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The management lesson behind FedEx Freight’s break from FedEx
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The management lesson behind FedEx Freight’s break from FedEx

Inside FedEx Freight's case for independence and why its CEO believes scale can sometimes become a constraint.…

Listen to manufacturers and unions: high electricity prices are killing industry | Nils Pratley
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Listen to manufacturers and unions: high electricity prices are killing industry | Nils Pratley

Make UK and TUC are right – ministers need a proper strategy to cut energy costs before there are more closuresBritain ‘faces deindustrialisation’ without relie…

Cathie Wood buys $529.7 million of popular new stock
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Cathie Wood buys $529.7 million of popular new stock

Cathie Wood, head of Ark Investment Management, has a history of buying stocks shortly after their IPOs.  In recent years, Wood’s Ark funds have invested i…

Medicare's 2033 Funding Crunch: How to Protect Your Retirement
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Medicare's 2033 Funding Crunch: How to Protect Your Retirement

Medicare is not facing an immediate crisis, but the program's costs continue to rise faster than the economy. According to the latest Medicare Trustees Report, …

Why Rocket Lab stock tumbled on Nasdaq-100 news
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Why Rocket Lab stock tumbled on Nasdaq-100 news

After nearly 20 years in business and less than five years as a public company, Rocket Lab Corporation reached a major milestone on Friday when it joined the Na…

Running a small business has become almost impossible | Letter
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Running a small business has become almost impossible | Letter

Rosie Wolfenden says that under the current tax system, and with rising costs, traditional business models are no longer viableThank you, Anita Chaudhuri, for w…

Top investment bank resets Adobe target as AI strategy backfires
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Top investment bank resets Adobe target as AI strategy backfires

Adobe (ADBE), the software maker behind Photoshop and Acrobat, beat earnings estimates for its May quarter and lifted its full-year guidance. However, the compa…

Bank of America revisits Oracle stock price target after post-earnings selloff
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Bank of America revisits Oracle stock price target after post-earnings selloff

Shares of Oracle (ORCL) tumbled 8.53% on June 11 as investors are concerned about the company's plans to raise more money to fund its AI buildout, overshadowing…

Boomers actually do hold most of the wealth and power. So why do they call it ‘whiny’ to point that out?
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Boomers actually do hold most of the wealth and power. So why do they call it ‘whiny’ to point that out?

My inbox called Millennials whiny. The Federal Reserve, a field of social scientists and Aristotle disagree.…

‘People start connecting the dots’: why an investment fund is rewilding a North Yorkshire estate
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‘People start connecting the dots’: why an investment fund is rewilding a North Yorkshire estate

Rebalance Earth is investing in Broughton Sanctuary to generate financial, environmental and social returnsFrom a high point on the hill, the North Yorkshire la…

Fixing Money 101: NC's Plan to End Financial Fragility
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Fixing Money 101: NC's Plan to End Financial Fragility

North Carolina is tackling financial fragility head-on. State Treasurer Brad Briner explains why the state ranks below most others on financial literacy and the…

Veteran hedge fund manager makes a brazen SpaceX bet
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Veteran hedge fund manager makes a brazen SpaceX bet

Here is my honest take on how I think a SpaceX Initial Public Offering (IPO) plays out. Day one opens with a massive pump. Retail investors rush in chasing the …

Goldman Sachs resets Apple stock forecast after WWDC
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Goldman Sachs resets Apple stock forecast after WWDC

Apple has spent years trying to convince investors that its next major growth story will not depend only on a new iPhone. That effort has become more urgent as …

Goldman Sachs quietly resets oil price forecast for 2027
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Goldman Sachs quietly resets oil price forecast for 2027

Oil’s war premium just got served a big haymaker on June 12, following reports that U.S. and Iranian officials had agreed on a peace-deal text, according to The…

REGENCELL DEADLINE: ROSEN, LEADING INVESTOR COUNSEL, Encourages Regencell Bioscience Holdings Limited Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important June 23 Deadline in Securities Class Action - RGC
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REGENCELL DEADLINE: ROSEN, LEADING INVESTOR COUNSEL, Encourages Regencell Bioscience Holdings Limited Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important June 23 Deadline in Securities Class Action - RGC

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Ripple’s XRP Meets AI Trading: AIXAlpha Launches Free AI Strategy Contracts with Daily Settlement
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Ripple’s XRP Meets AI Trading: AIXAlpha Launches Free AI Strategy Contracts with Daily Settlement

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ROSEN, LEADING INVESTOR COUNSEL, Encourages Disc Medicine, Inc. Investors to Inquire About Securities Class Action Investigation - IRON
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ROSEN, LEADING INVESTOR COUNSEL, Encourages Disc Medicine, Inc. Investors to Inquire About Securities Class Action Investigation - IRON

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ROSEN, RECOGNIZED INVESTOR COUNSEL, Encourages Zillow Group, Inc. Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in Securities Class Action First Filed by the Firm - Z, ZG
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ROSEN, RECOGNIZED INVESTOR COUNSEL, Encourages Zillow Group, Inc. Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in Securities Class Action First Filed by the Firm - Z, ZG

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The case for Labour to introduce a wealth tax has never been stronger | Phillip Inman
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The case for Labour to introduce a wealth tax has never been stronger | Phillip Inman

A 2% levy on fortunes above £100m – with no exemptions – could begin to reverse decades of rising inequalityAndy Burnham and Wes Streeting have sought to blunt …

Bitcoin sales are necessary for Strategy's digital credit business, Saylor says
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Bitcoin sales are necessary for Strategy's digital credit business, Saylor says

Strategy's recent Bitcoin sale appeared to clash with Saylor's "never sell" mantra, but he says the move reflects how the company's digital credit business work…

Aldi expands to key area Costco can’t get into
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Aldi expands to key area Costco can’t get into

If checking out at the supermarket makes you sort of queasy these days, you're not alone. A lot of people are feeling the sting of higher grocery prices, which …

Accenture cyber leads: why hiring more people won’t solve the cybersecurity talent gap
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Accenture cyber leads: why hiring more people won’t solve the cybersecurity talent gap

The workforce gap isn't a headcount problem — it's a capability problem. Here's what business leaders need to do before the next breach forces their hand.…

The ‘AI superstar’ CEO behind a self-driving truck unicorn on why Gen Z is a better hiring bet than industry veterans
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The ‘AI superstar’ CEO behind a self-driving truck unicorn on why Gen Z is a better hiring bet than industry veterans

Raquel Urtasun, co-founder of autonomous truck startup Waabi, talks to Fortune about unicorn hiring in the AI age: “Fear can paralyze your ability to embrace th…

Giant mattress retailer to sell chain in Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Giant mattress retailer to sell chain in Chapter 11 bankruptcy

The overall U.S. bed and mattress sector may have performed well in 2025, with revenue rising by 1.3% to $28.4 billion year over year, according to IbisWor…

Scott Galloway fires scathing rebuke at $30M tax break
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Scott Galloway fires scathing rebuke at $30M tax break

Scott Galloway, an NYU Stern professor and serial entrepreneur, used the June 8 Office Hours episode of The Prof G Pod, "How to Fix the Tax Code + the Problem W…

Why companies are treating AI as a strategic partner rather than a passive technology, and how  to avoid an ‘AI hangover’
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Why companies are treating AI as a strategic partner rather than a passive technology, and how to avoid an ‘AI hangover’

Building operational AI at scale requires more than just raw algorithmic power, business and tech experts said at Fortune Brainstorm Tech.…

Newsom called homelessness California’s calling in 2020. His budget still spends less than 0.5% on it
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Newsom called homelessness California’s calling in 2020. His budget still spends less than 0.5% on it

A USC analysis of six years of California budget documents finds the state devoted 0.47% of its $321 billion general fund to homelessness in 2026.…

What comes after the AI spending binge: Caps, dashboards, and the search for ROI
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What comes after the AI spending binge: Caps, dashboards, and the search for ROI

Uber, Microsoft, and Meta are taming runaway AI budgets. The harder question is how to measure what AI spending actually produces…

A 50-year-old economics law explains why AI tokenmaxxing was always going to fail
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A 50-year-old economics law explains why AI tokenmaxxing was always going to fail

Every productivity metric eventually gets gamed. Tokenmaxxing is just the latest example of a decades-old organizational trap…

Wall Street sees something in Micron that could reshape the AI trade
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Wall Street sees something in Micron that could reshape the AI trade

A new Wall Street forecast suggests one of artificial intelligence's most critical components may remain in short supply for years. Artificial intelligence has …