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Ted Turner built the original infinite scroll. The attention economy is running on his playbook 

The CNN founder, who died May 6 at 87, designed the open-loop content model decades before Facebook’s algorithm. The man with the Midas touch.

By Nick LichtenbergMay 12, 2026
klein
SAP CEO: the AI race is being fought in the wrong place 
By Christian KleinMay 12, 2026
longevity
Your employees are going to live to 100. Is your benefits package ready?
By Kate Winget and Anthea Tjuanakis CoxMay 12, 2026
250
America’s true innovation advantage: we don’t just invent technologies — we reinvent how innovation works
By David H. HsuMay 11, 2026
AI strategy
Your company already has an AI strategy. You just didn’t choose it
By Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Tami Rosen and Darko LovricMay 12, 2026
drew
I helped build the Pentagon’s AI transformation. Corporate America is making every mistake we almost made
By Drew CukorMay 11, 2026
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EnergyJapanese snack giant resorts to black-and-white bags of potato chips as Iran War literally sucks color out of the world
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMay 12, 2026
Musk stands with his arms cross next to Trump who sits a table.
PoliticsElon Musk, Tim Cook and Larry Fink expected to join Trump’s entourage to Beijing this week
By Michelle Chapman and The Associated PressMay 12, 2026
Sam Altman walks inside a courthouse
LawSam Altman defends himself as a ‘honest and trustworthy businessperson’ in trial testimony detailing his past dealings with Elon Musk
By The Associated Press, Barbara Ortutay and Matt O'BrienMay 12, 2026
An employee pulls out a server rack shelf at the rear of a Trainium3 UltraServer at an Amazon Web Services QA lab in Austin, Texas, on February 3, 2026.
AI‘That doesn’t sound very healthy’: Amazon’s reported tokenmaxxing might gamify AI usage, analyst warns
By Eva RoytburgMay 12, 2026
gamestop
Retail‘Neither credible or attractive’: eBay slaps down GameStop’s $56 billion takeover bid
By Michelle Chapman and The Associated PressMay 12, 2026
affleck
LawFlorida cops sue Affleck and Damon for a movie too much like their real life
By David Fischer and The Associated PressMay 12, 2026
amazon
RetailAmazon’s promise of 30-minute delivery collides with memories of Domino’s drivers crashing in the late 1980s
By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated PressMay 12, 2026
cam
PoliticsCameron Hamilton, fired by Trump for defending FEMA’s right to exist, tapped to lead FEMA by Trump
By Gabriela Aoun Angueira and The Associated PressMay 12, 2026
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CommentaryGen Z is using ChatGPT to practice salary negotiations and tough conversations before they happen
By Phillip MillerMarch 22, 2026
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    CommentaryCompanies are pouring billions into AI and cutting training budgets. It’s a losing strategy
    By Wendi SafstromMarch 17, 2026
world
CommentaryOur economy has been living in an Adam Smith world since 1776. Something different is coming
By Ravi ChaudhryMarch 22, 2026
david
CommentaryThe one skill that separates people who get smarter with AI from everyone else
By David Rock and Chris WellerMarch 21, 2026
war
CommentaryCompanies are now on the front lines of war. They need to act like it
By Jeremy BashMarch 21, 2026
powell
CommentaryThe Strait of Hormuz is the fourth large supply shock this decade. Welcome to the new era of global disorder
By Jon HilsenrathMarch 21, 2026
gen z
CommentaryThe entry-level job market is the worst it’s been in 37 years. Stop blaming Gen Z
By Janelle Jones and Nia LawMarch 21, 2026
  • offices
    CommentaryThe ‘average rent’ mirage: why we need better numbers to understand urban economics
    By Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh and Wayne YuMarch 16, 2026
trump
CommentaryThe U.S. just hit $39 trillion in debt. Here’s the constitutional fix that Congress won’t touch
By Steve H. Hanke and David M. WalkerMarch 20, 2026
london
CommentaryThe 19th century banking problem that AI hasn’t solved yet
By Silvio Savarese and Sabastian NilesMarch 20, 2026
spreng
CommentaryUnicorns are flush with cash and stuck. A new kind of startup crisis is taking hold in 2026
By David SprengMarch 20, 2026
placek
CommentaryIntel and Toyota made perfectly logical decisions. That’s exactly how they killed their best brands
By David PlacekMarch 20, 2026
fabio
CommentaryWhy my $150 million startup thinks it can solve the $406 billion loneliness problem
By Fabio BinMarch 20, 2026
  • christine
    CommentaryWe’re a top investor relations firm and one of us spent over a decade on the inside. Here’s what boards need to know about engaging with activists
    By Christine O'Brien and Lex SuvantoMarch 16, 2026
scaramucci
CommentaryAnthony Scaramucci: America’s billionaires and presidents have forgotten the lesson that destroyed Rome
By Anthony ScaramucciMarch 19, 2026
china
CommentaryChina doesn’t need a trade deal to win. Here’s what CEOs are missing
By Ram CharanMarch 19, 2026
mulvaney
CommentaryMick Mulvaney: Stop calling it a ‘prediction market.’ It’s sports betting
By Mick MulvaneyMarch 19, 2026
rabii
CommentaryAI’s memory chip shortage is quietly taxing the entire economy
By Sha RabiiMarch 19, 2026
bakker
CommentaryThe $3.4 billion lesson Big Pharma needs to learn: its shelved drugs could save millions of patients
By Annette Bakker and Andrew W. LoMarch 19, 2026
ferrazzi
CommentaryFrom pilot mania to portfolio discipline: how the best companies are escaping AI purgatory
By Keith Ferrazzi, Wendy Smith and Dan RobertsMarch 19, 2026
kozak
CommentaryMy daughters are entering the workforce in the AI era. Hard work isn’t enough anymore
By Dennis KozakMarch 19, 2026
posey
CommentaryI run the world’s largest employee mental health company. Leaders are treating AI adoption as a tech problem. It’s not
By Paul PoseyMarch 18, 2026
guillaume
CommentaryThe U.S. attacked Iran to show its power but the war is already lost. Epic Fury looks like an Epic Fail
By Guillaume LongMarch 18, 2026
freeze
Commentary66% of CEOs are freezing hiring while betting billions on AI. It’s a costly miscalculation
By Katica RoyMarch 18, 2026
schlossberg
CommentaryJack Schlossberg has a warning for America’s CEOs: you’re living in my ‘world’ now
By Jack SchlossbergMarch 18, 2026
dewar
CommentaryThe AI reset is here — and every industry should be worried
By Carolyn DewarMarch 18, 2026
trump
CommentaryTrump’s Iran War looks improvised. It isn’t. Here’s the playbook he’s been running for decades
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianMarch 17, 2026
constantine
CommentaryThe next energy superpower will make its own fuel
By Gregory ConstantineMarch 17, 2026
winget
CommentaryThe equity compensation gap: why even your most senior leaders are leaving money on the table
By Kate WingetMarch 17, 2026
trump
CommentaryAmerica’s $38 trillion debt crisis is already here. The reckoning comes next
By David K. YoungMarch 17, 2026
jeff
CommentaryAI is making productivity obsolete. The leaders who thrive next will have something machines can’t touch
By Jeff BurninghamMarch 17, 2026
josh macey
CommentaryYour electricity bill keeps rising. Here’s what’s actually causing it—and how to fix it
By Josh MaceyMarch 17, 2026
nnenna
Commentary78% of girls hate their bodies by 17. A former NCAA champion says running is the fix
By Nnenna LynchMarch 17, 2026
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Forget U.S. debt, China's total borrowing is in 'a league of its own'—much worse and deteriorating faster, analyst saysplaceholder alt text
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By Preston ForeMay 11, 2026
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