Mark Zuckerberg’s request to be dropped from a Meta lawsuit is granted by New Mexico judge

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The case is one of many filed by states, school districts and parents against Meta and its platforms over concerns about child exploitation.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/31/mark-zuckerbergs-meta-child-safety-lawsuit-new-mexico/


Amazon gets FAA approval to expand Prime Air drone deliveries for online orders

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Amazon said that the FAA has given its Prime Air delivery service the OK to operate drones “beyond visual line of sight,” removing a barrier that has prevented its drones from traveling longer distances.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/31/amazon-faa-approval-expand-prime-air-drone-deliveries-online-orders/


Lyft CEO reveals the rideshare’s best tippers are Swifties still buzzing from the Eras Tour: ‘They’re in a pretty good mood and they’re more generous’

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David Risher told Fortune passengers are more likely to tip when they’re happier, like after listening to a Taylor Swift song or enjoying an ice cream cone.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/31/lyft-ceo-david-risher-best-tippers-taylor-swift-swifties-eras-tour/


2 Citgo oil execs held for 5 years in Venezuela are suing the company for $400m

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Brothers Alirio and Jose Luis Zambrano were among six Citgo executive who traveled to Venezuela in 2017 to attend a meeting at the headquarters of the company’s parent, the Venezuelan-run-oil giant known as PDVSA.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/31/2-citgo-oil-execs-held-5-years-venezuela-suing-400-million-lured-knowing-arrested/


This longevity scientist’s 3 surprising predictions for the growing industry of healthy aging

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CEO of Generation Lab is taking chances in the business of living longer.

https://fortune.com/well/article/longevity-predictions-healthy-aging-industry/


More Latinos are graduating college but they remain underpaid and underrepresented in the workforce

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From 2000 to 2021, the number of Hispanic women earning advanced degrees climbed by 291%, and by 199% among Hispanic men.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/31/latinos-graduating-college-underpaid-workforce/


Medical supply company Medline is recalling 1.5 million portable adult bed rails

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The recall impacts two models of Medline's “Bed Assist Bars."

https://fortune.com/2024/05/31/medline-recalling-million-portable-adult-bed-rails-2-reports-entrapment-deaths/


Truckers really don’t want to pay $24-36 to drive into Manhattan

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Most drivers in private passenger cars, in contrast, should expect to pay about $15, with lower rates for motorcycles and late-night entries into the city.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/31/truckers-pay-24-36-drive-manhattan-suing-block-new-york-congestion-fee/


Trump's media company stock sinks in the wake of fraud verdict

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The stock, which trades under the ticket symbol “DJT,” has been extraordinarily volatile since its debut in late March.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/30/trump-media-stock-spirals-in-the-wake-of-fraud-verdict/


How psychedelics have inspired Whole Foods founder John Mackey

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The former CEO, who also just released a memoir, says his idea is to create 'one-stop holistic health membership clubs.'

https://fortune.com/well/article/whole-foods-founder-john-mackey-new-wellness-venture-love-life/


Billionaire Bill Ackman: Trump’s guilty verdict was the result of a political agenda and a kangaroo court

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The hedge fund investor sided with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on the outcome of the former president’s hush money trial.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/30/donald-trump-guilty-billionaire-bill-ackman-ron-desantis-court-verdict/


Tesla claps back at adviser criticizing Elon Musk’s stock options

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Investors will vote on whether to approve the pay package at the company’s annual meeting in June.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/30/tesla-claps-back-adviser-critical-musk-billions/


How much you can make as an information security analyst in each state

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Washington, New York, and Iowa pay top dollar for information security analysts—up to $148,000 in annual salary.

https://fortune.com/education/articles/information-security-analyst-salary/


'Just take care of it' — New York jury finds Trump guilty of all 34 felony charges in hush-money trial

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A New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to porn actor Stormy Daniels.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/30/donald-trump-guilty-hush-money-stormy-daniels/


Three Black men sue American Airlines, saying they were kicked off their flight after a random complaint about body odor

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The lawsuit alleges that the men were ejected from the plane "without any valid reason, and solely based on their race."

https://fortune.com/2024/05/30/american-airlines-sued-black-passengers-body-odor/


Hopes of a 10-year EV transition are ‘irrational’ pipe dreams because we don’t have enough battery materials—opening up a single copper mine takes 23 years

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An expected copper shortage and mining industry dynamics are threatening to stop the EV transition in its tracks.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/30/electric-vehicles-ev-transition-copper-mining-shortage-research-minerals-metals/


Chipotle's CEO was an executive by age 37. Here are his 3 tips for success

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At least one of them involves brushing up on U.S. history.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/30/chipotle-mexican-grill-ceo-brian-niccol-success-advice/


Chipotle CEO: Our portion sizes aren't getting smaller—but you can get more food with a 'secret look'

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“We always want to give people big portions that get them excited about the food,” Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol told Fortune.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/30/chipotle-ceo-brian-niccol-portion-sizes-secret-look/


Two sisters founded a company offering 'divorce registries' to help recently separated people get back on their feet if their ex-spouse took all their stuff

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Divorce registries are part of a trend toward breaking the stigma of broken marriages.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/30/single-after-divorce-registry-fresh-start-splits-happen-newly-single/


Supreme Court allows the NRA to go after the New York official who tried to blacklist the organization

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A former New York state finance official violated the NRA's free-speech rights, the court unanimously ruled.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/30/supreme-court-nra-new-york-lawsuit/


Cava is gobbling up fast-food competition as it lures finance bros and suburbanites with extra pita chips, steak, and promises of no price hikes

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The Mediterranean fast-casual chain saw an over 30% jump in year-over-year revenue and has plans to open at least 50 more locations this year.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/30/cava-earnings-fast-casual-pita-chips-prices/


Christina Applegate's early MS symptoms show how the disease can be mistaken for everyday aches. What you need to know

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The faster people are diagnosed, the better the chance that medical intervention can help stave off the progression.

https://fortune.com/well/article/christina-applegate-early-ms-symptoms-what-you-need-to-know/


Top real estate economist offers one word to describe the housing market: Unaffordable

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Scarcity is breeding soaring prices and buyers are outpacing listings, data shows.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/30/housing-crisis-unaffordable-housing-market-supply-home-prices-mortgage-rates/


Managers are dealing with a massive blind spot, and it feeds right into CEOs’ worst nightmare

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Executives can solve their productivity paranoia by addressing a simple management error.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/30/managers-massive-blind-spot-ceo-nightmare/


Kohl's is spiraling as picky customers choose TJMaxx instead

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The retailer's stock saw the biggest plunge on record after a dismal earnings report.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/30/kohls-earnings-sales-customers-tjmaxx/


A teacher suddenly quit her job after 24 years because parents drove her to a breaking point: 'We didn’t sign up to be a glorified babysitter'

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“Parents: You need to get off the backs of your teachers.”

https://fortune.com/2024/05/30/teachers-quitting-shortage-tiktok-breaking-point-glorified-babysitter/


How much do software engineers earn? It depends on the state, and these places are the most lucrative

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Software engineers have a range of responsibilities in addition to coding, and can command healthy salaries in the U.S.—averaging around $117,000.

https://fortune.com/education/articles/software-engineer-salary/


Elon Musk could add 'White House adviser' to his list of jobs if Trump wins in November: Report

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Two years ago, the pair were publicly squabbling.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/30/trump-musk-advisory-role-administration/


Venture giant a16z ramps up political push with additional $25 million donation to crypto super PAC Fairshake

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a16z crypto head Chris Dixon announced the donation at Consensus on Thursday, bringing the firm's total contributions to Fairshake to $47 million.

https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/05/30/a16z-chris-dixon-25-million-fairshake-crypto-political-donations-biden-trump/


Haun Ventures, Coinbase, and a16z invest $11 million in Neynar, a toolbox for Web3 social networks

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Neynar provides tools for developers to build decentralized social networks.

https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/05/30/haun-ventures-coinbase-and-a16z-invest-11-million-in-neynar-a-toolbox-for-web3-social-networks/


Jamie Dimon said bank branches weren't allowed to close without his permission because one rival boasted about taking on JPMorgan's old leases and stealing its consumers

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"He was making fun of Chase."

https://fortune.com/2024/05/30/jamie-dimon-vernon-hill-jp-morgan-commerce-bank/


Activist investors are suffering grueling defeats in proxy fights—but they can still matter when they pick the right battle

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While the biggest fights in this year’s proxy season ended in defeat for activists, there are still some upcoming fights in which they may fare better.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/30/activist-investors-defeats-proxy-fights-leadership/


A major nicotine company went through New Yorkers’ thrown-out vapes and found that 99% were illegally imported from China

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Vapes with candy-like flavors such as “blue razz ice” and “pink lemonade” dominated the study.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/30/a-major-nicotine-company-went-through-new-yorkers-thrown-out-vapes-and-found-that-99-were-illegally-imported-from-china/


Stellantis CEO says 'EV race has become a cost-cutting race' in warning to EU auto workers

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Carlos Tavares said a price war would likely move automakers' supply chains outside of Europe.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/05/30/stellantis-ceo-china-ev-battle-europe-13-8-million-auto-workers/


3 dream trips you can take with 100,000 Amex Membership Rewards Points

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From petting wombats in Sydney to sipping authentic ramen in Tokyo, here are three dream trips you can take with 100,000 Membership Rewards Points.

https://fortune.com/recommends/credit-cards/dream-trips-100000-amex-membership-rewards-points/


Meta AI can answer search queries and recommend a cocktail bar

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Meta and other tech companies are in an AI arms race, churning out new language models and persuading — some might say pressuring — the public to use them.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/30/meta-ai-answer-search-queries-recommend-cocktail-bar-turn-off/


Schumer and 22 Senate Democrats demand DOJ crack down on oil industry price-fixing

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The FTC said earlier this month that Scott Sheffield, the former CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources, colluded with OPEC and OPEC+ to potentially raise crude oil prices.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/30/schumer-22-senate-democrats-demand-doj-crack-down-oil-industry-price-fixing/


European budget airline Wizz Air CEO defends his $127 million pay-out as it will help everyone—including its employees

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Various factors affect CEO remuneration—and Wizz Air's Jozsef Váradi says his payout plan benefits all the company's stakeholders.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/05/30/europe-budget-airline-wizz-air-ceo-100-million-pay-out-help-everyone/


Germany launches 'Opportunity Card' to entice millennial talent

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Germany is trying to entice under-35s to the country by freeing them from the burden of finding a full-time job for at least a year.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/05/30/what-is-germany-opportunity-card-how-to-apply-millennial-talent/


The U.K. is bucking the trend as Europe bleeds foreign direct investment. Here’s why

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Europe’s foreign direct investment (FDI) fell by 4% compared to 2022 and is now 11% lower than before the pandemic.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/05/30/the-u-k-is-bucking-the-trend-as-europe-bleeds-foreign-direct-investment-heres-why/


Reality star Judge Judy says Gen Z are difficult to work with because they got too many trophies

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Judge Judy says pandering parents have set Gen Z up to fail in the corporate rat race.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/30/judge-judy-gen-z-difficult-work-with-too-many-trophies/


Florida allows doctors to perform C-sections outside of hospitals

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It is the first state to allow this, siding with a private equity-owned physicians group.

https://fortune.com/well/2024/05/30/florida-allows-c-sections-outside-hospitals/


Jamie Dimon is so over spectators questioning whether his possible move from CEO to chairman would be bad for JPMorgan: 'How the hell do they know? There's no magic to it'

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"The board should do the right thing—if the chairman is getting in the way of the new CEO they should go. If the chairman is helping the new CEO in a million different ways they should stay."

https://fortune.com/2024/05/30/jamie-dimon-jpmorgan-ceo-chairman-potential-move/


Google promises $2 billion investment in Malaysia as Big Tech splurges on Southeast Asia spending

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Google's pledge follows multi-billion dollar investment pledges from Microsoft and Amazon targeting Southeast Asia.

https://fortune.com/asia/2024/05/30/google-promises-2-billion-investment-malaysia-data-centers-cloud-southeast-asia/


Melinda French Gates's $1bn commitment to groups helping women and families breaks long lament that less than 2% of philanthropic giving goes there

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French Gates has been a philanthropist for decades, as a co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 20 years ago and then, with the organization she founded in 2015, Pivotal Ventures.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/30/melinda-french-gatess-1bn-helping-women-families-lament-philanthropic-giving/


COVID can cause new health problems even 3 years after infection, study finds. 'We don’t know what’s going to happen at 10 years'

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A new report reinforces that the virus is not going away.

https://fortune.com/well/article/covid-cause-new-health-problems-years-after-infection/


Boeing reaches deadline for telling the FAA how it will fix safety and quality problems

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The Federal Aviation Administration required the company to produce a turnaround plan after one of its jetliners suffered a blowout of a fuselage panel during an Alaska Airlines flight in January.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/30/boeing-deadline-faa-fix-safety-quality-problems-battered-trust-aircraft-maker/


Brits are rapidly embracing GenAI at work—whether businesses want them to or not

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Deloitte's U.K. Consumer Trends survey found 14% of people were using AI for their job, up by two thirds in a year.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/05/30/brits-rapidly-embracing-gen-ai-at-work-whether-businesses-want-or-not/


Southeast Asia gets hit by the dealmaking slump, with a 39% drop in private equity deals in 2023

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Private equity investments in Southeast Asia totaled $9 billion in 2023, a significant drop from the $27 billion reported in 2021.

https://fortune.com/asia/2024/05/29/southeast-asia-private-equity-deal-value-drop-dealmaking-slump-bain/


American Airlines CEO fired top exec after controversial 'modern retailing' strategy infuriated corporate clients

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The airline’s sales department was cut back as part of the switch.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/american-airlines-ceo-fired-top-exec-modern-retailing-direct-consumer/


American Airlines rocked by racial discrimination suit after Black passengers forced off plane

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Eight separate Black men were ejected from a flight set to take off from Phoenix.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/american-airlines-racial-discrimination-suit-black-passengers-forced-off-plane/


A 35-year-old Chinese man has been tagged as the alleged mastermind behind a gargantuan botnet used to steal billions from zombie computers

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The arrested administrator, Yunhe Wang, sold access to the 19 million Windows computers he hijacked—more than 613,000 in the U.S.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/chinese-man-mastermind-botnet-zombie-billions/


Drunk, unruly teenagers are taking over the Jersey Shore—and the solution is leaving police baffled and divided

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Yet, Gov. Phil Murphy said Tuesday that ”the shore did not have a chaotic weekend.”

https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/drunk-newjersey-teenagers-police-shore-wildwood/


Economic optimism belongs to the wealthy and for some mysterious reason the young, according to new data from The Conference Board

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The elite's confidence is closely tied to the stock markets, but what makes young people optimistic is confounding, according to data from The Conference Board.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/economic-outlook-consumer-confidence-economy-millennials-gen-z-boomers-wealth-unemployment/


Apple is getting a once-in-a-decade secret weapon in AI-enabled ‘intelliphones’—Bank of America sees its stock surging 20%

https://fortune.com/img-assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-1660557248-e1717004162416.jpg?w=2048

AI could breathe life into the stagnant tech giant by kicking off an iPhone upgrade cycle.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/apple-once-in-a-decade-secret-weapon-ai-intelliphones-bank-of-america-says-stock-surge/


Abercrombie’s blowout comeback isn’t just a harbinger for an early aughts craze—it's leading the renaissance for iconic mall-based brands

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The retailer once known for toned models and low-rise jeans just notched $1 billion in sales—its best first quarter in the history of the company.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/abercrombie-earnings-early-200s-mall-renaissance/


A British sci-fi writer correctly predicted almost everything about modern living 60 years ago, from AI to remote work

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“It will be possible—perhaps only 50 years from now—for a man to conduct his business from Tahiti or Bali just as well as he could from London,” Arthur C. Clarke, author of "2001: A Space Odyssey," said.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/arthur-c-clarke-space-odyssey-remote-work-ai-predictions-bbc/


Home insurers paid out a staggering $100 billion last year, the most catastrophic financial wrecking ball in over a decade

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Expectations of an “explosive” hurricane season continue to threaten the industry.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/homeowners-insurance-outlook-insurers-storms-inflation-climate-worst-decade-hurricane-wildfire-hailstorms/


Jamie Dimon says government spending has been 'so extraordinary' in the past five years he's bracing for an economy of high inflation and unemployment

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"I look at the amount of fiscal and monetary stimulus that has taken place over the last five years—it has been so extraordinary, how can you tell me it won't lead to stagflation?"

https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/jamie-dimon-stagflation-fiscal-monetary-stimulus-government-spending-american-economy/


A 500-year-old postal service that lost $450m last year has been bought by a Czech billionaire—it's 'as British as it gets' and customers are worried it signals the end of an era

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Long state-owned, Royal Mail was privatized by the U.K.’s Conservative government in 2013 and has struggled financially.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/05/29/royal-mail-sold-czech-billionaire/


As the EV market cools, the oil industry scorches with $250 billion in high-stakes deals and mass consolidation—'the bigger the company is, the more money they make'

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What’s causing the industry’s merger surge? “The Permian Basin, the Permian Basin, and the Permian Basin,” says one CEO.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/ev-oil-industry-250-billion-deals-merger/


Ozempic and Wegovy are so hard to find that a startup invented a free tool for tracking whether the weight-loss drugs are in stock

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The tool, from telehealth company Ro, lets users report when they find the drug in stock and when there’s a shortage.

https://fortune.com/well/2024/05/29/ozempic-wegovy-stock-tracker-tool-shortage-price-ro-zachariah-reitano/


Apollo's chief economist defies Fed’s hawkish pivot; no rate hikes this year despite ‘dramatic turnaround’

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Yet, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari recently refused to rule out interest rate hikes.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/housing-market-economic-outlook-interest-rates-inflation-fed-home-prices/


AI will make coding skills more, not less, valuable—and it’s more important than ever for children to learn them

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AI’s ability to generate base code will free up tomorrow’s programmers—kids today—to better focus on creativity and problem-solving.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/ai-will-make-coding-skills-more-not-less-valuable-and-its-more-important-than-ever-for-children-to-learn-them/


Costco's new CEO reveals his winning strategy to steer the legacy retail brand into its next era—'we can’t become arrogant'

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Vachris began his career as a forklift driver at Price Club, a company that would later merge with Costco.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/costco-ceo-ron-vachris-winning-strategy-formula-expansion-arrogant/


Alaskan rivers are turning orange—and climate change might be to blame

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Even the National Park Service was surprised.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/alaska-orange-rivers-reason/


Wracked with 'goals dysmorphia,' the vast majority of Americans don’t think they will ever be financially successful—and being a millionaire is no longer the endgame

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And almost 1 in 3 say they don’t think they ever will be successful, per new Bankrate data.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/millionaire-goals-dysmorphia-financial-success-comfort-milestones-bankrate-survey/


Elon Musk offers factory tours in attempt to win record-breaking pay package

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Shareholders will vote on June 13.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/musk-factory-tours-pay-package/


10% of Medicare beneficiaries have a claim denied. Here's how to appeal a decision

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If you are denied coverage by Medicare, you have the right to appeal the decision.

https://fortune.com/well/article/medicare-claim-denial-appeal/


Germany's aging population is dragging on its economy—all of Europe will soon be affected, and it's only going to get worse

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Many European countries are facing an aging workforce—but in Germany's case, that's adding to the long list of woes dragging its economy down.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/05/29/germany-aging-population-economy-europe-growth-productivity-workforce-imf/


This bank tested 90 uses for AI before choosing the top 2—and they benefit customer service and productivity

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Bank CEOs see new vulnerabilities for cybersecurity, legal uncertainty, and prejudice from generative AI.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/ai-financial-services-vulnerabilities-finance-security/


I’ve read over 100 AI requests for proposals from major companies. Here’s the matrix of guardrails and obligations that is emerging

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Forward-thinking companies are getting proactive—and establishing their own guardrails without waiting for regulation.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/100-ai-requests-proposals-major-companies-guardrails-obligations-emerging-tech/


Trump's hush money case heading to jury deliberations after marathon day of closing arguments

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The lawyers' dueling accounts, wildly divergent in their assessments of witness credibility, Trump's culpability and the strength of evidence, offered both sides one final chance to score points with the jury.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/trump-hush-money-jury-marathon-closing-arguments-hoodwink-voters-gloat/


The hottest industry for Gen Z grads right now? Education, LinkedIn says

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But be warned: The easiest path isn’t always the most rewarding.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/05/29/hottest-industry-gen-z-grads-right-now-education-linkedin-says/


Another billionaire—a real estate mogul and astronaut—is planning a submarine dive to Titanic despite OceanGate implosion that killed 5 last year

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Larry Connor wants to prove the journey to the Titanic wreckage can be done safely.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/billionaire-larry-connor-real-estate-mogul-astronaut-triton-submarine-titanic-oceangate-implosion-killed-5/


Inflation's persistence is killing hope for a Fed rate cut in 2024

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The Fed's mandate is to strike a balance between keeping rates high enough to control inflation yet not so high as to damage the job market.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/inflations-persistence-killing-hope-fed-reserve-interest-rate-cut-2024/


Russia-linked cyber attacks on Europe have doubled since 2023, top EU cybersecurity official says

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Juhan Lepassaar, head of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, said that attack methods — while mostly unsuccessful — were often tried out in Ukraine before being expanded to EU countries.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/05/29/russia-cyber-attacks-europe-doubled-since-2023-eu-cybersecurity-official/


ONS dealing with 20% staf exodus weeks after facing strikes over return to office orders

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Headcount has dipped at the ONS at the same time as the stats body fights with staff over office attendance.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/05/29/ons-stats-body-strike-remote-work-20-staff-exodus/


The future is a state of mind: What it takes to build a future-ready company

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The best and most future-ready CEOs and leaders know how to balance prudence and patience with ambition and experimentation.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/future-ready-company-leadership-traits-bcg/


Malaysia’s prime minister touts the country as a ‘neutral and non-aligned’ home for chip companies amid U.S.-China tensions

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The chip industry is quickly becoming polarized between Washington and Beijing as semiconductors become a strategic commodity.

https://fortune.com/asia/2024/05/29/malaysia-prime-minister-anwar-ibrahim-touts-country-neutral-nonaligned-home-chip-companies-semiconductors-us-china/


Only copy of Wu-Tang Clan's unreleased 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin' is heading to an Australian museum

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Only a handful of ears have listened to Wu-Tang Clan’s seventh studio album to date. But next month, lucky MONA visitors may be able to hear part of it, too.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/wu-tang-clan-unreleased-once-upon-a-time-in-shaolin-pharma-bro-martin-shkreli-australian-museum/


Texas can't catch a break as new storm kills teenager, uproots trees, rips off roofs

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The severe weather Tuesday was a continuation of deadly storms, some spawning tornadoes, across the U.S. over the long Memorial Day weekend that killed 24 people in seven states.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/texas-new-storm-kills-1-uproots-trees-rips-off-roofs-leaves-million-without-electricity/


Danish energy giant Orsted will pay New Jersey $125 million for scrapping 2 planned offshore wind farms last year

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It's a little over a third of what the company once was required to pay.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/danish-wind-farm-developer-orsted-pay-new-jersey-125-million-scrapping-2-offshore/


The Champs-Elysées hosted Paris’s largest picnic: A photo feature

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Local businesses organized the event to get Parisians to come to the famous avenue, which has become a tourist hotspot.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/05/29/champs-elysees-hosted-paris-largest-picnic-photo-feature/


Brexit border controls mean the world’s largest food awards will no longer be judged only in the U.K.

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The Great Taste awards have long offered star accolades for stand-out food products from the U.K. But Brexit has complicated matters—especially for small businesses.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/05/29/brexit-border-controls-fees-great-taste-award-judged-uk-ireland/


Is your gym overflowing? A new study shows gym use is nearly double pre-pandemic levels and Gen Z is driving the trend

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The fitness industry has also more than rebounded since 2020.

https://fortune.com/well/article/gym-use-increase-pandemic-gen-z/


More than 90 million chickens have died in the bird flu outbreak, with an Iowa egg farm the latest to test positive

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Health and agriculture officials have said the risk to the public remains low.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/bird-flu-outbreak-more-than-90-million-chickens-killed/


Hess CEO drags $53 billion Chevron deal over the line amid grapple with Exxon

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The deal still needs to get past the U.S. Federal Trade Commission as well as the ongoing arbitration case brought by Exxon.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/hess-ceo-drags-53-billion-chevron-deal-over-the-line-amid-grapple-with-exxon/


Legendary shortseller Jim Chanos allegedly used firm as a 'piggy bank,' raking in millions for himself and his girlfriend, partner claims

https://fortune.com/img-assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-1666209648-e1716934961237.jpg?w=2048

Chanos, 66, called the lawsuit “puzzling and baseless.”

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/enron-shortseller-jim-chanos-alleged-fraud-penthouse-piggybank/


Gen Z sneaker brand with $740 'dirty' shoes counts Taylor Swift as a fan—and is eyeing a $3.3 billion valuation

https://fortune.com/img-assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-1517820583-e1716932439391.jpg?w=2048

Golden Goose plans to kick off its initial public offering in Milan this week.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/gen-z-taylor-swift-luxury-sneaker-golden-goose-ipo-unicorn/


These are the 9 most rent-burdened cities in the U.S. where tenants spend more than one-third of their income on housing, Moody’s says

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New Yorkers spend nearly 60% of their income per month on housing, the report shows.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/rental-market-crisis-9-most-rent-burdened-cities-moodys/


Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos says showrunners and screenwriters better start using AI or else someone who does will take their job

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Hollywood creatives shouldn't be afraid of losing their job to A.I. but rather to someone who knows how to use it, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/netflix-ceo-ted-sarandos-streaming-ai-hollywood-movies-tv-entertainment/


Toyota’s bet on hybrids was mocked, then vindicated. Now it’s trying to repeat the trick with an unlikely bet on the combustion engine

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The automaker is developing new engines that accept alternative fuels.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/toyota-hybrids-combustion-engine-alternative-fuels/


'Fly high, Bette': This 88-year-old started her flight attendant career in 1957 and never officially retired

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In 2022, Guinness World Records named Bette Nash the world's longest-serving flight attendant.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/flight-attendant-record-bette-nash-dies-dead/


Melinda French Gates is going her own way. Donating $1 billion to women’s rights after leaving the foundation she created with her ex-husband

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Her lodestar: “Set your own agenda, or someone else will set it for you.”

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/melinda-french-gates-is-going-her-own-way-donating-1-billion-to-womens-rights-after-leaving-the-foundation-she-created-with-her-ex-husband/


Country club seeks higher price in sale of 2,000-year-old sacred ceremonial grounds

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Native Americans constructed the earthworks, including eight long earthen walls, that correspond to lunar movements and align with points where the moon rises and sets over the 18.6-year lunar cycle.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/country-club-seeks-higher-price-in-leasing-of-2000-year-old-sacred-ceremonial-grounds/


OpenAI CEO Sam Altman joins the ranks of Warren Buffett and Bill Gates in promising to give away half a billion

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Altman signed the pledge in the midst of a controversy involving Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/openai-ceo-sam-altman-joins-the-ranks-of-warren-buffett-and-bill-gates-in-promising-to-give-away-half-a-billion/


National home prices just broke another record for the 9th time in 12 months

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“We’ve witnessed records repeatedly break in both stock and housing markets over the past year,” one analyst said.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/housing-market-outlook-home-prices-all-time-high-case-shiller/


Deflated 'unicorn' CEO Adam Neumann retreats after judge kills his attempt to buy back WeWork, which he drove into the ground five years ago

https://fortune.com/img-assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2151613011-e1716916280974.jpg?w=2048

A bankruptcy judge rejected Neumann’s bid to purchase the beleaguered coworking company.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/wework-flow-adam-neumann-bankruptcy-judge-chapter-11-flow/


Climate investor Tom Steyer: 'I’m 100% sure that bringing children into this world is still the right thing to do'

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Today, you don’t have to love politics to get involved in politics. You just need to care about preserving a livable planet.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/climate-investor-tom-steyer-100-sure-bringing-children-into-this-world-still-right-thing-to-do-environment/


Bankman-Fried lieutenant Ryan Salame gets 7.5 years in prison for role in FTX debacle

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Salame pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance laws and operating an unlicensed money transmitter.

https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/05/28/sam-bankman-fried-ryan-salame-ftx-prison-sentence/


OpenAI rolls out a new safety team just days after dissolving its old one

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CEO Sam Altman will lead the team.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/openai-new-safety-board-sam-altman/


Bilt Rent Day bonus: Up to 10X points on Bilt Neighborhood Dining, plus new restaurants added to the program

https://fortune.com/img-assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1445970801-e1706216762699.jpg?w=2048

Bilt flipped the script to turn rent day into an opportunity to earn bonus points and take advantage of limited-time offers.

https://fortune.com/recommends/credit-cards/bilt-rent-day-bonus/


GameStop surges without the help of Roaring Kitty

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Bump comes after a cash infusion.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/gamestop-surge-stock-sale/


American Airlines replaces legal team in airplane bathroom filming case

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Move follows a PR backlash.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/american-airlines-legal-aircraft-filming-bathroom/


Elon Musk is recruiting xAI staffers who are ‘without regard to popularity or political correctness’ a day after raising $6 billion from investors

https://fortune.com/img-assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2151268410-e1716898146358.jpg?w=2048

Musk's latest startup is barely a year old and already it is worth $24 billion. But Tesla shareholders fear it will compete with the carmaker for resources.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/elon-musk-tesla-xai-openai-chatgpt-grok-google-recruiting/


Jamie Dimon is right. The number of U.S. public companies is plummeting—and that’s bad news for the democratic component of the economy

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Without taking the right measures to allow companies to grow and prosper in the public markets, America could lose its edge.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/jamie-dimon-us-public-companies-economy-markets/


T-Mobile will buy almost all of U.S Cellular in $4.4 billion deal

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T-Mobile said Tuesday that U.S. Cellular customers will gain access to its 5G network, giving them better coverage and speed.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/t-mobile-buy-us-cellular-4-billion-deal-spectrum-towers/


Melinda French Gates says she will donate $1bn over the next 2 years on behalf of women and families

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French Gates earlier this month announced she would step down from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and vowed to focus on women and families.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/melinda-french-gates-donate-1-billion-2-years-women-families-reproductive-rights-us/


Memorial Day weekend storms that devastated several U.S. states killed at least 22

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The destructive storms caused deaths in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kentucky and were just north of an oppressive, early season heat wave setting records from south Texas to Florida.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/memorial-day-weekend-storms-devastated-us-states-killed-22/


Gen Z really are the hardest to work with—even managers of their own generation say they’re difficult

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Meanwhile, baby boomers were ranked as the easiest to manage.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/gen-z-most-difficult-work-research-managers-hirable-baby-boomers/


Bill Gates said he wished he learned this lesson from Warren Buffett sooner: The power of an 'intentionally light' calendar

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"In hindsight, it’s a lesson I could have learned a lot sooner had I taken more peeks at Warren Buffett’s intentionally light calendar."

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/bill-gates-warren-buffett-calendar-lesson/


While American companies go quiet on climate change, Europeans keep banging the drum

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One-pager: Concerns over culture wars and ESG investment backlash are stronger factors in the U.S. than Europe, which may lead to further divergence on net zero trajectories.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/05/28/american-companies-quiet-climate-change-europeans-keep-banging-drum/


American company tells Mexico president that his $385m offer to buy its Caribbean property for ecotourism 'substantially undervalues' its crocodile-filled quarries

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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has threatened to expropriate the property, claiming the pits it has dug to extract crushed limestone have damaged the area's fragile system of underground rivers and caves.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/vulcan-materials-mexico-president-amlo-385m-offer-caribbean-property-undervalues-crocodile-quarries/


A ‘more confident’ China pledges $47.5 billion to jumpstart its homegrown chip development

https://fortune.com/img-assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2076719416-e1716888374414.jpg?w=2048

Beijing is "doubling down" on its investment in local chip manufacturing with the $47.5 billion Big Fund III.

https://fortune.com/asia/2024/05/28/more-confident-china-doubling-down-big-fund-iii-semiconductors-development-us-controls/


George Lucas, creator of Star Wars and Indiana Jones, calls risk-averse Hollywood creatively bankrupt—‘there’s almost no original thinking’

https://fortune.com/img-assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2154620613-e1716823168953.jpg?w=2048

Faced with ballooning costs for movies, TV and video games, the entertainment industry prefers to bet on bankable franchises with built-in fan bases.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/george-lucas-star-wars-disney-sequels-prequels-remakes-reboots-spinoffs/


It’s not a contest: Bragging about your work stress may make you seem less likable and incompetent, says new study

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“People are harming themselves by doing this thing they think is going to make them look better to their colleagues,” said the lead study author.

https://fortune.com/well/article/workplace-wellness-stress-busy-bragging-work-study/


‘Buy European’ and double EU budget, says French President Emmanuel Macron on Germany visit

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Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also called for progress on the EU capital markets union.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/05/28/buy-european-double-eu-budget-french-president-emmanuel-macron-germany-visit/


From Brian Chesky and Tim Cook to founder of Toms shoes, it’s lonely at the top. Here’s why it matters and how to feel more connected

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“Loneliness isn't shameful; it's a signal.”

https://fortune.com/well/article/brian-chesky-tim-cook-lonely-feel-more-connected/


A Chinese conglomerate loses control of its elite European soccer team, as Beijing fails to dominate the world's favorite sport

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Oaktree took over Italian soccer club Inter Milan last week after owner Suning failed to pay back a $429 million loan.

https://fortune.com/asia/2024/05/27/suning-loses-control-inter-milan-oaktree-china-soccer-football-failure-dominate-sport/


Post-pandemic revenge travel pushes air travelers to a record high on Friday

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More than 2.9 million travelers were screened at U.S. airports on Friday, surpassing a previous record set last year on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, according to the transportation security agency.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/27/air-travel-memorial-day-record/


In a dismal Memorial Day weekend for movies, Furiosa edges out Garfield for no. 1 film

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“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” sold an estimated $32 million in tickets over the four-day weekend, according to studio estimates Monday.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/27/furiosa-memorial-day-movie-box-office/


The short-lived memestock revival shows how retail investors and markets still misunderstand each other

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Most retail investors are not looking outperform the market. Their individuals goals should be supported.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/27/the-short-lived-memestock-revival-shows-how-retail-investors-and-markets-still-misunderstand-each-other/


Elon Musk’s xAI raises $6 billion from Sequoia, Andreessen, and Saudi royals as it hails ‘significant strides’ in AI research

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Investors in the latest round include Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Fidelity Management & Research, Valor Equity Partners, Vy Capital, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and Kingdom Holding.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/27/elon-musk-xai-raise-6-billion/


Elon Musk earns praise from Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang ahead of shareholder vote on pay package—‘Tesla is far ahead in self-driving cars’

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The ringing endorsement from Huang comes amid Musk's recent pivot to AI as the Tesla boss quietly scrapped his vision of growing volumes over tenfold to 20 million EVs a year by 2030.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/27/elon-musk-tesla-nvidia-jensen-huang-shareholder-vote-pay-package-self-driving-cars/


Mexico prepares to elect first woman leader as millions of domestic workers wonder if it will improve 'modern slavery'

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"At least by having a woman, maybe things will be different."

https://fortune.com/2024/05/27/mexico-elect-first-woman-leader-millions-domestic-workers-improve-modern-slavery/


Europe-Israel relations take a hit as Spain, Ireland and Norway prepare to formally recognize a Palestinian state

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Israeli Foreign Minister Katz accused Spain of “rewarding terror” by recognizing a Palestinian state, and said that “the days of the Inquisition are over.”

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/05/27/europe-israel-relations-spain-ireland-norway-recognize-palestinian-state/


Lina Khan’s noncompete crackdown could leave most doctors and nurses out in the cold

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Provider groups are disappointed that the Federal Trade Commission’s new rule may not protect those who work for nonprofit hospitals and health care facilities, which employ the largest number of medical professionals.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/27/lina-khan-noncompete-ban-doctors-nurses/


Abraham Lincoln museum in spotlight again after paying $15,000 for disputed flag

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A director was fired in 2019 for sending without approval a copy of the Gettysburg Address, written in Lincoln's hand, to a Texas exhibit operated by conservative political commentator Glenn Beck.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/27/abraham-lincoln-museum-in-spotlight-again-after-paying-15000-for-disputed-flag-its-prized-6-5m-stovepipe-hat-tied-to-president-was-also-questioned/


U.S. economic growth will eclipse China's by 2031, and the transformation Beijing needs for a revival may take 'several decades, if not longer,' top demographer says

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"Historically, no country has managed to achieve 4% growth in the subsequent 12 years after the elderly made up 15% of the population."

https://fortune.com/2024/05/27/china-economy-outlook-growth-us-gdp-forecast-aging-population-demographics-high-income/


Beijing answers Biden's CHIPS Act with the $47.5 billion Big Fund III

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The latest investment vehicle, known as Big Fund III, underscores a renewed push from Xi Jinping’s government to build its own semiconductor industry as tensions with the US escalate.

https://fortune.com/asia/2024/05/27/beijing-biden-chips-act-big-fund-iii-chinas-semiconductor-investment-fund/


Dazed Texas county sifts through homes mangled by tornado in powerful storms that killed over 15 across the South

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Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington said there's “just a trail of debris left” in the area bordering Oklahoma where the dead included two children, ages 2 and 5.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/27/texas-county-homes-mangled-tornado-storms-killed-over-15-across-south/


What's open and what's closed on Memorial Day 2024?

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Let the barbeques commence!

https://fortune.com/2024/05/27/stores-open-closed-memorial-day-2024-grocery-stores-retail-banks/


EU would 'be delighted' to forge closer ties with the U.K.'s next government, according to Economy Commissioner

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While Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has edged the U.K. closer to the EU and helped normalize relations with the bloc, Labour has vowed to further improve ties if it wins.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/05/27/eu-delighted-forge-closer-ties-uk-next-government/


Here's how ADHD is diagnosed in adults

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The disorder can present differently in children and adults.

https://fortune.com/well/article/adult-adhd-symptoms-behavior-diagnosis/


'Bond King' Bill Gross warns Trump would worsen deficits and be 'more disruptive' for the bond market than Biden

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"Trump is the more bearish of the candidates simply because his programs advocate continued tax cuts and more expensive things."

https://fortune.com/2024/05/26/us-deficit-debt-crisis-bond-market-bill-gross-donald-trump-joe-biden/


A flood of cheap Chinese exports is putting the entire global economy at risk, France’s finance minister warns

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“We have an issue with the economic model in which China is producing more and more cheaper industrial devices because it could be a threat not only for the EU, not only for the US, but for the global world economy.”

https://fortune.com/2024/05/26/global-economic-outlook-risk-flood-cheap-chinese-exports-france-finance-minister/


The average age of Ukrainian soldiers fighting Russia is 43-45, while the youngest troops remain exempt from front-line combat

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The exemption for men aged between 18 and 25 from front-line combat is motivated by a belief that they will be key to rebuilding Ukraine in the future, said lawmaker Serhiy Rakhmanin.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/26/ukraine-war-average-age-soldiers-43-45-youngest-troops-exempt-front-line-combat/


At least 15 dead after storms hit Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas with severe weather expected to head east

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By Monday, forecasters said, the greatest risk would shift to the east, covering a broad swath of the country from Alabama to near New York City.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/26/texas-storms-tornados-oklahoma-arkansas-death-toll-severe-weather-forecast/


You don't have to be a programmer to cash in on artificial intelligence. AI skills in these non-tech professions come with massive wage increases

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Job postings in the U.S. that seek lawyers with AI skills promise wages that are 49% higher than ads for lawyers without AI skills.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/26/ai-skills-biggest-pay-hike-artificial-intelligence-jobs-market-chatgpt/


Buyers are gaining the upper hand in the housing market as top real estate CEO warns sellers on high asking prices: 'The sharks come out, and it will hurt you even more'

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"It is a different environment. We are now seeing more sellers than buyers," Compass CEO Robert Reffkin said.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/26/housing-market-outlook-buyers-vs-sellers-lower-home-prices-inventory-supply/


France looks to slash jobless benefits to push more people back to work amid debt and deficit warnings

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The overhaul would cut the maximum duration of welfare to 15 months from 18 months and lengthen the period of work required to qualify for benefits.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/26/france-jobless-benefits-cut-workforce-emmanuel-macron-economic-reform-debt-deficit-warnings/


Qatar Airways flight hits severe turbulence over Turkey, injuring 12 passengers, but lands as scheduled in Dublin

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On Tuesday, a Singapore Airlines flight en route from London to Singapore was forced to make an emergency landing in Bangkok after it hit turbulence and suddenly lost altitude.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/26/qatar-airways-flight-severe-turbulence-12-passengers-injured-singapore-airlines/


Donald Trump jokes about criminal indictments against him: ‘If I wasn’t a Libertarian before, I sure as hell am a Libertarian now’

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Trump hit back at hecklers, saying “you don't want to win” and suggesting that some Libertarians want to “keep getting your 3% every four years.”

https://fortune.com/2024/05/26/presidential-election-donald-trump-criminal-indictments-libertarian-party-national-convention-speech/


Epicenter of Bidenomics will show if ‘growth, growth, growth’ or inflation matters more to voters in presidential election

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Places like Chatham County show how this year’s presidential campaign offers two conflicting visions for America's economic future.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/26/presidential-election-bidenomics-joe-biden-economic-agenda-growth-inflation-donald-trump/


Nobel laureate Joe Stiglitz on the ‘myth’ of the American Dream, the economic noose hanging around Gen Z’s neck—and what business leaders really think about Donald Trump

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The economist says the Columbia-led protests definitely hit home and he still believes in something besides “freedom for the wolves and death for the sheep.”

https://fortune.com/2024/05/26/joseph-stiglitz-interview-gen-z-donald-trump-american-dream-neoliberalism/


Former NFL Super Bowl winner Ryan Mundy says managing his mental health was key to the game but too often undermined: ‘We didn’t have the agency to talk about our emotions’

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Ryan Mundy founded Alkeme to fill a gap in health care.

https://fortune.com/well/article/former-nfl-super-bowl-winner-ryan-mundy-mental-health-emotions/


Ferrari 296 GTS Hybrid Review: ‘Arresting, uncanny beauty’ with $366,139 price tag

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As Ferrari rolls toward its first all-electric car, arriving next year, it makes sense that it would also make a hybrid or two.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/05/26/ferrari-296-gts-hybrid-review-beauty-366139-price/


Janet Yellen warns higher outlook for rates will make it harder to keep deficits and debt expenses under control

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The White House sees 10-year Treasury yields at 3.7% in the early 2030s — almost a full percentage point higher than three years ago.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/25/deficit-debt-warning-janet-yellen-higher-rate-outlook-interest-expenses/


Tesla shareholders should reject Elon Musk’s ‘excessive’ pay package, proxy advisor says, noting ‘extraordinarily time-consuming projects’ unrelated to EV maker

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“Mr. Musk’s slate of extraordinarily time-consuming projects unrelated to the Company was well-documented before the 2018 grant, and only expanded with his high-profile purchase of the company now known as X,” said Glass Lewis.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/25/tesla-shareholders-elon-musk-pay-package-proxy-advisor-glass-lewis/


Top assassin for the Sinaloa drug cartel, once described as ‘a complete psychopath’ with long history of gruesome acts, is extradited to U.S.

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Nestor Isidro Pérez Salas, also known as “El Nini,” is a leader of a group that provided security for the sons of imprisoned drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, federal investigators said.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/25/sinaloa-drug-cartel-assassin-el-nini-extradited-el-chapo-guzman-chapitos/


Joe Biden tells graduating West Point cadets that U.S. troops won’t go to Ukraine but ‘you must keep us free at this time like none before’

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“Ideas need defenders to make them real," Biden said. "That’s what you are all about. You must keep us free at this time like none before.”

https://fortune.com/2024/05/25/joe-biden-west-point-cadets-graduation-speech-us-troops-ukraine-russia-israel-iran/


Cutting out this phrase from a half-century-old law would save homebuyers $175,000 and help tackle the housing crisis, economists say

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"It could transform the dream of homeownership for millions of Americans into reality."

https://fortune.com/2024/05/25/housing-market-crisis-affordable-home-supply-mobile-manufactured-homebuyer-prices/


Gen Z makes bigger 401(k) gains than millennials, while Gen X tops boomers on key milestone, Fidelity says

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The average 401(k) balance for Gen Z increased 15% to $11,300, compared to an 11% increase to $59,800 for millennials, Fidelity said.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/25/retirement-savings-average-401k-balances-gen-z-millennials-gen-x-baby-boomers-fidelity/


Top China VC Kai-Fu Lee says his prediction that AI will displace 50% of jobs by 2027 is 'uncannily accurate'

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"But when gen AI came out, I think everybody's on the bandwagon and believing that is the correct pace."

https://fortune.com/2024/05/25/ai-job-displacement-forecast-50-percent-2027-kai-fu-lee-chatgpt-openai/


Memorial Day weekend airport rush sets new record, with a blockbuster summer travel season expected

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U.S. airlines estimates 271 million travelers will fly between June 1 and August 31, breaking the record of 255 million set last summer.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/25/memorial-day-weekend-airport-passengers-new-record-summer-travel-season-forecast/


Here are the college athletes who likely would get paid first as the NCAA and top conferences approve $2.8 billion antitrust settlement

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Athletes in all sports should expect to see some benefit — but probably not at all schools.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/25/college-athletes-paid-first-ncaa-football-basketball-revenue-sharing-antitrust-settlement/


The mystery investment company that attempted a foreclosure sale of Elvis Presley’s Graceland isn’t listed in state databases or FINRA records

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Company addresses in Jacksonville, Fla., and Hollister, Mo., were both for post offices, and a Kimberling City, Mo., reference was for a PO box.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/25/graceland-foreclosure-auction-sale-attempt-elvis-presley-finra-naussany/


Bird flu has been found in beef for the first time, but USDA says it didn’t enter the food supply

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Finding bird flu in beef is a new development for the outbreak, which began in 2022.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/25/bird-flu-beef-first-time-dairy-cow-usda-food-supply/


NYC comptroller lets rip on Elon Musk’s $47 billion pay plan: ‘There’s rarely been as egregious a flaunting of independent shareholder governance as this’

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The overseer of $242 billion in NYC pension funds says Elon Musk is treating Tesla like a family-owned business instead of the publicly traded company it is.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/25/elon-musk-47-billion-pay-package-tesla-stock-shareholder-governance-nyc-pension-fund/


Banks don’t want to inspect your home office, so they’re forcing hundreds of employees to come in five days a week

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Renewed rules for workplace inspections every few years are being blamed for mass return-to-office efforts.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/25/banks-remote-work-return-to-office/


Meet the 102-year-old healthy-living pioneer who was espousing ‘wellness’ long before it was a trend

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The founder of the famed Rancho la Puerta resort says that not worrying is more important than what kind of water you drink.

https://fortune.com/well/article/102-year-old-rancho-la-puerta-owner-on-longevity/


Families of slain Uvalde victims sue Meta, 'Call of Duty' maker, and gun manufacturer: 'This three-headed monster knowingly exposed him to the weapon'

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“There is a direct line between the conduct of these companies and the Uvalde shooting,” said Josh Koskoff, an attorney for the families.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/families-of-slain-uvalde-victims-sue-meta-instagram-video-game-gun/


A law firm tried to blame a 9-year-old girl for not noticing an iPhone camera a former American Airlines flight attendant secretly taped to a toilet seat

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A former American Airlines attendant is accused of luring girls to use the lavatory after taping his iPhone to the toilet seat and explaining that the seat was broken.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/law-firm-blamed-girl-camera-lavatory-flight-attendant/


CEO at $14 billion electronics firm can’t talk about his resignation following an internal investigation

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The former exec can only say “no comment” in response to queries, according to restrictive covenants with an unusual provision.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/jabil-ceo-kenneth-wilson-tech-electronics-banned-exit-million/


Front-end developers: These are the states where you’ll find the highest average salaries

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Front-end developers work on the visual aspect of websites, and can earn relatively high annual salaries. The states where they’re paid the most, though, may surprise you.

https://fortune.com/education/careers/front-end-developer-salary/


Passengers are pretending to be disabled to get fast-tracked through airports amid ‘rampant abuse’ of airport wheelchair services, Frontier CEO says

https://fortune.com/img-assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-1205332144-e1716584201277.jpg?w=2048

The discount airline is calling for a “wheelchair registration” system and legislation cracking down on those “abusing” the accessibility tool.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/frontier-airlines-ceo-barry-biffle-wheelchair-service-abuse/


There’s a way to land a sub-4% mortgage rate for buyers locked out of the housing market. But they’ve been hard to get—until now

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Roam launches new product making it easier to take over sellers’ current mortgages.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/housing-market-crisis-how-to-get-lower-mortgage-rate/


The documentarian who only ate McDonald’s for a month has died young of cancer at 53

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Morgan Spurlock's "Super Size Me" grossed over $22 million on a $65,000 budget and preceded the release of Eric Schlosser’s influential “Fast Food Nation."

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/obituary-morgan-spurlock-super-size-me-mcdonalds/


Gen Alpha is so online that 95% of their parents learn about brands from them, survey says

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The survey included responses from 1,000 American adult parents of Gen Alpha children aged 8 to 13, which the report called the “gateway generation.”

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/gen-alpha-parents-learn-brands-from-kids-children-online-social-media/


I’ve worked with thousands of emerging Gen Z leaders. There’s a fundamental reset in what this generation wants career-wise

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Gen Z views careers and success differently. Values, connection, and empowerment matter more than salary.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/gen-z-careers-success-leadership/


‘We’ve actually found that people find these ads really helpful’: Google claims cramming ads into AI-generated search will help, not hurt users

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Google may be replacing search with AI-generated answers, but its all-powerful ad business isn't going anywhere.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/google-search-artificial-intelligence-advertising/


ChatGPT just officially became the top unauthorized app secretly used by workers, according to remarkably unsurprising study

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Spending management firm Productiv analyzed over 100 billion app usage data points from 2021 through 2023 to pinpoint the top dog in "shadow IT."

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/how-many-workers-use-chatgpt-secretly-shadow-it/


JD Power’s EV survey suggests 2024 is the year that buyers just start losing their interest

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The survey results reflect “persistent growing pains” in the EV market, according to J.D. Power.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/electric-vehicles-interest-falls-tesla-jd-power-survey/


Massachusetts declares early victory in taxing the rich, saying $1.8 billion take from millionaires’ tax was double expectations

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“Opponents of the Fair Share Amendment claimed that multi-millionaires would flee Massachusetts rather than pay the new tax, and they are being proven wrong every day,” a spokesperson for Raise Up Massachusetts, an organization that pushed for it, said.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/massachusetts-taxing-rich-millionaires-tax-victory-double-expectations/


Nvidia's 10-for-1 stock split confirms 'big tech is going bite-sized' to lure retail investors, BofA says

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Bank of America’s research shows that stocks have managed 25% total returns in the 12 months after a stock split historically, compared to 12% for the S&P 500.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/nvidia-stock-split-10-for-1-nvda-share-outlook-beating-sp500/


Despite surging demand for long-term care, providers struggle to find workers

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'I was kind of shocked, like, the amount of work we [were] expected to do and the pay you get at the end.'

https://fortune.com/well/2024/05/24/care-providers-struggle-to-find-workers/


‘Sadly this is now a city in decline’: Trump insults New York as he campaigns in South Bronx, one of the poorest and bluest areas in the country

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Trump addressed supporters in Crotona Park, a public green space in a neighborhood that is among the city's most diverse and its most impoverished.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/donald-trump-south-bronx-campaign-new-york-decline/


Over 6,000 flights delayed ahead of the busiest Memorial Day in decades

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“Airports are going to be more packed than we have seen in 20 years,” AAA spokesperson Aixa Diaz said.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/memorial-day-travel-airplanes-busiest-20-years-flights-canceled/


The dog behind the Doge meme (and Dogecoin) has passed away

https://fortune.com/img-assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2116467644-e1716560408936.jpg?w=2048

The much-loved Shiba Inu passes away at 18.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/kabosu-doge-dogecoin-dog-passes-away/


Florida housekeepers are cleaning up with salaries up to $150,000 thanks to an influx of millionaires

https://fortune.com/img-assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-593344210-e1716560083330.jpg?w=2048

Housekeepers in rich pockets of Florida such as Palm Beach are now commanding salaries of up to $150,000 a year, recruiting agencies reveal.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/florida-housekeepers-six-figure-salaries-incoming-rich-newcomers/


I’m a whistleblower and have been called a snitch, rat, and traitor. What about hero?

https://fortune.com/img-assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Sherron-Watkins-whistleblower-e1716500859337.jpg?w=2048

Whistleblower Sherron Watkins exposed one of the biggest corporate frauds ever—and warns coming forward is still too hard.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/enron-whistleblower-financial-fraud-reporting/


The CEO of the Best Company to Work For sets the record straight on how Gen Z really isn't that different from any other generation—including bringing your whole self to work

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"We want to know how you think," Hilton CEO Christopher Nassetta says. "I don't always agree with it, and I might tell you I don't, but I want you to bring your whole mind."

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/hilton-christopher-nassetta-gen-z-workplace/


3 Dream Trips You Can Take with 100,000 Capital One Miles

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From coffee tours in Colombia to breathtaking vistas in Canada, there’s no shortage of places where 100k Capital One Miles can take you. Here’s a trio of ideas.

https://fortune.com/recommends/credit-cards/dream-trips-100000-capital-one-miles/


Ethereum’s powerful new ‘EigenLayer’ promises a wave of innovation. But is it a threat to the blockchain?

https://fortune.com/img-assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sreeram-kannan-eigen-labs-DSC00663.jpg?w=2048

Is restaking a house of cards? It depends on who you ask.

https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/05/24/eigenlayer-is-opening-new-doors-for-ethereum-so-why-does-it-feel-like-2008/


Over a third of British Gen Z adults are hooked on nicotine, with vaping surge sharply reversing historic decline

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Brightly colored Lost Mary and Elf Bar brands has helped the share of British 18-24-year-olds who vape triple since May 2021.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/05/24/third-uk-gen-z-adults-hooked-nicotine-vaping/


Citi, HSBC and Barclays all want their bankers back in the office 5 days a week because of ‘new regulatory policies’

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Citigroup is requiring about 600 U.S. employees previously eligible to work remotely to commute to company offices full-time.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/citi-hsbc-barclays-bankers-office-5-days-a-week-new-regulatory-policies/


Elon Musk predicts jobs will become ‘kinda like a hobby’

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"In a benign scenario probably none of us will have a job."

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/elon-musk-future-work-jobs-hobbies-artificial-intelligence/


‘A glaring blind spot’ in housing affordability: Mortgage underwriting and home appraisals should account for energy costs. Here’s why

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Ensuring home affordability is crucial to protecting the American Dream, but the monthly mortgage payment is just one part of the cost of owning a home.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/glaring-blind-spot-housing-affordability-mortgage-underwriting-home-appraisals-energy-costs-enviornment-personal-finance/


Fake AI-generated Biden robocalls orchestrator faces $6m fine and criminal charges

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The Federal Communications Commission said the fine it proposed for Steven Kramer is its first involving generative AI technology.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/steve-kramer-biden-robocalls-new-hampshire-presidential-primary/


Tiny Scottish island, with more sheep than people, becomes the U.K.'s first spaceport for vertical rockets

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Former military site, SaxaVord, is one of seven spaceports being built around the U.K. in the wake of new laws encouraging private investment in the space industry.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/05/24/tiny-scottish-island-saxavord-first-uk-spaceport-vertical-rockets/


Washington rejects recommendation to halve plans for the state’s largest wind farm, giving new life to the $1.7 billion project

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Since the wind farm project was proposed in 2021, it has pitted local opponents against the state’s ever-growing need for renewable energy.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/washington-governor-jay-inslee-wind-farm-project/


Norfolk Southern will pay $15 million fine as part of Ohio derailment settlement—but some residents feel it's not enough

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Many East Palestine residents feel this settlement doesn’t do nearly enough to a company that just reported a $527 million profit in the fourth quarter of last year

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/norfolk-southern-15-million-fine-ohio-derailment-settlement/


British billionaire Reuben brothers wager on $2 billion luxury project in Puerto Rico

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The Reuben brothers have a combined net worth of about $15.6 billion.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/05/24/british-billionaires-reuben-brothers-wager-on-2-billion-luxury-project-puerto-rico/


American Airlines says an 'outside lawyer' made an error blaming 9-year-old for not seeing a hidden camera in airplane bathroom

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American Airlines has distanced itself from a court filing in which the carrier said a 9-year-old girl should have noticed there was a camera taped to the seat of an airplane lavatory.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/american-airlines-hidden-camera-airplane-bathroom-estes-carter-thompson/


Biden pushes ‘green blitz’ of environmental rules

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With the clock ticking toward Election Day, Biden’s administration has also issued or proposed rules on a wide range of other issues, from student loan forgiveness and affordable housing to overtime pay.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/24/biden-green-blitz-environmental-rules-rush-overturned-new-congress-president/


Americans are working longer hours and 43% say their eye health is worsening as a result

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Eye strain happens when we’re on our screens and not blinking enough.

https://fortune.com/well/article/work-affect-eye-health-strain/


What women should know about Medicare coverage for health screenings and exams

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When women don’t receive regular care, they could skip important preventive measures like mammograms.

https://fortune.com/well/article/medicare-coverage-womens-health-screenings/


Colleges can pay students after NCAA, conferences agree to $2.8 billion settlement

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The deal still must be approved by the federal judge overseeing the case and challenges could arise.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/23/monumental-new-deal-for-athletes-colleges-can-pay-students-after-ncaa-conferences-agree-to-2-8-billion-settlement/


Waymark CEO slams health care reform that treat visits like a ‘loyalty rewards program’

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Dr. Rajaie Batniji the CEO Waymark said some organizations aren’t going beyond the minimum requirements of value-based care.

https://fortune.com/well/2024/05/23/medicare-ceo-slams-health-care-reform-that-treat-visits-like-a-loyalty-rewards-program/


HPV vaccines prevent cancer in men as well as women, but fewer boys are getting the shots, new research suggests

https://fortune.com/img-assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-1364479984-e1716507121678.jpg?w=2048

“It's really important that teenagers get exposed to the vaccine before they’re exposed to the virus.”

https://fortune.com/well/2024/05/23/hpv-vaccines-prevent-cancer-in-men-as-well-as-women-but-fewer-boys-are-getting-the-shots-new-research-suggests/


'Quiet vacations' are the latest way millennials are rebelling against in-person work

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Young employees want work-life balance and are willing to craft elaborate work-arounds to make it happen.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/23/quiet-vacation-millennials-gen-z-harris-poll-remote-work/


Nvidia’s landmark performance hasn’t been seen 'in the history of capitalism,' says tech CEO

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Nvidia’s quarterly results catapulted its stock up 9% a day after reporting earnings, crossing the $1,000 threshold for the first time ever.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/23/nvidias-landmark-performance-tech-ceo-capitalism/


SEC completes abrupt U-turn to approve Ethereum ETFs in ‘politically driven’ move

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"It's one of the biggest regulatory one-eighties in recent SEC history," VanEck told Fortune.

https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/05/23/sec-completes-abrupt-u-turn-to-approve-ethereum-etfs-in-politically-driven-move/


Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang doesn’t wear a watch. Here’s why.

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I’m focused on the now,” Huang says, still atop a winning streak.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/23/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-doesnt-wear-a-watch-heres-why/


The White House is pleading with Big Tech to shut off the firehose of sexually abusive AI deepfakes—'if you’re a teenage girl, if you’re a gay kid, these are problems that people are experiencing right now'

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“As generative AI broke on the scene, everyone was speculating about where the first real harms would come. And I think we have the answer."

https://fortune.com/2024/05/23/white-house-biden-tech-ai-deepfake-porn-abuse-arati-prabhakar/


The baby boomer bump: How ‘the richest retiring generation we’ve ever had’ is keeping the economy afloat

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'They are spending on restaurants, cruises, traveling, and healthcare.'

https://fortune.com/2024/05/23/baby-boomers-keeping-economy-afloat/


Housing hit ‘rock bottom’ this year, but a top real estate CEO sees improvement over the next several months

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Weekly mortgage rates just fell below 7%, a “milestone” in the housing world, according to Redfin’s Glenn Kelman.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/23/housing-market-outlook-2024-top-real-estate-ceo-rock-bottom-improvement-high-home-prices-mortgage-rates-redfin/


Google's AI search wants you to glue cheese to your pizza. It's just the tip of its bad-idea iceberg

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Google shows AI technology still has a way to go—a long way.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/23/googles-ai-search-terrible-advice/


Venice’s ‘tourist tax’, labeled a ‘miserable failure,’ might not break even this year

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Venice's new entry fee has brought in $1.1 million after 11 days. That might not be enough to make up the cost over a 29-day trial.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/05/23/venice-tourist-tax-miserable-failure-daytrippers/


DOJ files suit to break up Ticketmaster

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Antitrust lawsuit alleges Live Nation illegally suppressed competition.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/23/antitrust-justice-department-break-up-ticketmaster/


More than two-thirds of bosses are 'accidental managers’. And their requests for proper training are being ignored

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Almost half of those who have asked for support multiple times said they felt "overwhelmed" and "under equipped" for their role.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/23/accidental-managers-no-training-losing-talent-survey/


A burnout crisis is hitting doctors across the U.S. and it could spell disaster for health care

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Pay increased nearly 6% in 2023—not enough to account for inflation and low reimbursements, found Doximity.

https://fortune.com/well/2024/05/23/doctors-overworked-underpaid-doximity-survey-we-are-often-stretched-quite-thin/


Europe fines Oreo-maker Mondelez $366 million for stopping its products from being sold between countries

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The European Commission said Mondelez tried to avoid that cross-border trade because that could lead to lower prices.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/05/23/europe-fines-oreo-maker-mondelez-366-million-stopping-products-sold-between-countries/


U.S. intelligence agencies were using generative AI 3 years before ChatGPT was released

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U.S. intelligence agencies are scrambling to embrace the AI revolution, believing they’ll otherwise be smothered by exponential data growth.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/23/u-s-intelligence-agencies-were-using-generative-ai-3-years-before-chatgpt-was-released-but-they-still-think-it-should-be-treated-as-a-crazy-drunk-friend/


Renault boss lament's Volkswagen's inability to 'work as a team' as joint cheap EV plan collapses

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Renault CEO Luca de Meo had been trying to collaborate on an affordable version of the Twingo.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/05/23/renault-ceo-luca-de-meo-volkswagen-work-as-team-byd-affordable-ev-twingo-project-collapses/


How do I choose the right cofounder for my startup?

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Bonobos and Pie founder Andy Dunn answers questions about finding the right cofounder and the trade-off between startup life and family stability.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/23/ask-andy-startups-choosing-a-cofounder-financial-stability/


Jamie Dimon says there's a chance the Fed could further hike rates instead of cutting

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"Do I think that rates can go up a little bit? Yes I do. And if they do is the world prepared for it? Not really."

https://fortune.com/2024/05/23/jamie-dimon-jerome-powell-base-rate-cut-could-raise/


France lost control of parts of New Caledonia

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The Pacific territory of 270,000 people has been in turmoil since May 13, when violence erupted over plans to extend voting rights to more residents, which indigenous Kanaks say would diminish their electoral influence.

https://fortune.com/asia/2024/05/23/france-lost-control-new-caledonia-macron-visiting-third-largest-producer-ev-metal-nickel/


Oleksandr Usyk couldn’t find sparring partners for the biggest fight of his life

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Usyk is the co-founder of the app, Ready To Fight. The platform debuted last year and has about 100,000 users, including boxers and trainers.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/05/23/oleksandr-usyk-cofounded-a-tinder-style-app-boxing-training-tyson-fury-ready-to-fight/


Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk's building is in danger of collapsing after a 'massive fire' broke out

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Over 100 firefighters battled the blaze on Wednesday—the second in as many weeks.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/05/23/danish-pharma-novo-nordisk-office-building-danger-collapsing-massive-fire/


Buy now, pay later companies must give consumers the same legal rights and protections as credit cards, consumer agency says

https://fortune.com/img-assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2151491545-e1716455383217.jpg?w=2048

The CFPB said that buy now, pay later lenders need to extend many of the same rights and protections as classic credit card providers. “Importantly, these cover dispute and refund rights.”

https://fortune.com/2024/05/23/consumer-financial-protection-bureau-new-rule-buy-now-pay-later/


Norfolk Southern's $600 million derailment settlement signed off by judge

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Many residents question whether the deal will provide enough compensation once the money is divided up.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/23/norfolk-southern-600-million-derailment-settlement-signed-off/


Taylor Swift and Coldplay concerts may have saved Singapore’s economy from shrinking last quarter

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Strong services spending, spurred from superstar concerts, offset a decline in manufacturing in the first quarter of 2024.

https://fortune.com/asia/2024/05/23/taylor-swift-coldplay-singapore-q1-2024-gdp-growth-tourism-travel-spending/


Colorado becomes first state to try to regulate AI’s hidden role in hiring, housing and medical decisions

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Gov. Jared Polis signed Colorado’s bill “with reservations,” saying in an statement he was wary of regulations dousing AI innovation.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/23/colorado-first-state-regulate-ai-hidden-role-hiring-housing-medical-decisions/


Memorial Day travel jams expected to be the worst in nearly 20 years

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AAA predicts this will be the busiest start-of-summer weekend in nearly 20 years, with 43.8 million people expected to travel at least 50 miles from home between Thursday and Monday.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/23/memorial-day-travel-jams-expected-to-be-the-worst-in-nearly-20-years/