Nevada Supreme Court Unanimously Requires Prevailing-Wage Disputes to Be Resolved by the Nevada Labor Commissioner
On February 26, 2026 the Nevada Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Nevada’s prevailing‑wage statutes (NRS Chapter 338) provide no private right of action for employees to recover wages or overtime in court. The court held that disputes must be filed with the Nevada Labor Commissioner under the statute’s administrative scheme. It also rejected attempts to import the private right from the general wage‑and‑hour law or to treat workers as third‑party beneficiaries of public‑works contracts. The decision eliminates the possibility of class‑action lawsuits over prevailing‑wage claims, giving contractors clearer enforcement pathways.
Medtronic Elevates Sean Haag to President of ENT
Medtronic has promoted Sean Haag from interim to permanent president of its ear, nose and throat (ENT) business. Haag, who joined Medtronic twenty years ago and most recently oversaw marketing and clinical for the AiBLE system, has been credited with...
Best Bookkeeping Software for Small Business (2026): Sage Awarded for Streamlined Recordkeeping by Better Business Advice
Better Business Advice named Sage the top bookkeeping software for small businesses in its 2026 review, citing the platform’s automation, real‑time financial visibility, and compliance capabilities. Sage’s AI‑powered invoice capture, smart bank matching, and integrated invoicing streamline both payables and...
Can the IEA Put a Lid on the Price per Barrel by Releasing Oil Stockpiles?
The International Energy Agency announced a historic release of 400 million barrels of emergency crude, the largest drawdown in its history and about one‑third of members’ total reserves. The move aims to temper soaring oil prices triggered by the U.S.–Israel conflict...
Engine Aims to Fix SMB Cards
Engine introduced the Visa‑branded Engine X charge card aimed at small and midsized businesses, a segment that often lacks corporate payment solutions. The card delivers 10% cash back on travel booked through Engine and 1.5% on other spend, while offering spend...
Ascension Hospital in Kansas Taps New President
Patrick Avila has been named president of Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan, Kansas, effective April 20, succeeding interim leader Drew Talbott. Avila arrives with more than 25 years of healthcare leadership, most recently as CEO of Northeast Regional Medical...
Phenom Announces 2026 HR Award Winners
Phenom, a leader in applied AI, unveiled its 2026 Human Resources Awards at the IAMPHENOM conference in Philadelphia. The awards recognized organizations that leveraged AI and automation to accelerate hiring, improve retention, and enhance employee experiences across sectors such as...
Paul Nisbett Appointed as Global CFO at Valor Hospitality
Valor Hospitality Partners has promoted Paul Nisbett to global chief financial officer, expanding his remit from the EMEA region to worldwide oversight. Nisbett, who joined Valor in 2015, has driven financial governance, supported strategic acquisitions, and built scalable infrastructure across...
OpenX & TVision Launch First Supply-Side Attention Targeting Solution for CTV
OpenX and TVision have introduced OpenX Attention Targeting, the first supply‑side solution that lets advertisers bid on CTV inventory based on real‑time viewer attention scores. The offering merges TVision’s passive, person‑level panel data with OpenX’s bid‑stream signals, delivering predictive engagement...
Trump’s Actions in Iran and Venezuela Show Limits of U.S. Sanctions
The Trump administration abandoned its long‑standing maximum‑pressure sanctions campaigns against Iran and Venezuela, turning to direct military operations to achieve regime change. Repeated sanctions over the past years failed to topple Tehran’s leadership or remove Nicolás Maduro, partly due to...
EEO Reporting Deadline Has Passed for Massachusetts Employers: What to Know If You Missed It
The February 2 deadline for Massachusetts employers to submit their federal EEO reports to the secretary of the commonwealth has passed. Covered firms—those with 100 or more Massachusetts employees and a federal EEO filing obligation—must now use the online portal to file...
6 Companies Hiring in Cambridge
Cambridge, Massachusetts remains a premier life‑sciences hub, anchored by giants like Intellia Therapeutics and Moderna and supported by the MassBio trade group. While BioSpace job postings fell 4% year‑over‑year in February, they surged 17% month‑over‑month, reflecting renewed hiring momentum. Six...
Enstep Appoints Brayden Stitt to Lead Sales Operations
Enstep Technology Solutions announced Brayden Stitt as its new Head of Sales Operations and Business Development. The role is designed to strengthen the company’s revenue engine, build a scalable sales infrastructure, and accelerate growth of its managed IT services in...
Forvis Mazars and Klarity Partner for AI
Forvis Mazars LLP has entered a strategic partnership with Klarity, an AI‑powered process‑intelligence platform, to overhaul finance transformation engagements. By embedding Klarity’s AI Observations and AI Interviews, the firm aims to replace time‑intensive interviews and manual data intake with real‑time...
The Big Interview: New Look's COO on Migrating to SAP, Leaving IBM for Databricks and More...
Lynda Petherick, originally hired to find a CIO, now serves as both COO and CIO of New Look, a UK fashion retailer that posted $929 million in revenue for 2025. Under her leadership the company is migrating its core ERP to...
Thai Oil Fund Spending B1 Billion a Day on Subsidies
The Thai government is using the state‑run Oil Fuel Fund to subsidise diesel and gasoline as global oil prices climb, spending over one billion baht a day on the program. Losses are projected to hit ten billion baht by March 18,...
Choosing the Right Leadership: External vs Internal Candidates for C-Suite Success
Choosing between internal and external C‑suite candidates hinges on trade‑offs between cultural continuity and fresh insight. Internal hires offer faster, cheaper transitions and reinforce employee motivation, while external hires expand the talent pool, introduce new perspectives, and can drive transformative...
Monitoring of the Commitments Given by IAG to the European Commission in Relation to Its Acquisition of Bmi
Following the European Commission’s decision, enforcement of IAG’s commitments related to its bmi acquisition was transferred to the UK Competition and Markets Authority on 1 July 2024, with Forvis Mazars LLP continuing as the monitoring trustee. The CMA approved a slot release...
Private Markets Investors Increasingly Favour India over Peers in APAC
India has become the leading private‑markets destination in APAC, with 31% of surveyed limited partners (LPs) ranking it first and 76% placing it among their top three choices. Over half of the LPs plan to increase allocations, and private‑market funds...
Samsung Appoints Merkle to Lead CRM Across Europe
Samsung has appointed Merkle to head its customer relationship management (CRM) function across Europe, covering 16 markets including the United Kingdom. The partnership aims to centralise data-driven marketing and enhance personalised customer experiences for Samsung’s product portfolio. Merkle, a global...
Brand-Building in the Age of Social: What Nike and Aldi Get Right
Nike and discount grocer Aldi demonstrate how brands can thrive on social media by moving beyond gimmicky tones to authentic, community‑focused storytelling. Nike leverages cultural moments and athlete narratives to reinforce its “Just Do It” ethos, while Aldi uses humor...
Legislation Aims to Exempt Small Businesses From Trump’s Latest Tariffs
Senate Democrats introduced the Small Business Liberation 2.0 Act to shield small importers from President Trump’s newly imposed 10 percent tariffs. The bill mandates a 90‑day refund of duties already collected and bars unreasonable price hikes for five years. It follows a...
How the BrewDog Brand Lost Its Way (by Its First PR Rep)
Former BrewDog PR lead Alex Myers reflects on how the brand’s early, stunt‑driven public‑relations strategy catapulted it to cult status, but the 2022 sale to private‑equity investors altered its direction. He describes the shift from rebellious, authentic messaging to fragmented,...
Africa Needs 50 Million New Homes, but Building Is Bad for the Environment: How to Finance ‘Green’ Solutions
Africa must build 50 million homes by 2050, yet construction generates roughly 39% of global carbon emissions, with concrete alone accounting for 8%. Green housing—using energy‑efficient designs, recycled resources, and low‑water fixtures—offers a climate‑friendly alternative, but financing options are scarce across...
Fractal Unveils Intelligent Sales Agents to Accelerate B2B Growth
Fractal introduced Flyfish.ai, an AI‑native revenue acceleration platform that deploys more than 35 coordinated intelligent agents across the entire B2B sales lifecycle. Early enterprise pilots report up to 30% faster deal cycles and a 42% lift in sales productivity by...
AbelsonTaylor Group Announces the 2026 Class of nextgenerATion Summer Interns
AbelsonTaylor Group announced nine students and recent graduates for its 2026 nextgenerATion summer internship, a 10‑week paid program that immerses participants in healthcare advertising across pharma, biotech, medical devices, and wellness brands. Interns will rotate through creative, production, strategy, media,...
Dr. Phone Fix Reports over 50% Same-Store Growth and Productivity Improvements Following Geebo Acquisition
Dr. Phone Fix Canada Corp. reported over 50% same‑store sales growth YoY in Jan‑Feb 2026, driven by higher repair volumes and new insurance repair programs. The recent acquisition of Geebo Device Repair added $175,000 in revenue, a 12% increase, and...
US Inflation Stable Ahead of Iran Shock
US consumer price index held steady in February at a 2.4% year‑over‑year increase, matching the previous month. The pause came just before the US‑Israel conflict in Iran sparked a sharp jump in oil prices, pushing gasoline above $3.50 per gallon....
RAG Shows Its Work. That’s Not the Same as Being Right.
At the Generative AI Summit Austin, Ramkumar Shanker warned that the death of third‑party cookies forces publishers to monetize first‑party signals, not identifiers. He advocated using large language models combined with Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) to infer reader intent and provide...
Government to Review Planned Fuel Duty Rise as Iran War Causes Price Surge at Pumps
The UK government will review its planned September removal of the fuel‑duty freeze after the Iran war drove crude oil prices to about $90 a barrel, pushing petrol up 6p and diesel up 12p in a week. Prime Minister Keir...
UPS Navigates Amazon Draw Down in Hard Pivot to Premium Services
UPS is executing its largest network consolidation while deliberately shedding about 50% of its Amazon volume by mid‑2026. The carrier has cut 30,000 jobs, closed 24 parcel‑sort facilities and is automating remaining sites to boost profitability. CFO Brian Dykes said...
Managing Employee Learning Time Like Capital: Metric of the Month
Finance and accounting teams face accelerating skill gaps as AI and automation reshape core workflows. Benchmark data shows the median organization provides six paid learning days per employee, while top performers allocate eight days, double the lowest quartile. Adding eight...
Single-Family Permits End 2025 on a Soft Note
Single-family housing permits slipped to 909,280 units in 2025, a 7.4% year‑over‑year decline, while multifamily permits rose to 516,886 units, up 5.6%. The downturn was most pronounced in the South and West, where single‑family activity fell 8.5% and 10.4% respectively,...
From ‘Plant Daddy’ to Plant Retailer: How Kossi Tchenawou Turned Social Media Influence Into a Community-Driven Business
Kossi Tchenawou, a former RE/MAX franchise consultant, turned his TikTok hobby of houseplants into a 400,000‑plus follower creator brand known as “Plant Daddy.” Leveraging a three‑E framework—education, engagement, entertainment—he launched OnlyPlants, a Denver storefront that opened in just 14 days...
Gold Studios: Founder Eddie Gold on Blending Entertainment, Creators, and Brands
Gold Studios, founded by former ad‑agency exec Eddie Gold in 2020, now supports over 400 comedy and sports creators across London and New York. The company operates five divisions—Talent, Live, Originals, a creative agency, and the newly added Arena—blending talent...
Trade Tensions and Tariffs: What They Mean for Europe’s Startups
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned President Trump’s global tariff framework, leaving the 15% EU‑US tariff rate in limbo and prompting the European Parliament to pause ratification of the new trade pact. EU exports to the United States fell 25% in...
Coloplast Names Former J&J Executive Gavin Wood as CEO
Coloplast announced that former Johnson & Johnson executive Gavin Wood will assume the role of chief executive officer on May 1, ending a ten‑month search for a permanent leader. Wood arrives after serving as J&J’s group chairman for MedTech across Europe,...
BasicNet: Pro Forma Net Profit for 2025 Down 20.7% to €20 Million
BasicNet approved its 2025 draft results, reporting a pro‑forma net profit of €20 million, a 20.7% decline from the prior year, while the consolidated net profit surged to €126.3 million thanks to a €140.1 million capital gain from selling 40% of K‑Way. Revenue...
FCC Green-Lights Connoisseur’s Bakersfield Exit
The FCC has approved Connoisseur Media’s acquisition of four Bakersfield radio stations from Alpha Media, finalizing a debt‑assumption merger announced in November 2025. The regulatory clearance removes the final hurdle for Connoisseur to integrate the assets into its portfolio. This...
Influencer Kay Dudley Launches Plant-Based Protein Bar Brand HEYNU
Influencer Kay Dudley, half of the Kay & Tay duo, has launched HEYNU, a plant‑based nutrition brand debuting with the HEYBAR protein bar. The bar delivers 14 g protein, 6 g fiber, 5 g sugar, and is gluten‑free and free of nine major...
Slashing Agent Token Costs by 98% with RFC 9457-Compliant Error Responses
Cloudflare now returns RFC 9457‑compliant structured Markdown and JSON error payloads to AI agents, replacing the traditional HTML error pages. Agents can request these formats via the Accept header and receive concise, machine‑readable instructions such as retry intervals or escalation guidance....
Netskope Launches AI Security Platform to Monitor and Protect Enterprise AI Systems
Netskope unveiled Netskope One AI Security, extending its Zero Trust platform to monitor and control AI agents, models, and data flows across enterprises. The suite adds an Agentic Broker, AI Guardrails, AI Gateway, and AI Red Teaming to give security...
Surat-Based Ajmera Fashion Plans IPO as Revenue Growth Accelerates
Ajmera Fashion Limited, the Surat‑based ethnic wear brand, is preparing an IPO slated for filing between Q3 and Q4 of FY 2026‑27. The company aims to raise capital through a pre‑IPO private placement that values it at roughly ₹300 crore, offering about...
IHatch Cohort 5 Is Looking for 37 Innovation Hubs to Power Nigeria’s Next Wave of Startups
iHatch Cohort 5 has opened applications for 37 state‑level Innovation Hub Managers across Nigeria, targeting one hub per state and the Federal Capital Territory. The programme, run by the Office for Nigerian Digital Innovation under NITDA in partnership with JICA, seeks...
From Hype To Outcomes: How VCs Recalibrate Around Agentic AI
The conversation around agentic AI is moving from speculative ambition to concrete outcomes as 2026 approaches. Snowflake's Startup 2026 report, based on interviews with eight AI‑focused VCs, shows investors now value agents that are embedded in specific, data‑rich workflows and...
Arvind Announces Resignation of Textiles MD Susheel Kaul
Arvind Limited announced that Managing Director and President of Textiles, Susheel Kaul, will resign effective March 9, 2026, citing personal reasons. Kaul, a veteran of the Indian textile sector, oversaw denim, woven and advanced‑material operations and helped cement Arvind’s position among top...
Why Middle-Market Deals Fail After the Term Sheet
Middle‑market M&A deals often unravel after the term sheet when due diligence uncovers gaps in EBITDA assumptions, contract assignability, and operational compliance. The article outlines five recurring post‑LOI breakdowns, including fragile financing and seller unpreparedness, that can derail transactions despite...
HomeServices CEO: We’re Ready to Be the ‘Adults in the Room’
HomeServices of America, led by CEO Chris Kelly, is embarking on a year‑long transformation to act as a unified parent company rather than a loose collection of local brokerages. The firm will consolidate its technology stack, cutting 130 vendors down...
How Robert Goddard’s Self-Reliance Crashed His Rocket Dreams
On March 16, 1926 Robert Goddard launched the world’s first liquid‑fuel rocket, lifting 12.5 meters before crashing after 2.5 seconds. Despite early successes and funding from the Guggenheim family and the Smithsonian, Goddard’s distrust of collaboration kept his work isolated. The...
Creators Work, but Measurement Doesn’t — Yet
Creator marketing has become a primary growth engine, with U.S. ad spend projected at nearly $44 billion this year, outpacing other digital media. However, the measurement infrastructure lags, relying on fragmented platform metrics, affiliate links, and isolated brand lift studies that...