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Saks Global’s near bankruptcy is the result of risky dealmaking—and a neglect of business basics

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By Phil WahbaJanuary 8, 2026
An elderly man prepares ingredients, grating carrots on a plate in a home setting, emphasizing independence and routine.
More Americans will die than be born in 2030, CBO predicts—leaving immigrants as the only source of population growth
By Eva RoytburgJanuary 7, 2026
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AI layoffs are looking more and more like corporate fiction that’s masking a darker reality, Oxford Economics suggests
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 7, 2026
Larry Page looks up and to the right.
Jensen Huang might be fine with a billionaires tax, but Google cofounder Larry Page is already dumping California
By Sasha RogelbergJanuary 7, 2026
The typical American plan to study for 22 years and work for 40 ‘is broken,’ VC CEO says. Thanks to AI, employees can’t coast after graduation anymore
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJanuary 7, 2026
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Top economist says latest jobs data shows a ‘jobless expansion’ with no historical precedent—and it’s ‘gut-wrenching’ for the middle class

“We’re growing, but we can’t generate jobs,” KPMG chief economist Diane Swonk told Fortune. “Never seen anything like it.”

By Eva RoytburgJanuary 7, 2026
‘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

“They’re navigating fierce competition, uncertain about which roles they qualify for, and wondering whether their AI skills measure up,” said Teuila Hanson, LinkedIn’s chief people officer. 

By Jacqueline MunisJanuary 7, 2026
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’

Pharma chain Apotek Hjärtat is footing the bill for its employees to text their friends, go out to lunch, or catch up over a phone call. It could help combat the $154 billion workplace isolation issue.

By Emma BurleighJanuary 7, 2026
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Walz in the wilderness: from future VP to unemployed in just a few years

“He’s going to need employment. Maybe he finds himself a new niche, maybe in the foundation world,” said political scientist Larry Jacobs.

By Steve Karnowski and The Associated PressJanuary 7, 2026
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

Like Elon Musk and Tim Cook, Netflix’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos is a fan of good books. But instead of picking up traditional management reads, he leans on a 123-year-old fiction he once thought was about a reckless “hot dog.”

By Preston ForeJanuary 7, 2026
The 7 most overlooked CEOs in 2025—and the 5 to watch in 2026

The Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute highlights the top performers of 2025 and the top leaders to watch in 2026.

By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen HenriquesJanuary 7, 2026
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Nestlé’s CIO says the value of the food giant’s AI investments goes well beyond efficiency

The world’s largest food and beverage company is using AI to rethink pricing, factories, sales, but the company’s chief information officer isn’t just focused on squeezing out efficiency gains.

By John KellJanuary 7, 2026
Jamie Dimon’s bombshell on proxy advisory delivers a body blow to the firms he called ‘incompetent’

In a break that shapes the architecture of shareholder power, JPMorgan Asset Management severed all ties this week with ISS and Glass Lewis. 

By Richard TorrenzanoJanuary 7, 2026
Jensen Huang is ‘perfectly fine’ with a billionaire tax, shrugging off concerns that it might scatter Silicon Valley’s talent pool

“We chose to live in Silicon Valley and whatever taxes they would like to apply, so be it,” Huang said.

By Eleanor PringleJanuary 7, 2026
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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. With fewer jobs and fiercer competition, employers are using curveball interview questions to separate candidates from the pack.

By Orianna Rosa RoyleJanuary 7, 2026
When brands play hard to get: why you’re drawn to products that neg you

We call this “dissuasive framing.” Instead of saying a product is perfect for everyone, a company is up front about who it might not be for.

By Jaclyn L. Tanenbaum, Karen Anne Wallach and The ConversationJanuary 6, 2026
‘Employers are increasingly turning to degree and GPA’ in hiring: Recruiters retreat from ‘talent is everywhere,’ double down on top colleges

Hiring skills over people is no longer en vogue as firms deprioritize DEI and cut down on recruiting costs.

By Jake AngeloJanuary 6, 2026
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Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 5, 2026. (Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images)
NewslettersChina reportedly tells tech firms to pause Nvidia H200 orders
By Andrew NuscaJanuary 8, 2026
US President Donald Trump, alongside Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks to the press following US military actions in Venezuela, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 3, 2026. President Trump said Saturday that US forces had captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro after launching a "large scale strike" on the South American country.
EnergyThe U.S. naval blockade of Venezuela has cost $700 million already—and is rising by $9 million daily
By Jordan BlumJanuary 8, 2026
Personal FinanceCurrent mortgage rates report for Jan. 8, 2026: Rates tick slightly up
By Glen Luke FlanaganJanuary 8, 2026
Personal FinanceCurrent ARM mortgage rates report for Jan. 8, 2026
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Personal FinanceCurrent refi mortgage rates report for Jan. 8, 2026
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North AmericaThese are the 10 most on-time airlines in the world, and only one American company made the cut
By Jacqueline MunisJanuary 7, 2026
Simple App as best intermittent fasting app
HealthThe Best Nutrition Apps of 2026: Approved by Experts
By Christina SnyderJanuary 7, 2026
Real EstateTrump threatens to ban Wall Street from buying the house next door, saying ‘American Dream is increasingly out of reach for far too many people’
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 7, 2026
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SuccessRyan Serhant, a real estate mogul who’s met over 100 billionaires, reveals his best networking advice: ‘Every room I go into, I use the two C’s‘
By Dave SmithDecember 12, 2025
Fei-Fei Li, the "Godmother of AI," says she values AI skills more than college degrees when hiring software engineers for her tech startup.
AI‘Godmother of AI’ says degrees are less important in hiring than how quickly you can ‘superpower yourself’ with new tools
By Nino PaoliDecember 12, 2025
C-SuiteFortune 500 Power Moves: Which executives gained and lost power this week, Dec. 6-12, 2025
By Fortune EditorsDecember 12, 2025
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SuccessApple CEO Tim Cook out-earns the average American’s salary in just 7 hours—to put that into context, he could buy a new $439,000 home in just 2 days
By Emma BurleighDecember 12, 2025
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Success40% of Stanford undergrads receive disability accommodations—but it’s become a college-wide phenomenon as Gen Z try to succeed in the current climate
By Preston ForeDecember 12, 2025
SuccessHinge CEO says he bribed students with Kit Kats to get the $550-million-a-year business off the ground: ‘I had to beg and borrow a lot‘
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 12, 2025
AIHow classic digital transformation lessons apply to AI—and what’s different this time around
By Sage LazzaroDecember 12, 2025
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne's signatures on the bottom of Apple's founding contract.
SuccessApple cofounder Ronald Wayne sold his 10% stake for $800 in 1976—today it’d be worth up to $400 billion
By Preston ForeDecember 12, 2025
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C-SuiteThe AI skills gap is really a ‘critical thinking’ gap: The Fortune 500 fears it can’t find talent with enough sharp thinking
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 12, 2025
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PoliticsAmtrak is slashing executive bonuses to give out $900 apiece to over 18,000 rank-and-file workers
By Safiyah Riddle and The Associated PressDecember 12, 2025
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RetailLululemon CEO Calvin McDonald to step down as quarterly profit dips 13%
By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated PressDecember 12, 2025
Elon Musk, wearing a black DOGE hat, looks forward. He is standing in the Oval Office.
PoliticsDOGE isn’t dead—it’s been absorbed into the bloodstream of the government, federal employees say
By Sasha RogelbergDecember 12, 2025
Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg
SuccessSheryl Sandberg breaks down why it’s a troubling time for women in the workplace right now
By Emma BurleighDecember 12, 2025
NewslettersHonest Company CEO Carla Vernón on being mentored by Walmart’s Doug McMillon
By Diane BradyDecember 12, 2025
Five panelists seated; two women and five men.
AIThe race to deploy an AI workforce faces one important trust gap: What happens when an agent goes rogue?
By Amanda GerutDecember 11, 2025
InnovationBackflips are easy, stairs are hard: Robots still struggle with simple human movements, experts say
By Nicholas GordonDecember 11, 2025
Late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs
SuccessApple’s Steve Jobs told students to never ‘settle’ in their careers: ‘If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking’
By Emma BurleighDecember 11, 2025
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SuccessPalantir cofounder calls elite college undergrads a ‘loser generation’ as data reveals rise in students seeking support for disabilities, like ADHD
By Preston ForeDecember 11, 2025
A sign for Time magazine is displayed outside the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025 in New York.
AITime names ‘Architects of AI’ as its 2025 Person of the Year, a year when the tech’s ‘full potential roared into view’
By Mike Catalini and The Associated PressDecember 11, 2025
Rich couple making a toast with champagne glasses while eating aboard a private jet.
SuccessWhat it takes to be wealthy in America: $2.3 million, Charles Schwab says
By Sydney LakeDecember 11, 2025
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North AmericaRural America is deeply misunderstood: We aren’t depopulating and we’re not the reason 2024 swung to Trump
By Tim Slack, Shannon M. Monnat and The ConversationDecember 11, 2025
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C-SuiteCoca-Cola names 30-year veteran Henrique Braun as new CEO
By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated PressDecember 11, 2025
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PoliticsBrad Lander, with backing from Sanders and Mamdani, takes fight to Levi Strauss heir in lower Manhattan
By Anthony Izaguirre and The Associated PressDecember 11, 2025
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AISlack CEO leaves Salesforce to become OpenAI’s first revenue chief, tackle multibillion-dollar losses
By The Associated PressDecember 11, 2025
AIHinge’s founder and CEO is stepping down to start a new AI-first dating app
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezDecember 11, 2025
Nela Richardson, chief economist at Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP), at a Bloomberg Television interview during the Kansas City Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium in Moran, Wyoming, US, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024.
Economy‘We have not seen this rosy picture’: ADP’s chief economist warns the real economy is pretty different from Wall Street’s bullish outlook
By Eleanor PringleDecember 11, 2025
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang arrives for a meeting with Republican members of the Senate Banking Committee in the Dirksen building on Wednesday, December 3, 2025.
NewslettersBusiness leaders make their 2026 predictions for the Magnificent 7: ‘I’d rather be in Jensen’s seat than anywhere else’
By Diane BradyDecember 11, 2025
SuccessStudent discounts made him a millionaire, a heart condition made him rethink life—now this millennial founder spends half the year in the French Alps
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 11, 2025
Panelists at Fortune Brainstorm AI.
Workplace CultureAI is already taking over managers’ busywork—and it’s forcing companies to reset expectations
By Beatrice NolanDecember 10, 2025
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AIActress Natasha Lyonne dropped out of NYU and watched movies instead. Now, she’s helping to shape the future of AI
By Amanda GerutDecember 10, 2025
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