Highway 1 along Big Sur reopens after 3 years of closures amid tourism-destroyin landslide
A 90-mile (145-kilometer) section of California’s Highway 1 along the famous Big Sur coast finally reopened Wednesday after three years...
China graduates 1.3 million engineers per year, versus just 130,000 in the U.S. We need AI to bridge the gap
When business leaders hear “AI,” they often think of chatbots, sales automation, or marketing. The headlines emphasize job disruption. But...
Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser warns of job cuts and says it’s time to raise the bar in a fiery memo to staff: ‘We are not graded on effort’
Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser, one of Fortune‘s Most Powerful Women—and the top female executive on Wall Street—is pushing ahead with...
California’s wealth tax doesn’t fix the real problem: Cash-poor billionaires who borrow money, tax-free, to live on
California’s proposed wealth taxaims to go after billionaires’ balance sheets, but it largely sidesteps the way many ultrawealthy people actually...
How Expedia’s CTO is using AI to transform work for 17,000 employees—and travel for millions
Ramana Thumu, the chief technology officer at Expedia Group, says there’s no “AI Center of Excellence” at the online travel...
Forget the K-Shape: We have a barbell economy—and the middle class is buckling under the weight
If you look at the aggregate numbers, the U.S. economy in early 2026 appears resilient. GDP is humming and the...
With a $15 billion Hollywood portfolio, Zoe Saldaña is now the highest-grossing actor of all time—and the best advice she got was from her mom
Hollywood has a new queen bee, and the money made from her movie portfolio outmatches the market caps of billion-dollar...
Why a college degree is still worthwhile—and the 3 things it can teach you that AI can’t do
College is expensive, and a growing number of skeptics have questioned its value proposition. Palantir CEO Alex Karp has said...
Courts keep telling Trump that he can’t cut funding for ‘sanctuary cities,’ but now he’s going to try to cut states off, too
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that starting Feb. 1 he will deny federal funding to any states that are home...
‘Jamie Dimon probably wants higher rates. Maybe he makes more money that way’: Trump continues Fed attacks in Detroit visit
President Donald Trump was in Michigan Tuesday to promote his efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing, as he tries to counter...
Clintons refuse to comply with congressional subpoena to testify in Epstein probe: ‘We will forcefully defend ourselves’
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that they will refuse to comply with...
‘You can’t just keep borrowing money endlessly’: Jamie Dimon warns $38 trillion national debt is going to ‘bite’ eventually, it’s just a case of when
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon had a dose of reality for analysts and investors tuning into his company’s earnings call...
Brokerage tech firm Alpaca raises $150 million in push to compete with trading giant Interactive Brokers
Trading platforms like Coinbase and Robinhood are rushing to offer all things to all customers—from stocks to crypto to prediction...
The ‘Magnificent 7’ are dying and Wall Street is pretty happy about it
The S&P 500 fell 0.19% yesterday but, interestingly, the “equal weight” S&P 500 (a notional index that values each stock...
Leaders are increasingly worried about an economic downturn, inflation, and an asset bubble bust
In today’s CEO Daily: Diane Brady reports on what leaders rank as their most urgent risks. The big story: Saks...
