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Kevin Warsh, former governor of the US Federal Reserve, during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring meetings at the IMF headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, April 25, 2025.
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Meet Trump’s next Fed Chair Kevin Warsh: He wants a back-seat central bank, a more bullish monetary policy, and for his dog to live a really long time

Trump confirmed Warsh as the Fed chair nominee Friday morning. Here's what might be in store for the central bank.

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Donald Trump, CEO-in-Chief: How the president’s dealmaking instincts are shaking up business and the government

In his second term, President Trump has doubled down on his favorite tactics: one-on-one negotiations and unpredictability. He's made big changes; will they endure?

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The 3 trends that dominated companies’ AI rollouts in 2025

Companies are failing when they lead with AI and finding success when they lead with the problem they’re trying to solve.

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EnvironmentA girl draws water from a storage tank in Babo, Aceh Tamiang, Northern Sumatra, on December 15, 2025, following a flash flood. Indonesia will revoke more than 20 forestry permits across the country, the forestry minister said on December 15, after deadly floods and landslides devastated parts of the northwestern island of Sumatra. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP via Getty Images)
Asia is one of the world’s least insured places, even as it’s battered by climate change and natural disasters
Climate change mans Southern Africa got a year’s worth of rain in just 10 days, killing over 100 people
Asia is the ‘next big frontier’ for sustainable aviation fuel as governments push green mandates
FinanceKevin Warsh, governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks during an Institute of International Bankers' luncheon in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, June 16, 2009.
The new Fed chair’s billionaire father-in-law is a friend of Trump’s from college and has business interests in Greenland
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Tech CFOs face a new challenge: Selling unprecedented capex as ‘disciplined’
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How to Choose a Mattress: The Ultimate Guide
As billionaires chase immortality, this startup cofounded by a Harvard genetics professor gets FDA approval for the first partial de-aging human trial
Pfizer CEO says he used ‘emotional blackmail’ to get employees to achieve impossible goals during COVID-19
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Twenty-somethings discover nostalgia, throwing back to a carefree time before the ‘dark days’: 2016
Trump predicts Kevin Warsh will ‘go down as one of the GREAT Fed Chairmen, maybe the best,’ plus he’s ‘central casting’
Are you a cyborg, a centaur, or a self-automator? Why businesses need the right kind of ‘humans in the loop’ in AI
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Twenty-somethings discover nostalgia, throwing back to a carefree time before the ‘dark days’: 2016
The saga of the billion-dollar sock: The Muppets’ 50th birthday marks a long and profitable run
TikTok’s ‘Ms. Shirley,’ who drew 5 million followers watching her care for the homeless, dies at 58
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PoliticsKevin Warsh, governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks during an Institute of International Bankers' luncheon in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, June 16, 2009.
The new Fed chair’s billionaire father-in-law is a friend of Trump’s from college and has business interests in Greenland
Trump expands trade war with Canada, threatening 50% aircraft tariff
Trump sues IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over tax leak showing he didn’t pay taxes for years
RetailTwo young woman pharmacist using computer at counter. One of the girls is pointing at the computer screen doubting which medicine is the best.
Walmart doubles down on health, giving 3,000 pharmacy workers a promotion and a raise of up to 86%—with no college degree required
How stroopwafels and saffron tiramisu fit into Starbucks’ plan to get to 40,000 stores around the world
Amazon is closing its futuristic Go and Fresh stores—showing logistics and tech aren’t enough to make old-school retail work
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Exclusive: Long-time Google DeepMind researcher David Silver leaves to found his own AI startup
Twenty-somethings discover nostalgia, throwing back to a carefree time before the ‘dark days’: 2016
America’s AI regulatory patchwork is crushing startups and helping China
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Gen Z believes using AI is making their colleagues dumb and lazy, but may paradoxically see it as key to their own promotion, Wharton says
The saga of the billion-dollar sock: The Muppets’ 50th birthday marks a long and profitable run
TikTok’s ‘Ms. Shirley,’ who drew 5 million followers watching her care for the homeless, dies at 58