, a step toward the 6G era. Performance...
Persian Gulf Fertilizer Crisis: Global Food Prices Could Rise 12-18% by the End of 2026, Warns Helios AI
Helios AI warns that if the Persian Gulf conflict ends tomorrow, global food prices could climb 12‑18% above pre‑crisis levels by the end of 2026 and rise further in early 2027. The startup’s model flags three sequential shocks: soaring fuel...
TSA Lines Are Chaos—And This $209 Airport Hack Is Exploding Right Now
Travelers are flocking to Clear as TSA staffing shortages create six‑hour security lines at major airports. In March, Clear app downloads jumped 228% to roughly 319,000, with daily downloads soaring to 24,000. The biometric service, now at 64 airports in...
East Bay MUD Set to Price $675M in Water Revenue Bonds
East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) will price $675 million of water‑system revenue bonds, split between a $329 million green series and a $365 million refunding series. The issuance arrives amid heightened market volatility caused by the Israel‑Iran conflict, yet EBMUD’s strong credit...
Cents Closes $140M Series C Round
Cents, a unified software, hardware, and payments platform for laundromats, closed a $140 million Series C round led by Sumeru Equity Partners with participation from Camber Creek. The financing is the largest software investment ever in the laundry vertical and backs Cents’...
New York’s Residential Building Workers Union Sets Strike Vote
Members of the 32BJ SEIU, representing 34,000 residential building workers in New York City, voted to authorize a strike on April 15 after their four‑year contract expires on April 20. More than 2,000 members approved the vote, signaling strong support...
Cupra's Dream of Selling Cars In the United States Isn't Dead Quite Yet
Volkswagen Group’s Cupra brand initially announced a U.S. launch by 2030, but froze the plan in July 2025 citing industry volatility and geopolitical uncertainty. CEO Markus Haupt told Edmunds the brand still intends to sell vehicles in the United States,...
Union Push to Make APS Bosses Expand WFH to Mitigate Petrol Price Shock
Australian public service unions are urging the Albanese government and APS leadership to increase work‑from‑home days as petrol prices spike. The demand comes amid a national fuel shortage and rising costs that threaten employee commuting expenses. Unions have raised the...
Top 7 Use Cases of Business Reporting Software for Growth | ClearPoint Strategy Blog
ClearPoint Strategy’s March 2024 blog outlines seven practical use cases for business reporting software, ranging from sales and marketing analysis to strategic dashboards. The post emphasizes how consolidating data across departments enables real‑time insights, faster decision‑making, and automated reporting. It...
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Mastering OKRs: A Proven Guide to Boosting Performance | ClearPoint Strategy Blog
ClearPoint Strategy’s blog outlines a comprehensive guide to implementing Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) for businesses. It defines OKRs as a collaborative goal‑setting system pairing ambitious qualitative objectives with three‑to‑five measurable key results. The guide details the three‑stage OKR cycle—kickoff,...
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Streamline Strategic Planning with AI: Overcome Execution Gaps | ClearPoint Strategy Blog
ClearPoint Strategy launched an AI‑driven platform that automates and centralizes strategic planning, aiming to close the well‑known execution gap that affects roughly 61% of executives. The solution supports more than 20 planning frameworks, integrates with existing software stacks, and links...
Top 5 Use Cases of Healthcare Strategy Management Software | ClearPoint Strategy Blog
ClearPoint Strategy’s February 2024 blog outlines five core use cases for its strategy‑management platform in hospitals: boosting 5‑star quality ratings, optimizing revenue‑cycle management, supporting value‑based pricing, driving continuous quality improvement, and tracking HEDIS metrics. The post explains how the software integrates...
Crocs CMO on Microdramas, TikTok and Gen Z at Shoptalk
Crocs’ chief marketing officer Carly Gomez highlighted the brand’s focus on Gen Z at Shoptalk, showcasing a new micro‑drama series called “Charmed To Meet You” launched on ReelShort. The five‑episode, snackable story has garnered over 10 million views since its February 2026 debut...
Iran Was Always Going to Close the Strait of Hormuz
Iran has moved to close the Strait of Hormuz, a tactic long embedded in its defence doctrine, after U.S. President Donald Trump extended a deadline threatening to strike Iranian power plants. The closure throttles roughly 20% of global oil and...
Archwest Mortgage Trust 2026-RTL1: Credit Rating Report
Morningstar DBRS issued provisional‑to‑final credit ratings for Archwest Mortgage Trust’s 2026‑RTL1 residential mortgage‑backed securities. The A1 tranche received an A (low) rating, A2 was assigned BBB (low), M1 earned BB (low) and the most junior M2 tranche was rated B...
Private Credit Shakeout Continues, but Investors Are Still Seeking Opportunity Amid the Noise, Says VanEck
VanEck’s Alternative Asset Manager ETF (GPZ) has been hit hard by the private‑credit sell‑off, sliding about 25% year‑to‑date, yet recent trading shows a reversal of sentiment. On March 19 the fund logged a record 1.03 million shares traded and captured roughly $19 million...
Pinnacle Medicines Raises $89M Series B
Pinnacle Medicines announced the closing of an oversubscribed $89 million Series B financing, co‑led by LAV and Foresite Capital. The biotech firm leverages a proprietary platform that blends physics‑based molecular simulations, AI‑driven design, and advanced peptide chemistry to create oral peptide therapeutics....
New MARAD Advisory Urges Ships to Disable AIS Tracking in Red Sea as Houthi Threat Lingers
The U.S. Maritime Administration issued a new advisory urging U.S.-flagged vessels transiting the Red Sea, Bab el‑Mandeb, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea and Somali Basin to consider turning off their Automatic Identification System (AIS) transponders. MARAD warns that Houthi militants...
Marketing Movers: Adswerve, Apollo.io Have New CEOs; 33Across, DemandScience, PubMatic, TECH B2B Marketing
The marketing technology sector saw a wave of senior appointments, with Adswerve and Apollo.io each naming new CEOs to steer AI‑driven growth, PubMatic adding a CMO to scale its AI‑powered ad platform, and 33Across hiring a CPO to broaden its...
Uproxx Makes Play for TV Ad Spend With TikTok-Ready Shows
Uproxx TV debuted at NewFronts, positioning itself as a top‑10 entertainment property on connected TV with over 160 million monthly viewers, more than half of whom watch on traditional TV screens. The company is launching creator‑driven shows like “Love, Songs,” leveraging...
Nude Foods Market Scales Zero-Waste Grocery Model After Shark Tank Appearance
Female‑founded Nude Foods Market, a Colorado zero‑waste grocer, landed Shark Tank investment from Kevin O’Leary and Robert Herjavec after its March 11 appearance. The company now operates two brick‑and‑mortar stores in Boulder and Denver, offers over 1,500 packaging‑free items with 40% locally...
IESBA to Look Into the Ethics of PE
The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) has launched a project to examine whether new ethical standards are needed for accounting firms that operate under alternative practice structures, including those backed by private‑equity capital. Data from the International Federation...
After Years of Trying, Moniepoint Breaks Into Kenya with Sumac Acquisition
Moniepoint has secured a foothold in Kenya by acquiring a 78% stake in Sumac Microfinance Bank, gaining an immediate deposit‑taking licence. The acquisition follows a stalled attempt to buy Kopo Kopo and comes days after Moniepoint bought Nigerian restaurant‑software firm...
Is This Time Different? The Macro Signals Driving Renewed Gold Interest
Gold has surged roughly 50% over the past year, dramatically outpacing the S&P 500’s 14.5% gain. The rally is driven by rising inflation, higher oil prices and heightened geopolitical risk, especially the Strait of Hormuz tension. Federal Reserve rate hikes...
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Scholastic Corporation launched a $200 million partial self‑tender offer to repurchase up to $200 million of its common shares at a cash price between $36 and $40 per share. The offer, which expires at 5 p.m. EDT on April 20, 2026, permits shareholders to tender...
Oil Prices Rise as Wall Street Swings to Doubt on Iran Talks
Oil prices jumped on March 26 as Brent crude rose 4.8% to $101.94 a barrel, driven by renewed doubts over the Iran‑U.S. cease‑fire talks and heightened tension in the Strait of Hormuz. The rally pushed the S&P 500 down 1.2%, the Dow...