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The U.S. launches investigation of Chinese-made chips, used in everything from cars to medical devices

"About half of companies didn't know whether they had Chinese chips in their products," said Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.

yesterday 10

Fortune

Lee Clifford

From the Maldives to the Amalfi Coast, this is where up-and-coming CEOs are taking their vacations in 2025

Here are the nine holiday hotspots for the successful.

yesterday 20

Fortune

Orianna Rosa Royle

Trump’s demand for control of Greenland is immediately rejected

Greenland's PM: “Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale.”

yesterday 40

Fortune

Jim Edwards

Amazon and AT&T want an end to remote work: will 2025 finally be the death of WFH?

With the pandemic behind us, some executives argue that remote work has outlived its usefulness. Yet the data tells a different story.

yesterday 20

Fortune

Eleanor Pringle

The Container Store files for bankruptcy as housing crisis cripples cash flow

Under Chapter 11 protection, The Container Store will continue to operate while it restructures.

yesterday 2

Fortune

The Associated Press

How AI is transforming the skills needed to be CEO

The advancement of AI is reshaping the skills needed to ascend to the corner office.

yesterday 10

Fortune

Ruth Umoh

A look inside D.C.’s new financial power scene

The rise of AI could create a consumer tech renaissance in New York.

yesterday 10

Fortune

Leo Schwartz

The alleged online smear campaign against Blake Lively is a reminder of how eager society is to ‘hate on women’

The "It Ends With Us" actress was likely the victim of an online smear campaign.

yesterday 10

Fortune

Emma Hinchliffe

Half of companies with office space say leases are affecting their RTO policies

Companies say they want to increase worker collaboration productivity, but many leaders are also influenced by existing office leases.

yesterday 4

Fortune

Brit Morse

Former agents explain how Israel got its exploding pager plan to work: Shell companies and fake YouTube ads

Speaking with 60 Minutes, the two agents explained how Israel got booby-trapped pagers and walkie-talkies into the hands of Hezbollah militants.

yesterday 4

Fortune

Darlene Superville

The IRS is sending $1,400 stimulus checks to 1 million taxpayers. How to tell if you qualify

The automatic deposits will be issued "later this month" and should arrive "in most cases" by late January 2025.

yesterday 4

Fortune

Alicia Adamczyk

Starbucks’ worker strike expands to a dozen major U.S. cities after employees say the chain offered an ‘insulting economic package’

Your cup of joe will be harder to get as holiday shopping hours dwindle.

yesterday 3

Fortune

Sydney Lake

Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to NY state murder and weapons charges in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s death

Mangione also faces federal charges, which could carry the possibility of the death penalty, while the maximum sentence for the state charges is...

yesterday 0

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The Associated Press

Nordstrom family to take chain private in $6.25 billion deal

Shares in Nordstrom fell as much as 1.3% on Monday in New York.

yesterday 0

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Bloomberg

CFPB sues Walmart, fintech partner for illegal account openings

The companies are accused of opening expensive bank accounts for delivery drivers without their consent.

yesterday 0

Fortune

Bloomberg

Can Trump buy Greenland? What to know besides ‘no’

Until a century ago, these kinds of transactions were not unusual: Before the Alaska purchase, the US bought the territory of Louisiana from France...

yesterday 0

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Bloomberg

Party City closing spurred by sudden drop in inventory value

The trouble surfaced when an appraisal significantly reduced the value of key asset categories supporting company borrowings.

yesterday 0

Fortune

Bloomberg

Blake Lively’s Target hair care line saw sales decline as much as 78% after alleged ‘coordinated smear campaign’ by her co-star Justin Baldoni

Lively filed a lawsuit against her co-star in the movie adaptation of bestselling book “It Ends With Us”

yesterday 0

Fortune

Jane Thier

One of the last affordable options in the housing crisis has seen prices soar faster than new homes, study says

The average sales price of new mobile homes, or manufactured homes, jumped 58.3% between 2018 and 2023, according to a new study. 

yesterday 0

Fortune

Jason Ma

Economist predicts Trump’s tariffs won’t just be for leverage like his first presidency: ‘I don’t think many countries would be able to negotiate their way out of it’

Paul Ashworth of Capital Economics spoke recently about what will happen to the economy under Trump.

yesterday 0

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Paul Wiseman

Is Honey a scam? The popular money-saving browser extension touted by YouTubers like MrBeast is accused of ripping off customers and influencers

PayPal purchased Honey for $4 billion in 2020.

yesterday 0

Fortune

Dave Smith

Fleeing the country and rationing testosterone: Transgender Americans’ new reality under a Trump presidency

Approximately 1.3 million adults and 300,000 youths identify as transgender in the U.S., and among them, it’s clear that a level of panic is...

yesterday 0

Fortune

Beth Greenfield

Dogecoin tumbles over 25% as memecoins battered by crypto pullback

Memecoins often experience harsher selloffs than ‘more established’ cryptocurrencies.

yesterday 0

Fortune

Catherine Mcgrath

Analysts expect the usual ‘Santa Claus rally’—but watch out if it fails to come

The second half of December is typically the second-strongest period of the year for U.S. equities, according to Bank of America.

yesterday 0

Fortune

Greg Mckenna

Damning 37-page report says Matt Gaetz ‘regularly’ paid for sex and used drugs while he was a member of Congress

Gaetz has denied all wrongdoing.

yesterday 0

Fortune

Farnoush Amiri

Surging cases and lagging vaccines: Why this U.S. flu season has experts worried

Thirteen states reported high or very high levels of flu-like illness last week, about double from the week before.

yesterday 10

Fortune

Mike Stobbe

Resume gaps aren’t the job killer they used to be but applicants still need to get smart about explaining their time away from the workforce

Job seekers with career breaks should be ready to explain the white space in their interviews.

yesterday 10

Fortune

Emma Burleigh

‘People don’t want to smell like others anymore’—this largely unknown perfume brand doesn’t advertise, but its sales have still risen 50%

The Chinese market and Gen Z particularly like niche perfumes in contrast to other luxury goods.

yesterday 10

Fortune

Katell Prigent

Exclusive: Fortune 500 CEOs double down on decarbonization

'Business inaction impacts political courage.'

yesterday 10

Fortune

Peter Vanham

How were so many economists wrong on whether we’d have a recession? Northern Trust’s Ryan Boyle points to 3 culprits

Recession red flags had a track record that “was never perfect, but they have really failed us during the past two years,” says Boyle.

yesterday 10

Fortune

Lee Clifford

Aviva agrees to buy U.K. insurer Direct Line for £3.7 billion

Aviva started hunting for acquisitions again after CEO Amanda Blanc pursued a series of divestments that slimmed down the insurer and left it more...

yesterday 9

Fortune

Aaron Kirchfeld

To help save the climate, CEOs need to become ‘Chief Coalition Builders ’

To play their part in climate action in these turbulent times and future proof their companies, CEOs need to become effective diplomats and agents...

yesterday 8

Fortune

Peter Agnefjäll

Planning a Disney vacation? Experts say use these cards to maximize your rewards.

A Disney Visa card may seem the logical choice if you’re paying for a Disney vacation, but it’s not necessarily the best one.

yesterday 7

Fortune

Dia Adams

In Norway companies rush to put women on boards before deadline

Although Norwegian companies are nearing a key year-end deadline to populate their boards with women—they’re short by thousands.

yesterday 6

Fortune

Heidi Taksdal Skjeseth

Musk urges Bezos to throw an ‘epic wedding’ after Amazon founder blasts report of $600 million nuptials as ‘completely false’

Bezos flatly denied a report he would marry fiancée Lauren Sánchez the weekend after Christmas in a lavish ceremony in Aspen.

yesterday 7

Fortune

Christiaan Hetzner

China’s in the driver’s seat as EV sales are set to keep growing into 2025

China “will add nearly twice as many EV sales next year as the rest of the world combined," predicts Rho Motion's Will Roberts.

yesterday 1

Fortune

Lionel Lim

Chemical company head faces criminal charges for Flint River spill that caused miles of contamination

Critical maintenance and upgrades at the facility allegedly were mismanaged and neglected.

yesterday 10

Fortune

The Associated Press

The IRS is sending unclaimed stimulus funds via checks of up to $1,400 each; here’s who is eligible

Eligible taxpayers don't have to take any action. The payments will go out automatically this month and should arrive by direct deposit or check by...

previous day 40

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The Associated Press

Trump says talk that he’s ceded presidency to Musk is a ‘hoax’

"But no, he’s not going to be president, that I can tell you. And I’m safe. You know why? He can’t be. He wasn’t born in this country."

previous day 6

Fortune

Bloomberg

Dire situation in China is one reason for Honda, Nissan merger

“When you look at Honda and Nissan, they’ve been losing the market for some time.”

previous day 3

Fortune

Bloomberg

This is America’s ‘fatal flaw’ as the US bubble gets ready to pop, market expert warns

"When flying in such thin air, it doesn’t take much to stall the engines. All the classic signs of extreme prices, valuations and sentiment...

previous day 5

Fortune

Jason Ma

Singapore’s Straits Times Index is Southeast Asia’s best performing index for 2024—and it’s all due to its Big Three banks

A share rally in Singapore's biggest banks—DBS, UOB and OCBC—lifted the Straits Times Index to end the year above Malayis'a Kuala Lumpur...

previous day 4

Fortune

Lionel Lim

Chinese EV makers hit EU wall as tariffs inflate cost of imports

Manufacturers such as BYD and SAIC’s MG accounted for 7.4% of EV registrations in November, down from 8.2% in October.

previous day 3

Fortune

Anthony Palazzo

As FX volume surges past $1 trillion a month, Morgan Stanley and BoA adopt a new system to charge for trades

As foreign exchange volumes explode nearly 30% in a year Morgan Stanley joined a wave of banks looking to modernize the way FX traders to business.

previous day 2

Fortune

Michael Del Castillo

Warren Buffett once said ‘a house can be a nightmare if the buyer’s eyes are bigger than his wallet’ but thinks his $31,500 investment is one of his best

He considers his two wedding rings to be his top investments, though.

previous day 10

Fortune

Alicia Adamczyk

EU leaders see NATO defense spending goal rising from 2%

A Financial Times report on Friday said Trump’s staff told European officials the US president-elect wants to increase NATO’s spending limit to...

previous day 10

Fortune

Bloomberg

2 US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent ‘friendly fire’ incident, US military says

Both pilots were recovered alive after ejecting from their stricken aircraft, with one suffering minor injuries.

previous day 4

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The Associated Press

Trump demands Panama lower transit fees or return canal

The US is the canal’s biggest customer, responsible for about three quarters of the cargo transiting through each year.

previous day 5

Fortune

Bloomberg

‘God Bless America’ fund beats political rivals with 33% gain

The fund’s biggest holding is Tesla Inc., run by Elon Musk, who backed Trump’s election bid. 

previous day 3

Fortune

Bloomberg

The Bombas founders survived layoffs and dead-end jobs before starting their billion-dollar empire. They have a message for anyone with a dream

Randy Goldberg and David Heath’s certified B-Corp apparel company is one of the biggest-ever brands to appear on Shark Tank.

previous day 5

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Jane Thier

Billionaire Steve Ballmer has more than 80% of his portfolio in Microsoft stock and advises everyday investors to ‘keep it simple’

"Microsoft’s outperformed just about every other asset I could have owned. It’s a little hard to say that it hasn’t worked out."

previous day 3

Fortune

Jason Ma

The longest, healthiest marriages have these 6 defining traits 

Plus, how to foster these qualities in your marriage.

previous day 30

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Kells Mcphillips

CEOs have never headed for the exits as much as they are this year—here’s why so many are leaving

"The current landscape has a lot of uncertainty baked in, and companies are responding by putting temporary leaders in place."

previous day 2

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Jason Ma

The longest, happiest marriages have these 6 defining traits 

Plus, how to foster these qualities in your marriage.

previous day 50

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Kells Mcphillips

Why companies like OpenAI and SpaceX are staying private longer

As a result, a relatively small group of people have access to the upside while the vast majority of potential investors can only watch from the...

saturday 7

Fortune

Bloomberg

The spending bill that averted a shutdown shrank from more than 1,500 pages to just 100—here’s what was cut

The spending bill that cleared Congress didn't include pharmacy benefit manager reforms, a pay raise for lawmakers, and a crackdown on "junk fees."

saturday 9

Fortune

Jason Ma

There’s now a 40% chance the Fed will pivot back to hiking rates again next year, top economist says

"For investors, it is starting to look similar to 2022—too high inflation, rising interest rates, and falling stock prices."

saturday 6

Fortune

Jason Ma

Russia’s war machine is running on fumes as industry warns of bankruptcies and the Kremlin gets old tanks from movie studio

Russia's largest movie studio donated about 50 tanks and armored vehicles from the 1950s that it had been using a props.

saturday 40

Fortune

Jason Ma

Amazon NYC warehouse targeted by Teamsters as strike expands

Workers at one of Amazon’s air cargo hubs, in San Bernadino, California, were also joining the strike as of Saturday afternoon.

saturday 4

Fortune

Bloomberg

Trump’s daughter-in-law says she won’t seek US Senate seat

The president-elect said this week he didn’t expect DeSantis to appoint Lara Trump to the Senate.

saturday 4

Fortune

Bloomberg

Trump taps ‘Apprentice’ producer, Mark Burnett, as special envoy to the United Kingdom

Trump also announced casino magnate Tilman Fertitta as his choice to be U.S. ambassador to Italy.

saturday 2

Fortune

The Associated Press

Gifts accepted by Clarence Thomas ‘have no comparison in modern American history,’ Senate Democrats say

The investigation found that Thomas has accepted gifts and travel from wealthy benefactors worth more than $4.75 million by some estimates since...

saturday 30

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The Associated Press

Social Security benefits for many public service retirees get a boost in late-night spending bill

A typical dual-income couple retiring in 2033 would see an additional $25,000 lifetime reduction in their benefits.

saturday 20

Fortune

The Associated Press

How to watch Week 16 games of the 2024-2025 NFL season live online for free—and without cable

It’s a holiday feast of football!

saturday 1

Fortune

Chris Morris

Cocoa caps 2024 as biggest commodity winner. It’s not over yet

Cocoa prices have almost tripled this year as faltering production in West Africa spurred massive supply shortages.

saturday 5

Fortune

Bloomberg

4 daily habits of truly happy people

There are steps you can take to achieve happiness independent of life circumstances.

saturday 10

Fortune

Kristine Gill

Gen Z workers think showing up 10 minutes late to work is as good as being on time—but baby boomer bosses have zero tolerance for tardiness, research reveals

No wonder bosses say Gen Z are hard to manage: While 70% of boomers have zero tolerance for any level of tardiness, in Gen Z’s eyes, 10 minutes...

saturday 1

Fortune

Orianna Rosa Royle

For roughly $30,000, this company gives you a 98% chance of getting into Harvard and the Ivy League

College is already expensive, and Crimson Education believes paying extra for top-notch admissions help is worth it.

saturday 2

Fortune

Preston Fore

How the top HR executive at UPS hires holiday workers in less than 10 minutes

To hire 125,000 workers before the holiday season, UPS added new technology to its recruitment systems.

20.12.2024 30

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Brit Morse

Americans are on track to set another record for holiday travel, topping the bar set in 2019

A government shutdown that could start as soon as Saturday would likely be too close to the holidays to immediately affect flights and airport...

20.12.2024 20

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David Koenig

Biden rolls out final round of student debt forgiveness with loan cancelation for 55,000 workers

The Education Department's announcement targets workers who've reached eligibility through a program that promises to erase loans after 10 years of...

20.12.2024 20

Fortune

Collin Binkley

MacKenzie Scott donated $2 billion to nearly 200 organizations this year—and many of her gifts were a total surprise

Scott has donated more than $19 billion total during the past five years.

20.12.2024 9

Fortune

Sydney Lake

At Gap, seasonal employees are becoming a thing of the past

Gap is turning its seasonal workers into full-time employees.

20.12.2024 10

Fortune

Amy Thompson

Google’s targeted advert plans trigger concerns in the U.K. as watchdog condemns them as ‘irresponsible’

"Like all advertising technology, it must be lawfully and transparently deployed –- and if it is not, the ICO will act."

20.12.2024 5

Fortune

Thomas Beaumont

The Fed is bracing for ‘Trump 2.0’ and a deluge of fiscal policy shakeups, economists say

Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said he was uncertain as to how Trump’s proposed policies would impact the economy.

20.12.2024 4

Fortune

Sasha Rogelberg

The meetings and events industry is evolving, and Saudi Arabia is part of its future

The global meetings and events industry is focusing on bigger conferences, and Saudi Arabia is eager to host them.

20.12.2024 6

Fortune

John Kell

What to know about the debt ceiling debate that is pushing Washington to the brink of a government shutdown

President-elect Trump has demanded that a provision raising or suspending the debt limit—something that his own party routinely resists—be...

20.12.2024 10

Fortune

Meg Kinnard

IKEA’s top U.K. executive climbed the ranks from forklift driver to the C-suite—and it’s all down to a phone call he made as a student

Peter Jelkeby, Ikea's U.K. CEO also has sage advice for Boomerang workers having done it himself.

20.12.2024 3

Fortune

Orianna Rosa Royle

‘Higher-ups are in our pocket’ — An aviation giant with billions in military contracts admits to bribing officials in Nepal and South Africa 

AAR Corp. will pay $55 million to resolve bribery investigations by the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission

20.12.2024 1

Fortune

Amanda Gerut

El Salvador plans to sell or shutter the ‘Chivo’ crypto wallet created by its bitcoin fan President Nayib Bukele

The announcement came after the Central American nation's government reached a $1.4 billion loan deal with the International Monetary Fund that...

20.12.2024 3

Fortune

Brit Morse

Women carry 71% of a household’s ‘mental load’ and it can limit their participation in the workforce, new research finds

Making holiday magic adds to an overwhelming mental load that already falls on women.

20.12.2024 2

Fortune

Emma Hinchliffe

The case against performance reviews: It’s time for bosses to throw out the ‘clunky’ annual critique

Rethinking the evaluation is a chance for companies to “do some soul searching.”

20.12.2024 2

Fortune

Emma Burleigh

Premier of oil-rich Alberta says Americans will pay a lot more for gas if Donald Trump imposes 25% tariffs on Canada

Danielle Smith said that American refineries won't have much choice but to increase the price of gas.

20.12.2024 4

Fortune

Rob Gillies

Train conductor’s ‘bonjour’ causes a political ‘war of words’ in language-divided Belgium

Under Belgium's complex language rules conductors should in theory use both languages only in Brussels and a few other bilingual regions.

20.12.2024 3

Fortune

Thomas Beaumont

Have an Amex Platinum? Do these 4 things now or risk losing $649

Four big Amex Platinum credits worth approximately $649 in total expire at the end of the year. Here’s what you need to do today to make sure that...

20.12.2024 3

Fortune

Dia Adams

Malaysia’s auto industry releases its first-ever EV—but locals wonder if it’s really homegrown

Proton's e.MAS 7, unveiled on Monday, was developed concurrently with Geely's Galaxy E5.

20.12.2024 2

Fortune

Lionel Lim

AWS CEO Matt Garman on startups, nuclear power, and soaring AI compute costs

Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman spoke to Fortune about the cloud giant’s startup strategy.

20.12.2024 3

Fortune

Allie Garfinkle

Forget turkey, supermarkets in Portugal overflow with salted cod as holiday season approaches

Portugal consumed nearly 55,000 tonnes of salt cod last year. Roughly one-third of cod sales happen around Christmas.

20.12.2024 4

Fortune

Levi Fernandes

Luigi Mangione faces federal charge that’s eligible for death penalty in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing

The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO was whisked back to New York by plane and helicopter Thursday to face new federal charges of...

20.12.2024 3

Fortune

Michael R. Sisak

CFPB sues JPMorgan, Bank of America over alleged Zelle fraud

"Zelle became a gold mine for fraudsters, while often leaving victims to fend for themselves," the CFPB said.

20.12.2024 7

Fortune

Bloomberg

Party City to wind down operations, fire employees, CEO says

Should the company follow through with its plan to file bankruptcy, it would be the second time in less than two years that Party City has sought...

20.12.2024 10

Fortune

Bloomberg

House speaker vows to avoid government shutdown as Congress eyes new spending bill without Trump’s debt ceiling raise

Republicans, keen to dodge a shutdown, decided to only introduce a one-vote spending package.

20.12.2024 10

Fortune

Sasha Rogelberg

Trump targets Texas conservative Chip Roy after tirade on House floor

Representative said fellow lawmakers lacked “an ounce of self respect.”

20.12.2024 8

Fortune

Chris Morris

Trump is set to inherit a ‘strong’ economy. But his and Musk’s decisions already hint at ‘economic disaster,’ critics say

“I guess Elon Musk is making the decisions now, because Republicans in Congress are incapable of making decisions on their own," Rep. Suzan DelBene,...

20.12.2024 5

Fortune

The Associated Press

Nuna is recalling over 600,000 child car seats because the harness may loosen on its own

Debris can get into the front harness adjuster, making it loose and increasing the risk of injury in a crash.

20.12.2024 2

Fortune

The Associated Press

Tesla issues massive recall spanning Cybertruck, Model 3, and Model Y over increased crash risks

Tesla is recalling almost 700,000 vehicles because of an issue with the warning light on the tire pressure monitoring system.

20.12.2024 4

Fortune

The Associated Press

Blackstone’s annual (deliberately) awful holiday video is out—and it’s a country western song

Of COURSE there’s line dancing!

20.12.2024 2

Fortune

Chris Morris

Here’s how the Amazon delivery drivers strike will impact holiday deliveries, according to experts

A walkout — especially one that lasts many days — could delay shipments in some metro areas.

20.12.2024 4

Fortune

The Associated Press

Fraud case tied to $100 million NJ deli ends in guilty pleas

“Your Hometown Deli” became infamous when it was highlighted on Wall Street as an example of irrational exuberance in the market.

20.12.2024 4

Fortune

Bloomberg

Grindr to give staff $300,000 for fertility treatments, adoption

The benefit will be available starting next year to those who have been at the company at least 18 months.

20.12.2024 2

Fortune

Bloomberg

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