The Macro
IMF Spring Meetings 2026: The $20 Trillion Report Nobody Talked About
The most expensive oversight of the week
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ITV-Sky £1.6 Billion Deal: The Four Women Deciding Britain's Media Future
ITV sells its channels and ITVX to Comcast's Sky for £1.6 billion, creating a broadcaster built to rival Netflix. McCall, Strong, Nandy and Dinenage now decide if the deal survives regulators.
Vatican New Head of Communications Is A Woman
Mexican-American Maria Montserrat Alvarado, has been named as Head of Vatican Communications. It makes her the first woman to hold the role in the institution's history.
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AI & Tech
Banning Grok & AI Needs 10 Yottaflops
The Award Goes To, Snap Elections, Tweaking Rules, Banning Grok, AI Needs 10 Yottaflops & Conflict Watch
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AI & Tech
LLMs Stereotype Older Women & AI Regulation Watch
Harvard's Male Bastion, LLMs Stereotypes, AI Regulations, Natural Disasters & Never ending Conflicts
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AI & Tech
Say AI 66 times!
EU’s AI Ambitions, BoE’s AI Bubble, Japan’s New Boss, Nobel Prizes & Quiet Climate Withdrawals
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The Macro
The Summer That Was!
The glorious European summer weather though has come at a cost. Blistering heatwaves in Europe, Africa, Asia and the U.S. have resulted in food shortages from droughts.
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The Macro
New frontiers & entitlement
Why is it that most successful female entrepreneurs gloss over the hardest part of building a business? Getting the initial seed money to fund the idea. It’s tough. Let’s be honest about it.
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AI & Tech
The Brain Drain
General Catalyst’s launch of its European Office. The partners at one of the largest VC firms in the world reminded us all that their first investments in Europe had been in Ukraine
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The Macro
Boss ladies wrapping the year & going dark
A wrap of 2021's biggest highlights: Leena Nair becomes CEO of Chanel, Sheikha Dana Nasser Sabah Al Ahmad is CEO of Kuwait Projects Co (KIPCO), Amanda Gorman at the U.S. Presidential inauguration
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The Macro
Indecision & distractions
The Santander Vs. Andrea Orcel case has been one to watch. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba’s market cap halved this year. Equinix acquiring MainOne, a West African data centre
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The Macro
Power Moves at Inditex
The world’s most powerful woman in fashion is now Marta Ortega. Inditex founder Amancio Ortega’s 37 year old daughter has been appointmented as Chairman of Inditex
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