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Jim Edwards is the executive editor for global news at Fortune. He was previously the editor-in-chief of Business Insider's news division and the founding editor of Business Insider UK. His investigative journalism has changed the law in two U.S. federal districts and two states. The U.S. Supreme Court cited his work on the death penalty in the concurrence to Baze v. Rees, the ruling on whether lethal injection is cruel or unusual. He also won the Neal award for an investigation of bribes and kickbacks on Madison Avenue.

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Sam Altman’s OpenAI publishes brutal critique of Apple lawsuit: ‘Apple is getting this wrong’
By Jim EdwardsAugust 4, 2026
Wall Street shrugs off global slump as Trump promises (yet another) imminent deal with Iran
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Wall Street shrugs off global slump as Trump promises (yet another) imminent deal with Iran
By Jim EdwardsAugust 3, 2026
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‘Mutiny, if need be’: At the Fed, ‘Warsh can suppress dissent only so much,’ over credibility-testing interest rate decision, Macquarie says
By Jim EdwardsJuly 31, 2026
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Wall Street reacts brutally to Fed chair Warsh’s interest rate hold: ‘the bond market puked on him’
By Jim EdwardsJuly 30, 2026
Insiders knew advanced AI models would escape the lab and wreak havoc, former OpenAI board member confesses
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Insiders knew advanced AI models would escape the lab and wreak havoc, former OpenAI board member confesses
By Jim EdwardsJuly 29, 2026
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China’s chipmakers trigger bloodbath in global tech stocks
By Jim EdwardsJuly 28, 2026
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Stocks rise globally on hopes of peace talks with Iran—but the Fed may deliver a shock on Wednesday
By Jim EdwardsJuly 27, 2026
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Trump weighs ‘massive attack’ on Iran as Tehran’s chokehold on oil gets tighter
By Jim EdwardsJuly 24, 2026
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Google just posted the biggest quarterly profit ever—$112 billion—and Wall Street is punishing it for doing so
By Jim EdwardsJuly 23, 2026
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AI world stunned by OpenAI model that secretly escaped secure environment and hacked into a rival company
By Jim EdwardsJuly 22, 2026
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Iran calls for ‘full-scale war’ but behind the scenes a peace proposal might reopen the Strait of Hormuz—if Trump can stomach it
By Jim EdwardsJuly 21, 2026
‘Harvest now, decrypt later’: Hackers are stealing data they can’t even read yet—banking on quantum computers to crack it later
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‘Harvest now, decrypt later’: Hackers are stealing data they can’t even read yet—banking on quantum computers to crack it later
By Jim EdwardsJuly 20, 2026
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Tech stocks lead steep global sell-off as investors lose faith in AI chip trade
By Jim EdwardsJuly 17, 2026
Elon Musk loses trillionaire status as SpaceX stock deflates—and Wisconsin officials want him investigated for election ‘bribery’
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Elon Musk loses trillionaire status as SpaceX stock deflates—and Wisconsin officials want him investigated for election ‘bribery’
By Jim EdwardsJuly 16, 2026
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Economy
Trump threatens Iran with more bombing as U.S. missile stockpiles decline, the Strait of Hormuz slams shut, and there’s no endgame in sight
By Jim EdwardsJuly 15, 2026
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