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KANANASKIS, CANADA JUNE 19:<br />
A miniature statue of U.S. President Donald Trump stands beside a model bunker-buster bomb, set against a backdrop featuring a map of the Middle East and Iran, displayed in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, on June 19, 2025. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Trump delay of Iran bombing decision by two weeks puts U.S. markets into holding pattern

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on June 5, 2025 shows US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, DC, on May 5, 2025 and Elon Musk in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 30, 2025. President Donald Trump said on June 5, 2025, that he asked “crazy” Elon Musk to leave his administration and threatened to take away the tech tycoon’s government contracts, as a growing row over the US president’s budget bill triggered a bitter public divorce with his top donor. (Photo by Alex Wroblewski and Allison ROBBERT / AFP) (Photo by ALEX WROBLEWSKI,ALLISON ROBBERT/AFP via Getty Images)

Elon Musk’s apology to Donald Trump is making investors happier than the U.S.-China trade framework is

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell on June 2, 2025, in New York City. Oil prices surged Monday over renewed concerns about Russia’s war in Ukraine and relief over OPEC+ production, while stock markets mostly slumped as US-China trade tensions resurfaced. The dollar was under pressure while Wall Street opened mixed, with the Dow and the broad-based S&P 500 in the red while the tech-heavy Nasdaq rose. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Investors bet on Trump tariff concessions as retaliation threats rattle markets

HAIAN, CHINA – MAY 29, 2025 – An illustration photo shows the closing price of China’s A-share market on that day displayed in A smart phone in Haian City, Jiangsu Province, China on May 29, 2025. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Investors may be suffering tariff whiplash but markets are set for solid May gains

President Donald Trump speaking in the Oval Office.

Trump court loss gives investors something to cheer about

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 27: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on May 27, 2025 in New York City. The stock market opened high with the Dow Jones leading the way opening up over 300 points, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he has agreed to an extension on the 50% tariff deadline on the European Union until July 9th. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Markets take a pause as investors stop ‘TACO’ trade after one day bounce

HAIAN, CHINA – MAY 27, 2025 – An illustration photo shows the closing price of China’s A-share market on that day displayed in A smart phone in Haian City, Jiangsu Province, China on May 27, 2025. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Trump tariff delay trade is back, sending U.S. markets up on EU reprieve—but it ‘doesn’t pay like it used to’

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Wednesday, May 21st, 2025<br />
Fortune Most Powerful Women International<br />
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
10:40 – 11:10AM<br />
HEALTH CARE INNOVATION FOR ALL<br />
The health care industry is one of the biggest drivers of economic activity worldwide. Digital transformation, accelerated R&D, and new research into the causes of disease are promising important advancements in the coming years. However, will innovation be able to solve the industry’s numerous, serious challenges – including unequal access to care, sky-high costs, workforce shortages, and cybersecurity threats? We’ll examine how the integration of technology and other scientific advancement into our health care systems will impact global health equity, as well as individual patient outcomes.
Olfat Berro, Area Head, Middle East, Roche Pharmaceuticals<br />
Leah Cotterill, Chief Executive Officer, Middle East and Africa (Outside KSA), Cigna Healthcare<br />
Noosheen Hashemi, Founder and CEO, January AI<br />
Moderator: Ellie Austin, Fortune<br />
Audience Q: Khatija Ali, CEO and Founder, BioSapien
Photograph by Iman Al-dabbagh/Fortune

Half the world population could be diabetic or insulin resistant by 2050

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Tuesday, May 20th, 2025<br />
Fortune Most Powerful Women International<br />
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
4:05 – 4:20 PM<br />
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION ACROSS BORDERS: WHAT’S AT STAKE?<br />
Global technology policy is increasingly influenced by major tech firms based in a handful of wealthy nations. The Digital Cooperation Organization, which is headquartered in Saudi Arabia, is the world’s first stand-alone organization focused on the global digital economy. Its goal? To ensure technology drives prosperity and opportunity for all. We’ll discuss the policy, legislation, and education solutions required to make this a reality, so that no country, business, or sector of society is left behind.
Deemah AlYayha, Secretary General, Digital Cooperation Organization<br />
In conversation with: Ellie Austin, Fortune
Photograph by Iman Al-dabbagh/Fortune

Decentralizing computing power is key to avoiding an AI divide between the wealthy and the Global South

HAIAN, CHINA – MAY 20, 2025 – An illustration photo shows the closing price of the Chinese stock market on that day displayed in a smartphone in Haian City, Jiangsu Province, China on May 20, 2025. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Investors call time on U.S. asset party as Trump tariffs hit Japan

20 May 2025, Hesse, Frankfurt/Main: Stock traders on the trading floor in Frankfurt. The DAX exceeded the 24,000 point mark for the first time in its history. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa (Photo by Boris Roessler/picture alliance via Getty Images)

CATL surges in Hong Kong while U.S. asset investors digest how much debt is too much

Pedestrians walk past an electronic board showing the Nikkei 225 index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange along a street in central Tokyo on May 19, 2025. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) (Photo by KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images)

The ‘sell America’ trade is back as investors eye Moody’s downgrade and budget bill

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Architecture today is driving AI ‘towards the direction that you’ve already preconceived in your mind’

WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 6: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent walks to his seat ahead of his testimony before the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, on May 6, 2025 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Photo by Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trade talk between the U.S. and China is boosting markets, but investors are really waiting for Fed Chair Powell to speak

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell addresses the Economic Club of Chicago at a luncheon at the Hilton on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, in Chicago. Powell shared his view of the current state of the U.S. economy, saying that the country’s debt is “on an unsustainable path, not at an unsustainable level.” (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Investors worry about Fed independence as stocks rise in China and Japan