Richard Torrenzano

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  • GLENDALE, ARIZONA – FEBRUARY 12: Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs carries the ball against James Bradberry #24 of the Philadelphia Eagles during the second quarter in Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium on February 12, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)Commentary

    Spending $10 million on a Super Bowl ad…is like buying a giant billboard that faces the wrong way

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  • Portrait of worried young businessman with cell phone in front of Stock Exchange, New York City, USACommentary

    In 2025, every crisis is instant and public—and trust evaporates in just 2 hours

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  • Demonstrators during a protest against the country’s ban of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, on Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. Former President Jair Bolsonaro rallied thousands in Sao Paulo, seeking to reinforce his grip on Brazil’s right-wing opposition by denouncing the top court’s ban on Elon Musk’s X social network. Photographer: Maira Erlich/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesCommentary

    Free speech faces death by 1,000 cuts as tech, media, and politics clash

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  • People watch Fox News channel in front of Fox News building in Manhattan after the former U.S. President Donald Trump has been injured during shooting at campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania. New York, United States of America on July 13th, 2024. The suspected shooter was killed and another rally attendee was dead. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Commentary

    Public confidence in U.S. institutions has never been lower. It’s time to make America trust again

    By Richard Torrenzano and Ronald J. Levine
  • Young couple using their phonesCommentary

    Gen Z workers are rediscovering interpersonal skills in the post-pandemic AI era—and the stakes couldn’t be higher

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  • A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) ahead of the opening bell on April 2, 2024, in New York City. GE is opening a new chapter in its history on April 2, its break-up into three independent entities. The initial split took place in January 2023 with the creation of GE HealthCare. The official finalization of the separation comes with GE disappearing in favor of GE Vernova, dealing with energy activities; and GE Aerospace, the new name of the late GE. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)Commentary

    24/7 trading is already in full swing. Now Wall Street is considering ditching the opening and closing bells altogether

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  • Alex Chriss is set to become PayPal's president and CEO on Sept. 27, 2023.Commentary

    AI is reshaping financial forecasts and disclosure–and making language more important than ever

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  • Shareholders raise their hands at the Credit Suisse Group AG annual general meeting in Zurich, Switzerland, on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Credit Suisse faced imminent failure if it hadnt been sold to UBS Group AG in an emergency rescue last month, according to the Swiss central bank. Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesCommentary

    Annual general meetings have been getting increasingly raucous. Expect them to be chaotic in 2024

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, CA – JUNE 14: A pedestrian walks by a store that is closing on June 14, 2023 in San Francisco, California. San Francisco’s downtown continues to struggle with keeping retail and commercial properties rented following the COVID-19 pandemic, and lags behind all major cities in the U.S. and Canada. Westfield has stopped making payments on a $558 million loan for their mall at 865 Market St. weeks after their anchor tenant Nordstrom announced plans to pull out of the mall. Downtown San Francisco has an estimated 18.4 million square feet of available real estate. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Commentary

    Can I sell you the Golden Gate Bridge? How San Francisco’s savvy business leaders are betting on ineffective advertising to save the city’s reputation

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  • An employee builds a tower of Bud Light beer cans for ball target practice in the Ron DeSantis booth at the Republican Party of Iowa’s 2023 Lincoln Dinner at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa, on July 28, 2023. (Photo by Sergio FLORES / AFP) (Photo by SERGIO FLORES/AFP via Getty Images)Commentary

    Bud Light’s downfall marks a seismic shift in consumer behavior–and parent company AB InBev doesn’t seem to get it

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  • This illustration photo taken on January 30, 2023 shows a phone screen displaying a statement from the head of security policy at META with a fake video (R) of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calling on his soldiers to lay down their weapons shown in the background, in Washington, DC. Chatbots spouting falsehoods, face-swapping apps generating fake porn and cloned voices defrauding companies of millions — governments are scrambling to regulate AI-powered deepfakes widely feared to be a misinformation super spreader. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)Commentary

    Generative A.I. has supercharged the speed at which false information spreads. Can our reputations survive the ‘two-hour internet day?’

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  • PRODUCTION – 22 June 2023, Hesse, Frankfurt/Main: A man stands above the Dax indicator board in the trading hall of Deutsche Börse. The German benchmark index DAX has existed for 35 years on July 1. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa (Photo by Boris Roessler/picture alliance via Getty Images)

    The global financial landscape is shifting in favor of U.S. listings as Europeans get dwarfed and Asian markets grapple with instability

    By Richard Torrenzano and Paul Tweed
  • WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 03: A vendor sells Bud Light beer and other beverages during the Washington Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies game at Nationals Park on June 03, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)Commentary

    Brands that get caught up in the culture wars don’t know themselves–or their customers

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  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 28: A woman checks her phone in a subway station on April 28, 2023 in New York City. The MTA is not going along post real-time service updates on its Twitter feed, leaving its 1.3 million followers without this information source on their daily commutes. (Photo by Leonardo Munoz/VIEWpress)Commentary

    Agita. Do you feel it too? It’s the relentless pounding on our senses that leaves us feeling uncertain and uneasy

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  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 12: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on May 12, 2022 in New York City. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell in morning trading as investors continue to worry about inflation and other global issues. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)Commentary

    I watched market rumors spread across the NYSE trading floor for a decade. Now they’re moving at warp speed

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