Micah Lasher had a message for the two AI companies that had just spent $27 million trying to decide who would represent Manhattan in Congress. “I have some news for the two big AI companies who’ve taken such an unusual…
The most coveted accessory at the Paris Fashion Week shows this week was not a bag, a sneaker or a watch. It was an ice pack. As a historic heat wave gripped the French capital, fashion houses fought to keep guests cool with mist…
In the searing Mediterranean summer, wildfires turn dangerous in minutes. Greece has learned that at a terrible cost. In 2018, a blaze east of Athens moved with ferocious speed, killing more than 100 people. Five years later, a massive fire tore through…
The Nasdaq is headed for its worst weekly loss in more than a year, and the S&P 500 is on track for a fifth consecutive drop. Similarly, after making history with the largest IPO ever, SpaceX stock has tumbled, and…
Good morning. CFOs can’t control the economy, but they increasingly believe they can control the outcome for their own companies. That tension—what Deloitte calls a “paradox of promise versus pessimism”—is a defining theme in the firm’s North American Q2 2026…
London Climate Action Week opened this year with less appetite for pledges and more demand for proof. Patience has run out for announcements that never become deployments, exposing an uncomfortable truth: the field’s real bottleneck is no longer invention. For…
At 9 a.m. Eastern Time today, oil was priced at $73.74 per barrel with Brent serving as the benchmark (we’ll explain different benchmarks later in this article). That’s a drop of 28 cents compared with yesterday morning and around $5.76…
A recurring theme on and off stage at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity this year was just how drastically the marketing job has changed. It’s no longer all about making great ads. Today’s marketing leaders are expected to understand AI, build communities, and shape organizational culture. As marketing leaders have taken on broader responsibilities, budgets have remained flat.…
In the run-up to the internet bubble, the richest 20% of American consumers made up 50% of spending—boosted by the ballooning valuations of their portfolios. Fast forward to the era of AI, and again, the richest households in the U.S.…
Under the second Trump administration, the United States has seen mass deportations and a sharp escalation in immigration enforcement. The Department of Homeland Security says the crackdown pushed nearly 3 million people out of the country in Trump’s first year…