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Kristi Noem confirmed at homeland security as Trump begins border crackdown
South Dakota governor has mandate to tackle immigration crisis after president declared national emergency
Bill Gates reveals he probably would be diagnosed on the autism spectrum if he were growing up today
“During my childhood, the fact that some people’s brains process information differently from others wasn’t widely understood.” Read More
Trump fires independent watchdogs of federal agencies in ‘widespread massacre’
Among the federal agencies affected by the ousters were the departments of defense, state, interior and energy, as well as ...
U.S. home sales in 2024 were the lowest they’ve been in nearly 30 years
Economists point to affordability issues with elevated home prices, alongside higher mortgage rates and a lack of inventory to explain ...
Starbucks CEO awarded $96 million in first few months on job
About 94% of Niccol’s pay came from stock awards with most tied to performance while the rest are time-based, vesting ...
Musk exploring blockchain use in US government efficiency effort
People affiliated with DOGE have met with representatives of various public blockchains to evaluate their technology, sources told Bloomberg. Read ...
Senate confirms Hegseth as defense secretary after VP Vance casts tie-breaking vote to overcome 3 GOP dissenters
Republican Senators Mitch McConnell, the influential former GOP leader, Lisa Murkowski, and Susan Collins voted against Hegseth. Read More
Texas asks Wall Street firms for details about DEI efforts
The letter was sent to Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc. and ...
Harness CEO: Forget time management—here’s how I stay productive while running 3 companies
I don’t put much stock in productivity hacks, but as a business leader I am strategic about what I do—and ...
Meet the CEO who turned the Swedish NoseFrida into a huge hit with American parents of babies
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Frida relaunch in the U.S., CEO Chelsea Hirschhorn looks back at ...
Reform UK woos former Tory donors with Mayfair fundraising dinner
Nigel Farage’s party will hold £25,000-a-head event at private members’ club Oswald’s
‘Leveraged to the hilt’: PE-backed firms hit by wave of bankruptcies
High interest rates and thrifty consumers pushed record number of portfolio companies into bankruptcy last year
Nearly a third of Elon Musk’s EV-loving Dutch customers may sell their Teslas: ‘There’s been a debate in the Netherlands around Tesla shame’
An opinion poll conducted last week might finally shed some light on just how many of Musk’s customers suffer from ...
Chevron sees 1 million barrels per day from one of the world’s biggest oil fields in this OPEC+ state
Chevron expects Kazakhstan’s Tengiz oil field, one of the largest of its kind in the world, to produce 1 million ...
Hamas gunmen hand over four Israeli soldiers
The women will return to Israel before 200 Palestinians are released from jail
‘Explosions every day’: Israeli troops entrench in southern Lebanon
Military delays withdrawal as it carries out hundreds of operations during ceasefire with Hizbollah
The podcast bros who helped put Trump back in the White House
Star presenters such as Joe Rogan and Theo Von have monetised the ‘manosphere’ and influenced politics. Will traditional media be ...
The waning of active funds is drying up the IPO market
The natural buyers of new equity have suffered relentless outflows
The revolt against over-management
In politics, media and sport, the advantages of looseness are becoming clear
Adults with ADHD have a shorter life expectancy, study finds
The findings are “extremely concerning,” the scientists said. The increased risk may stem from a tendency toward harmful activities and ...
Pete Hegseth narrowly confirmed as Trump’s defence secretary
VP casts deciding vote after three Republican senators break ranks over claims of sexual abuse and excessive drinking
4 best supplements for an energy boost, according to experts
Sometimes caffeine just doesn’t do the trick. Read More
Crypto czar David Sacks says NFTs and memecoins are collectibles, not securities
Sacks likened Trump’s recently-released memecoin to ‘a baseball card or a stamp.’ Read More
Marco Rubio demands immediate halt to virtually all US foreign aid
Secretary of state freezes contracts around the world, fulfilling executive order from Donald Trump
Reeves to go ‘further and faster’ for growth after recent turmoil
UK chancellor has made more muscular use of Treasury to push changes
Record number of Hargreaves Lansdown customers vote in trust battle
Saba loses key battle to take over management of Herald trust
UnitedHealthcare has named a new CEO just over a month after its previous executive was murdered
Tenured employee Tim Noel named boss of the insurance giant after previous CEO Brian Thompson was killed. Read More
President Trump shrugs off Elon Musk’s criticism of $500 billion Stargate plan — ‘he hates one of the people’
Musk’s shots at Stargate are the latest development in a yearslong feud between him and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Read ...
What 700 days of failure taught me before I ended up running a $4B company
My inability to be a good partner led me to slowly alienate my colleagues, and ultimately it hurt the company. ...
Marc Benioff says that from now on CEOs will no longer lead all-human workforces—enter the new era of AI coworkers
The AI agents are here—and they’re taking over more work at the office, reigniting employees’ worst fears. Read More
