Though the Strait of Hormuz has been effectively closed as the war in Iran enters its ninth week, that hasn’t stopped one of the world’s largest luxury superyachts from gaining passage through the chokepoint. The Nord, a 464-foot vessel tied…
We all agree to the unwritten contract when we enter the corporate world: put in long hours, toil twice as hard as the next guy, and forgo sleep and a social life long enough for you to climb the ladder.…
Throughout her career, Janet Yellen has broken barriers with several “firsts.” First woman to lead the Federal Reserve. First female treasury secretary. First and only person to hold the “big three” U.S. economic leadership positions—those two, plus chair of the…
Paddy Lambros spent two and a half years advising roughly 100 European startups on hiring at the London-based venture capital firm Atomico. During that time, he kept coming back to the same observation: nearly every business problem at a young…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote a letter publicly apologizing to residents of the Canadian town of Tumbler Ridge after the company failed to alert local authorities about a person who allegedly killed eight people in the town earlier this year. …
A controversial proposal in California to temporarily increase taxes on billionaires has enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot, a labor union backing the measure said Monday. The proposal, backed by the Service Employees International Union Healthcare Workers West, would impose…
Donald and Melania Trump both called for ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel on Monday after a joke last week in which the late-night comic described the first lady as having “the glow of an expectant widow.” The remark about the…
Whether or not you agree with President Trump’s methods to drum up revenue to assist with the government’s balance of payments, economists largely welcome the fact that at least the White House is talking about deficits. At the time of…
Microsoft’s released its list of 40 jobs that have high crossover with AI—and professionals warned it highlights the careers “most at risk,” with historians, translators, and sales reps high on the list. While Microsoft said high applicability doesn’t automatically mean…
China has blocked Meta’s deal to acquire AI startup Manus. The National Development and Reform Commission, the country’s top macroeconomic regulator, unceremoniously posted on Monday that it had “decided to block the foreign acquisition of the Manus project and require…