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BARK (BARK) held its Q4 fiscal 2026 earnings call on June 9. CEO Matt Meeker and interim CFO Brian Dostie discussed the company's financial results. Read the full transcript.
A SAR 3.4 million negotiated deal on Saudi Kayan crossed Tadawul on June 10, a quiet day for the petrochemical stock. The trade appears as Saudi industrial output shrinks 19%.
Emiza's sixth Delhi-NCR warehouse adds 1.2 lakh sq ft capacity, 23 docks, and 500 new jobs. The 3PL player now operates across 11 cities with over 60 lakh cubic feet of space.
Gut health brand Bio&Me, co-founded by Dr. Megan Rossi, ranked 60th in the Sunday Times 100 list of fastest-growing private companies. The ranking is based on three-year revenue growth.
Mortgage demand jumped 10.8% last week as rates stayed near 6.6%. Refi rose 15%, purchase apps up 7%. The CPI print this week could swing rates and demand again.
Gold futures fell to $4,183.80 after US-Iran strikes and ahead of the CPI report. The 1.8% decline is the lowest since March. A hot CPI could add more pressure.
Saudi industrial output fell 19.1% in April as oil cuts deepened, while non-oil manufacturing rose 3.1%, data shows.
Zoho's Nathu La server delivers 20-30% lower TCO and 18% less power for AI inference. The move targets a growing cost burden as enterprise AI adoption strains India's tech import bill.
Sterling held near $1.27 as higher oil from U.S.-Iran tensions offset growing bets on a BoE rate cut. Brent rose above $85. UK GDP due Thursday is the next catalyst.
Short-term Indian government bond yields fell to their lowest in three months on Wednesday, steepening the yield curve to a one-year high on expectations that banks will invest funds raised under the
Fans paid $18 for a beer at a warm-up match. FIFA's response: a blockchain ticketing system with Avalanche and a Kraken sponsorship. Expect £15 pints and crypto engagement.
Leaders who say 'they're not ready' often haven't prepared them. A 30-day plan with specific behaviors turns delegation from a wish into a reality. Readiness is built, not discovered.
Folarin Balogun scored 19 goals this season. The USMNT heads to the home World Cup without a single crypto sponsor as crypto sports spending hits $565 million.
Wharton professor Judd Kessler explains how hidden markets decide who gets IPO allocations, fills, and liquidity. Apply his three E's to gain a structural edge.
Kraken's official sponsorship, Chiliz fan tokens, and a countdown concert at Crypto.com Arena signal that this World Cup is as much a crypto event as a sporting one.
Chip War author Chris Miller says China's AI spending is lower than US cloud firms' annual capex, and Chinese firms haven't bought Nvidia H200s.
Central banks bought 244 tons of gold in Q1 while the metal fell 25% from its peak. Sprott's Paul Wong sees the late-stage debt cycle favoring hard assets over yield, with fiscal dominance constraining policy.
U.S. productivity rose 2.3% in Q4, yet the macro data hasn't kept pace with AI spending. Goldman Sachs sees a 0.4% annual GDP boost. The next test comes May 7.
A McKinsey consultant built an AI-powered website to manage projects and cut slide decks. The experiment could reshape consulting's reliance on PowerPoint.
Kraken becomes the official crypto exchange of the 2026 World Cup, while FIFA outfits referees with body cameras for live first-person views.
Lana Medical Co. won a SAR 40.95 million project from the Ministry of Health. The contract adds to its government backlog. Shares traded flat.
Trump is leaning on John Thune to advance the SAVE America Act, a voter ID bill lacking the 60 votes to pass. If it consumes Senate floor time, pending crypto market structure bills could slip to 2027.
GFH Bank and OCTO signed a $300M MoU for a logistics and industrial platform in Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The deal adds to a growing pipeline of industrial property investments in the Gulf.
SpaceX drew $250B in orders for its $75B IPO, pulling $180B from crypto. Exchanges launch pre-IPO perpetuals. Bitrue's Adziima calls it an IPO tax on risk assets.
SpaceX's $75B IPO draws retail capital from crypto as volumes drop. Bitcoin stalls near $60K, Ethereum at $3,300. The competition for speculative dollars tightens.
Three megabanks plan a yen stablecoin through a trust structure with FSA backing. A governance council will write the rules before live commercial transactions begin by March 2027.
The CFTC's new rule proposal would govern how prediction market platforms operate, potentially affecting traders who use these markets to gauge economic or political outcomes.
Cape Verde's historic World Cup qualification is shadowed by a $15,000 visa bond for US games. Kraken's FIFA sponsorship shows crypto's growing role, while the bond issue highlights real-world barriers.
New York DFS proposed a regulation to align state stablecoin rules with the GENIUS Act, covering reserve limits and risk management. Issuers with over $10B in stablecoins would face federal oversight.