Travis Kelce’s Super Bowl behavior is emblematic of the ‘rise of the jerk’

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In the past, our leaders had the good sense to try to at least hide their imperfections. Now they're proud of them.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/13/travis-kelce-super-bowl-behavior-coach-emblematic-rise-of-the-jerk-culture-success/


Ad-supported Prime Video customers see more features disappear

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Audio and video qualities are lowered if you don’t pay a premium.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/13/amazon-removes-more-features-for-prime-video-ad-supported-customers/


Two days after a record-setting Super Bowl, Paramount lays off 3% of its workforce

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That’s about 3% of the workforce.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/13/paramount-global-lays-off-800-after-super-bowl-ratings/


Moving to Florida could save Jeff Bezos at least $600 million. How Florida became ‘nirvana’ for the superrich

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"Florida is very, very favorable for someone like Jeff Bezos."

https://fortune.com/2024/02/13/florida-jeff-bezos-600-million-ultra-high-net-worth-individuals-nirvana/


If Bill Gates could ask a time traveler anything, he’d want to know whether AI doomed or helped humanity

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Amid various AI doomsday predictions, Microsoft’s Bill Gates would ask a time traveler how humanity “dealt with that challenge”.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/13/bill-gates-time-traveler-question-did-ai-doom-or-help-humanity/


The 5 foods longevity expert Dr. Mark Hyman eats each day to stay biologically 20 years younger than his age

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Dr. Mark Hyman, author of “Forever Young,” says certain foods can help slow the aging process.

https://fortune.com/well/2024/02/13/5-foods-mark-hyman-longevity-expert-eats-biologically-young/


Marriott Bonvoy Boundless card review: Free nights and a status boost at a reasonable annual fee

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The Marriott Bonvoy Boundless card offers compelling benefits, including a generous welcome bonus and recurring travel perks.

https://fortune.com/recommends/credit-cards/marriott-bonvoy-boundless-card-review/


'Office is toxic': Cranes disappear nationwide as commercial real estate crunch hits downtowns

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Just look at Chicago, where there was only one groundbreaking on an office building last year, with zero expected in 2024.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/13/commercial-real-estate-development-office-building-remote-work/


Inflation fails to fall below 3%, disappointing economic forecasts

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Inflation in January fell to 3.1%, from 3.4% in December, but economists were expecting to see 2.9%.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/13/what-is-the-current-inflation-rate-consumer-price-index-january/


Elon Musk weighs in on U.S. national debt debate

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The Tesla CEO was responding to monthly Treasury data showing the government's $357 billion in interest payments easily eclipsed spending on the country’s military.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/13/national-debt-elon-musk-government-spending-interest/


Fidelity Charitable, the nation’s largest grantmaker, distributed a record-setting $11.8bn to nonprofits in 2023

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The grant total shows how quickly use of the donor-advised fund—an investment account that allows donations to be distributed over time—is growing.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/13/fidelity-charitable-nations-largest-grantmaker-distributed-record-118bn-nonprofits-2023/


‘An age of manufactured mistrust’: Here’s what rampant disinformation means for health, climate, and democracy

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Powered by social media and AI, disinformation appears to be evolving–and it works.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/13/manufactured-mistrust-rampant-disinformation-meaning-health-climate-democracy-tech/


Monty Python star says he's working at 80 to pay for his lifestyle

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Eric Idle says he hasn't made money from the Python franchise since his Broadway musical Spamalot premiered 20 years ago.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/02/13/monty-python-eric-idle-spamalot-income/


Brexit move has shrunk U.K.'s economy by 5%, Goldman Sachs economists say

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“The U.K. economy has notably underperformed other advanced economies since the EU referendum in June 2016,” the economists said.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/02/13/brexit-vote-has-left-uk-economy-5-worse-off-goldman-sachs-economists-say/


Jeff Bezos’s move from Seattle to Miami could save him over $600m in capital gains taxes on a planned share sale

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Bezos's payout—and associated savings—could go up or down.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/13/bezos-seattle-miami-move-stock-sale-tax-savings/


Trump proposes that his daughter-in-law Lara become co-chair of the RNC

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The current chairwoman, Ronna McDaniel, has been in discussions to step down, according to people familiar with the plans.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/13/trump-proposes-daughter-in-law-lara-become-co-chair-rnc/


Tiger Woods will create an apparel brand with TaylorMade after breaking up with Nike: ‘It won’t help you hit it further but you’ll look better than you do right now’

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The 48-year-old legend has inked a pact with TaylorMade Golf to create an apparel line named "Sun Day Red" that will debut in May.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/13/tiger-woods-create-apparel-brand-taylormade-breaking-up-nike-sun-day-red/


Musk says U.S. shouldn’t give Ukraine more money—‘there is no way in hell’ Putin could lose because ‘he would be assassinated’

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Musk, the billionaire chief executive officer of Tesla, made the comments in a forum Monday on X Spaces, part of his X social media platform.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/13/musk-us-not-give-ukraine-more-money-putin-lose-assassinated-jd-vance/


5 Amazon deals your Valentine will love

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If you've forgotten Valentine's Day is just days away, don't stress, because we've found five of the perfect last-minute Amazon deals.

https://fortune.com/recommends/banking/amazon-deals-valenties-day/


Usher, longtime girlfriend get married in Las Vegas hours after the Super Bowl by Elvis Presley impersonator

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She said "Yeah!"

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/usher-marries-girlfriend-jenn-goicoechea-las-vegas-super-bowl/


JetBlue, reeling from kiboshed Spirit merger, has a new suitor in corporate raider Carl Icahn who’s looking to get his mojo back

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It was a thrilling first day for the newly minted CEO of JetBlue, Joanna Geraghty.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/jetblue-carl-icahn-9-9-percent-stake-undervalued-activist/


So many Americans were gambling on the Super Bowl online that transactions hit nearly 15,000 per second

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GeoComply's verification checks over the weekend increased by over 22% from last year to 122 million in 28 of the 29 online sports betting states.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/super-bowl-sports-gambling-online-betting/


Elon Musk's 'baseless and harassing' claims against SEC swatted by judge who gives him a week to agree on Twitter testimony

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The judge found that the SEC's subpoena and testimony are “not unduly burdensome” for Musk.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/elon-musk-testimony-sec-twitter-takeover-subpoena-investigation/


Private equity's giant firms are showering their rainmakers with extra dough in big deal years—and dust during the drought

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Carlyle, KKR and Apollo have all moved to give more to dealmakers in boom years, but a harder hit in austere times.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/what-are-big-4-private-equity-firms-what-they-do/


'This is the worst-ever fundraising market, worse than even during the Global Financial Crisis:' Private equity returns plunge to 2009 levels

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Distributions to limited partners totaled 11.2% of funds’ net asset value, compared to a 25% median across the last 25 years, per Raymond James data.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/private-equity-slump-worst-since-global-financial-crisis-2009/


Meet the worst offenders on ‘shrinkflation’: dollar stores

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It might feel cheaper to shop at your local dollar store, but you usually get a better deal at Walmart or Target.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/dollar-stores-worst-offenders-shrinkflation-inflation/


Coke slashes 400 different drinks down to 200, recalling Bernie Sanders' rant: 'You don’t necessarily need a choice of 23 underarm spray deodorants or of 18 different pairs of sneakers'

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“The consumer is not going to know the difference,” Dollar General Todd Vasos told analysts about having just a few mayonaisses.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/too-many-products-bernie-sanders-deodorant-coca-cola-dollar-stores/


Despite all their anti-capitalist talk, Gen Z is addicted to celebrity—They’re more likely to purchase from brands they think are ‘cool’

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“Gen Z and millennials regard the celebrities and influencers they like as trustworthy and even relatable,” says Brooke Persich, formerly of Google.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/gen-z-celebrity-endorsed-advertising-capitalism-authenticity/


Uber Eats backtracks on Super Bowl ad after ‘food allergy moms’ furious reaction to ill-advised peanut joke

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“The power of food allergy moms, who I would be afraid of too ... they have loud voices and wallets.”

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/uber-eats-super-bowl-commercial-peanut-food-allergy-moms/


Sam Altman’s $7 trillion AI chip dream has him rounding on critics: ‘You can grind to help secure our collective future or you can write substacks about why we are going [to] fail’

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The billionaire OpenAI CEO wants to raise more in funding than the entire U.S. federal budget, or enough to pay for universal healthcare—for years.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/sam-altman-7-trillion-ai-chips-grind-for-future-substack/


What Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift can teach us about relationships

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This NFL season was about more than just football.

https://fortune.com/well/article/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-relationship-lessons/


Top labor economist says don’t believe the AI doom narrative—and his reason why is the ‘underpopulation crisis’ Elon Musk talks about

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“All the people who will turn 30 in the year 2053 have already been born and we cannot make more of them,” MIT’s David Autor argues.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/what-did-elon-musk-say-underpopulation-mit-ai-jobs/


Shrinkflation is so rampant Biden had to step in with a PSA before the Super Bowl telling companies to cut it out. 'The American public is tired of being played for suckers'

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President Joe Biden blamed companies for many of the high prices Americans still see at the grocery store.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/shrinkflation-groceries-biden-psa-super-bowl-suckers/


For 2nd straight year, Super Bowl watchers see 'He Gets Us' ads featuring Jesus partly funded by Hobby Lobby family

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Last year’s ads were overseen by a donor to the legal organization that helped overturn Roe v. Wade but the campaign is under a new charitable organization.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/who-is-behind-jesus-he-gets-us-commercials-super-bowl/


A Florida family that bought a fishing cottage for $1 million in the 1980s is selling it for $295 million now that it’s a 20-bedroom compound with its own yacht basin

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The deceased owner’s 13 children have decided it’s “more or less time” to sell.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/what-is-most-expensive-home-ever-sold-florida-295-million/


You're not imagining it—there really are fewer shows to watch and it's because 'peak TV' really did peak last year

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FX Networks' John Landgraf coined the term “peak TV” in 2016 and it took until 2023, but the number of scripted shows just saw its biggest drop in 20 years.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/is-peak-tv-over-golden-age-prestige-streaming-john-landgraf/


Things are absolutely bonkers in Pakistan right now

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The party of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan won a national election — and he gave his victory speech from behind bars.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/pakistan-election-imran-khan-cricket-ai-voice-clone/


Taylor Who? Usher what? Super Bowl LVIII was about Beyonce

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Surprise music drop in Verizon commercial stuns fans.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/beyonce-super-bowl-music-drop-verizon/


The Chiefs are going back to Vegas, this time to gamble, see shows and have fun

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The team's first visit to Vegas, Mahomes said, was a "business trip," and he's footing the bill for the return.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/chiefs-vegas-mahomes-travel-disney-super-bowl/


Want a six-figure career in data science? Add Python to your programming arsenal

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Aspiring data scientists need to know the ins and outs of Python—here's how to learn it.

https://fortune.com/education/articles/using-python-for-data-science/


Amazon Prime will exclusively stream an NFL playoff game next year, according to reports

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That could give Amazon an advantage over Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery’s new sports streaming platform.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/amazon-exclusive-streaming-nfl-playoff-game-2025/


Gen Z has discovered the perks of government jobs and is driving a massive surge of interest through TikTok

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Amid widespread layoffs and economic uncertainty, Gen Z and millennials are flirting with the idea of stability over a glitzy career.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/gen-z-government-jobs-money-student-loans-forgiven-layoffs-stability/


We ranked the best prepaid debit cards available in 2024

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No checking account? No problem. These prepaid debit cards let you add funds and swipe to pay without a ton of fees.

https://fortune.com/recommends/credit-cards/best-prepaid-debit-cards/


Nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline and more than a fifth face extinction, UN says

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About 44% of migratory species worldwide are declining in population, the report found.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/endangered-species-united-nations-44-percent-migratory-decline/


Elon Musk finds new excuse for cutting prices of Tesla’s vital Model Y: ‘Most people don’t love to buy cars in the middle of winter’

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The carmaker's CEO admitted demand hasn't kept up with the blistering pace of his factories' expansion in production, complaining sales are suffering from "seasonal" effects.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/elon-musk-tesla-demand-price-cut-winter-cold-season/


Saudi energy minister admits Aramco is halting output expansion because of energy transition

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Aramco isn’t necessarily abandoning the expansion, and Saudi Arabia is continuously reviewing its decisions to ensure stable energy markets, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/saudi-energy-minister-aramco-halting-output-expansion/


‘We beat 15 Democrats…with a woman, a minority candidate or a veteran’: Why Republicans are working to recruit diverse candidates as they criticize DEI

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Republicans are hoping the gains they made in the 2022 midterm elections will continue with their latest slate of candidates.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/democrats-woman-minority-veteran-republicans-working-recruit-diverse-candidates-criticize-dei/


Europe's economic crisis obliterates Gen Z and millennial alcohol spending

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A third of Europe's young people spent less on alcohol last year as the continent flirted with recession. Not many are planning to return to booze.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/02/12/economic-crisis-europe-gen-z-millennials-drinking-alcohol-sobriety/


PwC is delaying promotions in its graduate program as client demand slows and the ‘Great Resignation’ ends

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"A short delay in promotion is clearly disappointing for those affected but allows us to support careers over the longer-term," a PwC spokesperson said.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/02/12/pwc-uk-delay-graduate-scheme-program-promotions-consulting-demand-great-resignation/


Only 25% of business economists say the U.S. will have a recession this year, but they worry about China-Taiwan conflict and the 2024 elections

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A year ago, most forecasters expected the U.S. economy—the world’s largest—to slide into a recession.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/quarter-business-economists-us-recession-worry-china-taiwan-conflict-2024-elections/


Biden’s 2024 campaign is now on TikTok even though he’s banned the platform on federal devices

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The inaugural post featured the president being quizzed on the Super Bowl — and included a reference to the latest political conspiracy theory centering on music superstar Taylor Swift.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/biden-2024-campaign-on-tiktok-even-though-banned-platform-federal-devices/


LVMH-backed fund is buying a big chunk of Tod’s as leather driving loafer maker struggles to remain relevant in luxury world

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L Catterton, which is backed by French fashion group LVMH, will offer to purchase shares from some investors for €43 apiece, it said in a statement Sunday.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/02/12/lvmh-backed-fund-l-catterton-buying-big-chunk-tods-leather-driving-loafer-maker-struggles-remain-relevant-luxury-world/


All the things you wanted to know about Super Bowl rings but were afraid to ask

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They’re often worth more than the player’s paycheck.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/11/all-the-things-you-wanted-to-know-about-super-bowl-rings-but-were-afraid-to-ask/


Chinese EVs seen as status symbols are being bought in countries where they aren’t yet officially sold thanks to a loophole

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Some of the nicer electric vehicles made in China are generating interest among well-heeled car buyers in smaller nations.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/11/chinese-electric-vehicles-status-symbols-other-countries-sold-via-loophole/


Here's what the winners and losers of Super Bowl 58 will get paid

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In a nutshell? Lots.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/11/super-bowl-58-winners-losers-compensation/


‘Success breeds success’: How a 1400 hectare plot became the hub of the global chip industry—and the world economy

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The 1400-hectare plot of land, an hour's drive south of Taipei, is home to chipmaking giants like TSMC, UMC and Mediatek.

https://fortune.com/asia/2024/02/11/hsinchu-science-park-chipmaking-hub-taiwan-semiconductors-tsmc-umc-mediatek/


Ukraine says Elon Musk's Starlink is used by Russian forces near the frontline: 'This is starting to become systemic'

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Starlink said its service "is not active is Russia" and SpaceX "does not do business" with the Russian government of military.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/11/ukraine-says-starlink-used-by-russian-forces-near-frontline-elon-musk-spacex/


Videos show San Francisco crowd destroying Waymo robotaxi months after rival Cruise forced off roads by accident injuring pedestrian

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A crowd surrounded the autonomous vehicle, broke its windows, and set off fireworks inside it, setting it ablaze.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/11/waymo-robotaxi-destroyed-by-crowd-san-francisco/


How to watch, stream the Super Bowl live online free without cable, on CBS

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The Kansas City Chiefs fight the San Francisco 49ers for the Lombardi trophy in Super Bowl 58. Here are the best ways to watch the big game.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/11/watch-stream-nfl-super-bowl-live-online-free-without-cable-2024-what-channel-cbs-nickelodeon-paramount-plus/


Asia's fastest inflation just got a political crisis as Pakistan's middle class throws majority to jailed Imran Khan's party

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Analysts say the nation’s powerful military is backing a status quo government of parties backed by the Sharif and Bhutto clans.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/11/how-many-seats-election-pakistan-imran-khan-inflation/


Argentina president-elect Javier Milei meets the man he once called a 'filthy leftist': Pope Francis

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The world's two most prominent Argentines are meeting after the foul-mouthed libertarian economist called the pope “the devil’s man on Earth."

https://fortune.com/2024/02/11/who-is-argentina-president-javier-milei-pope-francis/


Tesla woes put Magnificent Seven membership in doubt despite Musk's AI claims: 'The demand trend for Tesla products is fading'

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“Investors don’t see Tesla as an AI play like most of the other Magnificent Seven stocks,” says a chief market strategist.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/11/tesla-magnificent-seven-ai-evs-investing-elon-musk/


Court forces Elon Musk to testify in SEC Twitter probe again after his refusal, and now the agency has ‘thousands of new documents’

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The investigation involves potential violations of federal securities laws in connection with Musk's purchase of Twitter.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/11/elon-musk-must-testify-sec-twitter-probe-court-ruling/


How to watch, stream the Puppy Bowl live online free without cable

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Canines > cornerbacks.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/11/watch-stream-puppy-bowl-live-online-free-without-cable-2024-what-channel-animal-planet-discovery-tbs-hbo-max/


Jimmy Van Eaton, pioneering rock 'n' roll drummer who spent 4 decades selling bonds after backing Jerry Lee Lewis, dies at 86

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He played at Memphis' legendary Sun Records on groundbreaking recordings including “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.”

https://fortune.com/2024/02/11/obituary-jimmy-van-eaton-sun-records-drummer-jerry-lee-lewis/


Remington leaves the upstate New York village where it made guns for 200 years after a PE takeover and 2 bankruptcies

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Last October, Smith & Wesson opened its new Tennessee headquarters after being based in Springfield, Massachusetts, since 1852.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/11/is-remington-in-business-who-owns-leaving-new-york/


Trouble for Super Bowl guac looms as Mexico ships 2,000 fewer tons of avocados to America on climate change struggles

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Alejandro Méndez, the state secretary of the environment, estimates 30% of avocado orchards in Michoacan are now water-stressed.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/11/what-is-guacamole-made-of-mexico-avacado-imports/


Social media sleuths think they found Taylor Swift's private jet, 'The Football Era,' getting to LA in time for the Super Bowl

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“This week is truly the best kind of chaos,” she posted on Instagram about setting records at the Grammys, four concerts in Tokyo and the Big Game.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/11/will-taylor-swift-private-jet-make-it-to-super-bowl/


Meet Craig Underwood, the 81-year-old farming millionaire whose chilis made sriracha hot until 'everybody turned out to be a loser'

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Underwood answered a random call for chili peppers from the man who'd go on to became California's sriracha mogul. Now they don't speak.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/11/craig-underwood-ranches-ceo-farming-sriracha-chili-peppers/


Yanis Varoufakis on how to 'rationally' rage against the machine, Gen Z's poisoned, cynical culture and the Fortune 500 shrinking to 7

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The Greek economist turned politician turned author has a new book out, "Technofeudalism," about how capitalism died and nobody noticed.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/02/11/yanis-varoufakis-interview-technofeudalism-book-greece-finance-minister-gen-z/


There's one surefire way to find the most quality dates from your Hinge and Bumble matches, and it's not looks. Here's how to optimize your profile for love

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Dating app users are attracted to purpose-driven people, according to a new study.

https://fortune.com/well/2024/02/11/purpose-driven-online-dating-profile/


Jamie Dimon believes U.S. debt is the 'most predictable crisis' in history—some experts say it may cost Americans their homes, pensions and national security

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According to Dimon we're ten years off that outcome, but experts say it won't look great when it gets here.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/11/american-national-debt-concerns-housing-market-portfolio-impact/


Fearing social media backlash, companies are using all kinds of euphemisms to avoid being straightforward about layoffs. Beware 'jargon monoxide'

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Managers are running out of ways to say you no longer have a job, but the way the bad news is delivered is more important than ever.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/10/layoffs-euphemisms-ceo-social-media-backlash/


Citi warns its investment bankers—less affected when 20,000 jobs were cut—to control their drinking at client events

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The stern words follow the bank receiving complaints of unruly behavior.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/10/citi-warns-its-investment-bankers-to-control-drinking-at-events/


Top Nigerian banker dies in California helicopter crash

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Herbert Wigwe, co-founder of Nigeria’s biggest bank by assets, was on a helicopter that crashed near Mojave National Preserve on Friday night.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/10/herbert-wigwe-nigerian-banker-dies-california-helicopter-crash/


Office occupancy has hovered near 50% for 13 months. Here’s why cities can shrug it off—for now

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The reluctance or in some cases refusal of workers to return to offices has shaken the real estate market.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/10/cities-office-occupancy-return-to-office-remote-work/


Jeff Bezos sells $2 billion of Amazon shares amid stock surge that has him within reach of becoming the world's richest person

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Bezos, who founded Amazon in 1994, has seen his fortune climb $22.6 billion this year to $199.5 billion as of Friday.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/10/jeff-bezos-amazon-shares-billionaires/


Sam Altman and Elon Musk are 'playing a game of one-upmanship' in an era of 'absurdist capitalism,' says ex-Facebook exec

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The OpenAI CEO is reportedly seeking up to $7 trillion for an AI chipmaking project.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/10/sam-altman-and-elon-musk-are-playing-a-game-of-one-upmanship-in-an-era-of-absurdist-capitalism-says-ex-facebook-exec/


White people's real net worth outgrew Black Americans' by 30 percentage points in the pandemic, New York Fed study finds

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“The gap between Black and white wealth in America is still too great,” said Treasury Deputy Secretary Walley Adeyemo.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/10/what-is-wealth-gap-black-white-americans-new-york-fed/


Elon Musk, fuming over $55 billion Tesla pay ruling, switches Neuralink incorporation from Delaware to Nevada

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Musk advised founders not to incorporate in Delaware after a judge there struck down his massive Tesla pay package.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/10/elon-musk-neuralink-tesla-pay-ruling/


Virginia's multibillion-dollar plan to lure the Wizards and Capitals away from DC clears first hurdle in legislature

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The plan calls for the creation of a $2 billion development in the Potomac Yard section of Alexandria.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/10/will-washington-wizards-capitals-move-to-virginia-ted-leonsis/


S&P 500 winning streak continues as index finishes above 5,000 for the first time

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The S&P 500 just set its 10th record in less than a month and closed its 14th winning week in the last 15.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/10/sp-500-stock-market-index-record-5000-finish/


Quitting our six-figure tech jobs to start a hard seltzer selling out at Trader Joe’s

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The 30-somethings who met on the first day of math class hatched the idea for Lunar Hard Seltzer over dinner in Koreatown. Now it’s a bestseller at Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, and Target.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/10/lunar-hard-seltzer-jpmorgan-trader-joes/


6 things to do with money in your 20s, according to financial experts: ‘The dollars you save today are likely the most valuable dollars for your future’

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"The choices they make and habits they form while they’re young will follow them throughout their adult life."

https://fortune.com/2024/02/10/6-things-to-do-with-money-in-your-20s-experts-say/


After a two-decade hiatus, Joni Mitchell emerged as the queen of songstresses in the best year yet for women artists

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Mitchell’s Grammy performance revealed how much she’s influenced pop stars like Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/10/joni-mitchell-grammy-influence-queen-of-songstresses-women-artist/


Prostate cancer shouldn't be a death sentence. But for a startling number of U.S. males, it is

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“The second leading cause of cancer death for men is a very survivable cancer," American Cancer Society CEO Karen Knudsen tells Fortune.

https://fortune.com/well/2024/02/10/prostate-cancer-diagnoses-rising-exponentially-american-men-symptoms-prevention/


4 economic outcomes that could cost Biden the election, top economist says

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“When people think about the economy," Moody's Mark Zandi tells Fortune, "they're thinking, ‘How well am I doing today compared to some point in the past?’”

https://fortune.com/2024/02/10/biden-will-win-reelection-unless-these-4-things-happen-in-the-economy-says-the-economist-the-white-house-loves-to-cite/


I tried the $2,500 full-body MRI that Kim Kardashian and Cindy Crawford are obsessed with. It may have benefits—but also some major downsides

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I got on the full-body MRI bandwagon and this is what I learned

https://fortune.com/well/article/prenuvo-full-body-mri-scan-benefits-drawbacks/


Do we simply not care about old people?

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Experts say the nation isn't doing enough to care for vulnerable older adults.

https://fortune.com/well/2024/02/10/do-we-simply-not-care-about-old-people/


Ikea’s strategy to cut prices is a cocktail of automation, low raw material costs and ‘saving for the rainy days,’ head of retail says

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"It's time for us to really double down to do the opposite of what is expected,” Ikea-owner Ingka Group's Tolga Öncü said.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/02/10/ikea-cost-cut-strategy-inflation-economies-raw-materials/


Gen Z—not baby boomers—are most afraid of AI because they haven't experienced any other tech booms

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Indeed's head of AI says data shows that Gen Z feel most threatened by artificial intelligence.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/10/gen-z-not-baby-boomers-most-afraid-ai-indeed-study/


Business communication is always evolving. With these courses and certification programs, you can upskill for 2024

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Business communication programs can help you learn the most up-to-date ways to communicate using data, social media, and presentations.

https://fortune.com/education/articles/business-communication-courses/


Gen Z’s thirst for the New York City lifestyle drives vacancy rates to the historic low of 1.4%—unseen since the ‘Mad Men’ era of 1968

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“The data is clear: the demand to live in our city is far outpacing our ability to build housing,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams says.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/09/new-york-city-apartment-rentals-vacancies-1-4-percent-gen-z/


One of San Francisco's top tech millionaires is so angry about crime he's tweeting out Tupac lyrics and says the city is 'gouging out its own eyes'

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Y Combinator CEO Gerry Tan later apologized for what he said was a Tupac Shakur reference gone wrong.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/09/san-francisco-tech-millionaire-garry-tan-rap-lyrics-death-threat/


The Chip Wars are heating up, with Biden subsidies poised to make an impact after a slow first year

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Biden’s landmark semiconductor policy has spent less than 0.5% of its funds since its 2022 enactment, but the long-term plan is still on track.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/09/chip-wars-biden-semiconductors-tsmc-openai/


Airbnb investor rips South Lake Tahoe short-term rental ban, saying it just lets ‘wealthy people get good deals on second homes that mostly sit around vacant’

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“There is still a housing affordability crisis,” says Rohin Dhar about the Northern California resort’s “short-term rental Armageddon.”

https://fortune.com/2024/02/09/airbnb-ban-lake-tahoe-investor-short-term-rental-armageddon/


Minneapolis Mayor calls remote workers ‘losers’ who sit at home with a ‘nasty cat blanket, diddling on their laptop’

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Minneapolis’s empty downtown has struggled due to the continuation of remote work.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/09/minneapolis-mayor-jacob-frey-remote-workers-losers-gen-z/


You’re going to pay more for your chocolate bars because of El Nino and climate change in Africa. Just look at what chocolate firms are saying

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Cocoa futures jumped to their highest price in 65 years on Friday, while Hersey and Cadbury warned the market.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/09/chocolate-cocoa-prices-record-highs-climate-change-el-nino/


What is the difference between coding and programming?

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These two jobs might seem similar on the surface, but there are some important differences.

https://fortune.com/education/articles/coding-vs-programming/


It's not your imagination, watching the Super Bowl is extremely stressful. 4 tips to combat game-day anxiety

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Here's what makes the ‘big game’ so anxiety-inducing.

https://fortune.com/well/2024/02/09/super-bowl-stress-heart-health-anxiety/


The financial industry suffered the most data breaches in 2023—including a single attack that affected nearly 1,000 institutions

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Social engineering attacks have become the most popular method among scammers, according to a new report.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/09/data-breaches-financial-industry-ransomware-gang-kroll-report/


Computer science careers are growing at faster rates than the national average. Here’s some of the job opportunities

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Computer science careers are growing at faster rates than the national average. Here’s some of the job opportunities

https://fortune.com/education/articles/computer-science-careers/


Here’s how to pay the lowest prices for your prescription drugs on Medicare

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Pay less for your prescriptions on Medicare using Part D plans and discount programs from drug makers, states, Medicare, pharmacies and discount cards.

https://fortune.com/well/article/medicare-part-d-lower-prescription-drug-prices/


The U.S. is in the midst of another ‘Great Retirement’ wave

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The US now has around 2.7 million more retirees than predicted in a model designed by an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/09/retirement-boom-wave-americans-stocks-inflation-interest-rates-work-home/


Want to understand what’s truly driving the crypto boom? Think of it as intergenerational revenge

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The legacy financial system has failed younger Americans.

https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/02/09/driving-current-crypto-boom-intergenerational-revenge/


We're starting to feel the global ripple effects of China's property crisis

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The worldwide slump has already wiped more than $1 trillion off office property values alone — but the total damage is still unknown.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/09/china-property-crisis-commercial-real-estate-values/


Oil and gas industries snub Biden tenure's record production and profits, giving Trump millions for 2024 election

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Oil and gas is now one of the top industries funding Trump’s 2024 run.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/09/oil-and-gas-industries-support-trump-2024-campaign/


$1.72 trillion AI chip giant Nvidia has rocketed in value so fast it's about to pass Amazon as the 4th-most valuable U.S. company

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Jensen Huang's company has added nearly Tesla’s entire market capitalization in the past two months alone.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/09/how-valuable-nvidia-amazon-billionaire-jensen-huang/


Here's why the slowest rent growth in 14 years isn't what it looks like—and you'll get a good deal if you're wealthy

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The rental market is really only interested in a certain demographic, according to a report by Yardi Matrix.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/09/why-is-rent-so-expensive-slowest-growth-14-years/


Biden's attempt to defend his memory backfires as he confuses the leaders of Mexico and Egypt

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Toward the end of his remarks, Biden mistakenly referred to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi as the leader of Mexico

https://fortune.com/2024/02/09/joe-biden-memory-confuses-egypt-mexico-press-conference/


‘A Kodak déjà vu’: Apple’s Vision Pro is yet to find its killer app–and it could spell trouble for Tim Cook’s risky bet

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Apple is trying to push Vision Pro onto their existing consumer market–but the real opportunity lies elsewhere.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/09/a-kodak-deja-vu-apples-vision-pro-killer-app-tim-cook-tech-retail/


Elon Musk plans to ditch phone number and only use X for texts and calls

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Musk wants X to become users' primary interface with the world, like China's WeChat.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/09/elon-musk-x-calls-texts-phone-number-wwe-wechat/


Hermès looks to raise prices as wealthy shoppers continue splurging on Birkin and Kelly bags, driving sales up 21% last year

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"Hermès is playing in a different league," JPMorgan analysts said in a note, referring to the French luxury brand that rivals LVMH and Kering.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/02/09/hermes-raise-prices-wealthy-shoppers-splurging-birkin-kelly-bags-sales-up/


Gen Z grad with two degrees breaks down in tears sharing the responses she received from minimum wage employers after handing out her resume in New York

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“This is the most humbled I’ve ever felt in my life,” the teary eyed Gen Z graduate reported back to her TikTok fans after a disappointing day of job-seeking.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/09/gen-z-grad-two-degrees-breaks-down-tears-minimum-wage-employers-resume-in-person/


Semiconductor giant Arm leapfrogs Airbnb, Starbucks as AI craze boosts guidance

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The Softbank-owned U.K. group is fast becoming one of the most in-demand chip stocks as AI craze drives royalties revenue.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/02/09/semiconductor-arm-starbucks-airbnb-bp-ai-sales-forecast/


In the Bitcoin ETF marketing wars, Grayscale has an unusual advantage—its ticker

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Marketing is the next frontier of the bitcoin ETF battle. And in that race, one fund has a head start.

https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/02/09/marketing-bitcoin-etfs-grayscale-ticker-advantage-boomers-crypto/


Black CEO representation on the Fortune 500 is so bad that this year's 1.6% is a near-record high. Here's what could turn it around

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The number of Black CEOs on the list of Fortune 500 companies is growing–but it’s still really small.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/09/black-ceos-fortune-500-high-workplace-diversity/


Georgia is trying to make it harder for workers at new EV plants to join unions

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The state Senate voted 31-23 for a bill backed by Gov. Brian Kemp that would bar companies that accept state incentives from recognizing unions without a formal secret-ballot election.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/09/georgia-senate-trying-harder-workers-new-ev-plants-join-unions/


Biden administration may restrict imports of Chinese EVs and their parts no matter where they are built

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U.S. officials are particularly concerned about the troves of data collected by so-called smart cars — which include EVs and other types of connected and autonomous vehicles.

https://fortune.com/asia/2024/02/09/biden-administration-restrict-imports-chinese-evs-parts-built/


Lionel Messi's no-show in Hong Kong will now cost the organizer $7.2 million in refunds to upset fans

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"We were let down along with all of you,” said organizer Tatler Asia, and accused Inter Miami of a "seeming lack of respect" to fans.

https://fortune.com/asia/2024/02/09/lionel-messi-no-show-hong-kong-refund-china-inter-miami-scandal/


How the multi-billion dollar alcohol industry is preparing for 'sober-curious' Gen Z

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"There's no doubt that people don't go out for drinks like they used to ... it doesn't form part of what they need on a weekly basis."

https://fortune.com/2024/02/09/genz-boomer-alcohol-industry-preparing-for-new-trends/


21 million Indonesians will go online by 2027. The country’s second-largest telco wants to ‘tap that opportunity’

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Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, Indonesia's second-largest telco, is investing in expanding coverage in rural and remote areas of the country.

https://fortune.com/asia/2024/02/09/twenty-one-million-indonesians-go-online-indosat-ooredoo-hutchinson-digital-online/


The NFL's succession problem: Tax liabilities are so bad for billionaire families they're considering a private equity hail mary

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In September, the NFL formed a special committee of five owners to consider ending the block on private-equity funds.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/nfl-owners-succession-billionaires-taxes-private-equity/


Over 4,000 workers have lost their jobs to AI since May, outplacement firm estimates—and that's 'certainly undercounting'

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“There are probably more jobs in the economy that are being cut because of AI already than are getting attributed to that or announced."

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/how-many-workers-laid-off-because-of-ai/


Chinese tycoons have lost over $320 billion in 3 years, but the SharkNinja mogul who moved to the U.S. in 2017 just shot to $3.2 billion

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Wang Xuning “CJ” invented the world’s first electric machine for making soy milk three decades ago, inspired by an elderly childhood neighbor.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/sharkninja-mogul-wang-xuning-3-2-billion/


Google banishes Bard chatbot for AI rebrand as Gemini while Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella each insist theirs is best

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Google CEO Pichai predicts Gemini will be able to outthink the smartest people, but Microsoft CEO Nadella said “We have the best model, today even."

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/google-bard-gemini-chatbot-ai-advanced/


Bo knows blackmail: Former baseball, football star Bo Jackson wins $21 million verdict against his own niece and nephew

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“Unfortunately for those attempting to extort $20 million dollars from Jackson and his family, Bo still hits back hard,” Jackson’s attorneys said.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/bo-jackson-21-million-blackmail-verdict-niece-nephew/


The Boeing plane whose door blew off midflight was making a 'whistling sound' on a previous flight, amended complaint says

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A report by the NTSB found that four bolts intended to help secure the door plug to the frame of the 737 Max 9 were missing.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/boeing-max-alaska-airlines-whistling-sound-previous-flight/


Biden angrily denies report questioning his memory, arguing he sat for questioning amid outbreak of crisis in Gaza

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"I was in the middle of handling an international crisis," Biden said, noting that he had sat for five hours of in-person interviews.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/joe-biden-anger-memory-problems-special-counsel-report/


Bob Iger is righting the ship at Disney, earnings reveal. Here’s how he’s doing it

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The boomerang CEO is trying to stave off a proxy challenge from activist investor Nelson Peltz.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/bob-iger-righting-the-ship-at-disney-earnings-reveal/


The world’s top carmaker got mocked for rejecting EV hype—not anymore. ‘I want to congratulate Toyota’

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Toyota shared a stellar outlook this week thanks to higher sales of hybrid vehicles across all its major markets.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/toyota-hybrid-vehicles-carmakers-strategy-electric-vehicles-hype/


'Disenfranchised' millennials feel 'locked out' of the housing market and it taints every part of economic life, top economist Mark Zandi says

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“If they feel like they're locked out of owning a home it colors their perceptions about everything else going on in their financial lives,” Zandi says.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/housing-market-millennials-disenfranchised-moodys-mark-zandi-affordability/


Coca-Cola is making a play for Gen Z with spicy soda. Here's a look back at past bizarre flavors, including its apathetic bid for Gen X

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OK Soda launched in 1993 with a campaign targeted to cynical slackers: “What’s the point of OK? What’s the point of anything?”

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/coca-cola-gen-z-spicy-soda-history-bizarre-flavors/


Why did Tim Cook's pay package hold up in court while Elon's failed?

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New York judge dismisses shareholder lawsuit contesting Apple CEO’s compensation package soon after Delaware court strikes down Elon Musk’s $55 billion Tesla payout.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/tim-cook-elon-musk-apple-tesla-ceo-compensation/


Boomers believe they don’t have enough money to retire. Signs point to them being, sadly, right.

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Battling inflation and living longer,  some retirees haven’t saved anything at all.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/baby-boomers-retire-inflation-financial-concerns/


Young adults set an earlier bedtime as they navigate economic fatigue, wellness trends, and a loneliness epidemic

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People are increasingly turning down nights out in favor of getting in bed.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/young-adults-set-an-earlier-bedtime-as-they-navigate-economic-fatigue-wellness-trends-and-a-loneliness-epidemic/


Uber's Super Bowl ad with Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, the Beckhams and Usher is worth $14M for 60 seconds because of apps like Instagram, CEO says

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“Stars using their Instagram accounts” make big-budget Super Bowl commercials “worth the investment,” says Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/uber-ceo-super-bowl-ad-instagram-marketing-celebrities-friends-beckhams/


'It seems like something from the far-off future, but this threat is already here': FCC bans AI-generated robocalls

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New Hampshire authorities are advancing their investigation into AI-generated robocalls that mimicked President Joe Biden’s voice.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/fcc-bans-ai-generated-robocalls-joe-biden-deepfake/


Lockdowns will be a drag on the economy for 40 years thanks to their impact on students, OECD says

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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found “an unprecedented drop" in student's performance on reading and mathematics exams.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/lockdowns-drag-economy-productivity-40-years-impact-on-students-oecd/


Design a new Whopper, win $1 million from Burger King

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Have it your way, indeed.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/burger-king-1-million-whopper/


Chase IHG cards up their welcome bonuses—should you apply?

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Chase announced new welcome bonuses for its IHG One Rewards consumer credit cards. New cardholders can earn up to 165,000 bonus points, depending on which card they choose.

https://fortune.com/recommends/credit-cards/chase-ihg-cards-up-their-welcome-bonuses-should-you-apply/


IHG One Rewards: Everything You Need to Know in 2024

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IHG One Rewards is a mixed bag, with stingy status tier benefits but valuable points to compensate. Here’s everything you need to know.

https://fortune.com/recommends/credit-cards/ihg-one-rewards-everything-you-need-to-know-in-2024/


IHG One Rewards Premier card review: A benefit-rich, must-have card for anyone even considering an IHG stay this year

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The IHG One Rewards Premier card: A benefit-rich, must-have card for anyone even considering an IHG stay this year.

https://fortune.com/recommends/credit-cards/ihg-one-rewards-premier-card-review-a-benefit-rich-must-have-card-for-anyone-even-considering-an-ihg-stay-this-year/


AI is mixing up how liquor brands make and sell their spirits

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AI has become an important ingredient for the liquor industry as it evolves how brands are built and engage with drinkers.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/ai-make-business-better-liquor-industry/


Bad news, graduates: LinkedIn says the most in-demand skills of 2024 can’t be learned in a textbook

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But there are still some hard skills that continue to capture employers’ attention.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/linkedin-most-in-demand-skills-of-2024/


Private equity giant Carlyle bets on rainmakers cracking deal drought in new pay structure, will buy back up to $1.4 billion in stock

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Carlyle plans to lift employees’ share of profits tied to deal exits to 60% to 70%, up from an average of 47%.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/carlyle-earnings-private-equity-pay-structure-deal-drought-rainmakers/


Kansas lawmakers vote themselves 93% pay raises—to only $58,000 for rank-and-file state senators

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Legislative leaders will get bigger hikes than state senators, going from $44,000 a year to more than $85,000.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/kansas-lawmakers-state-senators-pay-increase-93-percent/


Las Vegas gears up for the Super Bowl, from Guy Fieri's free tailgate by the Strip's Ferris Wheel to a sellout at the private jet parking lot

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The Maxim Casino Royale Experience's $1 million “Ace of Spades” package includes a private jet, gambling and dining credits and seats on the 50-yard line.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/las-vegas-super-bowl-private-jets-guy-fieri-tailgate/


Elon Musk reportedly quizzed Tesla managers on which staff could be fired—the last time he did that it didn’t end well for Twitter employees

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A glut of EVs hitting the market has put pressure on carmakers to take action to protect margins as much as possible.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/elon-musk-tesla-jobs-layoffs-twitter-toyota/


Budget airline Ryanair offered to snap up extra Boeing aircraft after Alaska Airlines blowout—but now it says it is concerned about the quality after all

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"I think we're concerned because it highlights, you know, poor production quality with Boeing," O'Leary said of U.S. regulators' findings.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/02/08/ryanair-ceo-michael-oleary-boeing-aircraft-quality-concern-us-regulator-alaska-airline/


Bob Iger is pushing Disney to be more dynamic and Wall Street may finally be buying it: 'I'd rather be a disruptor than disrupted'

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"We’re going to turn that business into a business that we’re proud of in terms of margins—we know a lot more about it and how to do that than any outsider is going to tell us or educate us about."

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/bob-iger-disney-streaming-sports-venture-disruptor-share-price/


VA Secretary: Returning to the office helps Veterans

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'Our nation’s Veterans deserve the very best, and we are always looking for ways to build a VA culture that helps us better serve them.'

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/va-secretary-returning-office-helps-veterans/


Georgia wants more than just a peach at the end of movie credits to keep dishing out lucrative tax breaks

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Productions including “The Hunger Games,” the Marvel movies, the Fast & Furious installment “Furious 7” and many others shot in Georgia have made the Peach State a hub for movies and television shows.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/georgia-movie-tax-credits/


EV charging stations are turning into indoor lounges in San Francisco as companies look to prop up interest among flagging sales

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EV sales growth in the United States is slowing, in part because of potential buyer concerns that charging stations are too scarce or that they will have no safe place to wait as their vehicles charge.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/ev-charging-stations-indoor-lounges-san-francisco-companies-flagging-sales/


Chilly relations with Beijing mean Mexico now exports more than China to the U.S. for the first time in over 20 years

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The last time that Mexican goods imported by the United States exceeded the value of China's imports was in 2002.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/chilly-relations-beijing-mexico-exports-more-china-us-first-time-20-years/


Now Republican states are backing child care spending, saying it can ease workforce shortages by helping parents go back to work

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Republicans historically have been lukewarm about using taxpayer money for child care, even as they have embraced prekindergarten.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/republican-states-backing-child-care-spending-ease-workforce-shortages-helping-parents-back-to-work-critical-infrastructure/


McKinsey puts 3,000 staffers on review, citing ‘concerns’ over performance

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It’s the latest sign that the consulting industry is pulling back after the boom times of the pandemic spurred hiring sprees across the industry.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/mckinsey-puts-3000-staffers-on-review/


Softbank posts a $6.4 billion quarterly profit, its first in over a year, thanks to Arm, DoorDash and a surprise T-Mobile windfall

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Softbank shares surged 11% on Thursday after Arm, the Softbank-owned chip designer, gave an expectations-beating forecast.

https://fortune.com/asia/2024/02/08/softbank-posts-first-profit-over-a-year-vision-fund-arm-doordash-tmobile/


Alibaba wakes up to competition from PDD and ByteDance, promising to 'reignite' growth as disappointing results send shares down 6%

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Alibaba executives also said they were "not in a hurry" to pursue the company's ambitious restructuring plan, blaming market conditions.

https://fortune.com/asia/2024/02/07/alibaba-shares-reignite-ecommerce-growth-restructuring-cloud-rivals-pdd-bytedance/


ButcherBox’s famed ‘free bacon for life’ promotion was actually a happy mistake, founder of $600 million meat subscription service says

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A technical glitch has ended up as one of the subscription company's most popular hooks.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/07/butcherbox-free-bacon-for-life-mike-salguero/


From cube farm to comics to digital art: This artist has made $2.2 million at the first woman-run NFT marketplace

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After six months as interim CEO, Larisa Barbu now leads Exchange.art, where John Lê has made up for lost time as an artist.

https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/02/07/nft-artwork-woman-run-marketplace-john-le-larisa-barbu/


'Greatest real estate crisis since the financial crisis': German bank alerts the market on exposure to commercial real estate

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Germany’s Deutsche Pfandbriefbank's unscheduled statement said it increased provisions on “persistent weakness of the real estate markets.”

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/02/07/commercial-real-estate-german-bank-deutsche-pfandbriefbank/


One in 4 Gen Zers say tax stress could drive them to therapy. Blame their love affair with crypto—or the passions of youth

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Gen Z’s interest in crypto’s decentralized market means tens of thousands of crypto transactions that need to be reported on tax forms.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/07/gen-z-therapy-tax-stress-crypto-millennials/


Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says 'AI is really in the air now' and is planning to train 2 million Gen Z in India with tech skills

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According to Microsoft, 90% of Indian leaders say they need workers prepared for the rise of AI—but 78% of workers say they don’t have the right knowledge to do the work.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/07/microsoft-ai-india-2-million-training/


The AI hype might just save San Francisco from its office sector doom loop

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“For what seemed like an endless drop, is now we’re starting to find our bottom,” Alexander Quinn, senior director of Northern California research for JLL, told Fortune.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/07/ai-hype-san-francisco-offices-doom-loop/


Cough? Sore throat? More schools suggest mildly sick kids attend anyway: 'It's extremely confusing'

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“In the past, if the child didn’t have a fever over 100, then it’s okay to send them to school,” one mother said. “But now it’s like if they have a cough or they’re sneezing, you might want to keep them home. Which is it?”

https://fortune.com/well/2024/02/07/more-schools-suggest-kids-attend-sick-pandemic-education-loss/


Halfway through ‘unwinding,’ Medicaid enrollment is down about 10 million

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Since last April, states have removed more than 16 million people from the programs in a process known as the “unwinding."

https://fortune.com/well/2024/02/07/medicad-enrollment-down-10-million-unwinding/


Billionaire investors see an ‘existential crisis’ and ‘very, very ugly market’ in commercial real estate—and Moody’s just downgraded a key regional bank to junk status

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Wharton's Jeremy Siegel sees a $1.2 trillion writedown coming, but he's not super-worried about it, for his part.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/07/commercial-real-estate-1-trillion-defaults-new-york-community-bancorp/


COVID antiviral Paxlovid could have saved more than 16,000 lives, had it been properly prescribed, new Harvard study finds

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The drug, once free to Americans who needed it, now costs $1,390.

https://fortune.com/well/2024/02/07/why-is-paxlovid-under-prescribed-expense-pfizer/


AI chatbots are making cybersecurity work much easier–but foundation models are about to revolutionize it

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A historic milestone will soon be reached: The ability to predict attacks.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/07/ai-chatbots-cybersecurity-work-foundation-models-revolution-artificial-intelligence-tech/


The Kremlin says Vladimir Putin just gave his first interview to a Western media figure since the Ukraine War: Tucker Carlson

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Carlson said Western journalists have interviewed Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy multiple times but couldn't be “bothered” to interview Putin.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/02/07/tucker-carlson-vladimir-putin-interview-kremlin-ukraine-moscow/


The Madden video game has correctly predicted Super Bowl winners 13 of the past 20 years. Here who it says will win this year

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In fairness, though, it blew the call last year.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/07/madden-nfl-video-game-super-bowl-prediction-2024/


Janet Yellen is 'concerned' and sees a 'lot of stress' ahead for commercial real estate as wave of giant loans come due this year

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“Commercial real estate is an area that we’ve long been aware could create financial stability risks or losses,” Yellen told lawmakers.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/07/janet-yellen-commercial-real-estate-concerned/


Sequoia Capital’s partner says he wouldn’t be the top boss without taking 3 ‘meaningful’ pay cuts throughout his career

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Roelof Botha recalls several “marshmallow test” moments on his path to becoming head of the venture capitalist firm.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/07/sequoia-capitals-partner-career-advice-pay-cut/


Pizza Hut helps you both dump and fatten up your soon-to-be-ex this February with 'goodbye pie'

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It’s an anti-Valentine, of sorts.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/07/pizza-hut-goodbye-pie-2024/


15,000 Super Bowl fans are getting free mullets as Big Game promotional weirdness goes into overdrive

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Promotion with Kawasaki could bring some new looks to fans.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/07/great-clips-free-mullet-haircuts-super-bowl-2024/


Zero interest-rate babies are facing their day of reckoning. It’s time this generation of startups learns how to fly

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ZIRBs must learn how to survive in an era without subsidized growth.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/07/zero-interest-rate-babies-zirp-reckoning-startups-interest-rates-finance/


IHG One Rewards Traveler card review: An excellent hotel rewards card, outshone only by its sibling, the Premier.

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IHG One Rewards Traveler card review: An excellent hotel rewards card with a hefty welcome bonus, outshone only by its big brother, the Premier.

https://fortune.com/recommends/credit-cards/ihg-one-rewards-traveler-card-review/


Solana’s latest outage incites fresh centralization criticism

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With its high speed and low fees, Solana has become the standard bearer for the layer 1, public blockchain competition.

https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/02/07/solana-ethererum-blockchain-outage/


Dart Container 'honored' that Toby Keith 'chose the iconic Solo cup as a sign of good times' in tribute to stomach cancer victim

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Keith, who popularized but didn't write “Red Solo Cup,” once said “It is the stupidest song I ever heard in my life, but it’s so stupid it’s good."

https://fortune.com/2024/02/07/toby-keith-red-solo-cup-stomach-cancer-stupid-song-iconic/


SEC may be forced to declare Ethereum a security after controversial new launch

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Prometheum is launching custody services for Ether, the first step in an attempt to create a regulated path for crypto.

https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/02/07/sec-prometheum-ethereum-broker-dealer-gary-gensler-coinbase/


Musk bankrolls lawsuit of fired 'Mandarolian' star against Disney

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The move echoes fellow PayPal founder Peter Thiel, who funded Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker Media in revenge for outing the conservative billionaire as gay.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/07/elon-musk-gina-carano-disney-lawsuit-mandalorian/


The secret ingredient in Kentucky's booming $9 billion bourbon industry: Help from the government

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Bourbon barons were so frustrated in 2009 they were pouring out whiskey in a Capitol protest, but then lawmakers approved a series of new laws.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/07/kentucky-bourbon-industry-9-billion-boom-legislation-tax-credit-tourism/


Nikki Haley loses resoundingly to 'none of these candidates' in Nevada primary

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Nevada added “none of these candidates” as an option in statewide races post-Watergate as a way for voters to express dissatisfaction with their choices.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/07/nikki-haley-loses-nevada-primary-to-none-of-these-candidates-option/


Scottish council complains to Apple and Google after GPS sends drivers down flight of steps

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Drivers unwittingly careened into the steps after Google and Apple failed to pick up that the street had been changed to block off vehicles.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/02/07/apple-google-letters-scottish-council-gps-sending-vehicles-down-flight-steps/


Most workers feel positive about return-to-office mandates

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Cisco's data uncovered that most RTO-related reluctance is centered around the office not being properly equipped for hybrid work.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/02/07/return-to-office-employee-mandates-cisco-study/


Polestar’s CEO has identified a major flaw in the EV market—and it’s bad news for customers who have already bought in

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Ingenlath said there is a "clear intention" to go back to the drawing board with Hertz in 2025, at which point the companies would review whether it was time to restart sales.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/07/polestar-ceo-thomas-ingellath-electric-vehicle-resale-prices/


Sequoia’s steward recommends going on the offensive for opportunities that ‘don’t announce themselves’

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Roelof Botha, the senior steward of Sequoia Capital, loves helping daring founders build legendary companies.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/07/leadership-next-sequoia-capital-roelof-botha/


Falling inflation and a growing economy aren’t convincing worried voters: ‘I feel like there’s a recession and I’m living it’

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Biden is telling voters that the numbers point to a brighter future, while Trump says the gains are merely the fumes of his time in office.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/07/falling-inflation-growing-economy-not-convincing-worried-voters-recession-biden-trump/


Coke is rolling out raspberry-flavored Coca-Cola Spiced to attract spice-loving younger drinkers

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On Wednesday, the Atlanta beverage giant introduced Coca-Cola Spiced, the first new permanent offering to its North American portfolio in three years.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/07/coke-rolling-out-raspberry-flavored-coca-cola-spiced-spice-loving-younger-drinkers/


Adult dancers in Washington are closing in on a statewide strippers’ bill of rights that sets workplace rules

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The bills are the culmination of six years of advocacy work by Strippers Are Workers, a dancer-led organization in Washington.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/07/adult-dancers-washington-state-strippers-bill-rights-workplace-rules/


Dartmouth claims that bringing back the SAT and standardized testing could help applicants from 'less resourced families'

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“Our analysis shows that we potentially miss out on some great applicants when we don’t have [test scores],” researcher Bruce Sacerdote told "The Dartmouth."

https://fortune.com/2024/02/07/dartmouth-college-admissions-sat-testing-standardized-exams/


Exclusive social network Bluesky finally opens for anyone to sign up

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Bluesky resembles Twitter — now known as X after Tesla billionaire Elon Musk paid $44 billion for the company — in many respects, although it doesn’t yet offer direct messaging between users.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/07/bluesky-open-to-anyone-jack-dorsey/


Lawmakers scramble for solutions as millions of Americans face rent they can no longer afford: ‘If we don’t act now, we will soon face a spiraling point of no return’

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The latest data from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies found that a record high 22.4 million renter households — or half of renters nationwide — were spending more than 30% of their income on rent in 2022.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/07/lawmakers-scramble-solutions-millions-americans-face-rent-not-afford/


Tesla sold just one electric car in South Korea last month as some Korean consumers worry about vehicles made in China

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“Most Koreans who wanted to buy Tesla’s cars have bought one,” Lee Hang-Koo, head of the Jeonbuk Institute of Automotive Convergence Technology, said.

https://fortune.com/asia/2024/02/07/tesla-sells-one-ev-south-korea-in-january-china-charging-battery-fires/


The CEO of Southeast Asia's largest bank is taking a $3 million pay cut because of broken digital banking services

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DBS reported record full-year profits on Wednesday, but also slashed the pay of senior executives following several major disruptions to online services.

https://fortune.com/asia/2024/02/07/dbs-ceo-piyush-gupta-pay-cut-disruption-online-banking-singapore/


'No hormones, ever,' Shake Shack says about its chicken. Activist shareholders say that's true for every other chicken sold in the U.S., too

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According to Shake Shack, it has already begun altering its wording to say, “no added hormones.”

https://fortune.com/2024/02/06/shake-shack-chicken-no-hormones-deceptive-advertising-shareholder-activists/


Plastic-linked ‘hormone-disrupting chemicals’ were potentially behind 10% of US preterm births in 2018, according to new research. How families can steer clear of their danger

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Phthalates can be found in “a broad swath” of consumer products, from personal care to food packaging.

https://fortune.com/well/2024/02/06/phthalates-plastic-endocrine-disruptors-linked-preterm-births/


Legacy media giants ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. launch sports streaming service aimed at cord-cutters

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The service will be jointly owned by all three companies and will include the most popular programming, such as  Monday Night Football.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/06/espn-fox-warner-bros-launch-sports-streaming-service/


IRS says it will collect $560 billion more from rich tax cheats thanks to Inflation Reduction Act

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The tax gap — which is the difference between taxes owed and taxes paid — has grown to more than $600 billion annually, according to the IRS.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/06/irs-tax-collection-estimate-inflation-reduction-act/


The Department of Education’s FAFSA stumble is screwing over administrators and threatening college enrollment: ‘This is doing exactly the opposite of what the entire intention of financial aid is’

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“Normally, this is a process we do over five months. We are being asked to do it in four weeks.”

https://fortune.com/2024/02/06/fafsa-college-financial-aid-enrollment-biden/


The best credit repair companies—and what they do well

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Repairing your credit can lead to getting you access to better interest rates that can ultimately save you money.

https://fortune.com/recommends/loans/best-credit-repair-companies/


New welcome offer for Chase Southwest Cards includes Companion Pass for a year

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With this Southwest Companion Pass offer, you'll get unlimited use of the pass through February 2025 and bonus points with a new Southwest credit card.

https://fortune.com/recommends/credit-cards/chase-southwest-cards-companion-pass-offer/


Biden's FAA chief says 'current system is not working because it is not delivering safe aircraft,' wonders 'what's going on' at Boeing

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“In order to have a truly safe system, it seems to me that we can't rely on the manufacturers themselves to be their own watchdogs,” Rep. Colin Allred said.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/06/faa-mike-whitaker-boeing-current-system-not-working-delivering-safe-aircraft/


America’s falling out of love with its California Dream—and housing costs are a major reason why, report says

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“The real story, arguably, is the decline in the share of population of the West … its share of overall U.S. population has flattened, and now appears to be falling,” Bank of America said in a new research note.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/06/california-west-housing-costs-migration-bank-of-america/


Five years after getting ousted from WeWork, former CEO Adam Neumann tries to buy his former company out of bankruptcy

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Neumann was forced out in 2019 following the company's failed IPO.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/06/adam-neumann-flow-wants-to-buy-wework/


AI is moving too fast to keep pace for 4 in 5 workers

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“Leaders know they need their employee base to understand AI, but no one knows how to teach them,” said Springboard CEO Gautam Tambay.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/06/ai-acceleration-too-fast-workers-springboard/


Nelson Peltz is still trying to get seats on Disney’s board–but Bob Iger is no easy target for the activist investor’s 25th attempt to take control of the company

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'Peltz has picked the wrong sport–and the wrong opponent,' write Yale's Sonnenfeld and Tian.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/06/activist-investor-nelson-peltz-disney-board-bob-iger-ceo/


Jerome Powell is vague on rate cuts because he's 'petrified' of repeating the mistakes of one predecessor, says 'Big Short' investor Steve Eisman

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Eisman argued that the Fed can already “declare victory” over inflation and it has “engineered something really pretty fantastic.”

https://fortune.com/2024/02/06/will-federal-reserve-cut-interest-rates-why-jerome-powell-vague-paul-volcker/


Absurd federal laws leave New York with too much weed and too few stores, Connecticut retailers with cannabis shortage

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Both problems could easily be solved by shipping product a few miles over state lines, but that would violate federal drug laws.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/06/marijuana-new-york-connecticut-weed-shortatge-licensing-delays-federal-laws/


Taylor Swift’s Elon Era? ElonJet creator says he received a cease-and-desist from the pop star’s lawyers to stop tracking her private plane because it is ‘a life-or-death matter’

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Jack Sweeney told Fortune that Swifties have to be taken into account: “Her fans are the ones who have grown the TaylorSwiftJets accounts and subreddit.”

https://fortune.com/2024/02/06/taylor-swift-private-jet-elon-musk-cease-and-desist-tracker/


Mississippi is still trying to get Brett Favre to repay nearly $730,000 in welfare funds that he used on a volleyball arena

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Favre repaid $500,000 in 2020 and $600,000 in 2021, but a court filing says he still owes $729,790 because interest caused growth in the original amount he owed.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/06/mississippi-bret-favre-welfare-volleyball-court-730000/


Mom and dad are giving away $84 trillion in the ‘great wealth transfer.’ And they have some thoughts on how to spend it

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"'We want to get it off of our balance sheet, but we don't necessarily want to have our kids and grandchildren be completely able to access it.'"

https://fortune.com/2024/02/06/mom-dad-great-wealth-transfer-84-billion-strings-attached-spending-trusts/


As cancer treatment advances, advocates push back against 'maximum tolerated dose,' citing patient suffering

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A 'more is better' philosophy works for chemotherapy, but not necessarily for newer cancer drugs.

https://fortune.com/well/2024/02/06/cancer-advocates-push-back-agaisnt-maxium-tolerated-dose-side-effects-quality-life/


California—on the heels of Colorado and Oregon—could legalize psychedelic therapy after rejecting 'magic mushroom' decriminalization

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“We know that California veterans and first responders have particularly benefited from these substances," the California state senator who proposed the legislation said.

https://fortune.com/well/2024/02/06/california-may-leagalize-psychedelic-therapy-magic-mushrooms-colorado-oregon/


Biden's 'kitchen table conversations' with normal people are going viral on TikTok—which his campaign doesn't use due to national security concerns

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Biden picked up burgers and fries and met with a family who benefited from student loan forgiveness. Then a 57-second video got millions of views online.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/06/joe-biden-campaign-social-media-tiktok-viral-kitchen-table-conversations/


Philadelphia sheriff caught posting over 30 fake news stories generated by ChatGPT to her website

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Sheriff Rochelle Bilal's campaign removed over 30 stories after a Philadelphia Inquirer report that news outlets could not find the stories in their archives.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/06/philadelphia-sheriff-fake-news-chatgpt-30-articles-removed/


‘They treat you as a family member’: Students find success within the University of North Texas’s data science master’s program

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More than 700 students are enrolled at UNT’s master’s in data science program, and many are able to land jobs at companies like Google, Amazon, and Goldman Sachs.

https://fortune.com/education/articles/university-of-north-texas-data-science-masters-program/


Robinhood-MetaMask linkup aims ‘to reduce friction’ for new crypto investors

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By using MetaMask's Buy Crypto aggregator, customers can now make in-app purchases via Robinhood's order engine.

https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/02/06/consensys-robinhood-connect-metamask-crypto-trading/


6 completely online cybersecurity certificates for those looking to break into the field

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These cybersecurity certificates will teach you all the fundamentals to land a lucrative job at a prestigious tech company in weeks.

https://fortune.com/education/articles/cybersecurity-certifications/


New FAA chief to tell Congress that agency will consider 'the full extent of our enforcement authority' against Boeing

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FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker is expected to face a barrage of questions Tuesday from the House Transportation Committee.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/06/boeing-faa-chief-mike-whitaker-house-transportation-congress-testimony/


Here's which Super Bowl snacks are cheaper—and more expensive - this year

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Chips? Not so much.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/06/how-much-super-bowl-snack-prices-food-inflation/


Toby Keith, swaggering country star whose macho, patriotic songs disguised nuanced politics, dies of stomach cancer at 62

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“Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)” was the 9/11 response from the "conservative Democrat" who played at Obama and Trump events.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/06/obituary-toby-keith-country-star-dead-62-stomach-cancer/


Working fathers are the new target of microaggressions–and they are worried they could be getting ‘daddy tracked’

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Dozens of studies have shown the benefits to children when fathers take parental leave to bond with them

https://fortune.com/2024/02/06/working-fathers-microaggressions-daddy-tracked-careers/


Thank America’s immigrants for killing the recession and keeping unemployment at 50-year lows, Nobel laureate Paul Krugman says

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America managed to achieve a "soft landing" thanks to an immigration rebound, says Nobel laureate Paul Krugman.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/06/immigration-labor-force-soft-landing-paul-krugman/


British EV maker, once valued at $13 billion, has gone into bankruptcy protection without making any sales—after getting kicked out of Nasdaq

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British EV truck company Arrival was facing soaring costs and had attempted restructuring plans before. It got delisted from the Nasdaq last month.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/02/06/british-ev-maker-valued-13-billion-administration-without-making-sales-nasdaq/


McDonald's is promising 'attention to affordability' after the price of Big Mac meals hits $18

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McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski is promising to bring back “affordability” to the fast food chain as sales growth slows.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/06/mcdonalds-ceo-chris-kempczinski-focus-on-affordability-q4-sales/


Huawei shrugs off U.S. sanctions to take top place in China’s smartphone market—but its new AI chips might be an even bigger achievement

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Huawei is staging a comeback as investments in domestic manufacturing of smartphone and AI chips appear to pay off.

https://fortune.com/asia/2024/02/06/huawei-us-sanctions-top-place-china-smartphone-market-ai-chips/


Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan says 'we need to get after' America's $34tn national debt: 'You can either admire the problem or do something about it'

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"We need to start to think about how to change the curves around—so more revenue, less expenditure, some combination of both—but you have to start to bend that curve out in the future."

https://fortune.com/2024/02/06/bank-of-america-ceo-brian-moynihan-national-debt-problem/


Mexico’s president wants country to be first to guarantee people pensions equal to their full salaries at the time they retire

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It was among a raft of 20 constitutional reforms that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has almost no hope of getting passed in the eight months he has left in office.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/06/mexico-president-amlo-wants-country-first-guarantee-pensions-equal-full-salaries-time-retire/