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“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.”

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“I’ve never seen anything like it,” KPMG’s chief economist Diane Swonk told Fortune.

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Vanguard CIO Nitin Tandon says AI can be used to hyper-personalize guidance for customers.

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“How do we make sure that we’re telling the story of the U.S. well enough?” Gorin asked on the Leadership Next podcast.

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Lucy Small, a Georgia-based home designer, had 4,000 fans lined up to rent her festive cottage years before it hit the market. She says the home is so special that its success can’t “be replicated.”

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It’s one of two new holidays he announced.

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Key Events Leading to Travis Kalanick’s Departure from Uber