Business

Greylock’s Asheem Chandna on spotting game-changing founders, and never losing a dime
Greylock’s Asheem Chandna has spent 22 years in VC, and he’s never lost money. Read More

Volkswagen-backed EV maker Scout Motors wants to sell directly to buyers online but can’t do it in its home state
In a world where almost everything can be bought online, automobiles remain an exception. Read More

NFL’s CFO landed her dream job. Here’s 3 ways playing sports prepared her for leadership
Christine Dorfler has been preparing for Super Bowl LIX. Read More

25-year-old employed by Elon Musk’s DOGE who posted he was ‘racist before it was cool’ resigns after being linked to deleted social-media account
Marco Elez was part of a team of young, tech-savvy DOGE workers that have been tearing through government agencies. Read ...

Trump administration sues Chicago over its ‘sanctuary’ city status, saying it ‘thwarts’ federal immigration crackdown
The lawsuit, which also names the state of Illinois, is the latest effort to crack down on places that limit cooperation between ...

How to dismantle the UK’s regulatory Tower of Babel
Labour’s erratic, piecemeal approach will not deliver lasting change

Warren Buffett is snapping up shares in the media company which recently signed Alex Cooper’s Unwell network
SiriusXM may be posting billion-dollar losses but Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is liking what it sees. Read More

Billionaire L’Oreal heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers retires and passes on board role to her son
Bettencourt Meyers is a third-generation L’Oreal heir and has spent 28 years on its board. Her two sons are also ...

Hong Kong will file WTO complaint against new 10% U.S. tariffs
The U.S. imposed an additional 10% tariff on Chinese goods and ended a customs exception that allowed small-value parcels to enter the U.S. without ...

DOGE was given the job of stopping Treasury payments to USAID, sources say
DOGE’s efforts to stop USAID payments undermine assurances that it only had “read-only access” to the system as part of ...

Accenture ditches diversity and inclusion goals
Chief executive Julie Sweet tells 799,000 staff decision was taken following ‘evaluation’ of US landscape

China slams U.S. over ‘coercion’ after Panama declines to renew Belt and Road infrastructure agreement
The Belt and Road Initiative is President Xi Jinping’s signature foreign police drive to bind China closer to countries in ...

News outlet Politico got dragged into the USAID chaos. Turns out, government workers have a $16 million habit of reading premium political news
Right-winged socials were wrong after they speculated Politico funding came from USAID. The government just spends millions on the platform’s ...

Trump’s DOJ dumps Biden-era task force dedicated to seizing assets of Russian oligarchs
The department also ended the Foreign Influence Task Force, which was established in the first Trump administration to police influence ...

Humans, machines, and the rise of AI coworkers: How to build the new hybrid organization
Companies incorporating AI agents as coworkers now will have an edge over competitors in productivity, innovation, and cost efficiency. Read ...

U.S. border czar blames media leaks for hindering major immigration raids in Colorado suburb
More than 100 members of the Tren de Aragua gang were targeted Wednesday at apartment buildings and other sites in Denver and neighboring ...

Panama’s president says he didn’t make a deal to let U.S. warships transit the canal for free
José Raúl Mulino denied the U.S. State Department’s claim that his country had reached a deal allowing U.S. warships to ...

Judge temporarily blocks Elon Musk plan offering incentives for federal workers to quit
The ruling came hours before the midnight deadline to apply for the deferred resignation program, which was orchestrated by Trump adviser ...

Cheap coffee and smaller pizzas help Yum China survive an uncertain consumer market
Yum China’s New York-traded shares jumped by 9.1% on Thursday, after the company reported resilient earnings and an expanded dividend. ...

The wealthy 1% are turning to new status symbols that can’t be bought—and it’s hurting Dior, Versace, and Burberry
Luxury brands are bleeding customers as dupes take over. Read More

Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter, who stole $17 million from the LA Dodgers superstar, sentenced to 5 years in prison for bank and tax fraud
Ippei Mizuhara was supposed to bridge the gap between the Japanese athlete and his English-speaking teammates and fans. Read More

Trump administration plans to slash all but 300 jobs at USAID
There are currently 8,000 direct hires and contractors. Read More

Ex-CMA chair Bokkerink defends record after UK government ousting
LinkedIn post sets out how he transformed regulator

The company behind Shaq’s Super Bowl party says it solved the industry’s ‘dirty secret’ and will make $15 million from 3 events
Medium Rare hosts Shaq’s Fun House, Guy’s Flavortown Tailgate, and SI The Party, expecting tens of thousands of fans this ...

22 states sue New York over law forcing energy producers to pay $75 billion into a fund to cover climate change damage
The lawsuit, filed in Albany, lists state Attorney General Letitia James and other officials as defendants. Read More

Project 2025 architect Russell Vought gets Senate confirmation to be White House budget director
Vought’s return to the White House Office of Management and Budget, which he helmed during Trump’s first term, puts him ...

UAE to invest billions of euros in France to help develop a new AI campus—the largest in Europe
The centre will be the core of a new AI ‘campus’ and will have up to a gigawatt of capacity, ...

UK house prices rise to record high
January growth much stronger than expected, says Halifax

Boneless chicken wings are a Super Bowl food staple but they are also a lie: ‘The vast majority of people have no clue’
“We’ve been living a lie for far too long.” Read More