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layoffs
The AI layoff wave is just beginning — and it’s by design

Conventional wisdom would tell you a booming stock market should create more jobs, not fewer. But it’s hard to ignore that there are larger forces at play.

By Kevin OakesDecember 17, 2025
Norbert Jung
Factory 2030 runs on more than code. As a CEO, I see the power of agentic AI—and the trust gap that we must close
By Norbert JungDecember 17, 2025
TD Jakes
To heal a divided nation, America’s next chapter must rediscover a common unity
By T.D. JakesDecember 16, 2025
tree
Colorado is suffering from Christmas Tree inflation because Denver imports most of them—from North Carolina and the Pacific Northwest
By Ali Besharat and The ConversationDecember 16, 2025
Charles Lamanna
I lead Microsoft’s enterprise AI agent strategy. Here’s what every company should know about how agents will rewrite work
By Charles LamannaDecember 15, 2025
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PoliticsNorman Podhoretz, among the last of the ‘New York intellectuals’ and liberal turned neocon turned anti-anti-Trumper, dies at 95
By Hillel Italie and The Associated PressDecember 17, 2025
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By Danny BakstDecember 17, 2025
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BankingOver half the workers in the $85 billion Union Pacific/Northern Southern railroads oppose the merger
By Josh Funk and The Associated PressDecember 17, 2025
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By Sasha RogelbergDecember 17, 2025
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By Joseph HostetlerDecember 17, 2025
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By Joseph HostetlerDecember 17, 2025
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Politics(Legal) weed kingpin Duke Rodriguez runs for governor in New Mexico
By The Associated PressDecember 17, 2025
Trump
PoliticsA week after telling Americans their kids may get fewer dolls and pencils because of tariffs, Trump vows ‘THE BEST IS YET TO COME’
By Josh Boak and The Associated PressDecember 17, 2025
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Wendy Stewart
CommentaryBofA’s president of Global Commercial Banking on best practices for securing the legacy of a multigen family business
By Wendy StewartAugust 31, 2025
Trump, Putrin
CommentaryIs Putin playing Trump or is Trump playing us?
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianAugust 31, 2025
Andrew Filev
CommentaryMy $2.25 billion exit taught me that Silicon Valley’s obsession with 100-hour weeks is actually sabotage. It’s a marathon, not a sprint
By Andrew FilevAugust 30, 2025
CommentaryI’m an expert in viral marketing and make my bones reaching Gen Z. The American Eagle and e.l.f. ragebait is just gasoline on the fire
By Katya VarbanovaAugust 29, 2025
Kenneth Braithwaite
CommentaryFormer Trump officials: Strong intellectual property protections are crucial to America’s national security
By Kenneth Braithwaite and Andrei IancuAugust 29, 2025
Christian Kroll
CommentaryI’m a CEO who bid for Google’s Chrome browser. Even if we don’t win, here’s why this is a fork in the road for digital capitalism 
By Christian KrollAugust 29, 2025
CommentaryI said the Internet would never work. Thank god I didn’t make that mistake with crypto
By Jeremy BoyntonAugust 29, 2025
Jake Loosararian
CommentaryAI’s dirty secret: without data, it’s just math tricks
By Jake LoosararianAugust 28, 2025
Amit Walia
CommentaryI had to make a big bet on a make-or-break 18 months. I later sold my company for $8 billion but first I had to dive deep into the ‘gray area’ 
By Amit WaliaAugust 28, 2025
Leslie Feinzaig
CommentaryI’m rooting for female founders’ comebacks. And for the end of branding women, from girlboss to tradwife and all the way down
By Leslie FeinzaigAugust 27, 2025
Donald Trump
CommentaryTrump’s crusade to cripple clean energy has found its match: the free market and global finance
By Andrew BeharAugust 27, 2025
Donald Trump
CommentaryWhy every CEO—and every American—should be fed up with Trump’s Fed attack
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen HenriquesAugust 26, 2025
An old man holding a tablet sitting on a couch
CommentaryForget smart homes: The final frontier is an AI-powered home that can take care of you
By SB ChoiAugust 26, 2025
Man at laptop
CommentaryThe homepage is dead. The future belongs to the question
By Danika WongAugust 26, 2025
Steve Jobs
CommentaryI worked on the first iPhone under Steve Jobs before selling Nest for $3.2 billion. Jensen Huang is right about what will happen next with AI
By Matt RogersAugust 26, 2025
Donald Trump
CommentaryThe emperor strikes back—but Trump’s revenge and deflection aren’t public protection
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, J. Thomas Manger, Asha Rangappa and Thomas KolditzAugust 25, 2025
Prenups
CommentaryThe new power move: why smart women are demanding prenups
By Libby LefflerAugust 24, 2025
Retirees
CommentaryPrivate equity could transform your retirement, but only if it adapts to protect savers
By Burcu Esmer and Bilge YilmazAugust 24, 2025
Boomers
CommentaryWe interviewed 62 older Minnesotans who lost white-collar jobs later in life. Nearly 75% refused to move, and 3 big problems kept them locked in place
By Annette Nierobisz and Dana SawchukAugust 24, 2025
CommentaryWhy banks should leverage AI to serve more than the affluent—and build a financial system for everyone
By Sopnendu MohantyAugust 23, 2025
Vidya Peters
CommentaryWe built a $1 billion tech unicorn in Europe, living proof that our economy is just as dynamic as America’s. Success comes down to three core principles
By Vidya PetersAugust 23, 2025
Silvija Martincevic
CommentaryI’m a CEO who was raised by a truck driver and a factory worker. The 2.7 billion shift-based workers around the world need tech that works for them
By Silvija MartincevicAugust 23, 2025
Michael Coscetta
CommentaryI’m the president of a $1 billion software unicorn and I’ve seen the ‘Gen Z stare’ disappear in healthy workplaces. It’s a wake-up call for hospitality
By Michael CoscettaAugust 22, 2025
Marc Metrick
CommentarySaks Global is luxury’s last best hope
By Joel BinesAugust 22, 2025
Superhero
CommentaryAI isn’t a job killer, it’s a job shifter
By Becky FrankiewiczAugust 22, 2025
Mike Rowe
CommentaryThe real problem gripping rural America and the jobs of the future
By Chris KibarianAugust 21, 2025
Donald Trump and Jerome Powell
CommentaryMonetary policy is not about interest rates, it’s about the money supply
By Steve H. Hanke and John GreenwoodAugust 21, 2025
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CommentaryThe Great Resentment: Bosses are lording over workers as revenge for the Great Resignation when they had to hand out once-in-a-generation raises
By Nick Lichtenberg and Ashley LutzAugust 20, 2025
CommentaryGPT-5 is getting all the buzz. But the new open models of AI matter more
By Manik SurtaniAugust 20, 2025
AI
CommentaryAn AI-enabled future is inspiring, but it takes planning and work
By John Nay and Troy A. ParedesAugust 20, 2025
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