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Your grandparents are the reason the U.S. isn’t in a recession right now. That won’t last forever

Boomers—particularly wealthy older people—are “driving the train” when it comes to the economy right now, economists told Fortune.

By Eleanor PringleMarch 1, 2026
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Meet the Gen Z college students who turned Excel into a competitive esport—they’re competing in spreadsheet challenges and it’s helping them land jobs
By Preston ForeFebruary 28, 2026
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Something big is happening in AI, but panic is the wrong reaction
By Peter CappelliFebruary 28, 2026
The week the AI scare turned real and America realized maybe it isn’t ready for what’s coming
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 28, 2026
She joined Block to build AI. Weeks later, AI cost her job.
By Sheryl EstradaFebruary 28, 2026
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EconomyRay Dalio, Scott Bessent and House members from both sides of the aisle are rallying around a ‘3% solution’ to tame the out of control national debt
By Shawn TullyMarch 1, 2026
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CommentaryHere’s how to build something that lasts, from the founder of a $300 million bootstrapped company that’s been growing for 28 years straight
By Tim HeitmannMarch 1, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber at the Capitol on February 24, 2026 in Washington, D.C.
EnergyYour utility bills keep going up. Here’s everyone you can blame—AI data centers included
By Jordan BlumMarch 1, 2026
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Middle EastIsrael, U.S. stiff-arm U.N. during emergency Security Council meeting
By Edith M. Lederer, Farnoush Amiri and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
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PoliticsThomas Massie among few Republicans to criticize Trump over war powers: ‘This is not ‘America First”
By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
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Middle EastA month before Iran strikes, Trump told Iranian protesters help was on the way amid a government crackdown
By Aamer Madhani, Josh Boak and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
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PoliticsMarjorie Taylor Greene rips Iran strikes as Trump betraying America First: ‘It’s always a lie and it’s always America Last’
By Steven Sloan and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
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Middle EastRussia accuses America of ‘pre-planned and unprovoked act of armed aggression’ against Iran
By Claudia Ciobanu, Sam McNeil, Sam Metz and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
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Future of Work‘We need pre-meetings to prepare for big meetings’: Why remote work is making your day longer, more transactional and more annoying
By Peter Cappelli and Ranya NehmehOctober 2, 2025
SuccessOne of Europe’s youngest banking execs enjoys answering emails on vacation: ‘It’s less about switching off and more about switching perspective’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 2, 2025
Chief executive officer of Citigroup Jane Fraser visits FOX Business Network's "Mornings With Maria" at Fox Business Network Studios on May 29, 2025 in New York City.
AICiti begins retraining 175,000 employees in working with AI: ‘great prompting versus basic prompting to generate impactful results’
By Nino PaoliOctober 1, 2025
C-SuiteLyft CEO David Risher says driving for the company is a ‘little bit like being a therapist and a bartender’
By Fortune EditorsOctober 1, 2025
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SuccessShark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary blasts Gen Z who love to job-hop every six months: ‘That’s a red flag’
By Preston ForeOctober 1, 2025
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SuccessFine for me, bad for us: 2 top management professors explain why remote work is bringing you down
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 1, 2025
SuccessGrindr CEO graduated with $500 in his pocket. Now a self-made millionaire, he plans to bring his kids to the office at 10 years old to teach them grit
By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 1, 2025
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CommentaryWhat would Peter Drucker, father of modern management, have to say about AI?
By Michael KellyOctober 1, 2025
Harry Singh
CommentaryTrump’s H-1B shift is a bold reform that powers U.S. workers and immigrant dreamers alike
By Harry (Harjinder) SinghOctober 1, 2025
AIRecruiters caution against using AI to write job postings because it’s been trained on ‘crappy’ descriptions
By Caroline Nihill and IT BrewSeptember 30, 2025
AIHow OpenAI and Stripe’s latest move could blow up online shopping as we know it
By Sharon GoldmanSeptember 30, 2025
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North AmericaFord CEO says America is ‘far behind’ rivals like China on blue-collar industry. ‘It is pretty humbling when you look at where we are’
By Nick LichtenbergSeptember 30, 2025
LeadershipA quarter of bosses admit their return-to-office mandates were meant to make staff quit
By Orianna Rosa RoyleSeptember 30, 2025
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Economy‘Companies are clearly hoarding workers’: Data shows job openings barely budget, layoffs and quits plummet
By Paul Wiseman and The Associated PressSeptember 30, 2025
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EconomyFord CEO on his ‘epiphany’ after talking to his Gen Z factory workers: They were saying they ‘had to have three jobs’
By Nick LichtenbergSeptember 30, 2025
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SuccessAmerica will see its largest mass resignation in history as 100,000 federal workers are set to quit their jobs today
By Emma BurleighSeptember 30, 2025
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SuccessThe blue-collar revolution isn’t just for Gen Z. Six in 10 white-collar professionals say they’d switch for the right trades job
By Eleanor PringleSeptember 30, 2025
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SuccessNvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang says electricians and plumbers will be needed by the hundreds of thousands in the new working world
By Preston ForeSeptember 30, 2025
SuccessMillions of Gen Z men are jobless—or NEETs—and they’re so checked out they’re betting away entire paychecks on red or black: ‘$256K is about to go down on the table’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleSeptember 30, 2025
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SuccessSuzy Welch worries that Gen Z is ‘unemployable’—and some leaders are intervening to teach them basic life skills
By Nick LichtenbergSeptember 29, 2025
AIEngineers buck against ‘vibe-coding’ label, saying responsibility still lies with the humans behind the code
By Matt O'Brien and The Associated PressSeptember 29, 2025
Dario Amodei, sitting in a white chair in front of a pink background on stage, puts both hands out in front of him, gesturing.
AIAnthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.5, a model it says can build software and accomplish business tasks autonomously
By Beatrice NolanSeptember 29, 2025
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EconomyMillions of workers are left out of the ‘low-hire, low-fire’ U.S. job market
By Michael Sasso, Augusta Saraiva, Mark Niquette and BloombergSeptember 29, 2025
BankingBNY unveils updated Eliza platform, says 98% of employees are trained on AI
By Leo SchwartzSeptember 29, 2025
Future of WorkWalmart CEO explains what the most coveted skills are and points to store managers
By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated PressSeptember 28, 2025
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Future of WorkThis chief people officer is leading ‘Gen Z training’ for managers at her $1.5 billion startup. Both sides have a lot to learn
By Nick LichtenbergSeptember 28, 2025
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CommentaryOver the last decade, we’ve invested in over 20 unicorns. The machines will take millions of jobs—but they’ll never lead like a human can
By Navin Chaddha and Mark MinevichSeptember 28, 2025
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Success‘Crazy Rich Asians’ star Henry Golding carried around a notebook with random advice strangers gave him—and he’s lived by one musing his entire career
By Emma BurleighSeptember 28, 2025
Apryl Shackelford in her classroom with students
SuccessThis teacher quit crowded classrooms to run her own microschool—now she’s earning over $100K and finally doesn’t have to work a summer job
By Preston ForeSeptember 28, 2025
Walmart Inc. President and CEO Doug McMillon delivers a keynote address during CES 2024 at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas on January 9, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Future of WorkWalmart CEO wants ‘everybody to make it to the other side’ and the retail giant will keep headcount flat for now even as AI changes every job
By Nino PaoliSeptember 27, 2025
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Japanese companies are paying older workers to sit by a window and do nothing—while Western CEOs demand super-AI productivity just to keep your jobAn image of a popular article
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