The man financing Britain’s clean energy future on doubt, policy risk, and the things no CFO can control. As CFO of one of Britain’s most ambitious clean energy projects, EnergyPathways’ Max Williams has learned that securing capital is only half the job. Since joining the firm in April 2025, Williams has been overseeing the finances…
Wix is cutting roughly 1,000 jobs, around 20% of its workforce, after warning that artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how work is done and forcing the company to become a “faster, leaner and flatter” organization. The website-building company said it must adapt to AI-native ways of working as technology reshapes the software industry. The announcement…
On the surface, Spain enters the second half of this year as one of Europe’s best-performing economies, most visible in the pace of tourist activity across its major cities. Last year, Spain welcomed 96.8 million tourists: an all-time high. In the first two months of 2026, nearly 10.7 million people visited the country, a 2%…
Hollywood’s top executives received $746 million in compensation during 2025 while more than 17,000 media jobs were eliminated across television, film, news and streaming. The stark contrast is adding to concerns that the industry’s drive for profitability, efficiency and technological change is shrinking opportunities for workers even as rewards at the top continue to grow….
Banco Central do Brasil (BCB) has banned fintech and payment providers from settling overseas payments in stablecoins or crypto. With Resolution 561, the BCB is implementing new rules regarding its electronic foreign exchange (eFX) policy, which governs how payment institutions and e-money issuers provide cross-border services. Its immediate effects, when the new rules go into…
Deutsche Bank and Barclays are among the European banks most exposed to a potential private credit downturn, according to new analysis that is raising fresh concerns about lending conditions as businesses already face higher borrowing costs. New analysis from Bloomberg Intelligence found that four banks — Deutsche Bank, Barclays, BNP Paribas and HSBC — account…
Lock in today’s painful prices, or bet that volatility breaks your way? CFOs are being forced to choose. Commodity hedging is no longer a technical exercise buried in the treasury function. As price volatility spreads across energy, metals, and agricultural commodities, CFOs are forced to make explicit, high-stakes bets about the future — locking in…
A key inflation measure favored by new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh cooled again in April, even as Americans continue dealing with stubbornly high prices and Fed officials grow more divided over whether inflation is actually easing. The Dallas Fed’s trimmed mean inflation gauge showed year-over-year inflation at 2.3% in April, down from 2.4% in…
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling invalidating the Trump administration’s tariffs was a positive outcome for companies, but refunds may take years to materialize. The Supreme Court decided in February that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency illegally collected $166 billion from 300,000 importers. Logically, companies should get refunds, but lawyers don’t expect a…
PayPal suddenly looks less like a company dealing with a rough stretch on Wall Street and more like a warning sign for a digital economy that is becoming harder, slower, and less forgiving. After disappointing investors with weak growth in its core checkout business, PayPal is moving deeper into restructuring, layoffs, and AI-driven cost cutting…