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Badenoch likens Conservatives to Trump’s Maga movement
Tory leader says party is in ‘crisis’ and needs to reinvent itself after election defeat

European countries clash over sending troops to Ukraine
Poland and Spain express reluctance ahead of crisis meeting on how to respond to Trump’s peace talks

The Tisch family just appointed its third generation of CEO at $18.5 billion Loews Corporation—he’s pledging to focus on one job
The Tisch family count the New York Giants and Loews Corporation as among their interests. Read More

Why the CFO mindset can clash with CEO demands
CFOs are climbing to CEOs. But not all are built for the role. Read More

Norway announces $855 million funding for humanitarian NGOs amid Trump’s dismantling of USAID
The Norwegian funding had been intended to work alongside USAID, and humanitarian groups warned it wouldn’t fill the black hole ...

Forget about RTO—companies are getting distracted with mandates and screwing up these 5 core work practices
Return-to-office mandates won’t necessarily make your employees more productive. Read More

These founders and investors want the longevity industry to cater to women—whatever their budget
Male biohackers shouldn’t dominate the longevity conversation. Read More

Vance’s real warning to Europe
Europeans need to reduce their dangerous dependence on an adversarial America

Myanmar frees 1,000 scam center workers as crackdown widens
The scam center victims are mostly from Asian countries including China and India while some others came from East Africa, ...

‘Disaster amnesia’: The Los Angeles wildfires revealed a deeper, more vicious cycle that has plagued California for decades
The secret is out, but the charred remains of LA neighborhoods still might not be enough to change the Golden ...

Exclusive: Abridge raises $250 million Series D led by Elad Gil and IVP
Abridge, a healthcare AI startup, recently raised a $250 million Series D, Fortune has exclusively confirmed. Read More

China’s Tencent says its trialling own AI reasoning model alongside DeepSeek to make responses more ‘human’
Insurgent Chinese AI startup DeepSeek made global headlines last month when it unveiled its R1 chatbot that can seemingly match ...

Trump administration pressures Romania to lift restrictions on Tate brothers
Tristan and Andrew Tate have been charged with sexual misconduct, organised crime and money laundering

Zuckerberg’s new policy chief warns EU Meta will run to Trump whenever the tech giant feels it’s being unfairly punished by Brussels
The warning comes after Zuckerberg pledged to join President Trump in pushing back on governments around the world that go ...

Why conglomerates fail
Also: Palantir execs call out Silicon Valley, JPMorgan employee’s RTO debacle Read More

US and Russian officials to meet in Saudi Arabia
Discussions in Riyadh on Tuesday will address possible future talks to end war in Ukraine

Hermès gives staff a near-$5,000 bonus amid luxury boost—but it’s still not enough to buy one of the brand’s famous handbags
Hermès said it would “stay the course” to attract and retain customers across the world as it announced revenues of ...

Elon Musk’s DOGE wants access to the tax information of every American, and Trump plans to give it to him
Elon Musk’s DOGE team is seeking access to sensitive taxpayer data held by the IRS. A 25-year-old staffer is reportedly ...

Why CFOs aren’t always the best CEOs
Finance chiefs can find it difficult to succeed in the corner office. Read More

Fed president says central bank needs ‘dust to clear’ before deciding its next interest rate moves
Austan Goolsbee, president of the Fed’s Chicago branch, says that he expects inflation to decline and thinks the job market ...

Increasingly, teens want injectable fillers, peels, and other cosmetic procedures—and a surprising number of parents approve
Just over half of parents support teens getting non-surgical cosmetic procedures if there’s what they believe to be a valid ...

European leaders meet in response to Trump’s negotiation with Russia, as U.K. raises possibility of ‘troops on the ground’
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday that he was now willing to put “our own troops on the ...

China says U.S. has ‘gravely backpedaled’ on Taiwan by cutting anti-independence statement
Taiwan and China split in 1949 during the civil war that brought the communists to power in China. Taiwan has ...

Why linking CEO and CFO pay to DEI may not be totally abandoned
Some big companies are beginning to refashion their packaging of DEI. Read More

Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to permit the firing of the head of the agency that protects whistleblowers
The emergency appeal is the start of what probably will be a steady stream from lawyers for the Republican president ...

Trump wants to make changes to Biden’s CHIPS act. Here’s what that could mean for AI growth and consumers
Trump’s threats to alter federal government contracts with chipmakers and slap new tariffs on the semiconductor industry may put new ...

AI-powered selfies and robots are taking on European retail’s returns crisis
Retail giants like Zalando and Maje are embracing AI to slash costly returns and boost profits. Will it work? Read ...

Here’s what’s open (and closed) on President’s Day 2025
Don’t expect to do any government business. Read More

Majority of Americans believe foreign aid ‘wasted on corruption’, survey finds
Exclusive poll suggests voters back Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s view of USAID

Airbnb’s 43-year-old CEO rejects fellow tech titans’ lack of sleep: It makes ‘every hour the next day a little less productive’
Brian Chesky has a hack for managing the hectic day-to-day of a $100 billion Fortune 500 brand. Read More