One quick way to enrage a room of people leaders? Tell them you let go of your entire HR team. That’s what Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow said at the Fortune Workplace Innovation Summit last week, and his comments quickly went…
Twenty years ago, betting on New York as a serious technology hub felt contrarian to the point of naivety. Silicon Valley had the engineers, the venture capital, the density of ambition, and most importantly, the shared belief that this was…
In Greek theater, a deus ex machina arrives when a protagonist is hopelessly trapped — and a golden chariot descends from the heavens to rescue them from a conflict they cannot escape on their own. That is precisely what the Supreme Court…
The United States was not built on ambition alone. It was built on a willingness to share risk. “We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.” This is the closing line of the Declaration…
Millions of Gen Z graduates are convinced they’ve drawn the short straw of the labor market: ghosting is rife in recruiting, entry-level roles feel scarce, and predictions of an AI job apocalypse are making it all worse. Yet Arvind Jain,…
Stock futures jumped while oil prices and bond yields tumbled Monday evening on reports that a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz was coming together, even as the U.S. military conducted new airstrikes on Iran. Futures tied to the Dow Jones…
Voters in Texas will see little of the Republican candidates for U.S. Senate on Monday. But that’s only if they stay away from screens. There were no public campaign events scheduled for Sen. John Cornyn nor state Attorney General Ken Paxton on the final day of…
After nearly seven years away from the big screen, a new Star Wars movie drew healthy but not record-breaking crowds to global theaters this weekend. According to studio estimates on Sunday, “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” made $82 million in ticket sales from…
Hong Kong’s fertility rate has sunk to roughly 0.8 children per woman, far below the replacement rate of 2.1 needed to maintain a stable population. Registered births in the city fell to just over 31,000 in 2025, a record low…
Shaun Seow, who heads the Philanthropy Asia Alliance (PAA), has a theory on why the new generation of Asian philanthropists is more interested in fighting climate change. “A lot of next-generation leaders are recreational divers; they look at the bleached…