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Deloitte is tracking office attendance to decided bonuses for some staff

Deloitte, a proponent of flexible work, has added office and client site attendance to its performance metrics for a team in the US.

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RGA and Equitable pen $32 billion reinsurance deal expected to boost future earnings as Wall Street issues hold ratings 

Two Fortune500 companies have announced a reinsurance agreement for $32 billion worth of policies, with RGA adding it expects to add millions to...

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Warren Buffett says tariffs leave consumers footing the bill: ‘The tooth fairy doesn’t pay ’em’

Warren Buffett isn’t one to wade into politics, but as an outsider warned tariffs are likely to prove inflationary.

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Trump is still mulling over new Canada and Mexico tariffs with deadline looming, commerce secretary Howard Lutnick says

Secretary Lutnick hedged his bets about the economic sanctions being leveled against Canada and Mexico from tomorrow—and refused to rule out a 25%...

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Wall Street worried that new tariffs will turn the Trump bump into a slump—analysts warn the bulk of action is yet to come

Even unfilled tariff threats are beginning to alter consumer and business behavior, with markets stumbling on news of yet more sanctions on China.

28.02.2025 9

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Trump switches his top target from China to the EU—he says after years of being ‘screwed’ by Europe, it will face 25% tariffs

President Trump was positive on relations with China, while he told his cabinet the EU had been formed to "screw" the United States.

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President Trump says U.S. can pay off $36 trillion debt by selling wealthy immigrants $5 million ‘gold card’ visas and eventual citizenship

Details of President Trump's "gold card" visa program are still being finalized, but the proceeds are already earmarked to help tackle America's...

26.02.2025 10

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Jamie Dimon hasn’t got a problem with WFH in theory: In fact he says it’s a right—the issue is when it doesn’t work

Jamie Dimon, a fierce advocate of returning to the office, said he “completely respects” why some people need to work from home.

25.02.2025 7

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Hedge fund boss Steve Cohen turns negative because of DOGE and tariffs—a ‘significant correction’ could be coming

Meanwhile JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says he's adopting more of a wait-and-see approach as it's still early days for the Trump administration.

25.02.2025 10

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When Warren Buffett bought an obscure RV maker he promised to pay the CEO whatever he asked—it’s not a tactic Buffett recommends, but the gamble paid off 

Warren Buffett says not many people will know the name Pete Liegl, a "one-of-a-kind" founder and CEO who contributed billions to the Berkshire...

24.02.2025 9

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MrBeast says he built his $700M YouTube empire on the ‘purple cow effect’

MrBeast, a.k.a. Jimmy Donaldson, has cracked the code for YouTube stardom—but says his success won’t be easy to replicate.

21.02.2025 10

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Elon Musk blasted by astronauts for claiming NASA staff abandoned in space for ‘political reasons’

Two astronauts have refuted Elon Musk's claims that two NASA staff were abandoned on the International Space Station.

21.02.2025 20

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Starbucks hoped mobile orders and the drive-thru would save its business. New CEO Brian Niccol says that was a mistake

Starbucks’ new CEO, Brian Niccol, says: “I think we got confused that mobile ordering could solve the entire business.”

20.02.2025 4

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Trump shot himself in the foot with tariff plan if he wants an interest rate cut, Fed minutes show

President Trump is ploughing ahead with his tariff plans and threats, while still pushing for a cut to interest rates.

20.02.2025 20

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Bill Gates says the next generation should be ‘very afraid’ of these four issues

AI, climate change and bioterrorism are high on the agenda of concerns for the next generation, says Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.

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Bill Gates warns of millions of deaths if Trump and Musk don’t reinstate axed foreign aid funding

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates has pointed out that millions of lives will be lost if U.S. foreign aid funding isn't reinstated.

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The Tisch family just appointed its third generation of CEO at $18.5 billion Loews Corporation—he’s pledging to focus on one job

The Tisch family count the New York Giants and Loews Corporation as among their interests.

17.02.2025 7

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The Ambani succession plan: Asia’s $90.5 billion dynasty lets three heirs carve their own paths

Nita Ambani says her three children are choosing the roles they take in Reliance Industries instead of being told by their parents.

14.02.2025 10

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Trump admits he doesn’t know why Elon Musk met with India’s Modi—but claims the DOGE boss is on a leash

President Trump insists that he is across Musk's conflicts of interest while working at DOGE—despite not knowing if the richest man on the planet...

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Trump’s small business department fired staff and said it was an accident—then emailed the next day re-firing them

Probationary staffers reportedly received a series of emails relating to terminations amid widespread headcount cuts in department agencies.

12.02.2025 9

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Musk appears alongside Trump in the White House to admit mistakes will happen in DOGE’s major government reform: ‘Nobody is going to bat 1,000’

Elon Musk admitted he won't be correct 100% of the time in his work at DOGE, after being questioned if his team had mistakenly said $50m in condoms...

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Bill Gates uses the ‘love and logic’ parenting style with his children that his dad used to support him 

Bill Gates says his father's "love and logic" parenting technique was so effective he used it with his own children.

11.02.2025 10

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Trump blasts WFH policies: ‘Nobody is gonna work from home. They are gonna be going out, playing tennis, playing golf’

President Donald Trump claims federal employees working from home are playing golf, working 10% of the time and taking on second jobs.

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Red Lobster’s millennial CEO practices emotional control so his team never sees him sweat  

Red Lobster's millennial CEO Damola Adamolekun said practicing emotional control results in a more positive work environment for his team.

10.02.2025 10

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Trump says Musk’s DOGE ‘geniuses’ have found ‘very fraudulent stuff’

Elon Musk believes some $1 billion is being spent on fraudulent Treasury payments, prompting President Trump to ask if this could help Uncle Sam's...

10.02.2025 10

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Trump vows to tap America’s ‘liquid gold’ oil reserves and ‘drill baby, drill’—the only problem is, it’s not up to him

Donald Trump used his inauguration speech to pledge America's economy would be boosted by oil reserves. Shareholders in the industry are agnostic to...

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Warren Buffett is snapping up shares in the media company which recently signed Alex Cooper’s Unwell network 

SiriusXM may be posting billion-dollar losses, but Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is liking what it sees.

07.02.2025 4

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Anheuser-Busch’s CEO asks for beer brands to be labelled ‘American’ not ‘domestic’ 

Brendan Whitworth, U.S. CEO of Anheuser-Busch, wants to make the marketing change in order to reflect the pride of the brand.

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Tesla sales fall 60% in Germany as owner Elon Musk continues to back far right AfD—’nobody wants to be associated with it’

The Tesla boss's behavior is "extremely damaging" said Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer, director of the Center Automotive Research Institute in Germany.

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The person ruling on Elon Musk’s DOGE conflicts of interest is…Elon Musk

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Elon Musk will remove himself if overlap between DOGE and companies like SpaceX and Tesla arises.

06.02.2025 10

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During the financial crisis, Jamie Dimon was in a war room five times a day, every day for a year, starting at 5 a.m. and finishing at 10 p.m.

Jamie Dimon summoned staff at JPMorgan back to the office at 9 p.m. after a call from Bear Stearns CEO Alan Schwartz, in which he said he needed $30...

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Jamie Dimon says he didn’t run for president because he wouldn’t have seen his family for four years—and jokes his wife wouldn’t have moved into the White House

JPMorgan Chase CEO says he thought about a presidential campaign, but said family and his work weighed up heavily against it.

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Jamie Dimon spoke to Jeff Bezos about joining Amazon as president before JPMorgan career

It's hard to imagine Jamie Dimon not working on Wall Street—but the billionaire banker was at one point considering a move to Big Tech.

04.02.2025 10

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Trump crying wolf over tariffs has already convinced Wall Street that threats will be short-lived

An eleventh-hour deal achieved President Trump's political aims, but Wall Street remains concerned that tariffs will become a permanent threat in...

04.02.2025 20

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Trump’s tariff threats were not taken seriously and markets completely under-priced the risks, says Deutsche Bank strategist says

Deutsche Bank has a wake up call for analysts who denied Trump would deliver on tax rhetoric—but UBS is questioning how quickly the White House may...

03.02.2025 10

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Meta said it would fire staff who leaked company intel. Then that memo got leaked

Mark Zuckerberg bemoaned the fact that his meetings and memos keep getting leaked to the press. So Meta pledged to crack down on staff.

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‘Bond King’ Bill Gross bought a ‘BONDS 1’ license plate to impress his boss—but dumped it when people kept asking him to bail people out of jail 

Gross said the private plate debacle taught him one of the most important lessons of his career.

31.01.2025 20

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Everything we know so far about the American Airlines jet that crashed into a Black Hawk helicopter

Rescue craft are in the Potomac River below the site of the collision with D.C. fire chief John Donnelly saying "we don't know" if there are any...

30.01.2025 10

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Starbucks’ new boss is banking on ‘mug hugs’ to get customers to hang around longer

Starbucks's new CEO Brian Niccol highlighted ceramic mugs as a key part of the business's turnaround.

29.01.2025 4

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Bill Gates accuses Elon Musk of ‘insane s—‘ and ‘populist stirring’ in foreign countries

Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates said Tesla CEO Elon Musk is "super smart" but may be guilty of "overreaching" when it comes to politics.

28.01.2025 5

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Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol earned a $5 million bonus after 1 month on the job—and will collect another $5 million in March

Brian Niccol stands to earn $10 million in signing bonuses after a "dogged pursuit" to convince him to lead the company.

27.01.2025 3

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Bill Gates is a fan of DOGE if it means curbing government debt—he says they’ll have to tackle pensions, defense and healthcare

Bill Gates says he's on board with Elon Musk's cost-cutting plans for DOGE as long as the U.S. government doesn't lose sight of its value system.

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Jamie Dimon’s pay hit $39 million in 2024

Dimon was benchmarked not only on the performance of the Wall Street giant, but the board’s options for his successor.

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Trump won’t deliver on maximum tariff pledges, says his former commerce secretary—merely making the threat is enough

EXCLUSIVE: Secretary Wilbur Ross, who served in Trump's first cabinet, said the President will not have to follow through on tariff threats.

24.01.2025 10

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Satya Nadella says he’s ’good for $80 billion’ after Elon Musk claims Stargate Project doesn’t have the cash

Microsoft announced at the start of the year an $80 billion war chest for AI investment.

24.01.2025 8

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Brian Moynihan says big banks like BofA may have to adopt crypto payments, leading one wealth advisor to predict Bitcoin will hit $130K this year

Bitcoin could be propelled to a valuation of $130,000 in 2025 according to one wealth advisor, buoyed by positive sentiments from CEOs like Brian...

22.01.2025 4

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Women are officially the economy’s power players—outpacing men in both income and spending growth, BofA report says

Bank of America's Taylor Bowley reports that growth in women's consumption and income is outpacing male counterparts.

22.01.2025 4

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Trump executive order calls all federal employees back to the office 5 days a week—education and general services departments to be hit hard

Some federal departments have more than half their staff working remotely—meaning Trump's new executive order is a problem.

22.01.2025 20

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Gen Z are more depressed and isolated than their coworkers—and feel less successful than other generations did at their age, according to new report

Gen Z say they're burned out and isolated—but their outlook could be changed by benefits like pet insurance and commuter support.

21.01.2025 5

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Trump’s former commerce secretary Wilbur Ross reveals how the president-elect could shape America First 2.0—and why Elon Musk won’t present a problem

EXCLUSIVE: President-elect Trump will be buoyed in his second round at the White House by experience and a team already in place, said former...

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