Three notes requiring your attention this morning.
First, we’re now on episode three of our replacement for the BPH and the early morning production is gaining traction. We’re tightening up the content and now publishing just before 7am (targeting 6:30am delivery). Have a listen (click here or on the image below) – suggestions gratefully received. ([email protected]).
Second, the BNC#4 house full signs have temporarily been removed. Some rooms have been freed up through our team finding alternative accommodation and a few early bookers not meeting their deposits. If you want to stay on-site, here’s your chance. But please act quickly, because the hotel’s rooms are sure to be fully allocated soon. Click here for all the details and to register your interest.
Third, in December our partners at OrbVest experimented by offering the BizNews community a $1000 entry point into their US medical property offerings – down from $5 000. The tech handled the demand and they’re making the reduction permanent. Martin Freeman and Justin Clarke will have all the details and unwrap a fresh investment opportunity when I host them in a webinar on Monday at 7pm (US Independence Day – July 4). Click here to register.
More for you to read today:
- ANC presidential failures. RW Johnson reckons SA’s dominant political party has not produced a single decent chief executive in almost 30 years.
- CEO Stock Sales Raise Questions About Insider Trading. A WSJ analysis of preset trading plans by company insiders shows that executives benefit when sales happen quickly after the plans’ adoption. Academics and the SEC say some corporate insiders might be using nonpublic information to game the system.
- U.S. to Ramp Up Military Presence in Europe to Counter Russia. New troops and weapons are part of NATO’s response to the war in Ukraine, including the first permanent U.S. troops to Poland.
- Norway Was a Pandemic Success. Then It Spent Two Years Studying Its Failures. Why one country wrote a playbook for the rest of the world.
- Tech Giants Pour Billions Into AI, but Hype Doesn’t Always Match Reality. Google, Meta and OpenAI are investing heavily in the technology, which is increasingly capturing the public imagination.
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