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Yellen warns Trump’s sweeping tariffs could ‘derail’ inflation progress

US Treasury secretary says broad trade penalties might ‘significantly raise costs to households’

Fortune Brainstorm AI showed cautious optimism, but companies are growing skeptical about hyped-up promises

Companies using AI are moving beyond FOMO to ROI—and other lessons from Fortune Brainstorm AI. Read More

Motorola Solutions CTO says AI-powered ‘smart’ surveillance cameras will make the world safer

Scaling an AI project from a small test to a widely deployed service is a major undertaking requiring organizations to ...

Trump vows to speed up permits for anyone investing $1bn in the US

President-elect pledges to loosen environmental rules for big developers

NHS in England ‘confused’ about Starmer’s priorities, health bosses warn

Focus on 18-week waiting list target risks diverting attention away from other critical areas, service leaders say

DreamWorks founder Jeffrey Katzenberg says top Hollywood writers and showrunners are welcoming AI as ‘amazing,’ ‘inspiring,’ tools

“It’s not constraining them, it’s inspiring them,” the studio head-turned-AI investor told Fortune Brainstorm AI. Read More

XRP and Dogecoin fall 10% as altcoins experience largest pullback in months

The crypto market is correcting for an “over-extended exuberance” over the past few week. Read More

Walgreens in talks over sale to private equity group Sycamore

Potential deal highlights mounting distress facing the retail pharmacy industry

UK public sector workers face fresh pay squeeze as Treasury takes tough stance

Whitehall departments say rises of more than 2.8% for NHS staff and teachers in 2025-26 would be unaffordable

Hershey executive returns to PepsiCo after three-month stint

Hershey Co.’s president of US confections is stepping down after three months to go back to PepsiCo Inc.  Read More

Luigi Mangione, accused UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter, came from a prominent real estate family and attended a $37,000-a-year private high school

The 26-year-old suspect’s grandfather was a first-generation Italian immigrant who achieved millionaire status later in life. Read More

Don’t assume AI is always the answer, says U.S. Space Force data and AI chief

Chandra Donelson is chief data and AI officer for the U.S. Space Force: the five-year-old extraterrestrial arm of the Department ...

Israel wants to create ‘sterile’ zone in Syria, says defence minister

Israeli forces have seized territory and reportedly struck hundreds of military targets once controlled by Assad regime

Russian forces stay put at key military bases in Syria

Satellite imagery shows no signs of withdrawal from air and naval facilities

Rupert Murdoch’s children started ‘secretly discussing’ the future of his empire after seeing a ‘Succession’ episode

The plans were “intended to help avoid a real-life repeat” of the hit HBO show. Read More

Citigroup CFO tells Goldman Sachs audience why his bank failed to meet regulatory requirements

The chief financial officer explained how the way Citigroup was founded is contributing to problems complying with regulatory requirements. Read ...

New York prosecutors reviewed surveillance footage and tracked a fake ID across state lines before charging Luigi Mangione with murder

He was arrested yesterday in Altoona, Pennsylvania ending a week-long manhunt across the Northeast. Read More

UK regulator behaved ‘unfairly’ over mis-selling scandal redress scheme, court told

FCA ‘shut out’ businesses wrongly sold products designed to protect against interest rate changes, High Court hears

FCA chair warns UK against following Donald Trump in race to the bottom

Ashley Alder underlines danger of pursuing a US-led ‘deregulation agenda’

Luigi Mangione was found with a 3D-printed ‘ghost gun’ as authorities and the Supreme Court rush to regulate the untraceable weapons anyone can make

Ghost guns have increasingly turned up at crime scenes around the U.S. in recent years. Read More

Elon and Vivek have ‘talked about having a naughty list and a nice list for members of Congress’

Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy delivered a warning to Republicans who don’t go along with their plans to slash spending. Read More

Altoona, Penn McDonalds where suspected CEO shooter was caught gets review-bombed

Altoona McDonalds where suspected CEO shooter was caught gets review-bombed “More like Narc-donalds,” says one critic. Read More

Reckoning with an era of slow growth

Opportunities exist for the UK and its European neighbours, but they must grasp the nettle of economic reform

Debanking hurts everyone. It’s time to end it once and for all

Access to banking should not be arbitrarily withheld from law-abiding Americans write two crypto VCs. Read More

Hope for Parkinson’s disease symptoms is found in late-stage drug study

Tavapadon aims to treat Parkinson’s motor symptoms by mimicking dopamine in a once-a-day oral dose. Read More

Startup that went viral for ‘firing stressed employees’ claims it was stunt gone wrong—now they’re offering massages and spa sessions to staff

An Indian company says an email informing staff that admitted to burnout had been fired was in reality part of ...

It’s not just about cholesterol. 1 in 5 have high levels of this artery-clogging substance that can lead to heart disease

It’s not only cholesterol that’s worrisome: Elevated levels of lipoprotein(a) increase your risk of heart attack and stroke. Read More

AI company Hyperbolic raises $12 million in Series A funding round led by Polychain Capital and Variant

The company sells computer power by aggregating time from unused GPUs. Read More

Hawk Tuah girl wanted to reward fans with a memecoin—crypto insiders turned it into a ‘one-day pump and dump’

Was Haliey Welch used as a marketing stunt to promote a rug pull? Read More

Donald Trump releases a fragrance line called Fight, Fight, Fight

And he used a shot of himself and Dr. Jill Biden together to promote it. Read More