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He worked 100-hour weeks to save a nearly bankrupt boat company. At 83, he’s just turned down $400 million for it—and gave it all to charity instead

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He worked 100-hour weeks to save a nearly bankrupt boat company. At 83, he’s just turned down $400 million for it—and gave it all to charity instead

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The rise of 'conspicuous waiting': The 19th-century economic theory that explains why Gen Z posts their place in line

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Costco's $14 million email settlement: Who qualifies for an up-to $500 payment and how to claim before the Aug. 24 deadline

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The World Cup’s VAR fights are a preview of every company’s AI rollout problem

America fell in love with soccer just as it awakened to the infuriating VAR system. The same dynamic is playing out inside every boardroom.

By Pooya Tabesh and The ConversationJuly 31, 2026

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The post-pandemic classroom is quietly ditching the laptop-for-every-kid model

By Janice Mak and The ConversationJuly 31, 2026

‘Retiring backwards’: How cold economic reality forced Gen X into something like the reverse of baby boomers’ golden years

‘Retiring backwards’: How cold economic reality forced Gen X into something like the reverse of baby boomers’ golden years

By Nick LichtenbergJuly 31, 2026

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Jensen Huang says this is the greatest time in history to start a business—and his advice is to stop overthinking it: ‘How hard can it be?’

By Preston ForeJuly 31, 2026

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More than half of Gen Zers want to become influencers—so now Arizona State University is offering a content creation degree for $142K

By Emma BurleighJuly 31, 2026

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Fortune 500 Power Moves: Which executives gained and lost power, July 18–31, 2026

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Anthropic says its Claude models escaped a testing environment and hacked three real companies

Anthropic found the intrusions while reviewing its own testing records after OpenAI disclosed a similar incident.

By Beatrice NolanJuly 31, 2026

Fed study: AI’s slow productivity story fits a century-old historical pattern

Researchers at the St. Louis Fed looked through 490,000 earnings calls and saw AI productivity surged—but only in talk.

By Nick LichtenbergJuly 31, 2026

Nearly a third of workers admit to sabotaging their company’s AI—and smaller paychecks may explain why

As surveys document quiet resistance and outright sabotage, Apollo’s Torsten Slok offers a theory: AI is compressing wages while leaving job counts intact.

By Nick LichtenbergJuly 30, 2026

Bausch & Lomb CEO: the AI hysteria is nothing new

AI is being talked about as though business has never encountered a technological shift before. And just like the other times, one thing gets overlooked.

By Brent SaundersJuly 31, 2026

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National Guard major rented hotel rooms on the government’s dime just to hide a second wife, prosecutors say

Maj. Collin Welch forged divorce papers, immigration letters and Social Security cards to hide a Mongolian wife from his real family.

By Jonathan J. Cooper and The Associated PressJuly 31, 2026

The competition passed on a flying toy. We built it into $100 million dollar business

In his new book, Spin Master’s Ronnen Harary explains how three founders in their 20s took a toy everyone rejected and turned it into Air Hogs.

By Ronnen HararyJuly 31, 2026

Aliko Dangote is leaving one-third of his $35 billion fortune ‘to humanity’—a rare move among Africa’s billionaires

The pledge amounts to roughly $11.6 billion at today’s valuation, and could grow far larger once his oil refinery goes public.

By Sydney LakeJuly 30, 2026

Meet the jet-setting fashion editor who turned a New York manicure at 23 into Nails.Inc—Despite selling for $40 million, she still wakes at 5:45 a.m.

Victoria Beckham and even McDonald’s helped launch Thea Green’s nail polish in America. Now Nails.Inc sells a bottle of polish every minute

By Orianna Rosa RoyleJuly 31, 2026

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Apple shows that AI winners don’t have to build the biggest models

A Fortune analysis looks at Apple’s strategy of skipping the AI infrastructure arms race.

By Sheryl EstradaJuly 31, 2026

Ferrari’s Jony Ive–designed model was mocked by the internet, but it’s selling like hotcakes

When the Luce was released, Ferrari’s former president and chairman said he hoped “they take the prancing horse off that car, at least.”

By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJuly 31, 2026

Tim Cook signed off on his final Apple earnings call with a warning about a ‘100-year flood’ in memory chip pricing

The iPhone maker said severe constraints in the supply chain will affect sales of iPhones, Macs, and iPads in the current quarter.

By Alexei OreskovicJuly 30, 2026

Elevance Health’s CEO started her career as a pro basketball player. Now she’s the highest‑ranking woman on the Global 500, leading a $199B giant

Gail Boudreaux credits collegiate athletics with helping to shape her leadership style.

By Sarah GlodekJuly 31, 2026

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Scouting America cuts LGBTQ+ spaces at jamboree under Pentagon pressure

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to end military ties unless Scouting America dropped diversity initiatives by late August.

By Jamie Stengle and The Associated PressJuly 31, 2026

‘We’re still here standing’: the restaurant world’s fallen angel is reopening with its founder chef or its 3 Michelin stars

Copenhagen’s Noma returns under new chef Pablo Soto with a monthly-changing menu, five months after René Redzepi stepped down over abuse allegations.

By James Brooks, Stefanie Dazio and The Associated PressJuly 30, 2026

EEOC has indefinitely suspended all federal-sector class complaints, lawsuit claims

Attorneys say the undisclosed suspension has left correctional officers facing escalating abuse with no timeline for relief.

By Alexandra Olson and The Associated PressJuly 29, 2026

He worked 100-hour weeks to save a nearly bankrupt boat company. At 83, he’s just turned down $400 million for it—and gave it all to charity instead

Instead of selling Grady-White Boats for $400 million, Eddie Smith Jr. was inspired by Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard to donate profits to charity.

By Preston ForeJuly 29, 2026

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By Jason MaJuly 31, 2026

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16 Nobel laureates just warned AI could displace workers. Bernie thinks a sovereign wealth fund may be the answer

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The Fed did exactly what Wall Street was expecting—so why are markets so vexed by Kevin Warsh?

By Eleanor PringleJuly 31, 2026

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‘It feels challenging to break through’: Most recruiters say they can’t find talent while 80% of job seekers feel unprepared to find a job

By Jacqueline MunisJanuary 7, 2026

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Emma Grede says people who say they have work-life balance are liars: ‘We have to have a level of honesty about what it takes to be really successful’
By Sydney LakeJanuary 5, 2026

Nestlé’s CIO says the value of the food giant’s AI investments goes well beyond efficiency

Nestlé’s CIO says the value of the food giant’s AI investments goes well beyond efficiency

By John KellJanuary 7, 2026

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Jamie Dimon’s bombshell on proxy advisory delivers a body blow to the firms he called ‘incompetent’

By Richard TorrenzanoJanuary 7, 2026

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Walz in the wilderness: from future VP to unemployed in just a few years

By Steve Karnowski and The Associated PressJanuary 7, 2026

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Netflix co-CEO says he doesn’t read business books—at all. Instead, he reads one 1902 fiction about a ship and its reckless ‘hot dog’ captain over and over again

By Preston ForeJanuary 7, 2026

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Staff at a major Swedish pharmacy chain are being paid to take time off with friends to combat loneliness—they can even text loved ones during the $100 ‘friendship hour’

By Emma BurleighJanuary 7, 2026

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While worker bonuses decrease, pay transparency is on the rise in 2026
By Kristin StollerJanuary 5, 2026

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Jensen Huang is ‘perfectly fine’ with a billionaire tax, shrugging off concerns that it might scatter Silicon Valley’s talent pool

By Eleanor PringleJanuary 7, 2026

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The 7 most overlooked CEOs in 2025—and the 5 to watch in 2026

By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen HenriquesJanuary 7, 2026

What CEOs need to know about the new ‘Donroe’ doctrine

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By Jordan BlumJanuary 7, 2026

Gen Z’s hiring nightmare is real. These are the curveball questions CEOs are asking to catch out job seekers: ‘Design a car for a deaf person’

Gen Z’s hiring nightmare is real. These are the curveball questions CEOs are asking to catch out job seekers: ‘Design a car for a deaf person’

By Orianna Rosa RoyleJanuary 7, 2026

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The most honest prediction for 2026: nobody knows what’s next

By Christian KleinJanuary 7, 2026

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By Ruth UmohJanuary 5, 2026

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Jamie Dimon rejects Jeff Bezos’ playbook and hoards his JPMorgan shares. He’ll see $770 million in gains for 2025

By Amanda GerutJanuary 7, 2026

To ease recruiters’ fears of being replaced by AI, Zillow experimented with ‘prompt-a-thons.’ Now the real estate giant has 6 new recruitment tools

To ease recruiters’ fears of being replaced by AI, Zillow experimented with ‘prompt-a-thons.’ Now the real estate giant has 6 new recruitment tools

By Paige McGlauflin and HR BrewJanuary 6, 2026

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‘We took our business community for granted,’ San Francisco’s new mayor admits to city’s failings, but vows not to move fast and break things

By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 6, 2026

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When brands play hard to get: why you’re drawn to products that neg you

By Jaclyn L. Tanenbaum, Karen Anne Wallach and The ConversationJanuary 6, 2026

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How a real estate scion’s risky dealmaking pushed Saks Global to the brink

By Phil WahbaJanuary 6, 2026

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Want AI agents to work better? Improve the way they retrieve information, Databricks says

By Jeremy KahnJanuary 6, 2026

Trump warns he’ll be impeached if Republicans lose midterms

Trump warns he’ll be impeached if Republicans lose midterms

By Alicia Diaz, Erik Wasson and BloombergJanuary 6, 2026

Why one of the world’s most qualified chief design officers calls Samsung his ‘dream job’

Why one of the world’s most qualified chief design officers calls Samsung his ‘dream job’

By Nicholas GordonJanuary 6, 2026

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Mark Cuban on the $38 trillion national debt and the absurdity of U.S. healthcare: we wouldn’t pay for potato chips like this

By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 6, 2026

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MacKenzie Scott sends millions to nonprofit that supports anti-Israel and pro-Muslim groups, two of which are facing federal probes

By Sydney LakeJanuary 6, 2026

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Warren Buffett left his Berkshire Hathaway job with a parting lesson for young Gen Z workers: ‘Be very careful who you work with’

By Emma BurleighJanuary 6, 2026

The college-to-office path is dead: CEO of the world’s biggest recruiter says Gen Z grads need to consider trade and hospitality jobs that don’t even require degrees

The college-to-office path is dead: CEO of the world’s biggest recruiter says Gen Z grads need to consider trade and hospitality jobs that don’t even require degrees

By Orianna Rosa RoyleJanuary 6, 2026

Tony Xu, co-founder and chief executive officer of DoorDash Inc.

DoorDash’s CEO blasts ‘appalling’ claim that a major delivery app gives drivers a desperation score: ‘I would fire anyone who tolerated this’

By Eleanor PringleJanuary 6, 2026

The CEO trying to revive some of what made GE so special

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By Diane BradyJanuary 6, 2026

Experts are divided on how workers should spend their 5-9: Structure is key for productivity, but can lead to burnout

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Experts are divided on how workers should spend their 5-9: Structure is key for productivity, but can lead to burnout

By Jamie Wilde and Morning BrewJanuary 5, 2026

Blackstone exec says elite Ivy League degrees aren’t good enough—new analysts need to ‘work harder’ and be nice

Blackstone exec says elite Ivy League degrees aren’t good enough—new analysts need to ‘work harder’ and be nice

By Ashley LutzJanuary 5, 2026

Left: Greg Abel. Right: Warren Buffett.

Meet Greg Abel, the new boss of Berkshire Hathaway—Warren Buffett’s successor started out by selling empty soda bottles for 5 cents and now he’s a billionaire CEO

By Emma BurleighJanuary 5, 2026

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Forget an MBA: Hasbro forces workers to sit through a Monopoly-style board game to see if they’re fit for the C-suite—and it’s a tactic approved by Reid Hoffman

By Preston ForeJanuary 5, 2026

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Experienced software developers assumed AI would save them a chunk of time. But in one experiment, their tasks took 20% longer

By Sasha RogelbergJanuary 5, 2026

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