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Andrew Palmer

Andrew Palmer is a senior financial journalist specializing in business insight, investing, wealth management, and celebrity finance. Since 2009, he has written for CEO Today, Finance Monthly, and Lawyer Monthly, covering major deals, market movers, and the financial strategies behind global success stories. Known for his sharp analysis and accessible style, Andrew explores how money, power, and influence intersect — from billion-dollar mergers and investment trends to the business empires of high-profile entrepreneurs and entertainers. His work offers readers clear, informed perspectives on wealth creation, financial leadership, and the people shaping today’s global economy.

AI Voice Agents Are Getting Smarter — But Enterprise ROI Remains the Real Test

March 2, 2026
The first phase of enterprise AI was defined by experimentation. The next phase belongs to economic proof. As organisations push conversational AI into customer-facing workflows, the question confronting CEOs and CIOs in 2026 is no longer whether the technology can function, but whether it can deliver consistent, defensible returns at scale. New research activity from […]
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Tech Resilience Is Now a Board Priority — Not an IT Project

March 2, 2026
For years, globalisation pushed enterprise technology in one direction: centralise, optimise, cut cost. In 2026, that model is under pressure. Geopolitical fragmentation, rising cyber exposure and deepening dependence on complex vendor ecosystems are forcing a rethink — and the implications now sit squarely in the boardroom. What was once treated as technical hygiene is increasingly […]
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AI Didn’t Give Your Team Time Back. It Gave Them More Work

February 28, 2026
AI was supposed to give corporate employees time back. For many leadership teams, the business case for generative AI has sounded straightforward: reduce routine workload, free up capacity and redeploy time into higher-value work. Drafting, summarising and debugging could all be handled faster, with fewer people stuck in the weeds. Yet a more complicated reality […]
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The Real Risk Isn’t Capital Misallocation. It’s Capability Erosion.

February 12, 2026
Boards have become highly sophisticated at overseeing capital Investment cases are scrutinised. Scenario modelling is rigorous. Liquidity, leverage and return thresholds are reviewed with discipline. Underperforming assets are restructured or divested. Capital moves quickly when it needs to. Capability does not. That mismatch is becoming one of the most significant performance risks inside modern organisations. […]
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Can Two CEOs Share Power? Why Boards Are Rethinking the Top Job

February 12, 2026
For most of modern corporate history, authority at the top has been indivisible. One chief executive. One final decision. One name attached to performance. That model is being quietly redesigned. From Netflix to Oracle — and now Spotify — global companies are embedding co-CEO structures into formal succession planning. Not as temporary experiments, but as […]
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Bitcoin Rebounds Above $65,000 as Crypto Braces for Worst Weekly Crash Since 2022

February 6, 2026
Bitcoin clawed back above $65,000 on Friday, but the rebound did little to calm markets after a brutal selloff left the world’s largest cryptocurrency heading for its worst weekly drop since late 2022. The sharp moves come as a global rout in technology stocks and other risk assets forces investors to unwind crowded bets, exposing […]
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Amazon Shares Slide as $600 Billion AI Spending Spree Sparks Fresh Tech Selloff Fears

February 6, 2026
Amazon shares sank sharply on Friday after investors recoiled at the scale of Big Tech’s accelerating AI spending, reigniting fears that the industry is pouring unprecedented sums into technology that may take years to pay off — if it pays off at all. The stock dropped after Reuters reported that Amazon’s capital expenditure plans could […]
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Body Found on Cyprus Beach Identified as Former Russian Tycoon With Past Detention

February 6, 2026
Authorities in Cyprus say a body discovered last month on a southern beach has been identified as Vladislav Baumgertner, a Russian businessman who once ran the world’s largest potash producer and was previously detained in Belarus in a high-profile corporate dispute. Police operating under the UK’s Sovereign Base Areas confirmed that DNA analysis matched the […]
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US and Russia Restore Direct Military Hotline as Ukraine War Intensifies

February 6, 2026
The United States and Russia have agreed to restore high-level military-to-military communication for the first time in more than four years, a move that comes as fighting in Ukraine grinds on and Moscow escalates attacks on critical infrastructure. The channel was suspended in late 2021, months before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Its revival follows […]
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Trump Ends Job Protections for 50,000 Federal Workers, Putting Careers at Risk

February 5, 2026
Trump Ends Job Protections for 50,000 Federal Workers, Putting Careers at Risk Job security for tens of thousands of U.S. federal workers faces immediate uncertainty. The Trump administration has moved to strip job protections from up to 50,000 career employees, handing President Donald Trump sweeping new authority to hire and fire staff across federal agencies […]
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Trump Promises Cheaper Drugs as TrumpRx Launch Exposes Gaps in How Savings Reach Consumers

February 5, 2026
Trump Promises Cheaper Drugs as TrumpRx Launch Exposes Gaps in How Savings Reach Consumers A new federal access channel for prescription medicines is set to go live this week, immediately tightening pricing expectations across the U.S. healthcare system. On Thursday evening, U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to unveil TrumpRx.gov, a direct-to-consumer website designed to […]
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How Dynamic Pricing Is Changing Parcel Shipping for Businesses

February 4, 2026
Parcel shipping is moving away from mostly predictable annual price changes and toward rates that can shift more often based on demand, capacity constraints, and shipment characteristics. In practice, that means the same company can ship the same type of parcel and see different costs depending on timing, destination profile, and how carriers classify the […]
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