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Amazon’s Alexa chief predicts an end to doom scrolling: the next generation is ‘going to just think differently’

"You've got to make sure you have products in their pockets, on their bodies, in their homes that they don't expect," Panos Panay said at...

yesterday 10

Nick Lichtenberg

Mark Zuckerberg gifted noise-canceling headphones to his Palo Alto neighbors because of the nonstop construction around his 11 homes

This isn’t the first time Zuckerberg has clashed with neighbors over real estate projects.

yesterday 20

Dave Smith

The Fed may have reassured Powell that it’s safe to leave the board early when a new chair takes over: ‘I think he’s done with this job’

Given Powell's commitment to Fed independence, there were doubts that he would leave the board when his replacement as chair comes in.

yesterday 10

Jason Ma

Cursor CEO warns vibe coding builds ‘shaky foundations’ and eventually ‘things start to crumble’

“Vibe coding refers to a method of coding with AI where you kind of close your eyes and you don't look at the code at all and you just ask the AI...

yesterday 10

Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Goldman Sachs expects layoffs to keep rising—and says investors are punishing the stocks of companies that slash staff

Analysts ran the numbers and found a surprising change in how investors are reacting to layoff announcements.

yesterday 10

Lee Clifford

California farming mogul in bitter divorce proceedings arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife

Michael Abatti has grown onions, broccoli and cantaloupes and served on the board of the powerful Imperial Irrigation District from 2006 to 2010.

yesterday 10

Amy Taxin

DOJ says it discovered another million Epstein documents and may need a ‘few more weeks’ to release them

The Christmas Eve announcement came hours after a dozen senators called on the Justice Department’s watchdog to examine its failure to meet the...

yesterday 10

Seung Min Kim

Ghislaine Maxwell claimed ‘substantial new evidence’ should set her free. Then the new Epstein files dropped

The transcripts of grand jury proceedings that resulted in Maxwell's indictment were released in accordance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

yesterday 10

Michael R. Sisak

Drummer cancels Christmas Eve ‘Jazz Jams’ at Kennedy Center after name change, ending 20-year tradition

“When I saw the name change on the Kennedy Center website and then hours later on the building, I chose to cancel our concert,” Chuck Redd told...

yesterday 10

Hillel Italie

Telluride resort owner rips into ski patrol union after strikes shuts down slopes on Christmas

The Telluride Professional Ski Patrol Association voted to strike Saturday after contract negotiations since June failed to yield an agreement on pay.

yesterday 10

Mead Gruver

Chinese billionaire who has fathered more than 100 children hopes to have dozens of U.S.-born boys to one day take over his business

Xu Bo, the founder of one of China’s largest mobile gaming companies, is looking to have “50 high-quality sons” in the U.S. to take over his...

yesterday 10

Emma Burleigh

The real AI revolution is going from the information era to the ‘intelligence era,’ Paypal senior VP says. That means your focus should be tokens

As companies transition from data retrieval to AI generating data on the spot, tokens are more important than ever.

yesterday 4

Sasha Rogelberg

Meet the millionaires living the ‘underconsumption’ life: They drive secondhand cars, batch cook, and never buy new clothes

From thrifted clothes to no gifts at the holidays, these millionaires are living an 'underconsumption' life which has opened up financial freedom.

yesterday 3

Eleanor Pringle

Logan Paul auctions off $5.3 million Pokémon card, urging young people to invest more in nontraditional assets: ‘Don’t be afraid to take a risk’

Pokémon cards have seen the largest long-term increase in value among all card categories.

yesterday 2

Sydney Lake

Gen Z founder on ‘AI anxiety’ and being pigeonholed as generation shortcut: that’s the ‘biggest misconception’

"We don't really know what to do but we know it's coming and nobody is moving as fast to solve the problem," said Kiara Nirghin. AI or climate...

yesterday 10

Nick Lichtenberg

Christmas 500 years ago was a drunken 6-week feast that may have been considerably better than the modern holiday, medieval historian says

Though Christmas officially celebrates the birth of Jesus, it was clearly associated with pre-Christian celebrations that emphasized the winter...

yesterday 3

Bobbi Sutherland

From Kohl’s CEO ousting to Kroger chief’s sudden resignation, 2025 a tumultuous year for the C-suite. Here are the 5 most dramatic exits this year

From Succession-level family feuds to company conduct violations, here are the most intriguing plotlines from this year.

yesterday 2

Erin Cabrey

$1.8 billion Christmas jackpot comes to Arkansas with winning Powerball ticket

Final ticket sales pushed the jackpot higher than previous expected, making it the second-largest in U.S. history, according to www.powerball.com.

yesterday 3

Olivia Diaz

The global empathy crisis that confronts us this Christmas

Empathy levels diminished 14% across the U.S. after the pandemic, with the steepest drop among millennials, according to a United Way survey.

yesterday 3

Butch Meily

‘Precarious’ is Wall Street’s defining word for 2026

Labor market softness, recession fears, AI bubbles and Fed questions are all top of mind as Wall Street heads into 2026.

previous day 10

Eleanor Pringle

Move over caviar, the hottest luxury ingredient is crab

Large, live specimens from the far corners of the world, like snow crab from Japan and red king crab from Norway, are this season’s luxury...

previous day 10

Matthew Kronsberg

The Powerball prize now stands at $1.7 billion. Here are the biggest jackpots in history—and where the winning tickets were sold

The U.S. has seen more than a dozen lottery jackpot prizes exceed $1 billion since 2016.

previous day 9

The Associated Press

Obama’s former top economic advisor says he feels ‘a tiny bit bad’ for Trump because gas prices are low, but consumer confidence is still plummeting

“Consumers are just in this, whatever the highest price is, is the price they're going to focus on,” Harvard professor Jason Furman said.

previous day 9

Sasha Rogelberg

In 2026, CFOs predict AI transformation, not just efficiency gains

More than a dozen finance chiefs predict how AI will continue to shape finance.

previous day 9

Sheryl Estrada

Why gold went through the roof this year—and why its price may have been permanently raised

Research from Duke University suggests that the introduction of gold exchange-traded funds permanently pushed up the price of gold.

previous day 10

Jim Edwards

Trump just declared Christmas Eve a national holiday. Here’s what’s open and closed?

It's one of two new holidays he announced.

previous day 10

Dave Smith

Southern California in ‘great danger’ from Christmas flooding

Some Los Angeles County residents have already been ordered to evacuate areas that are vulnerable to mudslides.

previous day 4

Josh Saul

How about $1.7 billion in your stocking for Christmas? Powerball’s 46 straight draws with no winner bring Yuletide greetings

The United States' 4th-largest jackpot on record comes after 46 consecutive draws without someone claiming to have all six numbers.

previous day 4

Olivia Diaz

Tricolor paid CEO $30 million in year before alleged fraud

The payments helped finance what the trustee described as an extravagant lifestyle.

previous day 3

Scott Carpenter

This millennial home designer spent 9 months building a replica of ‘The Holiday’ cottage—now it’s renting fast at $499 a night

Lucy Small, a Georgia-based home designer, had 4,000 fans lined up to rent her festive cottage rental years before it hit the market. She says the...

previous day 4

Emma Burleigh

CEOs reveal their New Year’s resolutions for 2026: From 8-day bike races and AI training, to finally cracking 7 hours of sleep a night

Beyond the boardroom, CEOs are setting goalposts for their own growth. Here’s what execs are hoping to achieve in 2026.

previous day 4

Emma Burleigh

Expedia CEO Ariane Gorin on the fight to ensure AI doesn’t turn her brands into invisible pipes consumers never see

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previous day 4

Diane Brady

The AI startups founders and VCs say could be acquisition targets in 2026

Some businesses have the tools and track records that tech giants crave.

previous day 4

Allie Garfinkle

Trump administration bars 5 prominent Europeans from the U.S., accusing them of pressuring tech firms to ‘censor’ American speech

The move targets architects of the EU's Digital Services Act and anti-disinformation advocates—triggering diplomatic condemnation from Europe's...

previous day 4

Beatrice Nolan

Meet the millennial father of six who rebuilt his life through the trades—and questions America’s obsession with college

"We as a country have done a poor job equipping our children for life," Arkeem Sturgis tells Fortune. Some people "want to work with their hands."

previous day 6

Eva Roytburg

The K-shaped economy is carrying a ticking time bomb into 2026

"I've never seen anything like it," KPMG's chief economist Diane Swonk told Fortune.

previous day 3

Eva Roytburg

Trump turns government into giant debt collector with threat to garnish wages on millions of Americans in default on student loans

Millions of borrowers are considered in default, meaning they are 270 days past due on their payments.

previous day 3

Annie Ma

Why 4.3% GDP growth proves the ‘vibecession’ theory is historically wrong

Go beyond the grocery receipt: reality has math and the economy is recovering right now, period.

previous day 6

Brian Hamilton

When SNAP payments stopped, a fast-moving nonprofit program rushed in with $12 million—and kept families fed

“It’s not a lot. But at the same time, it is a lot,” mother-of-three Jade Grant said. “Because $50 can do a lot when you don’t have anything...

previous day 4

James Pollard

Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa application fee upheld by judge

US District Judge Beryl Howell said in a ruling Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s effort to radically increase the cost of the popular visa is...

previous day 3

Madlin Mekelburg

Millionaire tax plans spread as Washington state eyes new levy

Democrats across the US are increasingly exploring taxes as a way to capture the populist moment and address the country’s widening wealth gap.

previous day 4

Anna Edgerton

Americans may be angry about affordability, but gas prices are the cheapest they’ve been all year in most states

Nationwide, unleaded gasoline is down more than 18 cents than it was at this time last year, and 21 cents from a month ago.

previous day 5

Wyatte Grantham-Philips

Medicaid paid over $200 million to dead people in 2021 and 2022, federal watchdog says

Tuesday’s report is the first nationwide look at improper Medicaid payments.

previous day 4

Fatima Hussein

Tesla faces NHTSA probe over Model 3 emergency door handles

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it’s evaluating claims that the mechanical door release “is hidden, unlabeled, and not...

previous day 4

Dana Hull

53-year-old customs broker wants to ‘Make Trade Boring Again,’ saying you won’t believe how complex cheese is these days

“That one line item of cheese that previously was just one tariff, now it could be two, three, in some cases five tariff numbers,” says Al Jaffa.

previous day 4

Matt Sedensky

‘Never seen such heroism’: Christmas Eve bravery on display as rescuers rush into burning nursing home that rocked Pa. city for miles around

“They were running into a building that I could — from 50 feet away — could still smell gas, and walls that looked like they were going to fall...

previous day 4

Mingson Lau

Pennsylvania nursing home rocked by deadly explosion on Christmas Eve

The thunderous explosion killed at least two people, collapsed part of the building, sent fire shooting out and left people trapped inside.

previous day 3

Tassanee Vejpongsa

Most Americans decide 2025 isn’t the year for charity, poll says

Americans were much more likely to make a Black Friday purchase than a GivingTuesday gift this year.

previous day 1

James Pollard

Trump and CBS News’ chief both tried to stop a critical ’60 Minutes’ segment from airing. Somehow it leaked online anyway

The segment featured interviews with migrants who were sent to a notorious El Salvador prison called the Terrorism Confinement Center.

previous day 1

Safiyah Riddle

How AI is redefining finance leadership: ‘There has never been a more exciting time to be a CFO’

Finance chiefs say 2026 will mark AI’s shift from experimentation to enterprise impact.

previous day 10

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Amazon’s Alexa chief predicts an end to doom scrolling: the next generation is ‘going to just think differently’

Nick Lichtenberg

Mark Zuckerberg gifted noise-canceling headphones to his Palo Alto neighbors because of the nonstop construction around his 11 homes

Dave Smith

The Fed may have reassured Powell that it’s safe to leave the board early when a new chair takes over: ‘I think he’s done with this job’

Jason Ma

Cursor CEO warns vibe coding builds ‘shaky foundations’ and eventually ‘things start to crumble’

Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Goldman Sachs expects layoffs to keep rising—and says investors are punishing the stocks of companies that slash staff

Lee Clifford

California farming mogul in bitter divorce proceedings arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife

Amy Taxin

DOJ says it discovered another million Epstein documents and may need a ‘few more weeks’ to release them

Seung Min Kim

Ghislaine Maxwell claimed ‘substantial new evidence’ should set her free. Then the new Epstein files dropped

Michael R. Sisak

Drummer cancels Christmas Eve ‘Jazz Jams’ at Kennedy Center after name change, ending 20-year tradition

Hillel Italie

Telluride resort owner rips into ski patrol union after strikes shuts down slopes on Christmas

Mead Gruver

Chinese billionaire who has fathered more than 100 children hopes to have dozens of U.S.-born boys to one day take over his business

Emma Burleigh

The real AI revolution is going from the information era to the ‘intelligence era,’ Paypal senior VP says. That means your focus should be tokens

Sasha Rogelberg

Meet the millionaires living the ‘underconsumption’ life: They drive secondhand cars, batch cook, and never buy new clothes

Eleanor Pringle

Logan Paul auctions off $5.3 million Pokémon card, urging young people to invest more in nontraditional assets: ‘Don’t be afraid to take a risk’

Sydney Lake

Gen Z founder on ‘AI anxiety’ and being pigeonholed as generation shortcut: that’s the ‘biggest misconception’

Nick Lichtenberg

Christmas 500 years ago was a drunken 6-week feast that may have been considerably better than the modern holiday, medieval historian says

Bobbi Sutherland

From Kohl’s CEO ousting to Kroger chief’s sudden resignation, 2025 a tumultuous year for the C-suite. Here are the 5 most dramatic exits this year

Erin Cabrey

$1.8 billion Christmas jackpot comes to Arkansas with winning Powerball ticket

Olivia Diaz

The global empathy crisis that confronts us this Christmas

Butch Meily

‘Precarious’ is Wall Street’s defining word for 2026

Eleanor Pringle

Move over caviar, the hottest luxury ingredient is crab

Matthew Kronsberg

The Powerball prize now stands at $1.7 billion. Here are the biggest jackpots in history—and where the winning tickets were sold

The Associated Press

Obama’s former top economic advisor says he feels ‘a tiny bit bad’ for Trump because gas prices are low, but consumer confidence is still plummeting

Sasha Rogelberg

In 2026, CFOs predict AI transformation, not just efficiency gains

Sheryl Estrada

Why gold went through the roof this year—and why its price may have been permanently raised

Jim Edwards

Trump just declared Christmas Eve a national holiday. Here’s what’s open and closed?

Dave Smith

Southern California in ‘great danger’ from Christmas flooding

Josh Saul

How about $1.7 billion in your stocking for Christmas? Powerball’s 46 straight draws with no winner bring Yuletide greetings

Olivia Diaz

Tricolor paid CEO $30 million in year before alleged fraud

Scott Carpenter

This millennial home designer spent 9 months building a replica of ‘The Holiday’ cottage—now it’s renting fast at $499 a night

Emma Burleigh

CEOs reveal their New Year’s resolutions for 2026: From 8-day bike races and AI training, to finally cracking 7 hours of sleep a night

Emma Burleigh

Expedia CEO Ariane Gorin on the fight to ensure AI doesn’t turn her brands into invisible pipes consumers never see

Diane Brady

The AI startups founders and VCs say could be acquisition targets in 2026

Allie Garfinkle

Trump administration bars 5 prominent Europeans from the U.S., accusing them of pressuring tech firms to ‘censor’ American speech

Beatrice Nolan

Meet the millennial father of six who rebuilt his life through the trades—and questions America’s obsession with college

Eva Roytburg

The K-shaped economy is carrying a ticking time bomb into 2026

Eva Roytburg

Trump turns government into giant debt collector with threat to garnish wages on millions of Americans in default on student loans

Annie Ma

Why 4.3% GDP growth proves the ‘vibecession’ theory is historically wrong

Brian Hamilton

When SNAP payments stopped, a fast-moving nonprofit program rushed in with $12 million—and kept families fed