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I chatted to Ray Dalio’s AI doppelgänger: It claims there’s a 75% chance the AI bubble bursts in 2026, isn’t so worried about national debt—and wouldn’t say which stocks to avoid

"One thing I’ve learned over the years," the freshly-launched bot muses, "Is that rapid, debt-financed build-outs often precede sharp adjustments.

yesterday 10

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Eleanor Pringle

Suddenly, the Fed interest rate cut in December looks like it is very much back on the table

Last week, Wall Street seemed to have decided that a December cut was off the table. Today, speculators put the probability of Fed Chairman Jerome...

yesterday 20

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Jim Edwards

Crypto is getting punched in the face again—but this is no 2022

Bitcoin nearly fell below $80,000 and it could get worse. But the fundamentals are different this time.

yesterday 10

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Jeff John Roberts

F1 has thrived by democratizing what was once a ‘look, don’t touch’ sport, says McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown

Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.

yesterday 9

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Diane Brady

Meet the Land O’Lakes exec bringing AI to the heart of American farming

Land O’Lakes’ Leah Anderson is bringing automation and algorithms to agriculture.

yesterday 10

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Ruth Umoh

Why 90% of decisions don’t reach this Land O’Lakes exec’s desk

Land O’Lakes’ Leah Anderson avoids the trap of endless analysis by asking one question: Will more information change the outcome or just make you...

yesterday 10

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Ruth Umoh

Southeast Asia’s tech sector is in a slump—but one VC sees signs that ‘things will work out quite well here in the long run’

Monk's Hill Ventures' Arun Pai pointed to growing experience among founders, new public-private partnerships, and SEA's global connections.

yesterday 10

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Angelica Ang

Europe’s new talent advantage is boosting its founders’ spirits

Founders and investors at Slush say Europe’s growing talent pool and the U.S.'s immigration crack-down is giving the region a competitive edge.

yesterday 9

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Beatrice Nolan

GoTo taps new CEO in step toward game-changing Grab takeover

It's a move that’s expected to speed the takeover of Indonesia’s largest internet company by Grab Holdings.

yesterday 8

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Olivia Poh

‘Wicked: For Good’ defies gravity at box office with $226 million haul, biggest ever opening for Broadway musical adaptation

Not only did it unseat the record set by the first film’s $112 million launch, it’s also the second-biggest debut of the year behind “A Minecraft...

yesterday 2

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Lindsey Bahr

Our governments have sold AI out to Big Tech

Under Trump alone, U.S. states have faced a 10-year ban on introducing AI regulation, and over a dozen federal sites are designated for data centers.

yesterday 2

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Alexandra Ebert

White House continues Zohran romance, saying that ‘making life better for everybody’ is shared by a ‘lot of people’ in both parties

The New York Mayor-elect stuck by his previous criticism without saying the "F" word: fascist. "That’s something that I’ve said in the past."

yesterday 2

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The Associated Press

Norfolk Southern revives plans for $20 million first responder training center near horrific East Palestine derailment site

The railroad has committed more than $135 million to help the town recover from the derailment and agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action...

yesterday 1

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Josh Funk

Jimmy Cliff, reggae legend and star of ‘The Harder They Come, dies at 81

Cliff was nominated for seven Grammys and won twice for best reggae album. Many still know his music by "Many Rivers to Cross."

yesterday 2

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Hillel Italie

73 million Americans will be driving and nearly 18 million will go through TSA in the busiest Thanksgiving travel season in 15 years

Thanks, government shutdown.

yesterday 1

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Rio Yamat

‘Ohio shouldn’t have done it’: Republican governor ‘absolutely’ regrets legalizing sports gambling

Mike DeWine told the AP that his concerns with sports gambling began almost as soon as Ohio's law took effect in 2023.

yesterday 1

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Julie Carr Smyth

Even after layoffs, companies should throw holiday parties, says this C-suite executive

Despite economic uncertainty, companies shouldn't hold back from hosting celebrations, says one executive.

yesterday 2

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Kristin Stoller

I’m a CEO who’s built, scaled and turned around companies. The next arms race in business isn’t about supply chains or rate cuts — it’s about predictability

This is the new arms race in business — building certainty in an uncertain world.

yesterday 2

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Scott Cannon

The analyst who once predicted the ‘end of capitalism’ sees Zohran Mamdani’s election as a ‘day of reckoning coming in’—and corporates only have themselves to blame

Albert Edwards says Zohran Mamdani’s policies are “lunacy,” but big companies “laid the seeds for their own destruction.”

yesterday 0

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Nick Lichtenberg

Billionaire MacKenzie Scott extends her philanthropy with a $17 million gift to Oklahoma’s oldest public community college, where most students rely on aid 

MacKenzie Scott is continuing her giving streak to colleges, this time with a $17 million “life-changing” donation to Northern Oklahoma College.

yesterday 10

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Jessica Coacci

Novo Nordisk stock trades at 4-year-low on the back of disappointing Alzheimer’s trial

The stock of the Wegovy and Ozempic maker is down nearly 50% year to date.

yesterday 0

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Nick Lichtenberg

A massive tech update will bring faster, cheaper trading to Wall Street. Get ready for stocks on a blockchain

Giants like JPMorgan Chase and BlackRock are embracing 'tokenization,' while upstarts like Robinhood and Kraken race ahead.

yesterday 1

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Jeff John Roberts

Syfe CEO: Fintech founders need to focus on trust if the sector is to reach its full potential

The question isn't whether fintech can disrupt. It’s whether fintech can build enough trust to manage and move the world’s money,

yesterday 0

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Dhruv Arora

Going green doesn’t always mean going big: ‘Pay attention to the small- and medium-size players as well’

There’s a huge funding gap in the global green transition, particularly among emerging markets with less ability to tap global capital. 

yesterday 0

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Angelica Ang

‘There’s only so much you can absorb from the tariffs, because they’re just very high’: Levi’s CEO states the plain truth

Levi’s CEO Michelle Gass spoke to McKinsey and Business of Fashion for its 10th “State of Fashion” report. It’s a “relationship business,” she said...

yesterday 9

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Nick Lichtenberg

Trump’s gambit to save Republicans from a giant health insurance spike comes with a $50 billion price tag, CRFB estimates

The $38 trillion national debt, which always seems to be growing, could expand even further if Trump extends ACA subsidies, as reports indicate.

yesterday 1

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Nick Lichtenberg

‘It didn’t have to be this way’ — Top economist warns affordability crisis will continue as tariffs and immigration crackdown send inflation higher

"Consumer price inflation is near 3%, well above the Fed’s inflation target, and everything points to even higher inflation dead-ahead."

previous day 9

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Jason Ma

Secret U.S.-Russia talks led to plan that blindsided Ukraine

Witkoff and Dmitriev forged the plan during an October meeting in Miami that included Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, who worked with Witkoff on...

previous day 20

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Natalia Drozdiak

Six-figure earners are ‘living the illusion of affluence’ while working side hustles, skipping meals and pretending Venmo’s not working

"Many top earners say people assume they can afford it all, yet behind the image of success are quiet sacrifices: skipped purchases, delayed plans,...

previous day 10

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Jason Ma

‘Not the MAHA that we signed up for’: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. learns the perils of power and keeping his grassroots movement together

Criticisms have grown loud enough that the health secretary has taken to social media to defend his colleagues.

previous day 10

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Ali Swenson

Judge fond of wearing Elvis Presley wig in court agrees to resign after letter accused him of violating ‘order and decorum’

Matthew Thornhill wrote that he was intending “to add levity at times when I thought it would help relax litigants."

previous day 10

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Heather Hollingsworth

Bescarfed Trump tells reporters that Jack Nicklaus will ‘do some work’ on longtime presidential golf course

“We’re doing some fix-up of the base, which it needs. We’re gonna try and reinstitute the golf courses. I’m meeting with the greatest Jack Nicklaus...

previous day 8

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Will Weissert

Trump White House prepares tariff fallback ahead of court ruling

Both the Commerce Department and the Office of the US Trade Representative have studied Plan B options, according to officials familiar with the...

previous day 8

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Josh Wingrove

Trump’s grip on party he remade weakens after string of setbacks

In the last week, he capitulated on the Epstein files, saw a chilly reception for his $2,000 stimulus idea and prompted a debate over midterm...

previous day 1

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Steven T. Dennis

Macron, who called NATO brain dead, warns of end to G-20

Hailing the "important milestone" of meeting in Africa, Macron added, "we must also recognize that the G-20 may be reaching the end of a cycle.”

previous day 8

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Samy Adghirni

Crypto’s brutal month triggers a stress test for Wall Street

The Fear and Greed index — a tool that measures sentiment in crypto markets — sat at a score of 11 out of 100 on Friday, deep in “extreme fear”...

previous day 10

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Emily Nicolle

‘All over again, taxation without representation’: Tea enthusiasts, historians argue tariff regime is the same as the American Revolution

Bruce Richardson of the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum says, “Congress is avoiding the issue by simply allowing the president to act like George...

previous day 8

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Matt Sedensky

Wild ride on Wall Street as the crypto crash spooks risk complex

There was no obvious trigger. No policy shift. No data surprise. No earnings miss. Just a sudden wave of selling, and an equally abrupt recovery.

previous day 8

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Denitsa Tsekova

Trump says he’d ‘feel very comfortable’ in Mamdani’s NYC

Asked if he was still considering cutting funding to New York, Trump said: “I don’t think that’s going to happen.”

previous day 8

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Skylar Woodhouse

Trump’s attacks push India, Brazil, South Africa closer together

Leaders met in Johannesburg on the sidelines of the G20 summit on Sunday to give greater importance to a trilateral grouping, the so-called IBSA...

previous day 8

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Sudhi Ranjan Sen

Fannie, Freddie shares mimic meme-stock mania with wild swings

Bill Ackman lit the fire and Bill Pulte supercharged it. But now retail investors are fleeing.

previous day 10

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Georgie Mckay

Sports gambling may be legal nationwide but in the NCAA after rule rollback

A rule change to allow gambling on pro sports would have taken effect on Nov. 1, but it's being rolled back under a rarely used rule.

previous day 7

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Doug Feinberg

Newsom, DeSantis join forces to blast ‘idiotic’ push to allow oil drilling off coasts of California, Florida

The oil industry has been seeking access to new offshore areas, including Southern California and off the coast of Florida.

previous day 40

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Matthew Daly

Elon Musk once called DOGE ‘the chainsaw for bureaucracy,’ but it has quietly ceased to exist well ahead of schedule, report says

"But, the principles of DOGE remain alive and well: de-regulation; eliminating fraud, waste and abuse; re-shaping the federal workforce; making...

previous day 3

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Jason Ma

A World Bank expert thinks countries should leverage ‘small AI’—and avoid competing with the biggest tech giants

Experts at the Fortune Innovation Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, last week were hopeful that smaller countries could invest in AI that works for...

previous day 10

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Nicholas Gordon

Bessent says health-care announcement coming this week

Trump said last week he hopes to secure a plan by Jan. 30 to address an impending surge in health insurance premiums caused by subsidies that...

previous day 2

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Tony Czuczka

As Google eyes exponential surge in serving capacity, analyst says we’re entering ‘stage two of AI’ where bottlenecks are physical constraints

The rush to increase serving capacity may be a sign that there is no AI bubble, said one expert.

previous day 20

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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

States stunned as Trump begins dismantling Department of Education

“States were not engaged in this process, and this is not what we have asked for — or what our students need,” said Wisconsin superintendent Jill...

previous day 10

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Collin Binkley

Trump pressures ABC to cancel Jimmy Kimmel as Epstein monologue jokes go for jugular

Kimmel's show Wednesday night began with a blistering monologue, the first 10 minutes concentrated on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

previous day 10

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David Bauder

Car-crash injury risks are higher for women but the government has only used male crash test dummies for years. That’s finally changing

Women are 73% more likely to be injured in a head-on crash, and they are 17% more likely to be killed in a car crash, than men.

previous day 10

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Jeff Mcmurray