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Amanda Gerut

Amanda Gerut has been a journalist and editor for more than 20 years and currently serves as Fortune’s West Coast Editor. She edits and reports on publicly traded businesses, executive compensation, Securities and Exchange Commission regulations and investigations. Amanda previously worked for 13 years at the Financial Times’ Agenda, a publication for corporate board members of publicly traded companies. She is the former managing editor of BoardIQ, an FT publication dedicated to the governance and oversight of mutual funds. She previously worked as a reporter at New Jersey’s Star-Ledger and The Herald News.

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Big Tech
Alphabet plans to double capex spending to a possible $185 billion—but it’s keeping CEO Sundar Pichai up at night
By Amanda GerutFebruary 4, 2026
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C-Suite
New Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro stands to make $45 million, but he’ll also get something priceless—a ‘clean break’ with Bob Iger
By Amanda GerutFebruary 3, 2026
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AI
Elon Musk’s SpaceX buys xAI in stunning deal valued at $1.25 trillion ahead of looming IPO
By Amanda GerutFebruary 2, 2026
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Investing
$14 trillion asset manager BlackRock aims to lock down execs to compete in the ‘alts’ gold rush shaking up the fund industry
By Amanda GerutJanuary 30, 2026
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Big Tech
Microsoft demand backlog doubles to $625 billion thanks to OpenAI, but hefty spending and slower revenue growth spook investors
By Amanda GerutJanuary 28, 2026
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Cybersecurity
Consumers lost $12.5 billion to fraud last year, and AI-powered scams are set to explode in 2026, Experian warns
By Amanda GerutJanuary 13, 2026
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Politics
Defense companies like RTX and Anduril are feeling the heat on pay and stock buybacks after Trump’s executive order
By Amanda GerutJanuary 13, 2026
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Banking
Jamie Dimon rejects Jeff Bezos’ playbook and hoards his JPMorgan shares. He’ll see $770 million in gains for 2025
By Amanda GerutJanuary 7, 2026
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C-Suite
CEO of $90 billion Waste Management hauled trash and went to 1 a.m. safety briefings—‘It’s not always just dollars and cents’
By Amanda GerutJanuary 3, 2026
Behind glam luxury brands Michael Kors and Jimmy Choo lurks a troubled holding company losing millions
Retail
Behind glam luxury brands Michael Kors and Jimmy Choo lurks a troubled holding company losing millions
By Amanda GerutJanuary 2, 2026
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Cybersecurity
Feds are hunting teenage hacking groups like ‘Scattered Spider’ who have targeted $1 trillion worth of the Fortune 500 since 2022
By Amanda GerutJanuary 1, 2026
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AI
The fastest athletes in the world can botch a baton pass if trust isn’t there—and the same is true of AI, Blackbaud exec says
By Amanda GerutDecember 12, 2025
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AI
The race to deploy an AI workforce faces one important trust gap: What happens when an agent goes rogue?
By Amanda GerutDecember 11, 2025
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AI
Actress Natasha Lyonne dropped out of NYU and watched movies instead. Now, she’s helping to shape the future of AI
By Amanda GerutDecember 10, 2025
5 VCs sound off on the AI question du jour
Newsletters
5 VCs sound off on the AI question du jour
By Amanda GerutDecember 10, 2025
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By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezSeptember 12, 2026
Law
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By The Associated PressSeptember 12, 2026
Economy
The trade deficit with Canada that's upset Trump so much is due to crude the U.S. buys at a discount for the Midwest. 'It’s the only oil they can use'placeholder alt text
By Paul Wiseman and The Associated PressSeptember 12, 2026
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