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Paolo Confino

Paolo Confino is a formerreporter on Fortune’s global news desks where he covered each day’s most important stories. In addition to his breaking news stories Paolo has written several in-depth features on a variety of subjects, including Flagship Pioneering, the biotech VC that founded Moderna, Italian soccer team AC Milan’s efforts to build a new stadium, and a profile of David Rawlinson, one of only eight Black Fortune 500 CEOs. At Fortune, Paolo previously worked on the Leadership desk where he covered the C-suite and helped launch the CHRO Daily newsletter alongside two of his colleagues. Prior to working in journalism Paolo worked for several years in the marketing department of a Fortune 500 CPG company. He has a bachelor's degree from NYU and a masters degree from Syracuse University.

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FinanceAmid a grimmer outlook from the Fed, there’s a lone, mysterious holdout predicting stronger economic growth
By Paolo ConfinoMarch 20, 2025
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell
FinanceFed keeps interest rates steady after a stock market sell-off and a brewing trade war
By Paolo ConfinoMarch 19, 2025
During prepared remarks at the 2025 U.S. Monetary Policy Forum earlier this month Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reiterated he believed the Fed could afford to wait on cutting rates further.
FinanceThe Fed is expected to hold rates steady, as investors white-knuckle it through a brutal selloff and recession fears. ‘Policymakers aren’t providing any encouragement’
By Paolo ConfinoMarch 18, 2025
Here’s when AI will launch a decade-long cycle of economic growth and productivity gains
AIHere’s when AI will launch a decade-long cycle of economic growth and productivity gains
By Paolo ConfinoMarch 14, 2025
Walmart pushing grocery carts outside of a store in China
RetailWalmart’s answer to tariffs was to pressure Chinese suppliers to lower costs. A supply-chain expert says the Chinese government will not take that lightly
By Paolo ConfinoMarch 12, 2025
Police officers standing outside a Tesla dealership in Chicago
TechPolice are barricading Tesla cars and dealerships as people rage against Elon Musk’s machines
By Paolo ConfinoMarch 10, 2025
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell
FinanceJerome Powell says the ‘net effect’ of the Trump administration’s policies on trade, immigration, fiscal policy, and regulation will determine interest rates in the future
By Paolo ConfinoMarch 8, 2025
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos
LeadershipLagging SpaceX, Bezos’s Blue Origin brings in former Amazon execs to reinstitute a hard-charging culture
By Paolo ConfinoMarch 5, 2025
Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen
LeadershipKroger CEO resigns from $150 billion grocery chain over ‘certain personal conduct,’ forfeiting 2024 bonus
By Paolo ConfinoMarch 3, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky (L) and President Donald Trump (R)
PoliticsIn full view of the world, Trump and Vance told Zelensky he can’t win the war. He told them they’re naive for believing Putin
By Paolo ConfinoFebruary 28, 2025
Stripe cofounders Patrick and John Collison
FinanceStripe hits a $91 billion valuation amid ‘lumpy’ payments growth that cofounder says can’t be managed ‘on a supertight quarterly EPS basis’
By Paolo ConfinoFebruary 27, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump
PoliticsThe Ukraine-U.S. mineral deal relies on 50-year-old Soviet-era maps and infrastructure that no longer exists, report says
By Paolo ConfinoFebruary 27, 2025
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
AINvidia will face off with investors demanding perfection as the ‘spigot of investment dollars’ gushes into AI
By Paolo Confino and Greg McKennaFebruary 24, 2025
President Donald Trump
PoliticsTrump Media board approves an investment fund to explore acquisitions
By Paolo ConfinoFebruary 21, 2025
A shopper in a Walmart pushing a large cart stuffed with merchandise
RetailWalmart stock tumbles on lower 2025 guidance given ‘uncertain times’ in the economy: ‘We don’t want to get out over our skis here’
By Paolo ConfinoFebruary 20, 2025
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