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InnovationExclusive: ‘I’ve seen this movie before’: A Michigan-raised ex-Tesla exec raises $45 million to break China’s grip on batteries

“We will not be able to out-China China,” Holyvolt COO Steven Prast told Fortune. “They’re the world champions at being China.”

By Nick LichtenbergOctober 15, 2026
Blackstone’s Wesley LePatner did it ‘all at once.’ The foundation made in her honor wants 1,000 leaders to master work, civic life, and philanthropy
MPW
Blackstone’s Wesley LePatner did it ‘all at once.’ The foundation made in her honor wants 1,000 leaders to master work, civic life, and philanthropy
By Sydney LakeOctober 15, 2026
‘They are in a casino’: Broadcom is making billions off the AI boom, but CEO Hock Tan said many AI investors have ‘no clue’ what they’re investing in
Investing
‘They are in a casino’: Broadcom is making billions off the AI boom, but CEO Hock Tan said many AI investors have ‘no clue’ what they’re investing in
By Mia OsmonbekovOctober 15, 2026
Satya Nadella gestures with both hands
Success
Microsoft’s CEO is still haunted by staying silent in a meeting with Bill Gates. Years later, his boss Steve Ballmer taught him how to speak up
By Preston ForeOctober 15, 2026
Latest
The Best Tinted Moisturizers in 2026: Lightweight Coverage That Lasts2 hours ago
Pinterest says its trend forecasts are 88% accurate. Here’s how its 2026 predictions actually played out2 hours ago
Who’s there? A rare family of barn owls takes over a water tower in Manhattan’s Upper West Side2 hours ago
‘It’s unacceptable’: California orders banks and credit unions to report their handling of insurance payouts to LA wildfire victims2 hours ago
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Health
Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer despite never smoking. Lung cancer screening only targets people who did
By Estelamari Rodriguez and The ConversationOctober 15, 2026
Block, Amazon, Synopsys and Cloudflare are rethinking how work gets done with AI
AI
Block, Amazon, Synopsys and Cloudflare are rethinking how work gets done with AI
By Sheryl EstradaOctober 15, 2026
Peter Thiel says Obama and Pope Leo are exploiting AI fears in his latest Antichrist lectures
AI
Peter Thiel says Obama and Pope Leo are exploiting AI fears in his latest Antichrist lectures
By Sasha TuddenhamOctober 15, 2026
Abdulrahman Alfozan is seen here caught on camera attempting to retrieve the recording device.
Law
FBI says an OpenAI engineer used his wife’s ChatGPT account to figure out how to plant a secret recording device at the office
By Catherina GioinoOctober 14, 2026
Great Place to Work Rankings
Best Large Workplaces in Aging Services: Senior Housing and Care
Best Large Workplaces in Aging Services: Senior Housing and Care
By FortuneOctober 13, 2026
Best Large Workplaces in Health Care
Best Large Workplaces in Health Care
By FortuneOctober 13, 2026
Best Large Workplaces in Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals
Best Large Workplaces in Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals
By FortuneOctober 13, 2026
Best Large Workplaces in Technology
Best Large Workplaces in Technology
By FortuneOctober 13, 2026
Newsletters
Eye on AIBy Beatrice Nolan
Nvidia’s European spending spree is about much more than Europe
MPW DailyBy Sydney Lake
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Hailey Bieber’s Rhode products keep going viral and selling out, but she says ‘we’re not creating FOMO on purpose’
Term SheetBy Allie Garfinkle
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Startup Abby Care raises $82 million to turn family members into paid caregivers
Fortune TechBy Andrew Nusca
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Netflix issues its biggest layoff in four years
MarketsBy Jim Edwards
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Global wave of selling as traders flee tech stocks—and futures are signaling the bloodbath will continue today
CEO DailyBy Alyson Shontell
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Why Workday’s CEO studied the Steve Jobs playbook for returning founders
Why Workday’s CEO studied the Steve Jobs playbook for returning founders
Newsletters
Why Workday’s CEO studied the Steve Jobs playbook for returning founders
By Alyson ShontellOctober 15, 2026
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says he writes just one email a week, if that—because it’s ‘inferior’ to just texting staff and ‘feels like work’
Success
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says he writes just one email a week, if that—because it’s ‘inferior’ to just texting staff and ‘feels like work’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 15, 2026
Workday CEO Aneel Bhusri: AI will displace ‘a lot’ of jobs within 5 years. Here’s who he says will be fine
AI
Workday CEO Aneel Bhusri: AI will displace ‘a lot’ of jobs within 5 years. Here’s who he says will be fine
By Fortune EditorsOctober 15, 2026
An early Anthropic backer predicts a post-IPO valuation of up to $2.4 trillion, topping SpaceX
Big Tech
An early Anthropic backer predicts a post-IPO valuation of up to $2.4 trillion, topping SpaceX
By Shawn TullyOctober 15, 2026
Fortune Daily Episodes
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How to Build 1,000 Next-Gen Leaders | Fortune DailyOctober 13, 2026
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How Taskrabbit is Changing Work | Fortune DailyOctober 12, 2026
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The New Blueprint for Power: MPW Kicks Off | Fortune DailyOctober 11, 2026
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The Big Mac Dilemma: Can McDonald's Fix Sales? | Fortune DailyOctober 7, 2026
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The Rise of AI Agents: Meta vs. OpenAI | Fortune DailyOctober 6, 2026
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The Future of Financial Advice ft. Penny Pennington | Fortune DailyOctober 5, 2026
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What Bankrupted Red Lobster | Fortune DailyOctober 4, 2026
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The Return of Uber’s Ousted Founder | Fortune DailySeptember 30, 2026
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The End of College? Inside a16z’s School for Tech Titans | Fortune DailySeptember 29, 2026
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The Careers AI Can’t Replace ft. Mike Rowe | Fortune DailySeptember 28, 2026
AI
Eight states sue OpenAI saying ChatGPT hurt kids and lied to adults
AI
Eight states sue OpenAI saying ChatGPT hurt kids and lied to adults
By The Associated Press and Marc LevyOctober 15, 2026
A sign welcomes attendees to Apple's WWDC 2022 developer conference at the company's headquarters, Apple Park, in Cupertino. Apple.
Big Tech
What Apple’s hand-embroidered product launch reveals about advertising in the age of AI slop 
By Tatiana SatauaOctober 15, 2026
Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., during a Bloomberg Television interview on the sidelines of the JPMorgan Tech Stars Conference 2026 in London, UK.
Banking
‘You don’t want rogue agents’: Jamie Dimon bars outside AI agents like Meta’s Muse from JPMorgan accounts
By Joshua HongOctober 15, 2026
‘Close to zero’: 4 AI chiefs say no companies have truly changed in response to AI — blame ‘politics projects’
AI
‘Close to zero’: 4 AI chiefs say no companies have truly changed in response to AI — blame ‘politics projects’
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 15, 2026
Fortune 500: Titans and Disruptors of Industry
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Workday CEO Predicts AI Job Displacement And Which Roles May Be SafeOctober 13, 2026
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Sam Altman: Safety Standards 'Not at a Place' to Push AI Capabilities Much FurtherSeptember 11, 2026
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Why GM's CEO Mary Barra is Still Bullish on Electric VehiclesSeptember 9, 2026
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Bill Ackman's takes on Mamdani, Trump and investing in the age of AIAugust 4, 2026
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FedEx CEO on How AI Can Fix a $1.8 Trillion Global Supply Chain ProblemJuly 14, 2026
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$4 Trillion Savings Gap: TIAA’s CEO on The Retirement Crisis June 16, 2026
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Qualcomm's AI takeover | Titans and DisruptorsMay 5, 2026
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Delta: Bankrupt to Billions | Titans and DisruptorsMarch 31, 2026
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The End of Work: Vinod Khosla's Bold AI Prediction | Titans and DisruptorsMarch 3, 2026
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Google’s AI boss made OpenAI issue code red. Now he wants to solve disease. | Titans and DisruptorsFebruary 10, 2026
Success
‘No one was coming to save me’: How Reese Witherspoon built a $900 million company from a problem Hollywood wouldn’t fix
Success
‘No one was coming to save me’: How Reese Witherspoon built a $900 million company from a problem Hollywood wouldn’t fix
By Sydney LakeOctober 15, 2026
Satya Nadella gestures with both hands
Success
Microsoft’s CEO is still haunted by staying silent in a meeting with Bill Gates. Years later, his boss Steve Ballmer taught him how to speak up
By Preston ForeOctober 15, 2026
Teachers and graphic designers are clocking off and cashing in as influencers—LinkedIn CEO says some are pulling in $10K+ for posts about their jobs
Success
Teachers and graphic designers are clocking off and cashing in as influencers—LinkedIn CEO says some are pulling in $10K+ for posts about their jobs
By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 15, 2026
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says he writes just one email a week, if that—because it’s ‘inferior’ to just texting staff and ‘feels like work’
Success
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says he writes just one email a week, if that—because it’s ‘inferior’ to just texting staff and ‘feels like work’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 15, 2026
Term Sheet Podcast
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How Anduril Reached a $61 Billion Valuation Building AI WeaponsOctober 11, 2026
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This Billion-Dollar Soda Brand Founder Explains Why Fortune 500s Can’t Win Gen ZSeptember 23, 2026
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Inside Wonder's Plan to Automate Restaurants: From Robotic Kitchens to Drone Delivery | Term SheetAugust 25, 2026
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This Mentalist Says He’s Training ChatGPT to Hypnotize People | Term SheetAugust 13, 2026
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The $11.5B Startup 100 Investors Turned Down | Term SheetJuly 28, 2026
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How this multi-millionaire investor spots billion-dollar ideas | Term SheetJune 23, 2026
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The Investor Who Bet on SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic Before You Could | Term SheetJune 10, 2026
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The $2B AI tool automating Wall Street | Term SheetMay 27, 2026
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This creator investor on the truth about the AI gold rush | Term SheetMay 13, 2026
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From a Palo Alto closet to $1 billion revenue: how Gusto cracked small business software | Term SheetMay 7, 2026
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How to raise a CEO: The "Godmother of Silicon Valley" Esther Wojcicki | Term SheetApril 21, 2026
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The Startup Fighting to Save the American Farm with Modern Finance | Term SheetApril 7, 2026
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How Winston Weinberg built his $11 billion AI Company | Term SheetMarch 17, 2026
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Why revenue is an outdated metric | Term SheetFebruary 18, 2026
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Chemistry cofounder: “more talented founders than ever” are moving into health care | Term SheetFebruary 3, 2026
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Exelon CEO on if our utilities can handle the AI boom | Term SheetJanuary 21, 2026
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OpenAI Researcher turned VC on what we’re missing on the AI Bubble January 13, 2026
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“Healthcare isn't working for anybody,” says Cityblock Health’s Dr. Toyin Ajayi | Term SheetNovember 4, 2025
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Vet care for the 21st century with Modern Animal’s Steven EidelmanOctober 29, 2025
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“Success disasters,” data privacy, and unlocking growth with Oura CEO Tom HaleOctober 21, 2025
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"Bubbles have almost always preceded some important technological shift”: OpenAI's COOOctober 6, 2025
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The Sociology of Startup Success with VC Powerhouse Hans TungOctober 1, 2025
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The “Egoless” Company Culture that Powers Supabase with CEO Paul CopplestoneSeptember 24, 2025
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Inside Phia's $8 Million Seed RoundSeptember 16, 2025
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Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatowski on the IPO, Loving Walmart, and Embracing AISeptember 10, 2025
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The Brave New World of AI Cyber Crime with Evan Reiser from Abnormal AIAugust 27, 2025
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Vibe Coding, Tech Jobs, & Democratizing the Web with Vercel’s Guillermo Rauch | Fortune Term SheetAugust 20, 2025
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Nvidia + AMD’s Deal & Unfiltered Chat with OG VC, Canvas Prime’s Rebecca LynnAugust 13, 2025
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OpenAI Raises More Capital, Joby Aviation’s Air Taxi Play & The Power of Community in TechAugust 6, 2025
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Figma IPO: What Investors Need to Know, and Understanding Defense TechJuly 30, 2025
From the Magazine
MagazinePalo Alto Networks’ Nikesh Arora is building a defense against the dark side of AI

Cybersecurity’s AI reckoning has arrived, and Arora has become a go-to advisor to CEOs.

By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 30, 2026
In the high-stakes game of chicken between CEOs and states, who blinks first?
Magazine
In the high-stakes game of chicken between CEOs and states, who blinks first?
By Ruth UmohSeptember 30, 2026
Your 401(k) is funding the AI boom. Here’s what that means for your retirement
Magazine
Your 401(k) is funding the AI boom. Here’s what that means for your retirement
By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 28, 2026
The making of Tim Cook: How Apple’s departing CEO went from ‘the genius behind Steve Jobs’ to a star in his own right
Magazine
The making of Tim Cook: How Apple’s departing CEO went from ‘the genius behind Steve Jobs’ to a star in his own right
By Indrani SenSeptember 27, 2026
How social media remade the luxury watch market
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How social media remade the luxury watch market
By Adam EraceSeptember 26, 2026
Energy
Current price of oil as of Oct. 15, 2026
Personal Finance
Current price of oil as of October 15, 2026
By Joseph HostetlerOctober 15, 2026
The Houthis’ Saudi attacks are ‘unprecedented.’ Trump wants to ‘ignore’ them until the midterms, but the chaos may force U.S. to respond
Energy
The Houthis’ Saudi attacks are ‘unprecedented.’ Trump wants to ‘ignore’ them until the midterms, but the chaos may force U.S. to respond
By Jordan BlumOctober 15, 2026
Chevron CEO warns oil buffers that cushioned the Iran war shock have been ‘drained’—and diesel relief may not come until 2027
Energy
Chevron CEO warns oil buffers that cushioned the Iran war shock have been ‘drained’—and diesel relief may not come until 2027
By Muskaan ArshadOctober 15, 2026
President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, right, as Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, center, watches at a security agreement signing ceremony during the United Nations General Assembly.
North America
‘The island is second to none’: Trump says ‘massive’ oil, gas and mineral exploration set to begin in ‘our new and beautiful’ Greenland
By The Associated Press and Stefanie DazioOctober 14, 2026
Fortune Rankings
Change the World
Change the World
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Fortune 500 Europe
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Leadership
Pinterest says its trend forecasts are 88% accurate. Here’s how its 2026 predictions actually played out
Retail
Pinterest says its trend forecasts are 88% accurate. Here’s how its 2026 predictions actually played out
By Sarah GlodekOctober 15, 2026
‘Close to zero’: 4 AI chiefs say no companies have truly changed in response to AI — blame ‘politics projects’
AI
‘Close to zero’: 4 AI chiefs say no companies have truly changed in response to AI — blame ‘politics projects’
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 15, 2026
‘No one was coming to save me’: How Reese Witherspoon built a $900 million company from a problem Hollywood wouldn’t fix
Success
‘No one was coming to save me’: How Reese Witherspoon built a $900 million company from a problem Hollywood wouldn’t fix
By Sydney LakeOctober 15, 2026
Satya Nadella gestures with both hands
Success
Microsoft’s CEO is still haunted by staying silent in a meeting with Bill Gates. Years later, his boss Steve Ballmer taught him how to speak up
By Preston ForeOctober 15, 2026
Takeaways from the Fortune AIQ 75
Illustration featuring several employees at work, connected by a green arrow.
AIFrom Pfizer to UPS, the newest members of the AIQ 75 share the secrets to upping their AI game

How Pfizer, Lumen, Cisco, UPS, Palo Alto Networks, and Thermo Fisher are moving AI beyond pilots—using it to reshape drug discovery, networks, logistics, cybersecurity, and daily work.

By John KellSeptember 29, 2026
Illustration of three employees racing one another across the finish line
AI
How bottom-line-focused financial firms are finding ROI in AI
By John KellSeptember 29, 2026
How 111-year-old HVAC company Carrier leaped to the top 10 of the Fortune AIQ 75
AI
How 111-year-old HVAC company Carrier leaped to the top 10 of the Fortune AIQ 75
By Sage LazzaroSeptember 29, 2026
How Netflix is using AI to personalize streaming
Magazine
How Netflix is using AI to personalize streaming
By Sage LazzaroSeptember 29, 2026
Agentic AI early adopters have failed, pivoted, and learned these 3 lessons 
AI
Agentic AI early adopters have failed, pivoted, and learned these 3 lessons 
By Sage LazzaroSeptember 29, 2026
Features
Workday CEO Aneel Bhusri’s unfinished business
AI
Workday CEO Aneel Bhusri’s unfinished business
By Andrew NuscaOctober 13, 2026
Sam Altman on the burden of leading OpenAI amid AI safety concerns: ‘You get used to anything’
AI
Sam Altman on the burden of leading OpenAI amid AI safety concerns: ‘You get used to anything’
By Fortune EditorsSeptember 15, 2026
Thumbnail image for Fortune Titans and Disruptors of Industry podcast reads, "Losing Control of AI?" and depicts Fortune Editor-in-Chief Alyson Shontell and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in conversation on a podcast.
AI
Exclusive: Sam Altman addresses AI doomsday fears in new interview
By Alyson ShontellSeptember 12, 2026
Exclusive: OpenAI’s Sam Altman hints at pact with other AI companies to address safety risks
AI
Exclusive: OpenAI’s Sam Altman hints at pact with other AI companies to address safety risks
By Alexei OreskovicSeptember 12, 2026
Real Estate
‘It’s unacceptable’: California orders banks and credit unions to report their handling of insurance payouts to LA wildfire victims
Environment
‘It’s unacceptable’: California orders banks and credit unions to report their handling of insurance payouts to LA wildfire victims
By The Associated Press and Sophie AustinOctober 15, 2026
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Startups & Venture
Exclusive: Stand raises $70 million at $1 billion valuation to price wildfire risk by treating homes like airplanes in flight
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 15, 2026
‘American dream will continue to exist’: Warren Buffett’s successor is betting big on U.S. housing
Real Estate
‘American dream will continue to exist’: Warren Buffett’s successor is betting big on U.S. housing
By Andrew McGowanOctober 15, 2026
Today’s home equity loan and HELOC rates, Oct. 15, 2026
Personal Finance
Today’s home equity loan and HELOC rates, Oct. 15, 2026
By Joseph HostetlerOctober 15, 2026
Commentary
LawBy Kate Barton
Dentons Global CEO: the one thing AI can’t replace may be your biggest competitive advantage
Federal ReserveBy Frank Sorrentino III
ConnectOne Bank CEO: what Kevin Warsh’s ‘quieter Fed’ can teach CEOs about communicating uncertainty
geopoliticsBy Lindsay Newman
Mark Carney told middle powers to grab a seat at the geopolitical table. The private sector got there first
AI agentsBy Emily Weiss
Why travelers are switching their favorite brands
Social MediaBy John Kobs
We’ve raised $8m to use generative AI to save our kids from YouTube
TariffsBy Ron Campbell
I represent Mexican avocado importers. Here’s what America’s 30-year avocado habit means for the tariff fight
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