Crypto transfers are typically instant and seamless—unless, that is, users want to convert their digital currency into cash. In those cases, users in many countries are obliged to navigate a slow, complex conversion system. Customers of the crypto exchange Kraken…
Synchrony is the country’s largest provider of store credit cards, and a stalwart member of Fortune’s Best Companies to Work For list. The company just claimed the No. 1 spot, rising from No. 37 just five years ago, and marking its…
Conventional wisdom holds that the United States can only maintain its economic primacy in the dawning age of artificial intelligence if we build new electricity generation on an unprecedented scale. That obligation to our national competitiveness and security has led to an unfamiliar…
It’s become a common pattern over the past few months: A business leader makes an ominous claim about the impact of AI on the labor market, sparking weeks of discourse and sending U.S. workers reeling. Now, a “godfather” of AI…
I spent most of the school holidays of my childhood at my father’s office in Beirut. While other children were at the beach or the mountains, I was watching a man run his businesses through one of the longest civil…
At Greg Abel’s first annual meeting as Berkshire Hathaway CEO this weekend, the arena was about half as full and the tone was more business-focused—but by and large, investors gave the new CEO a thumbs-up. After 60 years as CEO…
The man accused of sparking the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles was upset that he didn’t have plans for New Year’s Eve and ranted about being angry at the world before the initial blaze was sparked, according to court documents filed…
The truce between Iran and the U.S. that has been fraying over the last four weeks finally showed its first real tears on Monday. President Donald Trump said Sunday that the U.S. would help ships get out of the Strait…
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol is living in two realities this week. On social media, he’s become the latest corporate executive to be branded “out of touch” after calling a $9 purchase a “really affordable premium experience.” On Wall Street, he…
Britney Spears pleaded guilty through her lawyer Monday to a lesser charge that will allow her to avoid jail time after California prosecutors accused her of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs. The 44-year-old pop star, who recently completed a stint…