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‘Nobody knows anything’ and ‘this time is different’: the phrases that define — and haunt — the AI economy

Wharton’s Ethan Mollick said he talks to AI labs and CEOs all the time, and “anyone who’s like, ‘We have the playbook’—they’re lying to you.”

By Nick LichtenbergMay 25, 2026

Richard McCathron is President & CEO, Hippo.

I’m leading a $100 million corporate turnaround. Here’s why I learned to distrust the growth mindset

By Richard McCathronMay 25, 2026

The pig in the python: Baby Boomers are strangling the economy they built by refusing to move or retire

By Nick LichtenbergMay 25, 2026

40 is the new 50: Millennial jobseekers are giving their resumes a facelift by hiding years of experience to land jobs

40 is the new 50: Millennial jobseekers are giving their resumes a facelift by hiding years of experience to land jobs

By Jacqueline MunisMay 24, 2026

Oil drops as U.S. says deal with Iran and Hormuz reopening is near

Oil drops as U.S. says deal with Iran and Hormuz reopening is near

By Nicholas Lua and BloombergMay 24, 2026

Russia’s economy is much worse than it seems, and ‘elites are increasingly alarmed’ as alternate GDP gauge shows huge contraction

Russia’s economy is much worse than it seems, and ‘elites are increasingly alarmed’ as alternate GDP gauge shows huge contraction

By Jason MaMay 24, 2026

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Antonio Gracias, founder, chief executive officer and chief investment officer of Valor Equity Partners

Investing Elon Musk’s best friend could make more than $100 billion from SpaceX’s IPO. His firm is also owed billions by SpaceX

By Eva RoytburgMay 25, 2026

Huawei touts chip breakthrough to shorten gap with TSMC

Asia Huawei touts chip breakthrough to shorten gap with TSMC

By BloombergMay 25, 2026

Simon Sinek says the most successful people in the world ‘hit zero’ or came close to it: Failure is ‘the gift’

Success Simon Sinek says the most successful people in the world ‘hit zero’ or came close to it: Failure is ‘the gift’

By Sydney LakeMay 25, 2026

Forget quiet quitting—4 in 10 millennials are taking ‘quiet vacations’ and checking out of work (and the country) on company dime instead

Success Forget quiet quitting—4 in 10 millennials are taking ‘quiet vacations’ and checking out of work (and the country) on company dime instead

By Orianna Rosa RoyleMay 25, 2026

Kevin O'Leary gestures while testifying before Congress

Success Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary blasts the 4-day week as the ‘stupidest idea’ because the digital economy means we’re always working

By Preston ForeMay 25, 2026

Aerial view of a huge mansion and tennis court near waterways

Real Estate A billionaire and an A-list actor found refuge in a 37-home Florida neighborhood with armed guards—proof that privacy is now the ultimate luxury

By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMay 25, 2026

The U.S. campaigned to host the World Cup. Now soccer fans will trade their countries’ train system for the U.S.’s ‘D’ rated infrastructure

Travel & Leisure The U.S. campaigned to host the World Cup. Now soccer fans will trade their countries’ train system for the U.S.’s ‘D’ rated infrastructure

By Catherina GioinoMay 25, 2026

Becky Schmitt, the chief people officer of PepsiCo

Future of Work PepsiCo CPO says their ‘secret sauce’ to hiring top talent is that they all have hustle—And are agile and curious in the AI era

By Emma BurleighMay 25, 2026

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Shoppers in a Target on Black Friday

Retail Shoppers are underwhelmed by deals and crowds on Black Friday

By Jaewon Kang and BloombergNovember 28, 2025

Economy Wall Street is on tenterhooks over the Fed’s ‘rare, genuinely suspenseful’ December meeting: The committee is unsure of the data and one another
By Eleanor PringleNovember 25, 2025

Women shopping

Retail Black Friday faces its ultimate test as desperate retailers and low consumer confidence collide in a high-stakes holiday standoff

By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated PressNovember 28, 2025

Dr. Z. John Zhang is the Tsai-Wan Tsai Professor and Professor of Marketing at The Wharton School

Commentary The finger arithmetic of free vs. fair trade

By Z. John ZhangNovember 28, 2025

This ‘boring’ job that millennials and boomers abandoned is the hottest seasonal job on the market—and it’s Gen Z’s path to a six-figure career

Success This ‘boring’ job that millennials and boomers abandoned is the hottest seasonal job on the market—and it’s Gen Z’s path to a six-figure career

By Orianna Rosa RoyleNovember 28, 2025

Warren Buffett in front of a sky blue background

Investing Read Warren Buffett’s annual Thanksgiving letter for 2025—his final one to shareholders

By Dave SmithNovember 27, 2025

blind spot

Commentary Why Congress’ refusal to act on freight since 1993 is costing taxpayers over $40 billion a year

By Michael F. GormanNovember 27, 2025

AI Deloitte allegedly cited AI-generated research in a million-dollar report for a Canadian provincial government
By Nino PaoliNovember 25, 2025

K-shaped economy and ‘collective holding of breath’ about the AI bubble both appear in Fed’s temperature check

Economy K-shaped economy and ‘collective holding of breath’ about the AI bubble both appear in Fed’s temperature check

By Eva RoytburgNovember 27, 2025

Photo of Jerome Powell

Economy The labor market feels so awful right now because companies are doing everything bar announcing mass layoffs, says the Fed

By Eleanor PringleNovember 27, 2025

Photo: U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference in Washington, D.C., the United States, Oct. 29, 2025. The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday decided to lower the target range for the federal funds interest rate by 25 basis points to 3.75 to 4 percent, marking its second rate cut this year.

Economy ‘Weaker job growth and lower inflation’: It’s all lining up perfectly for a Fed cut in December

By Jim EdwardsNovember 27, 2025

Sam Altman smiles against a pink background

AI MIT report: AI can already replace nearly 12% of the U.S. workforce

By Dave SmithNovember 27, 2025

Despite some green shoots, the new CEO of Kohl’s faces a tough slog to win back its AWOL shoppers

Retail Despite some green shoots, the new CEO of Kohl’s faces a tough slog to win back its AWOL shoppers

By Phil WahbaNovember 27, 2025

Economy Trump’s gambit to save Republicans from a giant health insurance spike comes with a $50 billion price tag, CRFB estimates
By Nick LichtenbergNovember 24, 2025

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Economy ‘Low-hire, low-fire’ economy grinds on as lower-than-expected jobless claims suggests layoffs aren’t spiking

By Christopher Rugaber, Nick Lichtenberg and The Associated PressNovember 26, 2025

Trump sits in a chair in the Oval Office, speaking while gesturing with both hands.

Crypto Nobel laureate Paul Krugman says Bitcoin’s meltdown is deeply connected to Trump’s waning power: ‘Think of it as the unraveling of the Trump trade’

By Sasha RogelbergNovember 26, 2025

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Economy These Fortune 500 companies are laying off thousands of workers and fueling economic anxiety

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated PressNovember 26, 2025

Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, appears to be the frontrunner to serve as the next Fed chair.

Economy Longtime Trump advisor Kevin Hassett emerges as favorite for Fed chair, Bloomberg reports

By Nino PaoliNovember 26, 2025

tariffs

Economy ‘It wasn’t worth the $10 tariff for a $27 purchase’: American shoppers find maybe they just won’t buy that small thing from Canada or England this year

By Mae Anderson and The Associated PressNovember 26, 2025

Canada, India

Economy Canada cozies up to India for trade deal after years of strain as Trump continues pushing the world into new alliances

By Rob Gillies and The Associated PressNovember 26, 2025

United States Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent (L) and Chair of the Federal Reserve of the United States Jerome Powell (R).

Economy Scott Bessent wants the era of Fed-watching to end: They should ‘move back into the background’ and make fewer speeches, he says

By Eleanor PringleNovember 26, 2025

How AI can power Europe’s next industrial revolution

Commentary How AI can power Europe’s next industrial revolution

By Dave McCannNovember 26, 2025

Black Friday

Economy U.S. consumers dial back in sign of anxiety heading Into holidays

By Molly Smith, Julia Fanzeres and BloombergNovember 25, 2025

Witkoff

Politics Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plan to Trump

By BloombergNovember 25, 2025

RealPage, a rent pricing software, helps landlords charge the highest possible rent by accessing confidential data, critics argue.

Real Estate Deal emerges from antitrust lawsuit that alleged landlords used pricing software for ‘algorithmic collusion’ to drive up rent

By R.J. Rico and The Associated PressNovember 25, 2025

black unemployment

Economy Why is Black female unemployment soaring? Experts gather in Boston to discuss 7.5% unemployment rate

By Matt Brown and The Associated PressNovember 25, 2025

consumer confidence

Economy Government shutdown sends consumer confidence plunging to April ‘liberation day’ levels

By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressNovember 25, 2025

Nouriel Roubini, chief executive officer of Roubini Macro Associates Inc., during a Bloomberg Television interview on the sidelines of the Qatar Economic Forum (QEF) in Doha, Qatar, on Wednesday, May 24, 2023.

Economy ‘Dr. Doom’ Nouriel Roubini breaks with the crowd on the AI bubble, saying the U.S. is headed for a ‘growth recession’ and not a market crash

By Eva Roytburg and Nick LichtenbergNovember 25, 2025

Jerome Powell

Economy ‘Just enough to spend, not enough to splurge’: The low-hire labor market bites for Gen Z and lower-income Americans, JPMorgan finds

By Nick LichtenbergNovember 25, 2025

Donald Trump

Economy Despite Trump’s best efforts to reshore manufacturing, blue-collar employment is plunging for the first time since the pandemic with 59,000 lost jobs

By Sasha RogelbergNovember 25, 2025

Clay Patton, vice president of the Lexington-area Chamber of Commerce said Monday that Tyson’s announcement Friday felt like a “gut punch” to the community

Economy City of 11,000 reels from ‘gut punch’ after Big Meat firm closes plant that employs nearly a third of the population

By Josh Funk and The Associated PressNovember 25, 2025

retail sales

Economy Retail sales creep up 0.2% in September from August as delayed report shows economy crawling forward

By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressNovember 25, 2025

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Commentary How American farmers are losing out on the organic food boom to other countries

By Kelly DamewoodNovember 25, 2025

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