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Brooklyn Rail Announces 'Publishing-in-Transit' Zoom Panel on Future of Publishing
Brooklyn Rail is convening a Zoom conversation called Publishing-in-Transit, featuring poets Jennifer Baker, rob mclennan, Misha Solomon and contributor Cole Swensen. The event, funded by the Marion Boulton Kippy Stroud Foundation and the Teiger Foundation, will explore emerging publishing models and the role of independent presses.
Retirement Tax Myths Exposed: Deferral, IRMAA Traps, and 401(k) Pitfalls
Retirement advisors say the long‑held belief that deferring taxes until retirement works for only about 4% of savers. New expert commentary also highlights how Social Security, Medicare IRMAA surcharges and “set‑it‑and‑forget‑it” 401(k) funds can erode nest eggs, urging retirees to...
Los Angeles Condo Sales Hit 20‑Year Low as Prices Slip 5% in February
Attom reports that only 1,976 condominiums were sold in Los Angeles County in January‑February, the lowest volume in more than two decades. Median condo prices fell 4.5% year‑over‑year, underscoring a broader softening of the high‑price market.
Jeff Gundlach Says Fed Rate Cuts Are ‘Impossible’ Until Inflation Peaks
Jeffrey Gundlach, CEO of DoubleLine Capital, told Fox News that a Federal Reserve rate cut is “just not possible” given a two‑year Treasury yield nearly 50 basis points above the Fed funds rate and a 3.8% CPI jump in April....
AMD Invests $6.5 Million in Marvell, Signaling Chip‑maker Confidence in Data‑center Networking
Advanced Micro Devices disclosed a $6.5 million purchase of 65,516 Marvell shares at $99.05 each, a move analysts say signals confidence in data‑center networking technology. The investment arrives as Nvidia has already poured $2 billion into Marvell and the broader semiconductor rally...
Gentrack Buys Factor for NZ$24M to Boost AI Energy Pricing Tools
Gentrack Group Ltd completed a NZ$24 million acquisition of Prospero Energy’s Factor platform on May 15, 2026. The deal adds AI‑based energy pricing software to Gentrack’s utilities portfolio and includes a NZ$10 million earn‑out tied to revenue growth, positioning the company for earnings...
F‑Secure Study Shows 56% of Americans Hit by Scams in 2025, Calls on Telecoms for Protection
F‑Secure’s 2025 Scam Intelligence & Impacts Report finds 56% of Americans encounter scams each month and 40 million have lost money, a figure that more than doubled from the prior year. The study urges telecom providers to take a leading role...
Walmart, Coca‑Cola and McDonald’s Topped as Buy‑and‑Hold Dividend Picks
The Motley Fool highlighted Walmart, Coca‑Cola and McDonald’s as the premier dividend stocks for long‑term investors. Each company boasts decades of dividend increases, solid payout ratios and business models that support sustainable cash flow.
India’s DNPA Conclave Calls on Tech Giants to Revise Revenue‑Sharing with Publishers
India’s Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA) conclave saw Union Minister Aswini Vaishnav demand that technology platforms overhaul their revenue‑sharing models with news publishers. The minister warned that failure to act could trigger legislative measures, underscoring the growing tension between advertisers,...
Turkey's Consumer Confidence Index Edges Up to 85.8 in May, Boosting Retail Outlook
Turkey's consumer confidence index rose to 85.8 in May from 85.5 in April, the strongest reading since March 2025. While still below the neutral 100 mark, the uptick suggests households are less pessimistic, a welcome sign for retailers hoping for...
SciBase Shows Nevisense Detects Age‑Related Skin Barrier Changes with 0.69 Correlation
SciBase Holding AB announced that its Nevisense electrical impedance spectroscopy platform can identify age‑related skin barrier alterations, delivering a composite score that correlates with age at a Spearman rho of 0.69. The findings were unveiled at the 2026 Society for...
IBM Launches Forward Deployed Units to Accelerate Enterprise AI Delivery
IBM announced the Forward Deployed Units (FDUs) model, a six‑person, senior‑level team augmented by AI agents designed to move AI projects from pilot to production faster. Early deployments with Riyadh Air, Nestlé, Heineken and Pearson illustrate the approach, which IBM...
Gen Z Now Makes Up 20% of U.S. Homebuyers, Driving Demand for Starter Homes and Rentals
Gen Z now represents roughly 20% of U.S. homebuyers and nearly one‑in‑five mortgage applications, a shift that is pressuring starter‑home supply, boosting rental demand, and forcing investors and lenders to rethink strategies.
Zambia Lifts Sulphuric Acid Export Ban to DRC, Easing Battery‑metal Supply Constraints
Zambia has cleared two major copper producers to restart limited sulphuric acid exports to the Democratic Republic of Congo after domestic inventories recovered. The move, which includes a 5,000‑tonne shipment authorised for trader Alliswell Investment, aims to ease a bottleneck...
ESPN Analysts Spar over NBA Tanking, Question League Integrity
ESPN commentators Bobby Marks and Stephen A. Smith erupted in a public dispute over the Utah Jazz's recent tanking tactics, labeling the moves a breach of NBA integrity. Their clash highlights growing tensions within sports media about how aggressively analysts...
U.S. Credit‑Card Balances Drop $25 B in Q1 2026, Yet Debt Remains 5.9% Higher YoY
The New York Fed reported that U.S. credit‑card balances fell by $25 billion to $1.25 trillion in the first quarter of 2026, marking the first quarterly decline in months. Despite the drop, total card debt is still 5.9% higher than a year...
Tata Electronics Inks Partnership with ASML for Gujarat Semiconductor Fab
Tata Electronics and ASML have signed an agreement to establish a semiconductor manufacturing facility in Gujarat's Dholera region, marking a major step in India's push for a self‑sufficient chip supply chain. The partnership, announced during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Europe...
Qualtrics to Buy Press Ganey Forsta for $6.75 Bn, Creating Largest AI Experience Dataset
Qualtrics is acquiring healthcare experience platform Press Ganey Forsta for $6.75 billion. The deal will merge Qualtrics' experience‑management suite with Press Ganey Forsta's data assets, creating the largest AI‑driven experiential dataset ever assembled. The move expands Qualtrics' footprint in the health‑care...
Canadian Solar Names Colin Parkin CEO, Founder Shawn Qu Shifts to CTO Role
Canadian Solar announced Colin Parkin as its new chief executive and moved founder Dr. Shawn Qu to a dual role as executive chairman and chief technology officer. The reshuffle, unveiled with Q1 2026 results, aims to leverage Qu’s technical expertise...
EY Canada Removes AI-Generated Loyalty Report Amid Accuracy Review
EY Canada has taken down a report on loyalty rewards programs after GPTZero researchers identified AI hallucinations, fabricated data and bogus citations. The firm announced an internal review of the circumstances that led to the report’s publication, underscoring growing scrutiny...
CFTC Issues No‑Action Letter to Ease Reporting for Prediction‑Market Operators
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a no‑action letter that relaxes swap‑data reporting for prediction‑market operators, allowing event contracts to use futures‑style reporting. The guidance covers 19 current beneficiaries and creates a template for future entrants, signaling broader regulatory acceptance...
Integer Technologies Elevates Dillon Helfers to Lead New Mission Solutions Unit
Integer Technologies announced the promotion of Dillon Helfers to Vice President of Mission Solutions, tasking him with building a new operating group focused on maritime defense. The move signals the company’s intent to scale mission‑critical unmanned systems for U.S. government...
OneWall CEO Says AI Boosts Visibility, Not Jobs, as Portfolio Grows 16 Properties
OneWall Communities' CEO Ron Kutas says AI is delivering concrete operational value by giving full visibility into every data point across its growing portfolio, which added about 16 properties since October. The technology expands analyst capacity without cutting staff, while...
Carta Acquires Avantia Law to Launch AI‑powered ABS for Private‑equity Firms
San Francisco‑based Carta has bought Avantia Law, an AI‑focused alternative business structure serving asset‑management clients, and will rebrand the combined entity as Carta Law. The deal creates a cross‑Atlantic ABS that blends Carta’s ERP platform with Avantia’s AI, promising fixed‑fee,...
Pro Medicus Lands A$90 M, 7‑Year Imaging Deal with Beth Israel Lahey Health
Pro Medicus Ltd’s U.S. arm, Visage Imaging, signed a seven‑year, A$90 million agreement with Boston‑based Beth Israel Lahey Health to deploy its Visage 7 Enterprise Imaging platform. The deal, set to roll out in early FY2027, lifted Pro Medicus shares 2.6%...
Convai and Probe CX Deploy AVA AI Agent, Cutting Seasonal Hiring Time by 60%
Convai and Probe CX introduced the AVA AI Agent, a voice‑driven recruiter that automates early‑stage screening for high‑volume seasonal hiring. The tool has handled over 16,600 calls, cut hiring delays by 60%, and saved 330 recruiter hours in a single...
Ukraine Deploys Home‑Made FP‑1 and RS‑1 Drones in Massive Moscow Strike
Ukraine announced that its forces employed three domestically produced drones—FP‑1 Firepoint, RS‑1 Bars and Bars‑SM Gladiator—in a coordinated assault that saw more than 120 unmanned aircraft over the Moscow region on May 16‑17, 2026. The strike underscores the growing potency...
Multiverse Raises $70 Million to Fuel AI Upskilling Push Across Europe
Multiverse, the London‑based upskilling platform, closed a $70 million funding round led by Schroders Capital, lifting its valuation to $2.1 billion. The capital will be used to roll out its AI and data skills platform across Europe, addressing a widening talent gap...
DoubleRock’s Suraj Rajwani Sets New Bar for Enterprise‑Tech Startup Investment
DoubleRock managing partner Suraj Rajwani outlined three core criteria—execution, problem‑solving impact, and leadership resilience—that investors are using to separate high‑growth enterprise‑technology startups from the crowd. The Palo Alto‑based VC, who has backed more than 20 companies, warned that hype alone...
Red Hat Unveils Agentic AI Suite to Streamline Secure Development, Testing and Deployment
Red Hat announced a new agentic AI development suite that bundles Red Hat Desktop with Podman Desktop support and an upgraded Advanced Developer Suite. The tools add sandboxed testing, AI‑driven vulnerability intel and trusted libraries to help enterprises apply DevOps...
Mitsubishi Power and Tallgrass Launch $7 B AI Energy Hub in Wyoming
Mitsubishi Power Americas and Tallgrass Energy have unveiled a $7 billion, 1,150 MW Cheyenne Power Hub in southeast Wyoming. The project will deliver dedicated gas‑turbine power for AI‑focused data centers, reducing pressure on the regional grid and creating over 100 long‑term jobs.
Salient Systems Hires Veteran Steve Bell as EVP of Sales to Accelerate Enterprise Growth
Salient Systems announced Steve Bell as its new Executive Vice President of Sales, tasking him with scaling the company’s global sales organization across critical infrastructure, transportation, logistics, retail and education. Bell brings more than 25 years of technology‑sales leadership, including...
Realme 16T Unveiled with 8,000 mAh Battery and Segment‑Leading 50 MP Sony AI Camera
Realme revealed its upcoming 16T smartphone, slated for a May 22 launch in India. The device pairs an industry‑first 8,000 mAh battery with a 50 MP Sony IMX852 AI‑enhanced camera, positioning it as a content‑creation powerhouse in the mid‑range market.
Kord Fire Protection Calls on Southern California Owners to Prioritize Sprinkler Inspections
Kord Fire Protection, a Southern California fire‑protection firm, is urging property owners, facility managers and building operators to schedule annual and five‑year fire‑sprinkler inspections. The campaign highlights hidden system failures and ties compliance to insurance requirements under NFPA 25 and...
NY Judge to Decide on Backpack Evidence in Mangione Murder Trial
State Judge Gregory Carro will issue a ruling on whether the contents of Luigi Mangione’s seized backpack—handgun, journal, cash—can be admitted at his September murder trial. The decision follows a defense claim that the warrantless search violated Mangione’s Fourth‑Amendment rights and...
Ares Management Raises Record $30 B, Accelerating Private‑Credit Tilt
Ares Management reported a $30 billion capital raise, its largest ever, and used the proceeds to deepen exposure to private‑credit, direct‑lending funds and business development companies. The move signals strong institutional appetite for transparent, liquid credit vehicles and puts pressure on...
Cvent Appoints Prerna Jain as Director of Product Analytics to Accelerate AI‑Driven Event Marketing
Cvent has hired Prerna Jain as Director of Product Analytics, tasking her with expanding AI‑driven insights across its event‑marketing suite. Jain brings a decade of telecom analytics and senior AI/ML leadership from Talent500, HCLTech and Builder.ai, underscoring Cvent’s push toward...
European ETFs Pull in $45 Bn in April as Risk Appetite Fuels Tech and Emerging‑Market Surge
Invesco’s latest European ETF snapshot shows $45 bn of net new assets in April, driven by strong equity and fixed‑income inflows. Weekly data from Trackinsight recorded €3.99 bn ($4.3 bn) into equity ETFs and €3.04 bn ($3.3 bn) into fixed‑income products, while technology and emerging‑market...
Pakistan Raises $255 Million with First Panda Bond, Expanding RMB Funding Options
Pakistan issued a three‑year, RMB‑denominated panda bond worth Rmb1.75 billion ($255 million) at a 2.5% coupon, the lowest rate it has secured on a sovereign issue. The deal, over‑subscribed five‑fold, adds a cheaper financing channel and marks a test for the renminbi’s...
Six Senses Joins UN Initiative to Cut Food Waste in Hotels by 50% by 2030
Six Senses has signed on to the United Nations Environment Programme and UN World Tourism Organization’s Recipe of Change program, committing its 27 properties to help halve global food waste by 2030. The partnership showcases the brand’s long‑standing sustainability practices,...
IHH Healthcare Unifies Finance, HR, and Supply Chain on Oracle Fusion Cloud
IHH Healthcare announced it will migrate its finance, human resources and supply‑chain applications to Oracle Fusion Cloud, creating a single AI‑enabled platform. The move is aimed at improving operational efficiency, cutting costs and delivering better patient outcomes across its multinational...
Aurora, Berkshire Hathaway's McLane Achieve 100% On‑Time Delivery in Autonomous Truck Pilot
Aurora Innovation and Berkshire Hathaway’s logistics arm McLane announced that their autonomous trucking pilot delivered every load on schedule, achieving a 100% on‑time performance metric. The result, released today, is presented as proof that driverless freight can meet the reliability...
CAC 40 Drops 1% as Inflation Fears and Middle‑East Tensions Hit French Stocks
The CAC 40 slipped 1.04% to 7,869.62 points on Monday as fresh inflation concerns and Middle‑East supply‑chain worries weighed on French equities. Analysts linked the move to rising euro‑zone bond yields and a $2.2 bn LiveRamp deal that lifted Publicis shares.
SJVN Names Parthajit De CFO as Renewable Power Firm Gears Up for Capital Expansion
SJVN Limited announced that Parthajit De will assume the role of chief financial officer on April 10, 2026. The veteran finance executive, formerly director of finance at SJVN and a long‑time NHPC leader, brings nearly 30 years of experience in...
AI Lets Solo Founders Build $80M Exits, Yet Scaling Remains a Hurdle
Maor Shlomo built Base44, an AI‑driven app‑builder, in four months and sold it to Wix for $80 million after generating $1.5 million in revenue. The wave of AI‑enabled solopreneurs, exemplified by nonprofit consultant Dana Snyder, is reshaping leadership, but experts warn that...
Gordy Haab on Scoring Star Wars Jedi and Indiana Jones Games
Composer Gordy Haab, known for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Survivor and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, sat down ahead of the BAFTA Games Awards to discuss the challenges of scoring blockbuster franchises. He argues that modern games demand...
Fiserv Q1 2026 EPS Beats Forecast as Stock Slides 10% Post‑Call
Fiserv reported first‑quarter 2026 earnings of $1.79 per share and $5.03 billion in revenue, surpassing analyst forecasts. Despite the beat, the stock tumbled more than 10% in pre‑market trading and remained volatile, reflecting concerns over organic revenue decline and future growth.
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin Says AI Agents Now Automating High‑Skilled Finance Jobs
Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin told the Stanford Leadership Forum that agentic AI systems are now completing tasks that previously required teams of finance professionals with master’s and doctoral degrees, cutting weeks of work down to hours. The hedge...
TTEC, Deloitte and Zoom Trim Benefits as AI Funding Takes Priority
TTEC, Deloitte U.S. and Zoom announced benefit reductions this week, with TTEC explicitly linking a pause in discretionary 401(k) matching to AI‑related investments. The moves raise questions about compensation strategy and employee engagement as firms prioritize technology transformation.
Disney Trials New Content‑Protection System in India as JioStar Sues Zee Over Infringement
Disney has begun testing a content‑protection technology across its Indian streaming portfolio, and media‑tech firm JioStar has filed a lawsuit against Zee Entertainment alleging copyright infringement. The moves spotlight escalating battles over digital rights and revenue models in India's fast‑growing...