They cut the dining out first. Then they stopped putting money away. Then came the retirement account—the one thing financial advisors tell you never to touch—drawn down not for an emergency exactly, but for the slow-motion emergency of a life…
Gulf sovereign wealth funds collectively stepped up dealmaking over the last three months, defying expectations that the Iran war would subdue their investment appetite. The five biggest spenders–split across Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar–collectively spent almost $26bn during March, April and May, with most…
To get into the S&P 500, a company is supposed to make some money. The sum of its four quarters of earnings has to be positive—at least GAAP wise—and so does its most recent quarter. That’s a pretty basic rule,…
Luke Nichols, better known as the Outdoor Boys YouTuber who captured the hearts of millions of viewers for his outdoor survival videos from the middle-of-nowhere Alaska, knows what it feels like to graduate in a wrecked economy. After all, he…
Last week, the New York and New Jersey attorneys general announced an investigation into FIFA’s ticketing practices ahead of the 2026 World Cup. New York’s Letitia James and New Jersey’s Jennifer Davenport said in a Wednesday news release that the…
The President and COO of Okta has agents on his team. He’s named them—Leo, Sloan, Hank, Walker—and they show up in business reviews alongside his human staff. He’s personally booked a flight to Bangalore and spent the entire trip standing up an…
Geoffrey Hinton almost didn’t believe he’d won the Nobel Prize. When the committee called in 2024, the 77-year-old computer scientist ran a quick calculation in his head. What are the odds, he asked himself, that a theoretical psychologist hiding in…
When Savannah Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother was abducted in Arizona earlier this year, the FBI issued an unusual warning: in the age of AI, even a proof-of-life video can’t be trusted. A kidnapper now needs little more than a LinkedIn photo…
When the COO of Nike, the chief of operations at an $84 billion food distributor, and the CEO of a major tech media company walked into the same room at the Fortune COO Summit, they came ready to talk about…
With less than two weeks until kickoff, the 2026 World Cup—co-hosted by the U.S., Canada, and Mexico—has not been without some headaches, including sky-high ticket prices and unfilled hotel reservations. But for Nike and U.S. Soccer, the focus has been…