AB InBev Q1 2026 Revenue Up 5.8% to $15.3B, EPS Jumps 20.8% to $0.97
Anheuser‑Busch InBev reported first‑quarter 2026 revenue of $15.3 bn, a 5.8% increase year‑over‑year, while underlying earnings per share rose 20.8% to $0.97. The results, driven by megabrand strength and premium‑price growth, beat analyst expectations and reinforce the brewer’s bullish outlook for the full year.
Pfizer Posts $14.5 B Q1 Revenue, Reaffirms 2026 Guidance
Pfizer announced first‑quarter 2026 revenue of $14.5 billion, a 5% year‑over‑year increase, and a 22% rise in operational revenue from launched and acquired products. The company reaffirmed its full‑year 2026 financial guidance while highlighting progress in oncology and obesity pipelines.
Coinbase Slashes 14% of Staff, Cites AI, CEO Armstrong Says
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced a 14% cut—roughly 700 employees—citing a volatile crypto market and rapid AI adoption. The layoff package includes at least 16 weeks of base pay plus seniority bonuses, while the company flattens its hierarchy to five...
AMC Entertainment Q1 Revenue Surges 20% to Over $1 B as Box‑Office Rebounds
AMC Entertainment posted first‑quarter 2026 revenue of more than $1 billion, up 20% from a year earlier, as a revived box‑office lifted attendance 13% and turned adjusted EBITDA positive. The results underscore a broader theatrical recovery and set a bullish tone...
Atlassian Team '26 – Why Context, Not 'Just AI', Is the Bet Behind Rovo, the Teamwork Graph and Dia
Atlassian’s Team ’26 keynote emphasized “context” as the core of its AI strategy, built on the company’s long‑standing Teamwork Graph that unifies data from Jira, Confluence and other tools. The rollout includes a free Teamwork Graph CLI for developers, the...
Atlassian Billionaire Boss, Now Solo, Faces His Biggest Test Yet
Mike Cannon‑Brookes, now the sole leader of Atlassian after co‑founder Scott Farquhar stepped back, confronts the company’s steepest challenge yet. Over the past 12 months Atlassian’s shares have tumbled 70% to US$57 as investors fear AI‑generated alternatives could erode demand...
Novo Nordisk CEO Says the Drugmaker Is More Active than Ever in Seeking Out Deals
Novo Nordisk CEO Mike Doustdar told CNBC the company is more active than ever in pursuing acquisitions to broaden its obesity‑drug pipeline. He highlighted upcoming candidates CagriSema and zenagamtide, asserting the pipeline is among the best in the industry. The...
McDonald's CEO Quits to Join Anthropic’s AI Kitchen
SCOOP: McDonald’s CEO will resign from the chain to join Anthropic. “I treasure my decades in the food industry,” he said in a statement. “But AI is moving so fast, I want to explore more creative work as an individual contributor.” He...
PayPal Is Slashing 20% of Its Workforce as New CEO Unveils Turnaround Plan
PayPal announced a restructuring that will eliminate roughly 20% of its workforce, about 4,760 jobs, over the next two to three years. The cuts are part of a $1.5 billion run‑rate savings program unveiled by new CEO Alex Lores, who took...
Despite Enthusiasm over Its ChatGPT Tie-Up, Criteo’s Shares Slide on Downgraded Revenue Forecast
Criteo announced a partnership with OpenAI that generated excitement, but its Q1 results fell short of expectations, prompting a share‑price decline. Revenue dropped 6% year‑on‑year to $425 million, with retail‑media revenue plunging 31% to $41.3 million. The company cut its 2026 revenue...
The CEO Behind Grand Theft Auto VI Doesn’t Play Video Games, but Analysts Say He Has Put $1.5 Billion Behind...
Take‑Two Interactive’s CEO Strauss Zelnick, who doesn’t play video games, has steered the company’s share price up 1,600% to $216 and boosted net revenue to $5.6 billion in 2025. Under his leadership, the firm is gearing up for the release of...
Memo: RNDC to Shed Five More Markets as Firesale Continues
Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) is preparing to offload five additional markets as part of a broader 2026 firesale. A letter of intent from BreakThru Beverage Group covers RNDC’s Kentucky and Indiana joint‑venture operations, while Quality Brands Distribution is negotiating...
Fiserv Moves Through ‘Transition Year’
Fiserv announced a wave of senior hires, including a COO for merchant solutions and a CRO for its Clover POS unit, as part of a “transition year” aimed at reversing low single‑digit revenue growth. The company also closed two offices,...
The Scoop: GameStop CEO Wants to Buy eBay. He Just Couldn’t Explain How on CNBC.
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen announced a $56 billion bid to acquire eBay, describing the deal as half cash and half stock. During a live CNBC interview he could not detail how the roughly $16 billion financing gap would be covered, repeatedly deflecting...
Nuclear Reaches 41% of TVA’s Power Supply
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s nuclear fleet provided 41% of its power in the first half of fiscal 2026, up from 31% a year earlier. Nuclear generation produced 33,772 GWh, while net income rose to $658 million, a 23% increase. Interim CEO Mike...
Industry Veteran Mike Guarino Named CEO of EVERSANA INTOUCH
EVERSANA announced that industry veteran Mike Guarino will serve as CEO of its global health agency, EVERSANA INTOUCH. Guarino, formerly chief commercial officer at IPG Health and a longtime strategist at FCB Health, will steer strategy, operations and AI‑driven marketing...
Integra Reappoints Stuart Essig as CEO
Integra LifeSciences announced the reappointment of former chief executive Stuart Essig, ending the brief tenure of Mojdeh Poul. Essig returns after a 14‑year gap and will be supported by newly created chief commercial officer Michael McBreen. The leadership team says...
From Near-Death to $180B: Razorpay’s Founder Lessons
.@Razorpay is India's largest payments platform, processing over $180 billion annually. They were also the first Indian company YC ever invested in, and went through the W15 batch. In this fireside at Startup School India, co-founder and CEO @harshilmathur sat down...
MasterClass CEO David Roger Calls Hard Work a Myth, Urges Embracing Failure
MasterClass chief executive David Roger told CNBC that the prevailing belief "hard work guarantees success" is false. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of top performers, he argues that stepping out of comfort zones and treating failure as a learning tool...
Ahold Delhaize President and CEO Frans Muller to Retire
Ahold Delhaize announced that President and CEO Frans Muller will retire in 2027, with Thierry Garnier, currently Kingfisher’s chief executive, slated to take over around the April 2027 shareholders’ meeting. Garnier, a former Carrefour executive and non‑executive director at Tesco, brings two decades...
The Strategy Trap: Why Your Best Plan Is Failing to Launch
Most SMEs craft detailed strategies and secure board and investor buy‑in, yet months later progress remains sluggish. The article argues the failure lies not in the plan itself but in the post‑approval phase where focus erodes, dashboards become overloaded, and...
Priyavrata Mafatlal Appointed as CEO of Mafatlal Industries
Mafatlal Industries Limited appointed Priyavrata Mafatlal as chief executive officer effective June 1, 2026, while he continues as managing director. The textile maker posted a total income of Rs 2,845.3 crore (≈$299 million) in FY 2024‑25, a 33% jump from the prior year. The change follows...
Jamie Dimon Warns CEOs to Fire Jerks, Slash Bureaucracy and Shrink Teams
JPMorgan Chase chief Jamie Dimon told investors at the Norges Bank Investment Management conference that firms must fire underperforming managers, eliminate bureaucratic inertia and shrink teams to survive. His blunt advice, framed as three “brutal truths,” is aimed at CEOs...
PayPal Posts 11% TPV Rise in Q1 2026, Unveils $1.5 B Cost‑Cut Plan
PayPal Holdings announced first‑quarter 2026 total payment volume of over $460 bn, an 11% spot‑rate increase, and a $1.5 bn cost‑reduction program. CEO Enrique Loris used the earnings call to chart a three‑pillar strategy and set modest low‑single‑digit growth guidance for branded...
PayPal CEO Enrique Lores Unveils Strategic Shift to Accelerate Growth and Profitability
PayPal chief executive Enrique Lores told investors the company will pursue a strategic pivot aimed at faster growth and higher profitability. The plan centers on tighter operational discipline, cash‑flow improvement and renewed emphasis on innovation across its two‑sided network.
RBI CEO Declares Consistent Outperformance of Burger QSRs
"We want to outperform the burger QSR segment consistently year upon year and we've started to do that." -RBI CEO Josh Kobza. $QSR
Orior Names Ex-Migros Exec New CEO
Swiss food‑and‑drinks group Orior announced that Dr. Peter Müller, a former Migros executive who led the Mibelle carve‑out and sale, will become CEO on 1 September, succeeding Monika Friedli‑Walser. Müller brings extensive experience in transformation, restructuring and cross‑border M&A, aligning with...
AVXL CEO Chris Missling Fired for Cause
$AVXL CEO Chris Missling - fired. The 8K spells it out. Terminated for cause. https://t.co/HzBCPfX0gV One of biotech's worst peddlers of bullshit is gone. I might actually miss him. https://t.co/ZbDslD7jGj
Disney+ to Evolve Into Immersive Interactive Digital Hub
Disney+ Will Become ‘Immersive, Interactive Digital Centerpiece’ of the Company, CEO Josh D’Amaro Says https://t.co/9NWmCGWdHm via @variety
Xcel Energy: Google Deal Sets Template for Large Load Tariff Strategy
Xcel Energy’s pending deal with Google for a near‑1 GW data center in Minnesota will serve as a template for large‑load tariffs in Colorado, Texas, New Mexico and Wisconsin. Under the agreement, Google funds all infrastructure, and Xcel is filing similar tariffs...
Yoco Brings in External CEO From European Fintech Sector
South African payments fintech Yoco announced that Carsten Höltkemeyer will become its chief executive on 1 June 2026, ending a nine‑month interim co‑CEO period. Höltkemeyer arrives from a European banking and fintech background, most recently steering Berlin‑based Solaris through a turnaround and...
Ohio’s Hospice CEO: Prepare for Value-Based Care
Kent Anderson, CEO of Ohio’s Hospice, warned that value‑based care will soon reach the hospice sector and urged providers to prepare. He emphasized that scale—both economies of scale and skill—will be critical, citing the network’s eight nonprofit members, nearly one...
Care Quality Commission Offers £220k Salary for Next Chief Exec
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has opened a recruitment drive for a new chief executive, offering a salary of £220,000 (about $280,000). The regulator, a non‑departmental public body with a £300 million (≈$381 million) budget and roughly 3,300 staff, has lost two...
New Disney CEO Beats Earnings, Signals Major Shift
JUST IN: The new Disney CEO achieves an earnings beat as an important change is underway.
Target Posts Sales Rebound, Launches Creator Revamp as Traffic Climbs
Target Corp. posted a modest sales rebound in Q1 2026 and saw foot traffic rise 5.1% year‑over‑year, the first positive growth in more than a year. At the same time, the retailer is resetting its creator‑driven social commerce strategy, splitting...
Microsoft Appoints Office and LinkedIn Chief to Lead Teams
scoop: Microsoft’s Office and LinkedIn chief now runs Teams in latest reshuffle. The departure of veteran exec Rajesh Jha has triggered another wave of organizational changes inside Microsoft. Full details 👇 https://t.co/wc20qWX7b0
TripleLift Names Timothy Jasionowski CPTO, Adds Benjamin Felix as CMO to Push Unified Ad Tech
TripleLift announced the appointment of Timothy Jasionowski as Chief Product and Technology Officer and Benjamin Felix as Chief Marketing Officer. The hires are intended to accelerate the company’s TL Spark platform and deliver a more integrated advertising stack across the open...
Building the CEO/Corporate Comms Relationship Early
CEO turnover accelerated in early 2026, with major firms like Walmart, Disney, and Apple announcing new leaders. A 2025 academic study of 557 S&P 1500 CEO successions found that firms that communicated more frequently about their new CEOs saw higher analyst...
MAN’s Barbaros Oktay Takes over Chairmanship of ACEA Bus and Coach Division
Barbaros Oktay, head of MAN Truck & Bus’s bus division, has been appointed chairman of the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) Bus and Coach Division for a one‑year term, succeeding Daimler Buses’ Till Oberwörder. MAN reported selling over 7,000 buses in...
Modernizing the Tech Stack Is a Critical Priority for PayPal, but CEO Enrique Lores Has More to Do to Deliver...
PayPal’s new CEO Enrique Lores is accelerating a tech‑stack overhaul and AI‑driven transformation to stay competitive in the agentic AI era. The company announced a re‑organization into three units—Checkout, Consumer Financial Services & Venmo, and Payment Services & Crypto—while targeting...
Highmark Health Names Heather Cianfrocco as New COO to Drive Living Health Strategy
Highmark Health appointed Heather Cianfrocco, former UnitedHealth Group executive, as chief operating officer. The move is intended to accelerate the company's Living Health strategy and address fragmentation in the U.S. health‑care system.
Disney Tops Expectations as D’Amaro Spotlights Streaming Growth
Disney reported Q2 2026 revenue of $25.2 billion, up 7%, and adjusted EPS of $1.57, surpassing forecasts. Streaming operating income surged 88% as Disney+ and Hulu added new titles and expanded international originals. CEO Josh D’Amaro highlighted a strategy centered on streaming,...
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin Doubles Down on Miami Expansion Amid NYC Tax Fight
Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin announced the hedge fund is "doubling down" on its Miami operations, expanding office space after New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani pushed a new tax on luxury second homes. The move underscores a strategic...
Exclusive: Berry Bros. Chief Executive Emma Fox to Step Down
Berry Bros. & Rudd chief executive Emma Fox will step down after six years, with chief financial officer Emily Rae and UK managing director Rob Symington appointed as co‑CEOs. Fox oversaw international expansion, notably a flagship store in Washington, D.C.,...
Porsche Retail Group Managing Director Steps Down
Adam Flint, who joined Porsche Retail Group in 2015 and became managing director in 2020, announced his departure this week, ending an 11‑year tenure with the company. Over his six‑year stint as MD, Flint drove record profitability at the Guildford...
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma Reshuffles Leadership and Cancels Gaming Copilot AI
Xbox head Asha Sharma has reorganized the division’s leadership, promoting veterans and importing four CoreAI veterans, while also announcing the immediate cancellation of the Gaming Copilot AI assistant on console and mobile. The moves aim to speed up product delivery...
Oracle Cuts Up to 30,000 Jobs to Accelerate AI‑First Operations
Oracle disclosed plans to eliminate as many as 30,000 positions, citing a strategic pivot toward artificial‑intelligence‑first development and new data‑centre construction. The cuts have triggered a wave of employee protests over severance, visa status and lost equity.
AMC Entertainment Posts 20% Q1 Revenue Surge as Box Office Rebounds
AMC Entertainment announced first‑quarter revenue of over $1 billion, a 20% rise from the same period last year, as domestic ticket sales and a revitalized European footprint lift attendance 13%. The theater chain also swung to a positive adjusted EBITDA of...
VideoWeek Justin Sampson Interview
VideoWeek’s podcast featured an exit interview with Justin Sampson, the outgoing chief executive of Barb, where he reflected on his three‑year tenure and the company’s strategic milestones. Sampson discussed the 35% revenue surge, the $150 million acquisition of Streamlytics, and the...
Accesso Appoints Lee Cowie as CEO
accesso Technology Group PLC appointed Lee Cowie as chief executive officer, succeeding founder Steve Brown after an 18‑month stint as COO. Cowie brings more than 15 years of senior technology leadership, including a CTO role at Merlin Entertainments. His agenda...