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Chik-Fil-A team members take orders from customers in one of the two drive up to order lines on opening day at the company's first elevated sestaurant on August 22, 2024 in McDonough, Georgia.

Chick-fil-A is keeping humans at the drive-thru while McDonald’s tests AI ordering and defends a separate pricing algorithm in court

AI could ease restaurant workloads—or create new headaches. The stakes range from getting orders right to how menu prices are determined.

By Tatiana SatauaOctober 9, 2026

‘A very leaky pipeline’: 1.7 million trade jobs will open each year through 2035—and experts are scrambling to figure out how to fill them

A new report finds a graying workforce and Gen Z retention problems are making it harder to fill ever-expanding skilled trade roles.

By Sasha RogelbergOctober 9, 2026

AI skills could mean bigger paychecks for finance talent

Employers are willing to pay more for new hires with AI expertise, but technical skills are only part of what finance leaders need.

By Sheryl EstradaOctober 9, 2026

Jeff Bezos says a 3-day workweek and more single-income households are on the way thanks to AI: ‘It’s going to be difficult to hire people’

Even after Amazon cut 30,000 jobs, Jeff Bezos predicts AI will boost productivity so much that fewer people will need to work, creating a labor shortage.

By Preston ForeOctober 9, 2026

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Penny Pennington, chief executive officer of Edward Jones, at the Semafor World Economy Summit during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring meetings in Washington, DC.

‘The elder daughter phenomenon’: Edward Jones head Penny Pennington said the economy is propped up by eldest daughters

Caregiving is a trillion-dollar industry, and eldest daughters take the brunt of it.

By Joshua HongOctober 9, 2026

Elon Musk just lost his trillionaire status again after three days—but he says ‘it’s not like it’s sitting in a bank account’ anyway

SpaceX founder Elon Musk lost $63 billion in the span of days, falling out of the trillionaire club for the second time.

By Emma BurleighOctober 9, 2026

Martha Stewart says Kmart once paid her $65 million a year in royalties—enough to bankroll her entire empire

Before “influencer” was a job title, Stewart turned a discount-store licensing deal into nearly $2 billion in annual sales. Then the ImClone scandal cost her about $1 billion.

By Fernanda TroncoOctober 8, 2026

Disney offered a 13-year-old $2 million to sing in ‘The Lion King.’ His mom took $100K plus royalties instead. He’s still getting paid 34 years later

Jason Weaver’s mom once backed Aretha Franklin. She bet on royalties over Disney’s cash—and it’s paid more than the $2 million he gave up.

By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 9, 2026

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Fortune 500 Power Moves: Which executives gained and lost power this week

See which Fortune 500 companies are making changes to their C-suite ranks.

By Fortune EditorsOctober 9, 2026

Gwynne Shotwell’s $300 million SpaceX pledge to Trump Accounts shows billionaires a tax-smart way to give away their own company’s stock

New Treasury rules let the ultrawealthy send shares of their own companies to millions of kids, as long as the gift goes through a charity.

By Sydney LakeOctober 9, 2026

Your next manager may have three employees and 19 agents. Who’s accountable?

CIOs at CVS, Broadridge and IBM say AI isn’t shrinking the manager’s job. It’s breaking it into pieces and the pieces are landing on non-managers.

By Keith Ferrazzi and Wendy SmithOctober 8, 2026

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says he wishes he were 26 again because the opportunities post-ChatGPT ‘are so much more powerful’

Brian Chesky, the cofounder of $95.8 billion Airbnb, says now all it takes is a handful of people to start a company—that “was inconceivable before” AI.

By Emma BurleighOctober 8, 2026

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Controversy swirls over ‘abrupt’ firing of OpenAI safety team members involved in the Hugging Face hack investigation

Three former employees publish a letter in response to allegations about their firings, to which OpenAI responds with an internal memo and public-facing statement.

By Emily ForliniOctober 9, 2026

‘Things are better now’: Foreign workers who said they were exploited while building U.S. consulate in Milan settle for record $35 million

Prosecutors say the settlement with Alabama-based Caddell Construction is the largest ever for labor exploitation in Europe

By The Associated Press and Colleen BarryOctober 8, 2026

‘Where you come from shouldn’t dictate where you finish’: How Standard Chartered is taking on the banking industry’s class problem

Finance chief Darren Ellis is pushing socioeconomic mobility up the agenda at Standard Chartered, and in doing so is making the bank a more supportive and inclusive place to work.

By Sam BirchallOctober 8, 2026

Jim Farley is right about Gen Z and blue-collar work. We see firsthand how the industry is failing them

At the International Youth Foundation, we’ve spent over a decade building automotive talent pipelines in Mexico and South Africa and One lesson holds up.

By Christina SassOctober 8, 2026

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