Eli Lilly is raising $8B in bonds to keep fueling a $30B-plus acquisition run, on top of a $9B manufacturing bet on Zepbound and Mounjaro. Most reps will scroll past that headline. This post digs into what the debt actually signals, and how to turn it into an account plan you can run this quarter.
Most sales teams think "using AI" means faster email drafts. This post argues that's the losing move. It walks through how a smaller group of competitors is overfeeding AI with real account intelligence, filings, initiatives, exec profiles, then using it to map pains to people to plays before writing a single message.
Estée Lauder and Puig are quietly negotiating a merger that could reshape global beauty. Here's what the deal reveals about fragrance strategy, family governance, and the six integration hot spots technology sellers should be watching right now.
The 2026 Forbes Global 2000 is more than just a yearly ranking. It is a clear picture of the way power is shifting in banking, Big Tech, AI, energy, and top new companies from many markets. JPMorgan Chase kept its No. 1 spot for the fourth year in a row. Amazon moved up to No. 2, and Alphabet went up to No. 4. Companies building what AI needs are also getting more important in the ranking. See what else changed and download the 2026 Global 2000 List today.
Some companies merged (Interpublic/Omnicom, Kimberly-Clark/Kenvue). Some companies acquired (Footlocker, Hess). Some companies have been taken private (Endeavor, Nordstrom). Some companies have new CEOs (Walmart, Berkshire Hathaway). Some companies have rebranded (FM). There's also a long list of private companies on the Fortune 500. See the list...
NextEra (Fortune #173) just dropped a $67B shockwave on the utility world by snapping up Dominion Energy (Fortune #264). Two massive, messy tech stacks. One insane AI + data center land grab. The real story? Hidden sales plays no one’s talking about yet. Want the playbook the account teams will use?
See what a real AI-powered account plan looks like when you’re serious about winning a greenfield Fortune 500 logo like Walmart.
A legacy application. A new CIO. A new CHRO. And a seven-figure deal your competitor never even saw coming. That’s what real AI‑powered sales intelligence looks like in the wild. It's not a cute email rewrite, not a slightly better sequence, but a tangible, forecastable opportunity that would have stayed invisible without the right signals being connected.
