Campaign Big Global Awards 2026: Winners Revealed
The Campaign Big Global Awards 2026 have announced their winners, with agencies from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas taking top honors. VCCP and Serviceplan emerged as the most celebrated firms, each securing multiple category wins. The results underscore the increasingly international nature of creative excellence. The ceremony also highlighted emerging talent from previously under‑represented regions.
UPS Overtakes FedEx to Become World’s Largest Express Air Cargo Hub
UPS’s Worldport hub at Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport has overtaken FedEx’s Memphis super‑hub to become the world’s largest express air‑cargo hub by daily flights and tonnage capacity, according to the Chaddick Institute’s Global Cargo Hub Review. The Louisville hub...
Drax Earned Less in 2025
British power producer Drax reported lower 2025 earnings, with adjusted EBITDA falling to £947 million from £1.064 billion, driven by weaker power prices. The company improved its balance sheet, cutting net debt to £784 million and raising earnings per share to 137.7 p, enabling...
Changi and Airport Resilience
Singapore’s Changi Airport Group announced a S$3 billion, six‑year investment to upgrade Terminals 1‑4, targeting baggage handling, check‑in, immigration and Skytrain links. The upgrades replace aging systems and are designed to boost capacity ahead of Terminal 5, slated for the mid‑2030s. Changi currently...
Bull of the Day: Fabrinet (FN)
Fabrinet reported record fourth‑quarter revenue of $753.3 million, a 15% year‑over‑year increase, and posted a new high EPS of $2.41. The board approved an additional $139.5 million share‑repurchase program, underscoring confidence in cash flow. Analysts upgraded the company to a Zacks Rank...
Douro Labs Pushes SEC to Modernize Vendor Display Rule
Douro Labs has filed a comment letter urging the SEC to modernize Rule 603 of Regulation NMS, which currently mandates that broker‑dealers display SIP‑derived NBBO and last‑sale data. The firm argues the rule’s technology‑specific language is outdated and proposes a technology‑neutral “Fair...
Carbonova Advances C$13.6 Million Project in Canada with New Funding
Carbonova secured C$13.6 million to build its first commercial demonstration unit (CDU‑25) in Calgary, converting captured CO₂ and natural gas into 25 tonnes of carbon nanofibres per year. The financing blends a recent C$4.38 million grant from Emissions Reduction Alberta with strategic cash...
Global Supply Chain Volatility Pushes Sports Brand On to Open Robot-Centric South Korean Factory
Swiss performance brand On has inaugurated its second automated footwear factory near Busan, South Korea, featuring 32 robots. The new plant, together with the Zurich site, is projected to boost global production capacity by 30 times in 2026, shifting the...
ITB Berlin and IPK International: Stable International Travel, Holidays Dominate
Just before ITB Berlin opens in March 2026, IPK International’s World Travel Monitor shows global international trips rose 4% year‑on‑year in 2025, nudging the market back toward pre‑pandemic levels. Europe matched the global average with a 4% increase, while North...
Veritone Renews Licensing Deal with U.S. Soccer
Veritone has renewed its multi‑year licensing agreement with the U.S. Soccer Federation, extending access to the league’s archive through the Veritone Digital Media Hub. The AI‑driven platform will index full matches, highlights, interviews and multi‑camera angles, making footage searchable and...
Blackrock Silver Launches Drilling Campaign at Tonopah West in US
Blackrock Silver has launched a fully funded 17,100‑meter drilling campaign at its Tonopah West project in Nevada, employing a hybrid approach that combines reverse‑circulation pre‑collar drilling with core tail drilling. The effort is split into an Eastern Expansion Programme targeting...
Andy Tan to Lead Varel Singapore as GM
Andy Tan has been appointed general manager of Varel Singapore, a new Tribute Portfolio hotel slated to open in April 2026. Tan brings more than three decades of hospitality and travel experience, most recently serving in a senior leadership role...
Where to Buy Process Automation Services for Manufacturing
Manufacturers are accelerating digital transformation, but internal expertise often lags, driving demand for third‑party process automation services. The article highlights five leading providers—Malisko, Emerson, ABB Group, ATS Automation, and Yokogawa—each offering distinct strengths from IoT integration to turnkey solutions. These...
Subway Surfers City Redeem Codes and How to Use Them (February 2026)
Subway Surfers City launched in early 2026 with a soft‑launch limited to select regions, extending the popular endless‑runner franchise with new challenges and power‑ups. At present, no redeem codes are active and the game lacks a dedicated code‑redemption interface. The...
Capella Debuts in Kyoto, Japan
Capella Kyoto will open on 22 March 2026, offering 89 rooms that fuse modern luxury with traditional machiya architecture in Kyoto’s historic Miyagawa‑cho district. Designed by Kengo Kuma & Associates and Brewin Design Office, the hotel opens during cherry‑blossom season to attract high‑end travelers...
Reclaiming the Singapore Left Behind
Hidden Heritage, a Singapore‑based tour operator founded by Amanda Cheong and Stanley Cheah, curates guided experiences of the city’s abandoned factories, wartime shelters, and low‑income back‑alleys. Their signature "Industrial Relics & Wartime Secrets" tour began after the founders staged a...
With TrumpRx Is America Reforming Its Pharmaceutical Market, or Simply Rebranding Prices?
The Trump administration launched TrumpRx, a website aggregating manufacturer discounts on 43 brand‑name drugs and touting presidential credit for lower patient costs. Early analysis shows that 20 of the listed products already have cheaper generic versions, and the portal deliberately...
Oceania Cruises® Introduces the Oceania Club Ambassador Program
Oceania Cruises has launched the Oceania Club Ambassador Program, a referral initiative that grants a US $200 future cruise credit to both the referring Club member and the newly booked guest. The offer applies only to first‑time, full‑fare bookings and credits...
Tudor Gold Begins PEA for Treaty Creek in Canada
Tudor Gold has commissioned a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for the Goldstorm Deposit at its Treaty Creek Project in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle. Fuse Advisors will evaluate an underground operation capable of processing up to 10,000 tonnes per day and...
U.S. Army Moves Toward Plug-and-Play Drone Munition Architecture
The U.S. Army issued a sources‑sought notice to find industry partners capable of delivering a standardized munition payload interface for uncrewed aerial systems, based on the Picatinny Common Lethality Interface Kit (CLIK) and the smaller Universal Payload Interface (sUPI). The...
Minor Hotels Brings Luxury Anantara Hotels & Resorts Brand to Australia - Anantara Perth Hotel
Minor Hotels is launching its luxury Anantara brand in Australia with the Anantara Perth Hotel, slated to open in 2032 as the centerpiece of the AUD $3.8 billion Burswood Point master‑planned development. The waterfront property will offer 150 rooms, two restaurants, a...
Fire Horse Freight Frenzy: VLCC Markets Smash Records in Supertanker Anniversary Year
The 2026 Year of the Fire Horse marks the 60th anniversary of the world’s first VLCC, Idemitsu Maru, and has sparked a surge in supertanker charter rates, with spot prices topping $200,000 per day and rumors of a one‑year deal...
Balcony Solar Is Taking State Legislatures by Storm
Balcony‑mounted plug‑in solar panels are gaining legislative traction, with bills introduced in 28 states and Washington, D.C. that would legalize permission‑less, up‑to‑1,200‑watt devices on renters' and owners' balconies. Utah remains the only state with an explicit law, but lawmakers across...
U.S. Air Force Initiates Program to Replace LC-130H Polar Aircraft
The U.S. Air Force has launched the Polar Modernization LC‑130J program to replace its aging LC‑130H fleet with a digitally upgraded, ski‑equipped variant of the C‑130J. The initiative will study structural reinforcements, avionics integration, and thermal protections needed for Arctic...
MGA Thermal Secures AU$3.25 Million ARENA Funding for Thermal Energy Storage FEED Studies
MGA Thermal has secured AU$3.25 million from ARENA to fund up to five front‑end engineering design (FEED) studies for its patented MGA Block thermal energy storage system. The studies will produce detailed designs, cost estimates and risk assessments for industrial partners...
Newag Hybrid Multiple Unit for PKP Intercity
Polish manufacturer Newag unveiled its first hybrid multiple‑unit for PKP Intercity, a train that combines electric and diesel power to operate on both electrified and non‑electrified lines. The units can reach 160 km/h on electrified tracks and 120 km/h on non‑electrified routes, with...
Rainbow Six Mobile: Operators Tier List
Rainbow Six Mobile’s latest tier list ranks operators by effectiveness in competitive play. S‑tier attackers—Dokkaebi, Hibana and Thatcher—lead with anti‑roam, ranged breaching and gadget disruption, while Ash, Thermite, Twitch and Deimos fill the A tier. Defender rankings place Caveira, Valkyrie...
Boeing Secures U.S. Special Operations Command MH-47G Deal
Boeing received a $19.4 million contract modification from U.S. Special Operations Command to continue procurement of MH‑47G special‑operations helicopters. The funding extends production at Boeing’s Ridley Park facility through November 2030, sustaining the heavy‑lift, long‑range capability essential for special‑operations missions. The MH‑47G variant...
Soft Drink’s Jio Moment? RIL’s Campa Tests Coke-Pepsi Duopoly of 30 Years
Reliance Industries has revived the legacy Campa Cola brand, pricing bottles at INR 10 and quickly gaining a foothold in India's carbonated soft‑drink market. Within a year, Campa grew to roughly 7% market share and generated about INR 1,000 crore in revenue, contributing...
JetEffect Marks 25 Years in Business with 900 Transactions Completed
JetEffect celebrates 25 years, having completed more than 900 aircraft transactions. The U.S.-based broker handles turboprop, light, midsize, super‑midsize and long‑range business jets. Over half its workforce has been with the firm for more than two decades, enabling senior‑level advisory...
Wio Bank and Kibsons Partner to Bolster UAE Food Supply Chains and Reward Grocery Shoppers
Wio Bank PJSC has teamed up with UAE fresh‑food retailer Kibsons to embed digital banking services into the grocery ecosystem. The deal provides supply‑chain finance that improves liquidity and cash‑flow visibility across Kibsons’ import, distribution and e‑commerce operations. From now...
Sword Intelligence Launches in the UK, Bringing Proven National-Scale AI Care Operations Set to Transform Healthcare in Greece
Sword Intelligence has launched its AI‑driven care‑operations platform in the UK, targeting NHS waiting‑list pressures. The solution automates triage, coordination, outreach and scheduling, freeing clinical capacity without major staffing or infrastructure upgrades. Simultaneously, the company is building one of Europe’s...
The Hydrothermal Treatment Effect on the Transverse Relaxivity Values of DyF3 Nanoparticles Colloidal Solutions
Researchers investigated how hydrothermal processing—both classic autoclave and microwave irradiation—affects the transverse relaxivity (r₂) of DyF₃ nanoparticle colloids. Using ¹H NMR at magnetic fields of 0.6 T, 3.65 T and 9.4 T, they found that autoclave‑treated samples exhibit the highest r₂ values, outperforming...
10 Companies Hiring in San Francisco and South San Francisco
San Francisco and South San Francisco remain biotech hubs, employing over 113,700 workers according to a Cushman & Wakefield report. Although BioSpace job postings fell sharply in January, listings are now climbing, with ten companies actively hiring. Companies such as AbbVie, Amgen, Eli Lilly and Ideaya...
Workday Brings AI-Native Contract Lifecycle Management to EU Businesses with Frankfurt Data Residency
Workday announced an AI‑native Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) solution hosted in Frankfurt, giving EU customers a local data residency option. The service leverages generative AI to draft, review, and negotiate contracts while automatically enforcing compliance rules. By storing all contract...
EFootball 2026 Brings “The Pitch Is Ours” Campaign with Free Epic Card on Offer, Vieri Arrival, Coin Rewards, and More
eFootball 2026 has kicked off the two‑week "The Pitch is Ours" campaign, running Feb 26‑Mar 12. Players can claim a daily free Epic draw featuring Dirk Kuyt and earn points in PvP matches to spend on coin rewards in the revived Campaign Hub. The...
Aldi to Raise Pay for Second Time This Year
Aldi announced a second pay rise for its UK store staff effective 1 April 2026, boosting hourly wages to £13.50 nationally and £14.88 within the M25, with higher rates for longer service. The increase covers more than 28,000 hourly‑paid colleagues and follows...
Shangri-La Hambantota Is Now A Certified Halal-Friendly Hotel
Shangri‑La Hambantota has earned the Halal Friendly Certification from the Halal Assessment Council Guarantee Limited, confirming its ability to serve verified Halal meals from dedicated kitchen facilities. The luxury resort, opened in 2016 as the brand’s first Sri Lankan property,...
Zijin Gold Ridge Adds Five SANY SET150S Hybrid Mining Trucks at Akyem
Zijin Golden Ridge Limited has taken delivery of five SANY SET150S off‑highway hybrid mining trucks at its Akyem gold mine in Ghana. The diesel‑electric trucks are designed to reduce fuel consumption, lower operating costs, and cut carbon emissions, aligning with...
Statkraft Reaches Milestone in the United Kingdom: Statkraft and Emsys VPPFfocus on Flexibility with 300-MW Battery Storage System “Thurrock”
Statkraft and Emsys VPP have successfully connected the 300‑MW Thurrock battery storage system to the UK grid, marking a major milestone for the partnership. The connection enables the virtual power plant to manage a gigawatt‑scale portfolio of Statkraft batteries across...
Fleet Space Delivers for Lundin Gold
Fleet Space Technologies supplied a satellite‑based IoT network to Lundin Gold’s Fruta del Norte mine in Ecuador, enabling the company to map previously undetectable, or “blind,” mineral systems. The real‑time data stream allowed more precise drilling, cutting exploration costs by...
Argenx Reports Topline P-III (ADAPT OCULUS) Trial Data on Vyvgart in Ocular Myasthenia Gravis (MG)
argenx announced topline Phase III ADAPT OCULUS data for Vyvgart (efgartigimod alfa + hyaluronidase‑qvfc) in adults with ocular myasthenia gravis. The trial met its primary endpoint, delivering a 4.04‑point improvement in Myasthenia Impairment Index PRO ocular scores versus 1.99 points for placebo at...
Predictive Maintenance Robotics: How AI and Automation Are Redefining Industrial Asset Reliability
Predictive maintenance robotics leverages AI and machine‑learning to shift industrial upkeep from fixed‑schedule preventive care to condition‑based, data‑driven actions. Continuous sensor streams—vibration, acoustic, thermal, electrical—are analyzed in real time to spot anomalies and forecast component failures. The approach integrates with...
BeIN Extends F1 Rights Across 10 Asian Territories
beIN Asia Pacific has extended its exclusive Formula 1 broadcast partnership through the 2030 season, covering ten Asian territories. The agreement secures live transmission of every Grand Prix, practice, qualifying, Sprint and related feeder series such as Formula 2, Formula 3, F1 Academy...
Weekly Newsletter 26 February 2026
The weekly newsletter spotlights a new testing hub at a former quarry in Neerabup, Perth, where Imdex, Jevons Robotics and the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation are trialing METS autonomous mining equipment. The collaboration brings together advanced robotics, mining technology and...
WorldNeverland: Daily Life in the Elnea Kingdom Coming to PS4 in March
Althi announced that its sandbox life‑simulation *WorldNeverland: Daily Life in the Elnea Kingdom* will arrive on PlayStation 4 in March 2026. The title originally debuted on Android in 2015 and later expanded to iOS, Switch, PC and Xbox Series, making this...
Software Development AI Robotics: Engineering Intelligent Machines for the Real World
Software development is now the backbone of AI robotics, enabling machines to perceive, decide, and act in real‑world environments. Frameworks such as the Robot Operating System (ROS) and edge‑AI hardware like Nvidia Jetson streamline sensor fusion, simulation, and real‑time control....
Booming Markets Propel Hong Kong Exchange’s Profits to Record High
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing reported a second‑year profit record in 2025, with attributable earnings up 36% to US$2.3 billion and total revenue hitting US$3.7 billion. The exchange reclaimed its position as the world’s leading IPO venue, hosting 119 listings that raised...
WPP Launches New Elevate28 Strategy with Four Core Divisions and £500m Savings
WPP unveiled its Elevate28 strategy, reorganising the group into four core divisions and targeting £500 million in savings over the next three years. The plan places media at the centre of growth, reflecting a shift after a 5.4% revenue decline in...
Thailand’s Gulf Energy Seeks More April LNG
Thai private‑sector importer Gulf Energy announced a new tender for two additional April LNG cargoes, targeting delivery windows of 22‑23 April and 25‑26 April. The offers are to be priced against the northeast Asian spot LNG index, with the tender closing on...