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Jerome Powell’s Two Unique Strengths, According to His Old Boss

Jerome Powell’s Two Unique Strengths, According to His Old Boss

The well-respected Fed chair worked at the Carlyle Group under David Rubenstein for eight years before returning to public service.

29.04.2025 10

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CEO of Barbie Maker Mattel Says There Should Be Zero Tariff on All Toys

CEO of Barbie Maker Mattel Says There Should Be Zero Tariff on All Toys

"Toys are a foundational part of children's development. It plays to a fundamental human behavior."

25.04.2025 6

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New FDA Chief Martin Makary Says DOGE Cuts Haven’t Hit Science Staff

New FDA Chief Martin Makary Says DOGE Cuts Haven’t Hit Science Staff

The new FDA chief reiterated his commitment to speeding up drug approval processes and run the agency by "gold standard science" and "common sense."

24.04.2025 10

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Citadel CEO Ken Griffin Warns Trump’s Tariffs Are Tarnishing the ‘American Brand’

Citadel CEO Ken Griffin Warns Trump’s Tariffs Are Tarnishing the ‘American Brand’

"When you tarnish that brand, it can take a lifetime to repair the damage that has been done."

24.04.2025 3

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Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos on How Hyperlocal Shows Become Global Hits

Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos on How Hyperlocal Shows Become Global Hits

Sarandos says the key to creating global hits is letting local teams focus on making shows for their own markets.

23.04.2025 2

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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Challenging a 73-Year-Old Investing Principle

Larry Fink is pushing to rewrite investment norms by replacing the 60/40 portfolio with a model that includes private assets.

01.04.2025 2

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20 Years Later, Rebecca Minkoff Is Still Making the Perfect Bag for the Woman Who Carries It

Between running her namesake brand, spearheading a media and events company, co-hosting a podcast, parenting four kids and—until recently—making time

14.03.2025 3

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Elon Musk Launched His Tesla Roadster Into Space 7 Years Ago—It Was Just Seen Again

Elon's famous red Roadster was spotted in space last month.

06.02.2025 3

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How Trump’s Day 1 Policies Will Affect Trade, Climate, EVs and TikTok

President Trump declared an energy emergency, the first in the U.S. history.

22.01.2025 5

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Perplexity AI CEO Believes No Publisher Should Own the Right to Reported Facts

On Dec. 7, 2022, seven days after OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a former OpenAI research scientist named Aravind Srinivas, who’d left the company just...

02.11.2024 4

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OpenAI’s New Board Chair Bret Taylor Shares the Story of Saving Sam Altman’s Job

Bret Taylor, the new board chairman of OpenAI, said he wasn’t planning on engaging in much board work when the high-flying A.I. company was on the...

31.10.2024 3

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Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck Is Most Excited About a ‘Completely Unfunded’ Mission

Rocket Lab, an emerging rival of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is doing a lot of important things. The New Zealand- and Long Beach, Calif.-based company is...

30.10.2024 5

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A Former SpaceX Engineer Is Building an Airplane Anyone Can Fly in One Hour

In 2020, Nikita Ermoshkin, then an engineer at SpaceX, decided to get a private pilot license so that he could take day trips from his home in Los...

23.09.2024 3

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Tech Billionaire Jared Isaacman Completes World’s First Private Spacewalk

Jared Isaacman, a tech billionaire and space enthusiast, this morning (Sept. 12) became the first private citizen to walk in space, successfully...

12.09.2024 2

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How Lumen’s First Woman CEO Drives Giant A.I. Deals With a Culture of ‘Empathy’

As interest and demand for A.I. applications soar, so does the less sexy but crucial A.I. infrastructure industry—think semiconductors, data...

12.09.2024 3

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Q&A With GameStop Co-Founder Gary Kusin: Mentoring, Management Lessons, and the Fallacy of ‘Finding Your Passion’

After mentoring more than 1,000 individuals over the course of his career as an entrepreneur and investor, Gary Kusin decided to write a book. In...

13.08.2024 2

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