Minnesota fraud scandal gives Trump cover to withhold funding for kids in 5 Democratic-led states
President Donald Trump’s administration said Tuesday that it is withholding funding for programs that support needy families with children in...
‘We do pranks and stuff like that’: Craigslist ad that sought 20 child actors for Minnesota daycare centers taken down after fueling fake news
As the Trump administration continues to investigate a series of alleged fraud schemes at Minnesota day care centers run by...
Stanford professor raises $15 million for Babylon, a decentralized protocol to turn Bitcoin into collateral
When a Bitcoin owner wants to generate yield from their holdings, they typically go to a third party. That middleman...
Exclusive: Fireblocks acquires crypto accounting platform TRES Finance for $130 million
The blockchain infrastructure company Fireblocks has struck a deal to buy the crypto accounting platform TRES Finance, company executives told...
25 is the new 30 when it comes to AI founders as Gen Z entrepreneurs lead the way on billion-dollar unicorn startups, top VC partner says
For the past decade, the archetypal founder was creeping up from someone in their 20s to someone a bit older....
What CFO pay packages reveal about long-term strategy
Good morning. Executive pay packages are increasingly being reengineered around explicit, measurable performance targets, sometimes including stock price gains. Take...
‘Largest LBO in history’: Warner rejects Paramount again, scoffing at $87 billion worth of debt in its $108 billion bid
Warner Bros. Discovery’s Board of Directors has again unanimously recommended that WBD stockholders reject the revised offer from Paramount Skydance (PSKY) announced December...
Fusion power nearly ready for prime time as Commonwealth builds first pilot for limitless, clean energy with AI help from Siemens, Nvidia
Fusion power industry leader Commonwealth Fusion Systems is building its first demonstration plant utilizing the same process that fuels the...
Crystal Ball: Where venture capital and private equity are headed in 2026
As I was wading through the waters of all our predictions, readers painted a picture of possibilities and pressure in...
Tech companies may only get half the profit they need to justify AI investment, Goldman analyst warns
The S&P 500 hit a new record high yesterday, up 0.62% at 6,944.82. Futures are marginally down this morning, as...
What CEOs need to know about the new ‘Donroe’ doctrine
In today’s CEO Daily: Fortune energy editor Jordan Blum dissects the “Donroe” doctrine. The big story: Allies struggle to respond...
Trump’s Venezuela plan just got a whole lot more expensive, as he says the U.S. could give ‘tremendous’ sums to oil companies building there
Despite capturing Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, Donald Trump’s intervention in the nation has so far...
The most honest prediction for 2026: nobody knows what’s next
Every December, business leaders engage in a familiar ritual: offering predictions for the year ahead. I’ve participated in the ritual...
Business leaders are growing more optimistic, JPMorgan survey finds
At the start of 2026, there are some positive signs about how people are viewing the economy. That’s according to...
The curveball questions CEOs are asking job seekers amid Gen Z’s hiring nightmare: ‘Design a car for a deaf person’
It’s no secret that getting a new job is hard, with candidates constantly complaining about the endless hoops that recruiters...
