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May 17, 2026
Gen Z is right about the job hunt—it really is worse than it was for millennials, with nearly 60% of fresh-faced grads frozen out of the workforce
When millennials, Gen X, and baby boomers graduated, just a quarter could expect to be unemployed that year. Meanwhile, nearly 60% of fresh-...
Fortune
May 17, 2026
‘The Butterfly Trust’: How Deutsche Bank maintained Jeffrey Epstein as a client until he was arrested
The bank said it fired Epstein as a client in 2018. In reality, it kept his accounts open until after he was jailed in 2019.
Fortune
May 17, 2026
‘No one was coming to save me’: How Reese Witherspoon built a $900 million company from a problem Hollywood wouldn’t fix
The actress built Hello Sunshine after Hollywood told her there were no female-led movies to make. Six years later, she sold it for $900 mil...
Fortune
May 17, 2026
Gen X is the most indebted generation in America. Their employers can fix that
Student loan matching programs are on the books. Does your company have one?
Fortune
May 17, 2026
Gen Z calls degrees ‘useless’—but 20 years of data tells a different story: graduates are still the least likely to be unemployed
Graduates are drowning in debt and stuck in underpaid jobs, but the data shows they're still the least likely to be unemployed of anyone rig...
Fortune
May 17, 2026
A 45,000-person labor strike at Samsung’s memory chip plants could throw a wrench into the AI boom
Nearly 45,00
Fortune
May 17, 2026
Wall Street is keeping a close eye on Kevin Warsh at the Fed. These are the red (and green) flags they’re watching for
"Confirmation hearings are political theater rather than substance, and he [was] plenty smart enough to avoid saying anything tangible."
Fortune
May 17, 2026
New NRG Energy CEO leans into growth with ‘bring your own power’ for the AI boom and affordability with ‘virtual power plants’
Robert Gaudette takes over ready to tackle the power constraints of AI and the affordability concerns of residents.
Fortune
May 16, 2026
U.S. allows Russia oil sales waiver to expire despite tight market
The expiration effectively ends for now a brief period where the administration eased sanctions on some Russian oil, enabling purchases that...
Fortune
May 16, 2026
AI poised to tilt job market leverage toward older workers
“It’s those mid- and senior-level employees that CEOs are now looking at to drive productivity.”
Fortune
May 16, 2026
U.S., Iran stall on Hormuz reopening as oil supplies tighten
Physical crude markets have also firmed again in recent days, offering a reminder of the wider supply tightness that’s hitting the global oi...
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May 16, 2026
Former top Russian official admits the country is over Putin and can ‘imagine a future without him’ — even elites bail as Kremlin seizes their assets
People are required to be loyal without being told what future that loyalty serves."
Fortune
May 16, 2026
Trump’s IRS suit may end with a $1.7 billion compensation fund
The fund would pay victims of so-called government weaponization.
Fortune
May 16, 2026
World’s largest aircraft carrier returns from 11-month deployment, longest since Vietnam, after supporting Iran war and Maduro raid
In recognition of their service during the Iran war, the Ford and the accompanying ships were awarded the prestigious Presidential Unit Cita...
Fortune
May 16, 2026
Ray Dalio says China’s ascent ushers in era of ‘tribute system’
“You’re seeing a number of leaders go up to China. It’s like the tribute system that existed throughout history to come and recognize the di...
Fortune
May 16, 2026
Oil markets could be a month away from the moment of truth. Brace for a ‘non-linear’ price spike and panic buying, analysts warn
Oil prices could top $130-$140 a barrel next month if the strait remains closed and inventory depletion rates remain steady, according to Ca...
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May 16, 2026
SpaceX heads into a record-shattering IPO with the ‘deepest moat that exists today’ as investors vow to ‘never bet against Elon’
SpaceX is seeking to raise up to $75 billion at a valuation of $1.75 trillion.
Fortune
May 16, 2026
We talked to 12 tarot card readers who are using AI. They split in 2 camps, with big implications for the technology
We talked to 12 tarot card readers who are using AI. They split in 2 camps, with big implications for the technology
Fortune
May 16, 2026
Trump voter remorse is almost entirely concentrated in the swing voters who gave him a shot in 2024
Trump voter remorse is almost entirely concentrated in the swing voters who gave him a shot in 2024
Fortune
May 16, 2026
DOJ accuses Yale of discriminating against Asian, white students with ‘race-based admissions program’
“Yale’s use of race resulted in a Black applicant being as much as 29 times higher odds of getting an interview for admission," the DOJ lett...
Fortune
May 16, 2026
RFK ally confirms she was fired by FDA: ‘I learned so much and leave with no regrets’
RFK ally confirms she was fired by FDA: ‘I learned so much and leave with no regrets’
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May 16, 2026
Spring Hamptons traffic nightmare as Long Island Rail Road workers go on strike
Five unions representing about half the LIRR workforce walked off the job after months of talks, even involving President Trump.
Fortune
May 16, 2026
Walmart’s upper hand over Amazon in the $1 trillion e-commerce race: 90% of Americans live within 10 miles of a superstore
Last month, Andy Jassy said the average monthly number of Amazon customers receiving same-day deliveries doubled in 2025 compared to the yea...
Fortune
May 16, 2026
Iran foreign minister on dealings with Trump: ‘We are in doubt about their seriousness’
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said contradictory messages have “made us reluctant about the real intentions of Americans.”
Fortune
May 16, 2026
Trump thinks Taiwan is a ‘very good negotiating chip’ with China
On arms sales, he told Fox News, "“I’m holding that in abeyance and it depends on China. It's a very good negotiating chip for us, frankly.”
Fortune
May 16, 2026
Argentinians wage inflation strike on red meat sending beef consumption to 20-year low
Argentinians wage inflation strike on red meat sending beef consumption to 20-year low
Fortune
May 16, 2026
We watched social media concentrate. The same thing is happening in AI, only at a deeper layer
We watched Snap lose to Meta's platform dominance and see the same pattern repeating in AI—only this time, the stakes aren't market share.
Fortune
May 16, 2026
I’ve been studying Big Tech for a long time. What just happened with Anthropic and the Pentagon terrifies me
For years, I watched regulators fail to keep pace with Silicon Valley. The Anthropic-Pentagon standoff is proof we've run out of time.
Fortune
May 16, 2026
Top Chef’s Tom Colicchio got a 15x return on a tech company most Americans have never heard of. He thinks his own industry is broken
America's most famous self-taught chef talked to Fortune about diagnosing ADHD, his 15x exit, and the state of fine dining: "It's not fun an...
Fortune
May 16, 2026
The prophet of the ‘Wired Belt’ says capitalism is finally eating itself
Tufts' Bhaskar Chakravorti predicted AI would destroy the jobs business needs most — in the exact cities where business lives.
Fortune
May 16, 2026
Would you hire the lawyer who just got sanctioned for using AI?
Fabricated citations. Invented quotations. Waived privileges. Lawyers are reaching for the wrong tool, and clients are paying the price.
Fortune
May 16, 2026
Gen Z wants AI-proof jobs. The president of a 50-property hotel chain says hospitality is hiding in plain sight
Kurt Alexander, president of Omni Hotels, says hospitality offers AI-resistant careers for young workers with the right attitude—something t...
Fortune
May 16, 2026
AI’s cyborg problem: you have to embrace it to really succeed but 90% of people can’t or don’t want to
Vivienne Ming has been sounding the alarm about a "cognitive divide." She told Fortune that "most of our fears about AI are fears about othe...
Fortune
May 16, 2026
Mamdani’s New York is coming to tax your private jet. Here’s how to prepare
Here's how Mayor Mamdani's tax agenda could reach the Teterboro ramp — and which airports, ownership structures, and strategies offer the mo...
Fortune
May 16, 2026
Meet the 20-year-old CEO who launched a company in high school to solve Gen Z’s entry-level job crisis
Connor Vukelich launched Poppin’ Jobs to streamline the job search process for entry-level workers.
Fortune
May 16, 2026
IDEO invented ‘human-centered design.’ Can it survive an AI world where everything looks the same?
After decades championing human-centered design, IDEO is reinventing itself as a teacher of innovation rather than a seller of design.
Fortune
May 16, 2026
Leaders, stop with the Gen Z generalizations
Generational stereotypes aren't just lazy thinking — they're distorting hiring decisions, product strategy and marketing campaigns. Break th...
Fortune
May 16, 2026
How Trump’s ‘unusual’ brokerage account traded around his own market-moving decisions—selling hyperscalers and buying energy stocks during the war
A new filing reveals 3,642 trades in Q1 in an account held in Trump’s name. The Trump Organization and White House say the president has no...
Fortune
May 15, 2026
Berkshire triples Alphabet stake and buys Delta stock while dumping Amazon in Greg Abel’s first quarter as CEO
By the end of March, Berkshire owned nearly 58 million Alphabet shares worth almost $17 billion.
Fortune
May 15, 2026
SpaceX said to plan public IPO filing as soon as Wednesday
Elon Musk’s rocket, satellite and AI company aims to kick off formal marketing as soon as June 4, price its IPO as early as June 11 and list...
Fortune
May 15, 2026
America’s productivity boom started before AI, and a Stanford economist who decoded the Great Resignation says working from home is the reason why
National data show “a clear post-2020 surge in productivity growth exactly when WFH ramped up,” said Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom.
Fortune
May 15, 2026
Startups are installing tiny data centers in people’s homes to reduce strain on the beleaguered electrical grid
Span, in partnership with Nvidia and PulteGroup, uses homes’ underutilized electrical capacity in computer processing.
Fortune
May 15, 2026
China dominates the minerals that power AI. But one company claims there’s enough supply on the ocean floor to last for hundreds of years
Potato-sized mineral balls on the ocean floor may be an answer to easing the U.S.’s reliance on Chinese minerals.
Fortune
May 15, 2026
Demand for longer-term U.S. debt gets weaker as one shock after another stokes fear that high inflation is here to stay
On Wednesday, the Treasury Department sold $25 billion of 30-year bonds at a 5% yield for the first time since 2007.
Fortune
May 15, 2026
The new American Dream doesn’t live in a big city. It lives in Celina, Texas
The Census Bureau's latest data make it official: the fastest-growing places in America are small exurban cities ringing Dallas and Houston.
Fortune
May 15, 2026
Dominoes are steadily falling in the path of the rate cuts Trump wants to see from Kevin Warsh
"In his confirmation hearing, Warsh testified that 'inflation is a choice.' He may get the chance to prove he actually believes it."
Fortune
May 15, 2026
Before ‘Star Wars’ made him a multimillionaire, Harrison Ford struggled to make ends meet—so he spent 15 years working a trades side-gig
Before Harrison Ford became Han Solo and earned $1,000 a week for the role, he spent 15 years as a woodworker to pay the bills.
Fortune
May 15, 2026
Jenn Hyman reflects on the highs and lows of running Rent the Runway for almost two decades
The founder will step aside from Rent the Runway without keeping a seat on its board.
Fortune
May 15, 2026
Bill Ackman has been quietly buying Microsoft since February, when AI fears were dragging the stock
The Pershing Square founder is betting that investors are wrong about Microsoft's Azure growth and $190 billion capex budget.
Fortune
May 15, 2026