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Diane Brady

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Inside CEOs’ Trump tariff war rooms

Also: MicroStrategy’s market value defies logic, Ackman causes Uber stock jump.

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The CEOs who spend $8 million on a Super Bowl ad

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07.02.2025 2

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Cloudera’s CEO on Gen-Z and remote work: ‘You effectively become a faceless factor of production’

Also: Tesla and Apple see worst of tariff concerns, Cloudflare CEO’s mission to hold AI accountable.

05.02.2025 10

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Glassdoor CEO: The workers are talking about you (whether you like it or not!)

Also: In conversation with the BlackRock COO, Warren’s Musk warning.

04.02.2025 10

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says a fear of missing out keeps him engaged in the AI race

"We don’t want to miss this next decade.”

31.01.2025 6

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Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman on leading during the LA wildfires: ‘People think you’re a saint just for picking up the telephone’

Also: This year’s most admired companies, More effects and insights from DeepSeek.

29.01.2025 10

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Why retired CEOs keep coming back

Also: Wall Street: Trump’s rate cut demands are unlikely, Trump shrugs off Musk’s Stargate criticism.

27.01.2025 10

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In Davos: Trump makes threats and promises on oil, Russia, and ‘debanking’

Also: The state of shortselling, Nike’s new leader, Trump accuses BofA of debanking conservatives.

24.01.2025 10

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It’s ‘Trump Day’ in Davos

Also: Nicolai Tangen says sell U.S. tech stocks, Nadella wades into Musk v Altman fight.

23.01.2025 10

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Warren Buffett’s biggest bet: His successor, Greg Abel

Also: Trump’s memecoin raises concerns, stock market winners and losers under Trump.

22.01.2025 20

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The state of moral leadership among CEOs

Also: Goldman Sachs CEO says AI can complete 95% of an IPO prospectus, GM can no longer sell customer data.

20.01.2025 10

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Global study shows majority of 18-34 year olds support using violence and disinformation to drive change

The 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer signals a shift from fear to grievance.

19.01.2025 10

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Why billionaire Brad Jacobs loves going public 

Also: Citigroup posts better-than-expected earnings, UnitedHealth's first earnings call since Brian Thompson’s murder.

17.01.2025 7

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Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good’s advice to her younger self

Also: Volkswagen and Porsche CEO struggles to juggle both roles, More Meta cuts on the way.

16.01.2025 10

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Canada CEOs scolded in spat with Trump Administration: ‘You’re not serious people’

Also: SEC sues Elon over Twitter stock purchases, JPMorgan employees consider unionizing.

15.01.2025 20

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This $5.6 billion Google AI spinoff invents new products from numerical data

Also: Nvidia spares no words for Biden, BofA CEO shuns risk.

14.01.2025 20

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‘Woefully out of touch with the market’

Also: Dimon offers new outlook on his future, Zuckerberg slams Apple.

13.01.2025 7

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Lamborghini shows no urgency to make electric cars despite market push—breaks all-time sales record

Lamborghini sold 10,687 cars last year, a rise of six percent on 2023, which was itself a record year.

10.01.2025 10

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The end of climate stability is the end of the insurance market

Also: Tesla board must return compensation, Quantum computing stocks take big hit.

10.01.2025 10

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CEOs react to Zuck’s message to Trump

Also: Trump considers "state of emergency," eBay stock soars on Facebook news.

09.01.2025 9

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SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son chases Nvidia

Also: Meta takes censorship memo from X, Nvidia trounces competitors in market cap, optimism about M&A.

08.01.2025 10

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Drugs, Davos, and Mark Cuban

"There's nobody who looks at the healthcare system or the pharmaceutical industry and says ‘wow, that’s well run.'"

07.01.2025 7

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Allstate CEO Tom Wilson strikes the wrong tone

Also: Carvana stock slides on short report, Former TGI Fridays CEO returns, AI social media backfires for Meta.

06.01.2025 10

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Why US tech ends up being controlled by European regulation

Also: Meta leadership switch, economists worry Trump will slow U.S. economy, Tesla shares slump.

03.01.2025 4

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Eastern Europe fumes as Zelensky pulls plug on Russian gas transit to Europe via Ukraine

Eastern Europe braces for energy fallout as Ukraine halts Russian gas transit, marking a major shift in Europe’s energy landscape.

02.01.2025 4

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Stephanie Ferris, ‘the most powerful woman in fintech,’ talks about risk

“I'm really thinking hard about the risk."

02.01.2025 3

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‘Only the AfD can save Germany’ says Musk as he praises the far-right in move to sway German elections

Musk's interventions in German politics have been criticized by major parties.

31.12.2024 10

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Gen-X turns 60 — and refuses to retire

Technology plus demographic realities could change not only how people age, but how they’re perceived as consumers and talent in what used to be...

31.12.2024 30

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For CEOs: burnout, exodus and breath control

A record number of CEOs have announced this year that they’re stepping down: 1,991 and counting.

30.12.2024 4

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Cisco’s John Chambers: India, not China, is the future

"Your currency in the world is your track record, your relationships, and your trust. And China's hurting at all three.”

24.12.2024 9

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After the Fed, shutdown deadline is 12.01 a.m. tonight

CEOs shrug off Fed signal at Yale CEO Summit.

20.12.2024 6

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Benioff bashes Microsoft — again

Benioff thinks 2025 will be the year when AI starts to truly transform business and disrupt how we work.

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Wooing the luxury consumer

‘Tis the season for luxury retail but giants like LVMH and Kering have been struggling while brands like The Row and Hermès continue to do well.

16.12.2024 6

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‘Identic AI’: Who owns your digital self?

Typically, companies own what you produce during your employment. But what if “digital you” continues to generate ideas after you’re gone?

13.12.2024 6

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Deloitte survey: CEO optimism ‘is as high as we’ve ever seen’

Especially when it comes to the promise of AI.

12.12.2024 8

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CEOs reflect on UnitedHealthcare backlash

The arrest of Luigi Mangione has done little to calm corporate leaders, who are struggling to understand the outpouring of support for the alleged...

11.12.2024 5

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What keeps space entrepreneurs up at night

Hostile nation states know the U.S. is dependent on space and aren't shy about hacking its infrastructure.

10.12.2024 10

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Unhappy people challenge the status quo

Every good leader tries to win the hearts and minds of the people they serve. Unhappy people tend to challenge the status quo.

09.12.2024 20

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A CEO is murdered, and the questions begin

UnitedHealth's Brian Thompson received death threats but apparently had no security detail at the time he was shot.

05.12.2024 8

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Los Angeles’s pivotal 2028 Olympic Games

Bringing in 15 million visitors to watch more than 15,000 athletes compete in 36 sports requires money, technology and an army of volunteers.

04.12.2024 9

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Asia now exports culture, ideas, tech and leadership

In the 1990s, much of Asia's growth was fueled by industrialization and leveraging low-cost labor. Now, Asia is increasingly exporting culture,...

03.12.2024 4

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Insuring against Trump tariffs

What are the odds the U.S. will impose high tariffs on its two largest trading partners, whose supply chains are integrated with U.S. companies as...

02.12.2024 7

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What Black Friday says about the American consumer

Job-market optimism has pushed up consumer confidence even as credit card delinquencies go up.

29.11.2024 3

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Buffett, Murdoch, and Father Time

Buffett is handing his children full responsibility for the Berkshire Hathaway fortune. Murdoch is suing his.

26.11.2024 6

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HP trying to take pole position in a fast-changing future of work

CEO Enrique Lores says HP became Scuderia Ferrari's title sponsor earlier this year because of the sport’s 10-month season and reliance on...

25.11.2024 7

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Risk, rationality, trade and tariffs

Trade wars make it harder to coordinate when dealing with everything from climate change to cybercrimes—not to mention war, disease, and innovation.

22.11.2024 4

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The new academy companies

In an era where talent is scarce and continuous learning is key, academy companies deserve a second look.

20.11.2024 6

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Martha Stewart, insider trading, and political ambition

Did she suffer from hubris and a sense of entitlement? Perhaps. Did she deserve to go to jail for what she did—and forever lose the right to run...

18.11.2024 6

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Why Fortune is heading to Riyadh

It's hard to think of a country that has tried to change at the scale or speed of Saudi Arabia.

15.11.2024 4

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The next 4 years

With Republicans winning control of the House, President-elect Donald Trump will be heading to Washington with a clear path for enacting his agenda.

14.11.2024 20

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