Singapore Jet Fuel Doubles, Squeezing Un‑hedged Airlines
SINGAPORE jet fuel prices have doubled to an average around $166 per barrel so far in April compared with $82 in January. Fuel is one of the three largest costs for passenger airlines (together with crew labour and capital) so the sudden increase is putting intense financial strain on airlines that do not hedge their fuel purchases (and will strain hedgers if the increase is sustained long enough):
Edits Adds Powerful Tools for Faster Creative Workflow
Edits rolled out new features that give you more creative control. 🎨 Save your favorite fonts and styles for easy access 🔍 Search and replace text within captions ✨ Highlight key words in captions to make them stand out 🎥 Adjust colors directly...
Trump’s Market‑soothing Rhetoric Threatens Iran Leverage
Trump should stop saying things just to calm markets that either don’t reflect real life or he has zero intention of following through on. If he gives up the blockade he loses his leverage against Iran.
US and Europe Must Forge New Alliance to Survive
The only hope that either the US or Europe has of surviving the current geoeconomic moment is to create a new type of alliance by @RanaForoohar https://t.co/oIiiYPepz5
Track Performance Drivers, Not Just Outputs, with MAPS
You track performance. But do you track what drives it? Michael Gordon challenges FP&A’s focus on outputs alone. The MAPS framework highlights four drivers: focus, energy, emotions, purpose. 💬 Which one are you not managing? 🔗 https://t.co/AMLjyEn8We https://t.co/mZegLud819
Emerging Market Outflows Near COVID-Level Severity
EM "outflows have been almost as bad as during COVID, i.e. they’ve been massive." -Robin J. Brooks, Shadow Price Macro
CEOs Care About Why, Not How—Lead with Purpose
Scott Taylor: "I never met a CEO that cares about HOW you're going to do it until they understand WHY it's important." Stop pitching architecture. Lead with why. https://t.co/vv9y0dBQoc
Inside Independent Oil Business: Costs, Price Sweet Spot, Ladnman Reality
NEW ODD LOTS: The truth about running an independent oil and gas biz @tracyalloway and I talk to @Jack_McClendon, CEO of Siena Natural Resources, about rising costs, the sweet spot for oil prices, and how realistic the show Ladnman really is. https://t.co/Wcl305efUH
Anthropic's Ownership: Big Tech Holds ~30% Collectively
Anthropic’s approximate major equity ownership: • Amazon: ~8–16% • Google (Alphabet): ~14%l • NVIDIA: ~3% • Microsoft: low single-digit % • Co-founders (Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei & other 5 co-founders): each ~1.8%+ (collective significant founder stake; total founders likely...
Potential Impact on European Inflation, Stay Open‑minded
It could be nothing, or it could be significant, for inflation in Europe. At this point, I think it's worth keeping an open mind. https://t.co/48mNR7PmNZ
Unseen Challenges Threaten Sports Industry's Future
The Iceberg: What Sport Industry Leaders Miss—and Why It Matters -Guest OpEd https://t.co/ybUw3OO8W9 via @sportico
Target Influencers First, Then Decision‑Makers in New Digital Territory
When entering a new “Digital Territory,” who should I target first: the decision-makers or the influencers within that space? https://t.co/OJa5Sg1oQj via @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesTips #SalesLeader #Marketing #MarketingSuccess #MarketingStrategy #ArtificialIntelligence
Upgrade to AI‑Driven Social Selling for 2026 Success
Why Your Sales Strategy Needs an Upgrade: "Social Selling and Influence" (2026 Edition) The digital sales landscape isn't just "changing", it has fundamentally shifted If you’re still using a 2022 playbook in a 2026 world, you’re not just behind; you’re invisible I am...
CEO Charles Dickson Buys 410,000 ROAD Shares
#ROAD Roadside (AIM: ROAD), the UK energy forecourt real estate business, was notified on 15 April 2026 that Charles Dickson (or "Mr Dickson"), Chief Executive Officer, has purchased a total of 410,000 ordinary shares.
Founder Manual: India's War Map, Not Silicon Valley Playbook
Forget the generic Silicon Valley playbooks. The Founder Manual by @somani_utsav is officially out, and it’s less of a textbook and more of a "war map" for the Indian ecosystem. @offline_members https://t.co/OxCOlfQKJU
AI Could Counteract Aging Populations' Economic Strain
AI is entering an unexpected conversation around demographics. Falling fertility and aging populations are already straining economic systems, and AI could either offset the impact through productivity gains or deepen inequalities if benefits are uneven. The question is broader than technology. It...
Tailor Content to Each Platform's Contract, Not Copy‑paste
Copy-pasting content across platforms isn't distribution. It's lazy broadcasting. Every platform has a different contract with its audience. Twitter rewards conviction. LinkedIn rewards credibility. Email rewards intimacy. Same message. Wrong contract. Dies every time. Took the same idea. Wrote it three different ways. Twitter version: punchy, contrarian, one sharp...
Koei Tecmo Ups Forecast on Nioh 3, Pokemon Hit
Koei Tecmo just revised their earnings forecast upward: - operating profit +16.1% higher - net profit +53.7% higher - against sales -4.9% lower KT says their Q4 did better than expected. Nioh 3 was released + their Omega Force team co-developed mega hit Pokemon Pokopia...
China Revives Coal‑to‑gas Projects to Curb Gas Imports
China is looking to tap cheap domestic coal to limit its exposure to gas imports 🇨🇳👀 A high-profile Chinese coal-to-gas venture that lay dormant for over a decade is set to launch this year. The country has 13 new projects under...
Payroll Tax Cut Needed to Align Growth with Productivity
1/6 Good Steven Barnett piece. He points out that "targeting growth rates inconsistent with productivity trends leads to distortive policies", and argues instead for a "dramatic, permanent payroll tax cut" to boost consumption. https://t.co/M3fq4ltnmI
Hormuz Tension Leaves Dollar Dominance Unshaken
🔥The Hormuz Crisis: ▪️Pricing oil in US dollar is intact ▪️The GCC's dollar peg is intact
Russia Needs $100 Urals Oil to Close Deficit
“Russia’s ailing economy has failed to recover even as rising oil prices during the war in the Middle East have boosted the Kremlin’s depleted coffers, according to Sweden’s military intelligence chief. Thomas Nilsson, head of Sweden’s Military Intelligence and Security...
Fix Foundations Before Scaling; Growth Exposes Weaknesses
Growth is not a strategy. Growth amplifies everything — including your problems. If your unit economics are broken, growth breaks them faster. If your team is misaligned, growth makes it catastrophic. Fix the foundation first. Then grow. Scaling a broken business gets you to...
Discomfort Signals Growth, Not a Warning to Quit
Discomfort has a bad reputation. We treat it like a warning sign. Like something is wrong. Like we should step back. But often, it’s the opposite. Discomfort shows up when something is changing. When you’re learning, stretching, trying something you haven’t mastered yet. That’s why it feels...
S&P Hits Record as Oil Plunges Amid Iran Tensions
The S&P just hit a RECORD HIGH. Oil crashed 13% in a week. Iran says the Strait is "completely open." Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk won't send ships through. The ceasefire expires TUESDAY. And the Navy just put 5-inch gun rounds into...
71% of CIOs Say Workforce Unprepared for AI
🤖 AI is ready but most workforces aren’t. Gartner data reveals why 71% of CIOs say their workforce isn’t prepared for AI. ⬆️ #GartnerIT #CIO #AIReadiness #ArtificialIntelligence #WorkforceTransformation #AI #AGI #AgenticAI #agenticeconomy #AIAgent #GenAI #GenerativeAI #MP #DL #NLP #AmbientAI @AlbertoEMachado @Eli_Krumova...
Manufacturing HR Leaders Highlight Listening, Action
What Manufacturing HR Leaders Say About Listening, Action, and the Manager Gap @perceptyx https://t.co/n4EP9RlvEf #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
Free Gifts Outperform Discounts without Eroding Margins
Discounts are often the lazy promo. They train customers to wait, hand away margin, and once you start, they're hard to stop. A free gift can move the same needle without any of that baggage.
Doubting a Quick Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz
Is it time to abandon hope the Strait of Hormuz will open soon? https://t.co/5BRLiEg2Tm @ClydeCommods
Taiwan Fights Chip Boom to Protect Undervalued Currency
Taiwan's willingness to do absolutely anything and everything to keep the chip boom from putting pressure on the wildly undervalued Taiwan dollar is unw=matched ... 1/ https://t.co/yVjNKHd7ci
Daily Habits Separate Thriving SMEs From Struggling Ones
What separates thriving SMEs from those that struggle? It's not luck—it's a commitment to these daily habits of the smartest business minds. Are you in an SME? You can do them too.
Hedge Funds Lose New Hires to ‘Gazumping’ During Gardening Leave
BIG TAKE: The hedge fund talent war has a new name: gazumping. Trader accepts a job, the firm waits months for them to finish their gardening leave and then a rival swoops in and poaches them before they ever...
AI Reinforces, Not Replaces, Enterprise Software
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is pushing back on the idea that AI threatens his core business. He argues that customers are not replacing enterprise software with AI, but instead integrating it to enhance existing systems. The message is clear. For incumbents, AI...
Markets Clash as Ceasefire Deadline Looms
Banks crushed earnings. Oil crashed 11% in a day. Gold refused to sell off. The Nasdaq just posted its longest winning streak since 1992. Something has to give. The ceasefire expires Wednesday. https://t.co/1ewAQlpSy4
Hiring Postdoc for Pandemic Research Readiness Project
🚨 Hiring Postdoc researcher: TALK. Pandemic research readiness Wageningen University & Research The Health and Society Group of Wageningen University will soon begin the three year research project “TALK. Pandemic research readiness: citizens’ storytelling, networks and infrastructure”. 📩
US Blockade Pressures All, Targets Iran Most
Exactly. And this is why this US blockade is genius because it means it won't be just the Iranians that will benefit when it's partially open. The pressure cooker is on for everyone equally, especially Iran.
Winning Google Traffic: Product, Tasks, Assets, Focus, Brand
5 Characteristics of websites winning Google traffic, compared to losers (+ Spearman correlation): 1. Offers a Product or Service - 0.391 2. Allows Task Completion - 0.381 3. Proprietary Assets - 0.357 4. Tight Topical Focus - 0.250 5. Strong Brand - 0.206 (1/2) https://t.co/ssmNQb3fY4
Factor Replacement Costs Before Claiming Profit
Before you report your “profit” for your build-in-public report, ask: > What would be the cost of hiring people to replace everything I do? Deduct that from “profit,” since the business requires that to operate. It’s just paying 𝘺𝘰𝘶 for that currently.
Trump Refused Kharg Island Assault over Casualty Concerns
WSJ: "Trump has resisted sending American soldiers to take Kharg Island, for example, the launch point for 90% of Iran’s oil exports. While he was told the mission would succeed, and the territory’s capture would give the U.S. access to...
Define Future Processes Before S/4HANA to Avoid Delays
Organizations often jump into S/4HANA implementation without defining their future state business processes. This leads to rushed decisions, project delays, or consultants making choices without considering your strategy and priorities. #S4HANA #BusinessProcess #ProjectManagement https://t.co/6WX2iBOXaT
Judge Probes Major‑questions Doctrine for Sports Betting Contracts
Judge Nelson asked the following Qs about whether the major-questions doctrine applies to sports-event contracts: 1) Is Dodd Frank a "long extant, but rarely used statute"? 2) Does sports gambling have "vast economic and political significance"? His opinion in State v. Su:👇...
Cut Payroll Taxes to Revive Chinese Consumption
Agree strongly with Mr. Barnett here "The cure, then, is to boost consumption in China — something no amount of tariffs can achieve. Fortunately, one powerful lever exists: a dramatic, permanent cut in the payroll tax" 1/ https://t.co/Cm8mn17CDD
You Can't Lead and Follow at Once
winning isn't for everyone. this ad isn't for everyone. when everyone zigs and you zag but then the internet tells you to zig - don't listen. because you can't lead and follow at the same time. c'mon nike https://t.co/8Erz7BIDIZ
Check the Economic Calendar Before Every Trade
If you’re trading without knowing what news is being released, you’re setting yourself up to get caught in volatility. Premarket prep starts with the economic calendar. GDP, CPI, jobless claims… these events move gold and Nasdaq fast. News can break...
Global Employee Engagement Still Declining, Gallup Finds
@EnergizersLLC Thanks for the repost, from @HRCurator Global Employee #Engagement Continues Decline @Gallup https://t.co/PavbOlOpg9 #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
Agency Inaction Can't Override State Law, Roth Rules
Judge Roth's recognition that "agency inaction alone cannot preempt state law, especially not when that inaction constitutes a failure to 'adhere to its own rules & regulations'" worth revisiting in light of the CA9's focus on Rule 40.11(a)(1).🧵 https://t.co/PGlrk8xTm0
TikTok Forces AI Remix, Requires Manual Disable per Video
TikTok just snuck this “feature” in, allowing their AI to remix your videos. It is on by default, and you can’t turn it off for all your videos at once. You need to go into each and every one of...
US Trade Rep Greer Arrives in Mexico for USMCA Review
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has landed in Mexico City for meetings tomorrow related to the USMCA review. He was received at the airport by Economy Minister @m_ebrard and undersecretary @LuisRosendo_ (Video from Mexico's economy ministry) https://t.co/iweEQKUuJO
Fans Want WWE‑SEC Netflix Docu‑Series Featuring Stars
Between Oba Femi, @BiancaBelairWWE and @_trickwilliams (and likely others), why not a docu-series on Netflix from @WWE and the @SEC ?
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What’s the best US macro call that Silicon Valley elites have made over the past 10-15 years? Employment, inflation, housing, GDP growth, take your pick.